Turntable: Hear these new vinyl records from old jazz legends
These live performances from over 50 years ago haven't been heard since the concerts.
Music & Culture Events
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In PersonGBH Jazz Nights featuring Anabel Gil Diaz
Come hear Cuban-Spanish flautist Anabel Gil Diaz and her ensemble bring the rhythms of Latin jazz to the BPL! -
In Person
May 2025 Outspoken Saturdays
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!
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Virtual
Explorers: A New History with Matthew Lockwood
Prize-winning historian Matthew Lockwood looks at the impulse to explore, the travels of Pocahontas, Columbus, Sacagawea, and Captain Cook alongside others who rightfully deserve the title of “explorers” including immigrants and fugitive slaves.
According to Lockwood, people of every background imagine new worlds. The impulse to seek new places is universal to humanity. In his new book, “Explorers,” he unfurls a tapestry of surprising and historically overlooked travelers spanning forty centuries and six continents. His illustrated talk will share the stories of such seekers as David Dorr, born into slavery in New Orleans who embarked on a Grand Tour or Europe and Egypt, and the Viking female voyager Gudrid Far-Traveler, who sailed to North America in 1000 AD; among other pioneers.Partner:American Ancestors
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Culture in the News
The Genius Next Door: Artist Tony Cokes uses mixed-media videos to re-contextualize history
In the last installment of our annual series, "The Genius Next Door," Tony Cokes talks about his artistic process, what inspires him and more.
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‘Life of Pi’ makes its North American theatrical debut in Cambridge
Acclaimed novelist Yann Martel shares how writers have more power in theater than film. -
Open Studio: The wives of Henry VIII reclaim their identity in the hit musical 'SIX'
The latest episode of Open Studio features the feminist musical "SIX," photographer Rosamond Purcell and "The Urban Nutcracker." -
A solstice celebration comes to Mount Auburn Cemetery
Meanwhile, "Life of Pi" brings the famed story to the stage at the American Repertory Theater.
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