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Warner Bros shareholders approve Paramount’s $81 billion takeover of the Hollywood giant

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  Album review: Noah Kahan’s ‘The Great Divide’ showcases the artist’s staying power

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  Entertainment

  5 must-watch movies at IFFBoston 2026

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  Florence + The Machine

  In Boston, Florence + The Machine traded arena spectacle for bare feet, huge vocals, and striking intimacy

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Movies



The Grateful Dead just released a 5-LP box set of a particular classic Boston concert. Here’s why.

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  Streaming

  5 must-watch movies & TV shows streaming right now

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  Entertainment

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

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  THE QUEUE

  5 free streaming services you should be using

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TV



'Real Housewives of Rhode Island' Episode 4 recap: Red pizza and railroad rides

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  TV

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

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  Entertainment

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

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  Entertainment

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

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Streaming



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

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  Streaming

  5 must-watch movies & TV shows streaming right now

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  TV

  ‘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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Music



Violists serenade customers at Quincy Gas

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  Noah Kahan

  'Been waiting my whole life for this': Noah Kahan makes his NPR Tiny Desk debut

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  Lewis Capaldi

  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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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

‘Bat Out of Hell – The Musical’ roars into Mass. for three-night tour

Wednesday, April 22 – Saturday, April 25



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

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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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