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Broadway for everyone: How audio description brings live theater to blind audiences

There are now about a dozen Boston-area venues that offer the live narration of the visual parts of the show.
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    March 2025 Outspoken Saturdays

    2:00pm Sat, Mar 1, 2025
    The GBH BPL studio will host Outspoken Saturdays, a spoken word poetry event for emerging artists. Every first Saturday of the month, the series will be created in collaboration with spoken word artist Amanda Shea . Join us!

    Registration is encouraged for this free event.
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    The Ulysses Quartet at The Boston Public Library (March 2025)

    1:00pm Thu, Mar 13, 2025
    Join GBH Music's quartet in residence, the Ulysses Quartet, for a performance at the Boston Public Library!
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    Virtual

    Megan Marshall talks with Janice Nimura about “After Lives”

    6:00pm Wed, Mar 19, 2025
    The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of celebrated American women, Megan Marshall has been hailed as a “gifted storyteller” (New Yorker) at “the front rank of American biographers” (New York Times).

    Join us to hear about her latest work “After Lives: On Biography and Mysteries of the Human Heart” and gain insight from her discussion with fellow biographer Janice Nimura. Don’t miss their conversation about remarkable women in history and their own lives and work. Special for Women’s History Month.
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    American Inspiration Author Series
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Concerts to Watch

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GBH Music Holiday Spectacular 2024

Wed, Dec 11, 2024
Celebrate the season with the GBH Music Holiday Spectacular, a family-friendly concert and an opportunity for music lovers to be part of a live television production at GBH’s headquarters in Brighton.
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Culture in the News

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George Washington's personal library took a winding path before landing in Boston

In 1848, the Boston Athenaeum acquired more than 300 volumes from the famed Virginian's collection of books. They nearly ended up in the British Museum instead.
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    Classical

    Great classical music for Boston and beyond.
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    Jazz

    Tune in to GBH Music's Jazz on 89.7 on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays starting at 9pm.

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