Amanda Beland

Local music and visual arts ensemble Soundscape Visions is premiering a song on September 26 in Lynn that is inspired by art from Ukraine. WBUR Morning Edition Tiziana Dearing spoke with founder and musician Alexander Vavilov about the project and what inspired it.

Blues singer and musician Susan Tedeschi got her start playing in Boston before going on to share the stage with acts like Bob Dylan, the Rollings Stones and the Allman Brothers.

Ryan Knotek stopped his boat and dropped anchor about a third of a mile off of Wollaston Beach.

I n a dimly lit room in Boston's South End, Christian Hernán De Restrepo sat down to staple. He leaned over his desk and steadied a piece of fabric in one hand and held the stapler in the other.

Borders have always been more than lines on a map, marking where one culture gives way to another and traditions collide. Artists have long lived at these thresholds. Meet seven local artists of color whose work explores and transcends these boundaries.

Scarboro Hill in Franklin Park, a local haven for hiking and bird watching, is expected to become home to a new monument designed by and for the Wampanoag people.

Maple syrup making is an ancient tradition that started with Indigenous communities in the Northeastern part of what is now North America.

Nestled on Cambridge Common is an oasis of sorts. The Alexander W. Kemp Playground , with its large wooden ship, was designed in part by city resident Mitch Ryerson.

Boston Harbor used to be one of America's dirtiest ports. But after decades of cleanup efforts, plenty of marine life, including sharks , call it home.

Looking for some tricks or treats this week? The West End Museum is hosting Halloween walking tours of the neighborhood's darker and more macabre historical sites. WBUR's Sharon Brody got a preview of some of the stops from the museum's tour guide Jaydie Halperin.