GBH offers a wide variety of in-person and virtual events. From live music recordings, lectures and screenings to our virtual Book Club, tasting events and more, stay connected to our community. Whatever you’re interested in—news, history, the arts or music, we’ve got you covered. Fill your calendar with this rich diversity of events and be inspired, informed and entertained.
If you have questions about any of our events please reach out to Audience Member Services by phone 617-300-3300 or email info@wgbh.org
Featured Events
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In PersonStories from the Stage: Spooky Stories
Stories from the Stage invites you into our studio in Brighton for a night of storytelling related to this spooky season. -
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Open Streets Boston - Mattapan
Join GBH at the 2025 Open Streets event series, where neighborhood streets are closed to vehicular traffic to create room for community and play.
More GBH Events
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In PersonGBH Amplifies - 10/16 Alberto Vasallo III
GBH Amplifies is a community conversation series focused on expanding the reach of local voices from Greater Boston and beyond. The series features community leaders hosting public conversations in the GBH Studio at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square, providing a platform for inclusive perspectives on the issues that matter most to New England communities. GBH Amplifies happens weekly on Thursdays from 12:30-1:30pm at the GBH BPL Studio. This event is free and open to the public.
The monthly schedule is:
First Thursday of the Month: James ‘Jimmy’ Hills, Host of Java with Jimmy
Second Thursday of the Month: Ron Mitchell, Publisher and Editor of The Bay State Banner
Third Thursday of the Month: Alberto Vasallo III, President and CEO of El Mundo Boston
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Open Streets Boston - Mattapan
Join GBH at the 2025 Open Streets event series, where neighborhood streets are closed to vehicular traffic to create room for community and play. The events allow local businesses to expand into the street and to safely make space for music, games, bicycling, community tabling, and more. On October 18, come say hi to us in Mattapan on Blue Hill Avenue from River Street to Babson Street. -
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Who Cares About the Midnight Ride? Perspectives on an American Legend
What does Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride mean today, and who does it matter to? In this panel, a university professor, a high school teacher, and a public history content creator will discuss how the Midnight Ride resonates (or doesn’t) with their audiences. They will compare perspectives on societal trends that influence whether a historical event like this feels relevant today.
Moderated by Dr. Noelle Trent, Museum of African American History, Boston, with Dr. Eileen Ka-May Cheng, History Faculty, Sarah Lawrence College; Kerry Dunne, head of the History & Social Studies department at Lexington High School, and Ahsante Bean, creator of Bean Thinking, a YouTube channel exploring American politics through history.Partner:Paul Revere Memorial Association -
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Poetry Days Presents: An Evening with Philip Metres
Philip Metres is the author of twelve books, including Fugitive/Refuge, Shrapnel Maps, The Sound of Listening: Poetry as Refuge and Resistance, Sand Opera, and I Burned at the Feast: Selected Poems of Arseny Tarkovsky. His work—poetry, translation, essays, fiction, criticism, and scholarship—has garnered fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ohio Arts Council, and the Watson Foundation.
He is the recipient of the Adrienne Rich Award, three Arab American Book Awards, the Lyric Poetry Prize, a Pushcart Prize, and the Cleveland Arts Prize. Metres has been called “one of the essential poets of our time,” whose work is “beautiful, powerful, magnetically original.” He is professor of English and director of the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights program at John Carroll University. He lives with his family in Cleveland, Ohio.
Cosponsored by the Boston College Poetry Days Series.
The Lowell Humanities Series is sponsored by the Lowell Institute, Boston College's Institute for the Liberal Arts, and the Provost's Office.Partner:Boston College -
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Stories from the Stage: Spooky Stories
Stories from the Stage invites you to our Brighton studio for an evening inspired by the spooky season. You know that feeling — a noise you can’t explain, your heart starts to race, your stomach drops, and suddenly you’re covered in goosebumps. Some of these stories involve ghosts… others are simply strange, eerie, or delightfully unsettling — but all of them are true. Come be part of our live audience. You’ll laugh, gasp, and hear stories that just might make you wonder.
At Stories from the Stage, produced by GBH WORLD, ordinary people share extraordinary experiences that you will not soon forget. In each taping, we get up-close and personal with storytellers about what inspires them and the craft of storytelling. Join us!
