Past Events

"Lessons in Drag" author Kareem Khubchandani speaks with Kris Manjapra, as they discuss the power of Drag to hold together precarious communities through uncertain times.

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Sweeten your weekend and the holiday season with an interactive baking event. GBH is partnering with Chef Joanne Chang and Flour Bakery for a special Saturday morning treat. Your $150 ticket includes a baking kit with ingredients to make 8 signature sticky buns, mailed directly to your home. We’ll also email you a Zoom link for special access to the one-hour virtual baking class led by Joanne Chang, the renowned pastry chef and founder of Flour Bakery.

On Saturday, December 13 at 11am ET, you’ll join Joanne live in a Zoom virtual event and follow along as she demonstrates how to make her signature sticky buns. She’ll share some baking tips with you. At the end of the class, she’ll answer some of your baking questions, too!

This activity is a great way to engage your whole family or gather your friends to make this delightful treat. Learn how to make warm, gooey, delicious sticky buns that will become a new baking tradition in your household.


 

Photo credit: Brian Samuels

What are the decisions, risks, and opportunities that lie ahead in an increasingly tumultuous international landscape? Michael Poznansky, Associate Professor and author on International Relations, responds.

GBH Jazz Nights welcomes pianist, composer, and poet David Leach alongside saxophonist Lihi Haruvi, drummer Dor Herskovits, and bassist John Lockwood for a set of Leach’s original compositions. Rooted in the Jazz and Creative music tradition, Leach’s music draws on eclectic influences ranging from 20th-century classical, American Folk, and Progressive Metal, inviting listeners into a soundscape that is at turns intimate and exhilarating, yet always deeply felt and open to the present moment. The band can also be heard on David’s debut album, The Ground That Holds You as You Fall Forever, on Adhyâropa Records (2025).

GBH Jazz Nights showcase the incredible range of jazz talent in the Greater Boston area. The series is co-hosted by JazzBoston and GBH Music, taking place on the second Thursday of every month from September through May. Tickets are free, but registration is encouraged. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis, so arrive early! By registering, you agree to receive email communications from GBH Music.

GBH Jazz Nights are made possible by the Goldstein Family Fund.

Ron Mitchell, publisher and editor of The Banner, welcomes respected journalists to discuss how print, broadcast, and digital media impact the state of Black America, including race equity, economics, employment, education, health, housing, criminal justice, civic participation, and journalistic integrity.

Guests:

Dr. Benjamin Chavis - President & CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association: Black Press of America (NNPA); Executive Producer/Host, The Chavis Chronicles on PBS

Michael Harriot - The Grio; one of two Black-owned press outlets with a dedicated seat in the White House Briefing Room.

Astead Herndon - Host and Editorial Director, Vox; National Association of Black Journalists’ (NABJ) 2025 Journalist of the Year.

Ebony McMorris - White House reporter, American Urban Radio Network (AURN); one of two Black-owned press outlets with a dedicated seat in the White House Briefing Room.

The conversation will continue with these and additional national and regional journalists at the Lenox Hotel in the Dome Room from 2 - 5pm; live streamed on blackpress.com and baystatebanner.com.

GBH Amplifies is a community conversation series focused on expanding the reach of local voices from Greater Boston and beyond. The series features community leaders hosting public conversations in the GBH Studio at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square, providing a platform for inclusive perspectives on the issues that matter most to New England communities. GBH Amplifies happens weekly on Thursdays from 12:30-1:30pm at the GBH BPL Studio. This event is free and open to the public.

GBH Amplifies is also being supported by the Barr Foundation.

Registration is encouraged for this free event.

Limited seating is available on a first come, first serve basis. If you require a seat, we encourage you to arrive before the start time of this event.

Stories from the Stage invites you to our Brighton studio for an evening inspired by gift giving! Some gifts come wrapped joyfully in ribbon - exactly what you need! While others arrive packaged with disappointment, anger, or shock - and nothing you wanted! Whether the perfect or the worst present – come listen to true, empowering stories about the gifts that changed, challenged, or caught individuals completely off-guard. You will find yourself saying, “Wow—what a gift!”


