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Hey ARTery readers,
We’ve made some changes to this newsletter that we think you’ll like. You read about arts and culture each week, but we want to help provide more opportunities for you to experience it in your community. So in addition to the local arts and culture coverage you want, we are now also bringing you ticket giveaways, deals and a more robust calendar of WBUR and partner events. Here are a few important things to know:
🎨 We’ll always include our must read arts and culture stories from the week, and a curated list of things to do, watch, eat and more from The ARTery.
🎨 You’ll always find your ticket giveaways about half way through this newsletter.
🎨 You’ll get a list of events from WBUR and partners -- just scroll down!
🎨 Any events that come from outside of WBUR and its partnerships will be clearly labeled as sponsored. We value transparency and know you do, too.
Let us know what you think of these new features by replying to this email. We’d love to hear from you.
— Arielle Gray, Arts Engagement Producer
newsletters@wbur.org
Our Must Reads
Crude, Hilarious And Deep: How The A.R.T. Turned 'Moby-Dick' Into A Musical For Today
Take Melville's classic "Moby-Dick" and make it a....musical? That's exactly what the American Repatory Theatre did, blending vaudeville, hip-hop and traditional Broadway style.
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At MASS MoCA, Sculptor Ledelle Moe Grieves On A Monumental Scale
On view at MASS MoCA beginning Dec. 14, Moe’s show entitled “When” consists of about a dozen large-scale sculptures, pieced together in a way that reveals steel armature inside a scarred concrete skin
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Greta Gerwig Wants 'Little Women' To Be Great Or Nothing
Gerwig’s latest venture is a creative and star-studded adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel “Little Women." The film was show on location in Concord and Harvard.
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The Latest BSO Commissions Are Beautiful But Fail To Distinguish Themselves
"My problem with a lot of contemporary music is that the orchestration... seems more important than a compelling through line, or truly heartfelt expression of complex feelings, or — God forbid — a memorable melody," writes arts critic Llyod Schwartz in this review.
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5 Things To Do This Weekend, From Dolly Parton To Contemporary Art
Plus, the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus will sing its way through holiday classics and the Urbano Project is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
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Things To...
Do: See Mariah Carey live at "Mariah Carey: All I Want For Christmas Is You" at the Wang Theatre on Dec. 13 (Check out more of our holiday show picks here)
Eat: A cup of hearty clam chowder at Boston Chowda Co. in Faneuil Hall.
Watch: "NOS4A2" a new supernatural thriller that's based in Haverhill, MA.
Listen: "She Is Boston," a song that's a collaboration between Boston based female rappers and singers.
Read: Cameron Awkward-Rich's sophomore poetry collection, "Dispatch." (Read our piece on "Dispatch" here)
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GIVEAWAYS
Enter To Win A Pair Of Tickets To Huntington Theatre Company's We All Fall Down Playing This January.
A hilarious new play about a family trying out new traditions for the first time. Linda and Saul Stein still live in the Westchester home where they raised their two beautiful daughters. But when Saul unexpectedly retires, Linda summons the family to celebrate Passover for the first time in decades. Linda tends slightly toward the theatrical (okay, a lot), and their family has never been particularly religious (okay, not at all). So their comic attempts to bring the Seder to life go from riotous to heartwrenching in this play from Huntington Playwriting Fellow and Somerville resident Lila Rose Kaplan, directed by Obie Award-winner Melia Bensussen. Can this family come together, or will an age-old tradition tear them apart?
Click here to enter and here for more info. (WBUR members save $10 with their member code!)
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Enter To Win A Pair Of Tickets To The 17th Annual A Christmas Celtic Sojourn, Saturday, December 21.
One of the true highlights of New England’s holiday performance calendar, A Christmas Celtic Sojourn with Brian O'Donovan returns once again to Boston's Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, Dec. 13-23. Entering its 17th year, celebrate the holidays with top-level musicians, singers, and dancers from around the Celtic world including Siobhan Miller, Maeve Gilchrist, Seamus Egan, and more!
Click here to enter and here for more info.
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EVENTS FROM WBUR & PARTNERS
Add These To The Calendar
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