David-James is an interdisciplinary creator based in Boston, Ma. With a background in Fine Arts and in music performance, David-James has made an effort to combine mediums and create his own brand: Notan Collective. Within this Brand, the Artist has been able to release projects that showcase his interdisciplinary nature, such as “Mournin” and “Shades.” Both of which shows his abilities in visual arts, as well as his skills in music production, songwriting and performance.
Boston bred artist Pop Off emerged on the scene with his breakout project, "Diamonds in the Rough." With its old school hip hop style production, Pop Off has stamped his place in Boston's rap scene with his raw rap style, use of the city's slang, and mentions of its neighborhood streets.

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The GBH studio at the BPL is hosting 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.

Hey Work It Out Wombats! fans, Have YOU ever wished you could play along with the Wombats as they zip, slide, romp and tumble through the Treeborhood? Well now you can! The Work It Out Wombats! Podcast invited you to join us at the Boston Public Library to a series of mega-fun playdates with Zadie, Zeke, and Malik.

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Come to the GBH Studio at the Boston Public Library to learn about “What is Owed?” — a new podcast from GBH News hosted by reporter Saraya Wintersmith.

"What is Owed?" is a seven-part GBH News podcast that will examine Boston's critical and historic role in the national reparations debate happening across the country and in other parts of the world. The series seeks to understand how reparations might look in Boston, one of America’s oldest cities that still struggles to shake stigmas of its past when it comes to racial equity.

Celebrate the launch of the podcast with the team and enjoy live music by GBH Lounge artist and performer Nadjya Facey-Maccow.

Zahili Gonzalez Zamora is a pianist, composer, bandleader, arranger, and educator. Born in Manzanillo, Cuba, she started playing piano at the age of 6 and graduated from the National School of Music with a performance degree. Her passion for music has taken her to Canada, South East Asia and the United States. Her Afro-Cuban jazz trio, MIXCLA, has headlined at the landmark Scullers Jazz Club in Boston since 2018. She was a recipient of the Live Arts Boston grant in 2018 and is an assistant professor at Berklee College of Music.

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Raised with devotion for music, Gregory George Groover Jr is a twenty-seven year old tenor saxophonist and educator from Roxbury, Massachusetts. His love and pursuit of music directed him to the Boston Arts Academy where he graduated in 2011. Currently, Gregory serves as the co-chair of music at his alma mater, the Boston Arts Academy where he provides instruction in Jazz studies to the next generation of artists and scholars. In addition to teaching, Gregory continues to perform regularly with his working bands and is earnestly working towards the release of his second album: the Negro Spiritual Songbook Volume II - “The Message”.

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.

Musician Jonathan Suazo is a Puerto Rican saxophonist, composer, cultural seeder, and educator. His music treads a beautiful line between intensity and delicacy with notable influences from artists such as Kenny Garrett, David Sánchez, Miguel Zenón and John Coltrane. His formal debut album RICANO is OUT NOW on all platforms and The New York Times named it one of the top ten Jazz albums of 2023.

Registration is encouraged for this free event.

The GBH studio at the BPL is hosting 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.

Anna Webber is a flutist, saxophonist, and composer whose interests and work live in the aesthetic overlap between avant-garde jazz and new classical music. Her new album, Shimmer Wince, explores Just Intonation in a jazz setting, and is a follow-up to her critically-acclaimed release Idiom. That album earned Webber the accolade of being named the top composer of the year by JazzTimes in 2021.

Known as an innovative guitarist since the early 1980’s, Joe Morris added performing on double bass in 2000. He has performed and/or recorded on bass with many of the most important contemporary artists in improvised music. As a bassist, guitarist or drummer, Morris is featured as leader, co-leader, or sideman on more than 160 commercially released recordings on the labels. Morris has toured extensively throughout North America and Europe as well as in Brazil, Korea and Japan. He has lectured and conducted workshops on his own music and on improvisation, and is the author of the book, Perpetual Frontier: The Properties of Free Music (Riti Publishing 2012).

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