I didn't know I needed the new Billy Joel documentary
NPR critic Linda Holmes has been a Billy Joel fan since the '80s. HBO's new two-part documentary still taught her something new about his life — and provided a chance to consider the role of his music in her own.
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'Dear Summer: Volume 3' returns to highlight more emerging artists and DJs
The citywide mixtape features six DJs and 17 up-and-coming and established artists from the Greater Boston area.
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Red Sox to star in Netflix documentary on the 2024 season
Netflix will also release a documentary later this year looking at the 2004 World Series championship Sox team. -
New Panel + Picture event series hopes to make Boston a hub for comic arts
The monthly panel series will offer Boston's comic lovers a place to gather and celebrate the genre. -
A foster parent reflects on loving — and letting go of — the children in his care
Mark Daley always knew the goal was reunification — but he was still devastated when the young boys in his care returned to their birth family. He writes about the experience in his new memoir, Safe.
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