Turntable: This global music connoisseur’s playlist will take you on a journey
Marco Werman, co-host of The World, takes us across the globe, from Cameroon to Egypt and back to the United States.
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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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Music, photography from across the Jewish diaspora reach Boston for Hanukkah
The art highlighted in Boston this season reflects the vast geographical diversity of Judaism. -
Playwright Lloyd Suh talks 'The Heart Sellers' and the immigrant experience
"The Heart Sellers," a comedy named after the Hart-Celler Immigration Act of 1965 that repealed racist immigration laws from the early 20th century, is on stage now at the Calderwood Pavilion. -
Kate Flannery of 'The Office' on Boston Christmas show: 'Anything that makes anybody feel better, I'm so on board'
Flannery and actress Jane Lynch, formerly of “Glee,” will perform their holiday show “A Swingin' Little Christmas” with producer Tim Davis in Boston.
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