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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P Carl brings his story from page to stage with 'Becoming a Man'
The writer and director is co-directing the world premiere of his memoir-turned-play "Becoming a Man" here in Boston, and joins The Culture Show to talk about the show before it wraps up March 10. -
Local artists collaborate to celebrate Roxbury Community College
Ahead of the school's 50th anniversary gala, Napoleon Jones-Henderson and Stephen Hamilton join The Culture Show to talk about their work on a new installation. Also on the show today, Gish Jen and the Rocky Neck Art Colony. -
Boston's ECO is in the 'fiery furnace of a murderous world'
The Engima Chamber Opera's artistic director, Kirsten Cairns, says this Britten production is especially timely.
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