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Arts This Week: 'Jagged Little Pill,' 'The Wiz,' 'Classic Balanchine'
Every week, WGBH News' Arts Editor Jared Bowen highlights the exhibitions, theater, movies and music you should check out in and around Boston. -
Arts This Week: 'Mardi Gras Indians,' 'Allegiance,' 'Trouble in Tahiti'
Every week, WGBH News' Arts Editor Jared Bowen highlights the exhibitions, theater, movies and music you should check out in and around Boston. -
Arts This Week: 'Paddington Comes to America,' 'Brokelahomo!' 'Angels in America,' 'Three Tall Women'
Every week, WGBH News' Arts Editor Jared Bowen highlights the exhibitions, theater, movies and music you should check out in and around Boston. -
Arts This Week: 'Boston #StandsWithImmigrants,' 'Pathways to Freedom,' 'Anna Christie,' 'Top Girls'
This week, Jared Bowen reviews some of the best new theater in Boston and gives us a taste of what's in store for ArtWeek, a 10-day arts festival across… -
Actor Bradley Whitford On Movies, #MeToo And Diversity In Hollywood
Actor Bradley Whitford, best known for his role as Josh Lyman in "The West Wing," spoke to WGBH's Morning Edition about his new role in "The Handmaid's… -
Arts This Week: 'Klimt and Schiele: Drawn,' 'Picturing Frederick Douglass,' 'On Your Feet!'
This week, Jared Bowen provides his take on "Klimt and Schiele: Drawn" and "Picturing Frederick Douglass" before heading to the theater for "On Your… -
Nicholas Nixon Exhibit Closing Begs The Question: Can We Separate The Art From The Artist?
When Diana Crane heard the Nicholas Nixon retrospective would abruptly close a week and a half ahead of schedule, she rushed over to the Institute of… -
Boston In 1968: The Birthplace Of 'Astral Weeks,' A Musical Masterpiece
At 22 years old, Van Morrison had a hit on the radio (Brown Eyed Girl), but he was broke and on the run, searching for his next sound. Landing in Boston,… -
Arts This Week: 'Worcester's Leonardo,' 'Chappaquiddick,' 'Isle of Dogs'
This week, Jared Bowen delves into "The Mystery of Worcester's Leonardo" at the Worcester Art Museum, and gives his take on the films "Chappaquiddick" and… -
Village Voice: In Two Poems, Women Identify Society's Restrictions — Then Cast Them Aside
Boston Public Radio is celebrating Women's History Month with this week's installment of "Village Voice," a recurring conversation about how poetry can…
