Musician Naomi Westwater brings spirituality to the forefront with ‘Cycle and Change’
The folk and jazz record is inspired by the Wheel of the Yea.
Music & Culture Events
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In Person
May 2025 Outspoken Saturdays
The GBH BPL studio will host Outspoken Saturdays, a spoken word poetry event for emerging artists. Every first Saturday of the month, the series will be created in collaboration with spoken word artist Amanda Shea. Join us!
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Virtual
Explorers: A New History with Matthew Lockwood
Prize-winning historian Matthew Lockwood looks at the impulse to explore, the travels of Pocahontas, Columbus, Sacagawea, and Captain Cook alongside others who rightfully deserve the title of “explorers” including immigrants and fugitive slaves.
According to Lockwood, people of every background imagine new worlds. The impulse to seek new places is universal to humanity. In his new book, “Explorers,” he unfurls a tapestry of surprising and historically overlooked travelers spanning forty centuries and six continents. His illustrated talk will share the stories of such seekers as David Dorr, born into slavery in New Orleans who embarked on a Grand Tour or Europe and Egypt, and the Viking female voyager Gudrid Far-Traveler, who sailed to North America in 1000 AD; among other pioneers.Partner:American Ancestors -
In Person
The Ulysses Quartet at The Boston Public Library (May 2025)
Join GBH Music's quartet in residence, the Ulysses Quartet, for a performance at the Boston Public Library!
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Culture in the News
Hilken Mancini celebrates ‘New and Notable’ album with all-star indie lineup
Hilken Mancini releases her new vinyl, out now on Girlsville Records, named New and Notable on Bandcamp, with an all-star lineup of indie rock performers at Sonia in Cambridge May 10.
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Falling for 'romantasy': BookTok’s favorite genre
In this special edition of “Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club,” we’re diving into one of today’s most popular and best-selling genres taking over bookstores — and your social media feeds: "romantasy." That’s romance plus fantasy. -
Nantucket's sea monster returns 90 years after balloon hoax
Something big — as in, 75-feet-long — is about to happen on Nantucket. On Monday, a giant sea monster will make its long-awaited return to the island in honor of renowned artist and local hero Tony Sarg. -
Boston’s famous music venue Great Scott will return to Allston
The club served Boston for 44 years before closing at the start of the pandemic.
GBH Music
More Culture Programs
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I Wonder as I Wander
Watch Broadway star Michael Maliakel perform "I Wonder as I Wander," with The Tabernacle Orchestra. -
Joy to the World
Broadway star Michael Maliakel joins The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra to sing "Joy To The World." -
Angels from the Realms of Glory
Watch Michael Maliakel perform "Angels from the Realms of Glory" with The Tabernacle Choir. -
The Christmas Story: Luke 2
British actress Lesley Nicol narrates the Nativity, for The Tabernacle Choir Christmas special: Joy.