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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Trick Or Treat: How One Wellesley Professor Is Rethinking The Salem Witch Trials
Professor Julie Walsh's "Philosophy and Witchcraft" class, offered each fall, focuses on witchcraft, its prosecution, and, of course, Salem, Massachusetts. -
Arts This Week: To Be Ambitious, Black And Female In A Shakespeare Play
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Victor Wooten To Become First Electric Bass Soloist Featured With Boston Symphony Orchestra
Grammy-winning bassist Victor Wooten will showcase an original concerto.
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