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  • 1 week ago | wbur.org | Amelia Mason |Andrea Shea |Arielle Gray |Cristela Guerra

    'Frederick Douglass'Friday, June 20Odyssey Opera, in collaboration with Boston Modern Orchestra Project, brings “Frederick Douglass” to the stage. The opera, which was composer Ulysses Kay’s final opera, first premiered in 1991. It was considered Kay’s magnum opus and looks at the abolitionist’s final years following the Civil War.

  • 1 month ago | wbur.org | Amelia Mason

    What is the point of public art? As evening draws in, Mr. Pink hovers over pedestrians on Winter St. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)Editor's Note: This story is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly arts and culture newsletter, The ARTery. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Happy birthday to WBUR! The WBUR Festival kicks off today in honor of the station’s 75th anniversary. Really, it’s just an excuse to have a big party — and hopefully this isn’t the first you’re hearing of it.

  • 1 month ago | wbur.org | Amelia Mason |Lukas Harnisch |Victoria Wasylak |Noah Schaffer

    Left: Cover art for DeevoDaGenius, Kil The Artist and BLUEHILLBILL's "Bleu Magic" (Courtesy Jackson Hallaws and Chop The Head). Center from top: Album art for Kim Perlak and Francisco Mela's "Spaces" (courtesy); Art for Pile's single "Born at Night" (Courtesy Mark Lapriore); and single art for Tuxis Giant's "Last Laugh" (courtesy). Right: Album art for Suriel's "Pressure" (courtesy).

  • 1 month ago | wbur.org | Amelia Mason

    On a bustling weekday afternoon at the main branch of the Boston Public Library, passersby stopped to snap pictures of a ramshackle house that had recently materialized in the middle of Deferrari Hall. Caledonia Curry, also known as the street artist Swoon, was putting finishing touches on the whimsical installation, which stood 16 feet tall and was decorated with junkyard scraps: tin cans, old keys, a hubcap. Life-sized wooden puppets peeked out from inside the house.

  • 1 month ago | wbur.org | Darryl Murphy |Amelia Mason

    From the newsroom: Lupe Fiasco makes music out of sculpturePlay05:39Download AudioEmbed on your websiteClose×Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site<iframe width="100%" height="124" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://player.wbur.org/the-common/2025/05/15/from-the-newsroom-lupe-fiasco-makes-music-out-of-sculpture"></iframe>Copy embed codeRapper Lupe Fiasco stands by Antony Gormley's steel sculpture Chord at MIT in Cambridge, Mass.

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