At Stories from the Stage, produced by GBH WORLD, ordinary people share extraordinary experiences that you will not soon forget. In each taping, we get up-close and personal with storytellers about what inspires them and the craft of storytelling. Join us!

6:30pm Doors open to GBH's Atrium

7:00pm Doors open to GBH's Calderwood Studio for seating


Event registration is required. Seating is general admission.


Photo credit: Stories from the Stage




This event is presented with support from our sponsor, Liberty Mutual.

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!

Registration is encouraged for this free event.

GBH Music welcomes the Rasa String Quartet to the Boston Public Library for a free holiday program, hosted by CRB Classical 99.5 midday host Edyn-Mae Stevenson! Let it Snow! features heartwarming folk tunes, holiday traditionals, and classic hits from the most wonderful time of the year. Take shelter at the BPL and warm up with an hour of festive, live music.

Formed in 2019, the Rasa String Quartet brings together violinists Emma Powell and Maura Shawn Scanlin, violist Kiyoshi Hayashi, and cellist Mina Kim. The Rasa String Quartet is dedicated to exploring the musical space where classical and folk traditions intersect and influence one another. In Sanskrit, the term ‘rasa’ refers to the indescribable power of art to move, inspire, and connect us—a quality Rasa String Quartet strives to embody in every performance. The Rasa String Quartet will perform four free concerts at the BPL throughout the 2025-2026 GBH Music Season.

Join Jimmy for an in-depth conversation with Joseph Bennett, Executive Director of YardTime, Inc., and Anthony Davis, Jr., CEO of The Davis System and Democratic Strategist.

This episode explores the experiences, observations, and civic engagement of Black men in local and national politics, from representation and voting behavior to leadership and community influence. Bennett and Davis will also discuss the work each is doing to engage, support, and mobilize their peers, and why this moment requires a renewed commitment to political participation.

A timely and necessary conversation you won’t want to miss.

Guests:

Anthony Davis Jr. - CEO, The Davis System and Democratic Strategist
Joseph Bennett - Executive Director, YardTime, Inc.

GBH Amplifies is a community conversation series focused on expanding the reach of local voices from Greater Boston and beyond. The series features community leaders hosting public conversations in the GBH Studio at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square, providing a platform for inclusive perspectives on the issues that matter most to New England communities. GBH Amplifies happens weekly on Thursdays from 12:30-1:30pm at the GBH BPL Studio.

GBH Amplifies is also being supported by the Barr Foundation.

This event is free and open to the public. Limited seating is available on a first come, first serve basis. If you require a seat, we encourage you to arrive before the start time of this event.

This event is sold out. Thank you for your interest!

Celebrate the season with Illuminate Bach: A Holiday Celebration! Filmed live in GBH’s Fraser Performance Studio, this festive concert program showcases the radiant spirit of J.S. Bach’s music — from sacred works that evoke the wonder and reverence of the holidays, including Part Five of his Christmas Oratorio, to the lyrical charm of his Oboe Concerto in D minor. The evening also features “Winter Breviary,” a set of three carols by Reena Esmail that draw on cultural traditions of Indian and Western themes and music. The performance will be led by Emmanuel Music Artistic Director Ryan Turner and hosted by Brian McCreath, host of The Bach Hour on CRB Classical 99.5. Illuminate Bach offers audiences a moment to reflect, rejoice, and join an annual tradition shared with viewers and listeners across Massachusetts through upcoming broadcasts on GBH 2, NEPM, and CRB Classical 99.5.


7:00pm: Doors open to GBH's Yawkey Atrium
7:15pm: Reception in Yawkey Atrium
8:00pm: Illuminate Bach: A Holiday Celebration! begins in Fraser Performance Studio. Seating is general admission.

This program is made possible by the Mattina R. Proctor Foundation.
This event is presented with support from our sponsor, Xfinity.