Musician Naomi Westwater brings spirituality to the forefront with ‘Cycle and Change’
The folk and jazz record is inspired by the Wheel of the Yea.
Music & Culture Events
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In PersonMay 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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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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The Ulysses Quartet at The Boston Public Library (May 2025)
Join GBH Music's quartet in residence, the Ulysses Quartet, for a performance at the Boston Public Library!
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Culture in the News
Hilken Mancini celebrates ‘New and Notable’ album with all-star indie lineup
Hilken Mancini releases her new vinyl, out now on Girlsville Records, named New and Notable on Bandcamp, with an all-star lineup of indie rock performers at Sonia in Cambridge May 10.
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It’s a weird pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Warty, odd-colored gourds become must-have Halloween decor
Customers and farmers squash tradition with “dinosaur egg” and “popcorn” pumpkins this autumn. -
How the Boston Book Festival became a huge success
200 distinguished authors and moderators will be at the event in Copley Square from Oct. 28-29. -
A reporter's memoir of her jail time gets banned in Florida prisons
When an author's book gets banned or confiscated, one might imagine that the writer might be frustrated, or even angry. But when Keri Blakinger received…
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Belfast Wins Best Picture / Best Movie for Grownups
Director Kenneth Branagh and actress Judi Dench discuss their film "Belfast."| 2:48 -
Spotlighting Movies for Grownups Awards
AARP’s Movies for Grownups advocates for the 50-plus audience by fighting ageism.| 1:17 -
Lily Tomlin Accepts Career Achievement Award
Lily Tomlin accepts the Career Achievement Award at the Movies for Grownups Awards 2022.| 3:19 -
Tony Kushner and Rita Moreno Discuss "West Side Story"
Tony Kushner and Rita Moreno discuss Kushner's screenplay for "West Side Story."| 4:02
