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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New short film explores Boston's role in long, dark history of scalping Indigenous people
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Never-Before Heard, Leonard Bernstein's ‘Music for String Quartet’ To Premiere At Tanglewood
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Two Students Launch An International Film Festival In West Newton
The Open Gate International Film Festival brings dozens of films to the greater Boston area from Nov. 5-7
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