Music

Longwood Chorus, made up of healthcare professionals, bridges music and medicine

Now for sale inside Symphony Hall: 65 Steinway pianos

Jillian Dawn comes back to Boston — and ‘Boston’

‘I’m Shipping up to Boston’ on electric violin and bagpipes? Mia x Ally went for it.

Books

In a new book, Ellen Ruppel Shell studies the slippery beasts of Maine and the ‘eel people’ they’ve snagged

Ottessa Moshfegh creates a noir ‘New England universe’ in her film adaptation of ‘Eileen’

Catching up with Rebecca F. Kuang on ‘Yellowface,’ a novel ‘told in the style of Twitter’

In Nathan Thrall’s new book, a day of tragedy in Jerusalem becomes ‘a way to open up the entire story of Israel and Palestine’

James Frankie Thomas writes a queer ‘elegy to a bygone era of the internet’ in ‘Idlewild’

In ‘Rouge,’ Mona Awad explores the dark side of the beauty industry

It’s Banned Books Week. Now What?

Food

What to eat at the North End’s Italian feasts

10 restaurants making Thanksgiving dinner easier

Other Arts Happenings

Fans reclaimed ‘girliness’ through fashion at the opening night of Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’

Meet the attendees of the Provincetown Carnival

Twin tattoo artists bring magic and myth to Salem’s Pioneer Village

Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter talks creative inspiration with Jeneé Osterheldt at Globe Summit

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