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Entertainment



Watch: Noah Kahan makes his NPR Tiny Desk debut

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  History

  Life jacket worn by a passenger who survived the Titanic auctioned off for over $900,000

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  Entertainment

  Bob Odenkirk talks Conan, Boston dining, and working with Emerson alum Henry Winkler on ‘Normal’

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  Entertainment

  Watch Mark Wahlberg try to pick Bostonians out of a lineup with Jimmy Kimmel

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Movies



5 must-watch movies & TV shows streaming right now

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  5 free streaming services you should be using

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  Box Office

  ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ rockets to $629 million worldwide at the box office

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  Streaming

  5 must-watch movies & TV shows streaming right now

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TV



'Real Housewives of Rhode Island' episode 3: Panic at the disco

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  Entertainment

  Sid Krofft, 'H.R. Pufnstuf' creator and children's TV visionary, dies at 96

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  Entertainment

  ‘SNL’ recap: Best moments from Colman Domingo hosting ‘Saturday Night Live’

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  Entertainment

  Matt Damon and Noah Kahan will join forces on 'SNL' in May

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Streaming



‘The Real Housewives of Rhode Island’: Episode 2 recap

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  Entertainment

  ‘SNL’ recap: Best moments from Jack Black hosting ‘Saturday Night Live’

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  Streaming

  5 must-watch movies & TV shows streaming right now

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  TV

  ‘Real Housewives of Rhode Island’: Everything that happened in Episode 1

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Music



Review and setlist: Lewis Capaldi showcased resilience, humor, and vocal power in return to Boston

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  CONCERT REVIEWS

  Review and setlist: The Last Dinner Party sets Roadrunner on fire

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  Music

  This Newburyport record store just turned 50. Here’s their secret.

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  Local News

  Popular Boston musician suffers heart attack during rehearsal for charity event

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Books



Your spring reading list, mapped

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  Books

  The Boston Public Library is the star of Kate Quinn’s latest NYT bestseller

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  Books

  Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer-winning author who turned unlikely subjects into bestsellers, dies at 80

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  Box Office

  ‘Project Hail Mary’ blasts off with $80.5 million, a best for Amazon MGM, and the year

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Things To Do



Events

Here are events happening near you in April

Wednesday, April 1 – Thursday, April 30



Events

10 free things to do in Boston in April

Wednesday, April 1 – Thursday, April 30



CONCERTS

15 must-see concerts at Boston’s top venues for spring 2026

Sunday, March 1 – Sunday, May 31



Concerts

25 great concerts coming to Eastern Mass. suburbs in spring 2026

Sunday, March 1 – Sunday, May 31



Concerts

12 must-see concerts at Boston’s smaller venues for spring 2026

Sunday, March 1 – Sunday, May 31



Events

Broadway In Boston returns for 2026-27 with major hits

Friday, Jan. 30 – Sunday, Aug. 8, 2027

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Arts



Review and setlist: Lily Allen asks ‘Who the f— is Madeline?’ at the Orpheum

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  Movies

  Giveaway: Enter to win tickets to an early screening of 'The Drama'

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  Brookline

  Coolidge Corner Theatre workers vote to authorize strike as contract negotiations deadlocked, union says

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  News Quiz

  The Greater Boston news quiz is BACK, baby!

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Celebs



Stories of Black and Indigenous patriots come into focus as US remembers the American Revolution

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  Don Lemon

  ‘It’ll be interesting doing man-on-the-street interviews with Bostonians … they’re very opinionated, and I love the accent’

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  Boston Marathon

  These celebrities and notable figures are running the 2026 Boston Marathon

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  Hampshire College

  Ken Burns speaks out on Hampshire College’s looming closure

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