6:30pm Doors open to GBH's Atrium
7:00pm Doors open to GBH's Calderwood Studio for seating
This event is presented with support from our sponsors MBTA Commuter Rail and Umass Amherst
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Who was Paul Revere, Really?
Two of Revere’s biographers will speak with the Executive Director of the Paul Revere House on Paul Revere, the man and the myth. While today he is most famous for his Midnight Ride, this talk will cover his life before and after the Revolution as well.
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Dr. Robert Martello, Professor of the History of Science & Technology, Olin College of Engineering
Dr. Jayne Triber, Independent Scholar
Nina Zannieri, Executive Director, Paul Revere Memorial AssociationPartner:Paul Revere Memorial Association -
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Champions Circle Presents: Coffee and Conversation with BPR Live at the BPL Studio
Get a behind-the-scenes look at Boston Public Radio with Jim Braude and Margery Eagan, alongside fellow Champions Circle members. Enjoy prime seating and complimentary coffee from the Newsfeed Café.
This is just one way Champions Circle members connect with GBH and each other through exclusive, insider experiences. Interested in joining this engaged community? Visit GBH.org/ChampionsCircle or email champions_circle@wgbh.org to learn more. -
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Caitlin Dickerson: Deported: The Price of Our Prosperity
Caitlin Dickerson is an award-winning investigative reporter and feature writer for The Atlantic. She won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting. Over nearly 15 years in journalism, Dickerson has also been awarded a Peabody, Edward R Murrow, Livingston, and Silvers-Dudley Prize for her writing and reporting. Before joining The Atlantic, she spent nearly five years as a reporter at The New York Times and five years as a producer and investigative reporter for NPR. Dickerson has reported on immigration, history, politics, and race in four continents and dozens of American cities. She is currently writing a book about the systemic impact of deportation on American society.
Cosponsored by the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics.
The Lowell Humanities Series is sponsored by the Lowell Institute, Boston College's Institute for the Liberal Arts, and the Provost's Office.Partner:Boston College -
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The Moth - October 2025
The Moth returns to the Wilbur Theatre in Boston on October 29th, and GBH has your pair of tickets! The Moth Radio Hour has been sharing spellbinding tales since 2009, and this is your chance to hear some of their best storytellers work their craft, sharing true tales live and in-person.
Support GBH with a $220 donation, and you'll receive a pair of tickets to see The Moth live. The sooner you give, the better your seats!
Experience true stories live as they're recorded for future episodes of The Moth Podcast and Moth Radio Hour. The two-act show, featuring a musical act, will allow you to immerse yourself in the storytelling sensation that has inspired connection, learning, and change for 15 years.
If you are drawn to stories like a moth to a flame, don't miss your chance to get tickets now and support your GBH listening. -
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Soundtrack to a Nightmare, with the Rasa String Quartet at the BPL
GBH Music welcomes the Rasa String Quartet to the Boston Public Library for a free Halloween-inspired program hosted by CRB Classical 99.5 midday host Edyn-Mae Stevenson. Soundtrack to a Nightmare follows the arc of a Classic horror movie – from eerie atmospheres and unsettling beauty to blood-chilling terror and otherworldly transformation. Featuring Schubert’s feverish Death and the Maiden, Mozart’s ominous Dissonance Quartet, haunting tracks from Radiohead, and iconic Halloween hits, this spine-tingling journey blends classical drama, cinematic suspense, and supernatural flair!
Formed in 2019, the the Rasa String Quartet brings together violinists Emma Powell and Maura Shawn Scanlin, violist Kiyoshi Hayashi, and cellist Mina Kim. The Rasa String Quartet is dedicated to exploring the musical space where classical and folk traditions intersect and influence one another. In Sanskrit, the term ‘rasa’ refers to the indescribable power of art to move, inspire, and connect us—a quality Rasa String Quartet strives to embody in every performance. The Rasa String Quartet will perform four free concerts at the BPL throughout the 2025-2026 GBH Music Season. -
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Outspoken Saturdays (November 2025)
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!
Registration is encouraged for this free event. -
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Open Streets Boston - Jamaica Plain
Join GBH at the 2025 Open Streets event series, where neighborhood streets are closed to vehicular traffic to create room for community and play. The events allow local businesses to expand into the street and to safely make space for music, games, bicycling, community tabling, and more. On November 2, join us at Centre Street from Lamartine Street to South Street.
