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 PersonMay 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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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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FRONTLINE brings an Oscar home to GBH for '20 Days in Mariupol'
“20 Days in Mariupol,” a film produced by GBH’s FRONTLINE and The Associated Press, took the Academy Award for best documentary Sunday night. -
The island spirit of Puerto Rico is coming to Boston in an inaugural cultural tour
The BoriCorridor inaugural tour is bringing Puerto Rican arts, music, and entertainment to Boston and other Northeastern cities. -
Celebrate Women's History Month with art across Boston
The Culture Show regular contributor Julia Swanson shares her picks of local public art that commemorates women to check out throughout March.
GBH Music
More Culture Programs
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Episode 11, Season 5<br> Why The Funkiest Music Is Coming From Brazil
What happened when American Funk made it's way to Brazil? The answer is Baile Funk.| 8:35 -
Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on Paganini
Yevgeny Sudbin and Scott Yoo explain Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on Paganini."| 4:05 -
Watch Rachmaninoff Play Piano
Using an Ampico piano scroll, Scott Yoo watches Rachmaninoff play the piano.| 3:10 -
Episode 1, Season 2025<br> International Jazz Day from Morocco
World-renowned artists assemble for an International Jazz Day All-Star Concert in Tangier, Morocco.| 55:24
