I didn't know I needed the new Billy Joel documentary
NPR critic Linda Holmes has been a Billy Joel fan since the '80s. HBO's new two-part documentary still taught her something new about his life — and provided a chance to consider the role of his music in her own.
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'Dear Summer: Volume 3' returns to highlight more emerging artists and DJs
The citywide mixtape features six DJs and 17 up-and-coming and established artists from the Greater Boston area.
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Arts This Week: The Front Porch Arts Collective And 'Bending Lines: Maps And Data From Distortion To Deception'
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Boch Center CEO Joe Spaulding Talks Reopening, Fall 'Ghost Light Series'
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Arts This Week: Amanda Gorman And 'Picture A Scientist'
Every week, WGBH News' Arts Editor Jared Bowen highlights the exhibitions, theater, movies and music you should check out in and around Boston
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Episode 103, Season 1<br> The Middle Ages
Europe spent 1000 years in its Middle Ages after Rome fell and rebounded Around A.D. 1000.| 58:39 -
Episode 106, Season 1<br> The Modern Age
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