Past Events

Come join our studio audience!


Whether you are a fan of a student or school participating in GBH’s High School Quiz Show® this season, a HSQS Super Fan, or general trivia fan, the bracket is set for our 17th Season, and we want to mark the occasion with you!

GBH2/PBS Passport/YouTube Premiere Date: February 7, 2026 at 6pm

Saturday, January 24, 2026


8:15 AM — Qualifying Match #2: Mansfield vs. Somerville
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10:00 AM — Qualifying Match #3: Belmont vs. Brookline
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11:45 AM — Wild Card Match: Amherst vs. Westwood
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2:30 PM — Qualifying Match #1: Milton Academy vs. Wild Card Winner
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4:15 PM — Qualifying Match #5: Sharon vs. Wellesley
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Please note:

• This event is free to the public. 
• Seating is limited, please RSVP as soon as possible. 
• Audience members must be at least 7 years old; all minors (under 18) must be accompanied by an adult. 
• Registration does not guarantee seating in the studio audience (overflow will be seated in an adjacent theater featuring a live feed of the taping). Audiences are seated according to production needs. 
• Please inform us in advance of any special accommodations by reaching out to Audience Member Services during regular business hours M-F, 9am-5pm at 617-300-3300 or via email: info@wgbh.org.

Major funding for High School Quiz Show is provided by Safety Insurance. Additional funding is provided by the Museum of Science, Massachusetts Teachers Association, Britebound, UMass Amherst, Subaru of New England, and Direct Federal Credit Union.

High School Quiz Show is endorsed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education and the Massachusetts PTA.

Come join our studio audience!

Whether you are a fan of a student or school participating in GBH’s High School Quiz Show® this season, a HSQS Super Fan, or general trivia fan, the bracket is set for our 17th Season, and we want to mark the occasion with you!

Friday, January 23, 2026
5:30 PM — Qualifying Match #4: BB&N vs. Rindge and Latin

GBH2/PBS Passport/YouTube Premiere Date: February 7, 2026 at 6pm

LINK TO TICKETS




Please note:

• This event is free to the public. 
• Seating is limited, please RSVP as soon as possible. 
• Audience members must be at least 7 years old; all minors (under 18) must be accompanied by an adult. 
• Registration does not guarantee seating in the studio audience (overflow will be seated in an adjacent theater featuring a live feed of the taping). Audiences are seated according to production needs. 
• Please inform us in advance of any special accommodations by reaching out to Audience Member Services during regular business hours M-F, 9am-5pm at 617-300-3300 or via email: info@wgbh.org.
  

Major funding for High School Quiz Show is provided by Safety Insurance. Additional funding is provided by the Museum of Science, Massachusetts Teachers Association, Britebound, UMass Amherst, Subaru of New England, and Direct Federal Credit Union.

High School Quiz Show is endorsed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education and the Massachusetts PTA.

Come join our studio audience!

Whether you are a fan of a student or school participating in GBH’s High School Quiz Show® this season, a HSQS Super Fan, or general trivia fan, the bracket is set for our 17th Season, and we want to mark the occasion with you!

GBH2/PBS Passport/YouTube Premiere Date: February 7, 2026 at 6pm

Visit the links below for registration information.

Studio Audience Tickets - January 23

• Qualifying Match #4: BB&N vs. Rindge and Latin

Studio Audience Tickets - January 24

• Qualifying Match #2: Mansfield vs. Somerville
• Qualifying Match #3: Belmont vs. Brookline
• Wild Card Match: Amherst vs. Westwood
• Qualifying Match #1: Milton Academy vs. Wild Card Winner
• Qualifying Match #5: Sharon vs. Wellesley

Studio Audience Tickets - January 31

• Qualifying Match #6: Natick vs. Waltham
• Qualifying Match #7: Charlemont vs. Andover
• Qualifying Match #8: Lexington vs. Weston
• Quarterfinal #3: Winners of Sharon/Wellesley vs. Natick/Waltham
• Quarterfinal #1: Winners of Milton/Wild Card vs. Somerville/Mansfield

