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CAUGHT IN THE ACT

Bold and Courageous


By Jared Bowen
Through performance, photography and film, consider those who fight for love, for peace and for family. 
Caught in the Act

Young People These Days


By Jared Bowen
What prompts young people to roll up their sleeves, make money or make art? David Cronenberg explores the ugly side of success with his new film, while the young artists in downtown Boston will tell you it's creativity and hard work that pay off.
Caught in the Act

Phyllis Diller: Comedy Comes From Tragedy


By Jared Bowen
Watch this 2004 interview with the creators of the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College and see a clip from the study they did on Phyllis Diller's comedy.
Caught in the Act

Artists for Humanity Opens in Faneuil Hall


By Jared Bowen
Artists for Humanity is not just a fluffy confidence-building program. AFH’s professional artists, teachers and mentors guide kids into creating art to then sell.
General

The Summer Arts Weekend Preview


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By WGBHArts
Boston's Copley Square will be flooded with incredible music this coming weekend. WGBHArts tells you what to expect.
CAUGHT IN THE ACT

Museum Invites You to Worcester's 'Living Room'


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By Jared Bowen
In a symbolic gesture, the new director of the Worcester Art Museum is reopening its long-shuttered front doors and offering free admission through July and August.
General

Harvesting Community with CSArt



By Mary Tinti
A brilliant concept whose tagline is “Invest in local artists, reap a harvest of art,” CSArt is one of a gazillion great ways that the worlds of sustainable farming and contemporary art seem to be colliding lately.
General

Poetically Speaking: The Legacy of The Last Poets


By Bridgit Brown
Juneteenth honors African-American liberation and this year in Boston it will be done through poetry and spoken word.
General

Letter from the Editor: Welcome to WGBHArts


By Jared Bowen
The art of enjoying the summer just got a whole lot easier, with WGBHArts as your guide.
Caught in the Act

Arthur Griffin's Lens on Fenway


By Jared Bowen
Arthur Griffin photographed a lot of baseball fans for Life, Fortune and the Saturday Evening Post. Now his Museum of Photography in Winchester is giving Fenway Park a party — in pictures.
Jared Bowen: Caught in the Act

Pictures Worth Thousands


By Jared Bowen
Nearly 6,000 photographs have become part of the MFA's collection, thanks to trustee Saundra Lane. Meanwhile, photographer Arthur Griffin's work at Fenway celebrates the ballpark's 100th anniversary.

On stage: Lonesome West and Xanadu.
Music

Review: Europa Galante at Sanders



By Arthur Smith
Boston Early Music Festival presented the period instrumental ensemble Europa Galante at Sanders Theater, Sunday, Feb 6. Guest Street curator Arthur Smith gives the report.
Music

Baroque Strings At Sanders



By Arthur Smith
Baroque Strings At Sanders It’s been a good year for the Boston Early Music Festival. Most lauded for its biennial June performances, the group also presents a strong line-up of concerts throughout the year.
Film

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975



By Kim McLarin
Kim McLarin reviews the new documentary which seeks to excavate the phenomenon which was the Black Power Movement in the United States, using never-before seen footage.
Theater

"Porgy and Bess" at A.R.T.: Transformed and Illuminating



By Kim McLarin
Kim McLarin takes in the new production of Porgy and Bess” at Cambridge’s American Repertory Theater with the question “Why now?” and finds a surprising answer in the company’s new version of the 75-year-old opera.
Film

For Colored Girls



By Kim McLarin
WGBHArts contributor Kim McLarin's take on the Tyler Perry film adaptation of "For Colored Girls Who've Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf..."
Theater

Bruce George: A Poet For the Stage



By Bridgit Brown
Bruce George is a legend even though he would rather be recognized as a poet. But he is the reason why the art of performance poetry catapulted to stardom in this decade, and continues to thrive despite the rapidly changing interests of the American television viewership.
Visual Art

Don West: Black Boston's Photographer



By Bridgit Brown
Photographer Don West has chronicled the people and events of black Boston for over twenty years.
Visual Art

Art For The People



By Bridgit Brown
Fern Cunningham has a mission and it is to sculpt the story of her people. Back in 1999, when the city of Boston unveiled the Harriet Tubman Memorial that it commissioned her to create; she made a point to punctuate the fact that the monument told the story of the liberated, and not the liberator.
Mark Your Calendar

Candide at the Huntington: Tony-winner Mary Zimmerman takes on a flawed classic.



By Arthur Smith
Leonard Bernstein's problematic masterpiece bows at the Huntington.
Film

A New Movie: Starring You.



By Arthur Smith
There's been a YouTube orchestra, a YouTube chorus, and now...one day in the life of the world turned into a "Crowd Sourced" film.

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