Maddie Browning

Boston has a rich arts and culture scene, and the city utilizes that vibrant energy to ring in the New Year with First Night on Dec. 31.

Plus, the musical “SIX” and a Christmas concert.

Aurora Aksnes, known professionally as AURORA, appeared before the MGM crowd singing softly and then screaming into the fog and shadows.

I look forward to decorating my family's Christmas tree every year. We play “John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together” and sift through

“That's some Boston s--- right there,” an audience member shouted after rappers Yanna G and Nay $peaks concluded their performance.

Ahead of the band’s shows at the Orpheum Theatre, the co-bandleader discussed the mystery of songwriting and their successful children’s music.

From a spike in popularity for a fantasy series to the latest hot romance, here are the year's bestselling books from Hummingbird Books, Brookline Booksmith, Papercuts Bookshop and All She Wrote Books.

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It's the final push before the holidays. If you're like me, that means frantically finishing work projects, scouring the internet for last-minute gifts and prepping for family gatherings.

“It's a man's world, but I don't care. I just want to dance,” Ayodele Casel declared to a packed audience at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge.