Bridgit Brown

On display in the Central Branch of the Boston Public Library are over 150 traditional and cutting-edge prints created at the 25-year-old Mixit Print Studios in Somerville.

Fela!, the musical, takes place at the tipping point in Fela’s career, a time when he was trying to decide whether to leave his homeland of Nigeria and come to America.

Ma Rainey’s story illuminates a very special person at a time when we rarely got to see the real story behind the music.

WGBHArts contributor Bridgit Brown sat down with photographer Don West at the Museum of African American History in Boston during a current exhibition of his work.

On perhaps one of the coldest days in December, WGBHArts contributors Arthur Smith and Bridgit Brown ventured out to East Boston, home of the outdoor exhibit Hazards of Modern Living.