Studio Audience Tickets - February 1

• Quarterfinal #2: Winners of Belmont/Brookline vs. BB&N/Rindge and Latin
• Quarterfinal #4: Winners of Charlemont/Andover vs. Lexington/Weston
• Semifinal #1: Winners of Quarterfinal #1 vs. Quarterfinal #2
• Semifinal #2: Winners of Quarterfinal #3 vs. Quarterfinal #4
• Championship: Winners of Semifinal #1 and Semifinal #2
  

Major funding for High School Quiz Show is provided by Safety Insurance. Additional funding is provided by the Museum of Science, Massachusetts Teachers Association, Britebound, UMass Amherst, Subaru of New England, and Direct Federal Credit Union.



High School Quiz Show is endorsed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education and the Massachusetts PTA.

Join NOVA at the GBH Studios at the Boston Public Library for a night of NOVA science trivia! Get ready for creative categories that test your knowledge of science, from the depths of the universe to the history of science. This month, we will be quizzing you on ancient civilizations, serendipitous discoveries and more!

Limited seating is available on a first come, first serve basis. If you require a seat, we encourage you to arrive before the start time of this event. Registration is encouraged for this free event.

The capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro has been a global news story. Today, we invite members of the Venezuelan community to the GBH Studio to hear their perspective on the matter. How do they feel? What do they think the future has in store for their nation? These and many other insights from those who are closest to the story.

Guests:

Ana Julia Jatar, PH.D.
President - Venezuelan American Association of the United States

Leonardo Vivas
Expert on International Relations, Latin America

Maria Alejandra Bastardo
President – Casa de Venezuela New England

Nare Villarroel
Fled Venezuela after protesting Maduro dictatorship

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.

GBH Amplifies is also being supported by the Barr Foundation.

Registration is encouraged for this free event.

Limited seating is available on a first come, first serve basis. If you require a seat, we encourage you to arrive before the start time of this event.

Before the first shots of the American Revolution were fired, the battle for independence was already being staged—sometimes quite literally.

Host Ron Mitchell of the Bay State Banner sits down with Boston’s civic and spiritual leaders to discuss the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the current state of the civil rights movement.

Guests:

Rahsaan Hall
Urban League of Eastern MA

Imari Paris Jeffries
Embrace Boston

Rev. Willie Broderick II
Twelfth Baptist Church

Brandon Ransom
NAACP Boston

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.

GBH Amplifies is also being supported by the Barr Foundation.

Registration is encouraged for this free event.

Limited seating is available on a first come, first serve basis. If you require a seat, we encourage you to arrive before the start time of this event.

Step behind the curtain of A.R.T.’s world-premiere musical Wonder at this special virtual event featuring playwright and MacArthur Fellow Sarah Ruhl (book) and Ian Axel and Chad King, the GRAMMY Award-winning duo A Great Big World (music & lyrics).

Join an intimate conversation adapting the Pullman family’s story for the stage from the best-selling novel and beloved feature film, crafting its pop-inspired score, and collaborating to bring Wonder’s themes of empathy, belonging, and kindness to life.

This event includes:

• Live virtual conversation with Sarah Ruhl and A Great Big World’s Ian Axel and Chad King 
• Behind-the-scenes insights into the creation of Wonder
• Audience Q&A 

Don’t miss this chance to hear from the artists working at A.R.T., the theater that brought Gatsby, Waitress, and Jagged Little Pill to the stage. Moderated by Joyce Kulhawik.

About Wonder
We can change the way we see. Auggie Pullman has been homeschooled his entire life, often retreating to outer space in his imagination. But when his family decides it’s time for him to start going to school, Auggie must take off the space helmet he has used to hide his facial difference. As Auggie navigates a world filled with kindness and cruelty, his parents and sister go on their own journeys of transformation and discovery. The musical is based on the novel “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio and the Lionsgate and Mandeville film Wonder.

Stephen Guerriero moderates a conversation on transportation, surveillance, and human adaptation in the age of autonomous mobility.

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.