Legendary French chef, Jacques Pépin--author, television personality and educator.is in the GBH Studios with award-winning BostonChef Jeremy Sewall, partner of Row 34 Restaurants, will touch upon Jacques’s career and culinary experiences cooking in some of the finest French restaurants in Paris and New York City. You'll learn more about Jacques’s friendship with chef and GBH television personality Julia Child, his involvement in a dozen PBS television programs and much more!

Jacques Pépin also shares more about his newest book, Cooking My Way, published in September 2023. He will be signing copies of this book during the post-reception in our Atrium that follows the formal program.

The event is moderated by Stephanie Leydon, Executive Producer of Digital Video at GBH News.

Photo credit: Tom Hopkins

Bob Dylan performed three nights in Boston – with fans turning out to the Orpheum Theatre to see the music legend.

Join GBH Music in welcoming the Ulysses Quartet as its first-ever quartet in residence with a free performance at the GBH Studio at the Boston Public Library on Wednesday, November 8, at noon.

The ensemble will perform works by Joan Tower, traditional folk songs, and Beethoven's String Quartet No. 9, which they began recording in Fraser Performance Studio last month. The Ulysses Quartet's season-long partnership as quartet in residence furthers GBH Music's ongoing effort to connect with listeners of all backgrounds and ages. The partnership will span over fifty performances and events throughout the year, including with the Boston Public and Massachusetts schools.



Photo credit: Lara St. John

Eight members of the schools' task force stepped down after BPS' new "Inclusive Education Plan" announced that English language learners will receive English as a Second Language support as needed and not be taught separately in their native language.

What does it mean to be Asian in a country where everything is Black and white? Author and associate professor Julia Lee explores the state of being caught in a racially stratified America in her new memoir, "Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America."

Considered “one of the iconic harpists of this new age,” ​Eduardo Betancourt​ is a Grammy-award winning Venezuelan musician, producer, arranger, composer, instructor, and multi-instrumentalist with 31 years of experience in traditional and fusion Venezuelan music. Betancourt plays on Electric ​Llanera and Camac EC harps (their design and construction he helped guide for the French harp company, ​Les Harpes Camac​).​ With his instruments, he explores and applies new sonorities to traditional Venezuelan music, giving his work a refreshing contemporary sound.

Oscar-winning director Alexander Payne talks to GBH's Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen about his new film, “The Holdovers,” which opens in Boston on Friday, November 3rd. The film, a 70s period piece set over a winter break at a New England area prep school, focuses on the relationship among a cantankerous history teacher, Paul, his rebellious student, Angus, and the school’s head cook, Mary, who lost her son — a soldier recently killed in Vietnam.

Ken Field is a saxophonist & composer. He leads the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, an experimental & improvisational brass band, and is a longtime member of the electronic modern music ensemble Birdsongs of the Mesozoic. His solo releases document his work for layered saxophones and his soundtracks for dance and film. Field's music is heard regularly on the children's television program Sesame Street. He is the host of WMBR Radio’s “The New Edge”, former President of the Board of Tutoring Plus of Cambridge, Member of the HONK! Festival Organizing Committee, President of the Board of JazzBoston, and former member & chair of the Cambridge Bicycle Committee. Field was named a Finalist in Music Composition by the Mass Cultural Council.

Join us for an evening of music, wine, and food. Registration is encouraged for this free event.

Registration is encouraged for this free event.

Take a break from holiday shopping in the Back Bay and join Jimmy Hills and his guests at noon in the GBH studio located in the Newsfeed Cafe at the Boston Public Library. This lunchtime holiday break takes place on December 20th, bringing you an afternoon of soulful expression.

Join James "Jimmy" Hills, the host of Java With Jimmy, on December 20th for a Soulful Java Holiday celebration at GBH that extends far beyond mere festivity. It’s a moving testament to the unity and communal spirit of the holidays needed all year long. With the presence of pianist, Mark A. Copeland, the enchanting melodies of Guitarist, Tyrone J. Chase, the rhythmic melodic tones of vocalists, Angela Elizabeth & Amandi Music, you're invited to immerse yourself in the magic of connection and the power of music that surpasses the holiday season.

Registration is encouraged for this free event.

It’s the month of all things spooky and scary, from horror movies to haunted mansions. But what about gardens? Turns out there's an unexpected sinister side to gardening, and writer and gardener Marta McDowell traces the connection between gardening and crime fiction in her book, "Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers."