The BSO avoided a strike and greeted its music director warmly, but an oddly programmed opening night culminated in a deeply disappointing Brahms Fourth.

With the uncertainty swirling around the Boston Symphony Orchestra, there seems to be a dark cloud hanging over the entire classical music season. But there is still wonderful music to be heard, and W...

This cyclosporiasis outbreak is happening right as our ability to track the parasite has been gutted. Last year, the Trump administration made surveillance of cyclospora optional through FoodNet, a pa...

I was lucky—I knew a great poet, and she was kind to me.

From the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Tanglewood to a collection of concerts at Newport mansions, the summer is brimming with opportunities to experience classical music. WBUR arts critic Lloyd Schwar...

# Join us in joyous defiance of a mad king. ### On June 14th, Mass 50501 and Indivisible Mass Coalition, in partnership with Boston Pride for The People, invite you to dance, sing, and resist with Pr...

Lloyd Schwartz is poet laureate of Somerville, the Frederick S. Troy Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and a longtime arts critic for NPR’s Fresh Air. He’s publi...

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The U.S. Postal Service is again under attack by Donald Trump and the world's biggest business con, Elon Musk. Trump’s plans to overhaul the post office and privatize it would be disastrous for people...

Nearly 10 years after gay marriage was legalized nationwide, our freedom to marry is coming under serious attack. Right now, the Idaho State House is driving forward a resolution calling on the Suprem...