Broadway for everyone: How audio description brings live theater to blind audiences
There are now about a dozen Boston-area venues that offer the live narration of the visual parts of the show.
Music & Culture Events
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In PersonMarch 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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The Ulysses Quartet at The Boston Public Library (March 2025)
Join GBH Music's quartet in residence, the Ulysses Quartet, for a performance at the Boston Public Library! -
Virtual
Megan Marshall talks with Janice Nimura about “After Lives”
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of celebrated American women, Megan Marshall has been hailed as a “gifted storyteller” (New Yorker) at “the front rank of American biographers” (New York Times).
Join us to hear about her latest work “After Lives: On Biography and Mysteries of the Human Heart” and gain insight from her discussion with fellow biographer Janice Nimura. Don’t miss their conversation about remarkable women in history and their own lives and work. Special for Women’s History Month.Partner:American Ancestors
Concerts to Watch
GBH Music Holiday Spectacular 2024
Celebrate the season with the GBH Music Holiday Spectacular, a family-friendly concert and an opportunity for music lovers to be part of a live television production at GBH’s headquarters in Brighton.
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Culture in the News
George Washington's personal library took a winding path before landing in Boston
In 1848, the Boston Athenaeum acquired more than 300 volumes from the famed Virginian's collection of books. They nearly ended up in the British Museum instead.
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'The Shark is Broken' takes a behind the scenes look at the filming of 'Jaws'
Playwright Ian Shaw recently spoke to GBH Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen about the inspiration and process behind the creation of “The Shark Is Broken,” as well as what it’s like to play his father onstage. -
ICA's longtime director Jill Medvedow is stepping down
In a quarter century at its helm, she transformed it from a small museum with 10,000 annual visitors to around 310,000 today. -
Paranormal romance gives readers an escape beyond Halloween
Romance books featuring spooky characters are on the rise and filling the shelves of bookstores year round, not just during Halloween season.
GBH Music
More Culture Programs
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Der Rosenkavalier Final Trio
Lise Davidsen, Erin Morley, and Samantha Hankey sing an excerpt from the Act III trio.| 2:19 -
Lili Boulanger's “Of A Spring Morning”
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performs a section of “Of A Spring Morning”| 1:54 -
Elīna Garanča Sings the Habanera from Bizet's "Carmen"
Elīna Garanča Sings the Habanera with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.| 2:25 -
Janai Brugger Performs Leonard Bernstein's "Kaddish"
Soprano Janai Brugger performs a section of Leonard Bernstein's "Kaddish."| 2:56
