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The 34-year-old mentors teens at Artists For Humanity and also has a production company, Wunderus. His vision is to create a community of local talent in the film industry and a gateway for younger generations who are still navigating the field.WBUR

The students who are returning to community college classrooms today are less interested in earning a bachelor’s degree than years past.WBUR

Inspired by his late father, the Puerto Rican musician explores his Dominican roots on an album the New York Times selected as one of the best of 2023.WBUR

The 27-year-old began his musical journey in Bangalore, India. Now, his band Project MishraM brings its signature blend of traditional Carnatic vocals, guitar shredding and synthesizer to international stages.WBUR

The new measures may survive challenges in state court, legal specialists say, but lawsuits could open the door to rollbacks of assault weapons bans nationally before the U.S. Supreme Court.WBUR

The Quincy artist stages elaborate images designed to challenge the exoticizing gaze so often directed at Arab women.WBUR

After dancing professionally for decades, Mochizuki decided to create change in the dance world. She founded a dance company designed to showcase the Asian American experience.WBUR

Boston shut down the Long Island Bridge and programs on October 8, 2014. The move put pressure on other shelter and treatment programs in the city. Local leaders are now moving to rebuild the bridge and open a new recovery campus on the island.WBUR

Victor Ambros and Gary Rukvun discovered microRNA -- molecules that control how genes regulate each other inside cells. The discovery is the basis for some disease treatments.WBUR

With experience at both large museums and smaller local galleries, the 24-year-old aims to challenge inequitable systems in art spaces and contextualize art produced by people of color.WBUR

The singer-songwriter has always loved folk music, but the genre hasn’t always uplifted non-white artists. They are working to expand the perception of folk music to include people of color and queer and trans performers.WBUR

Members of Boston’s Jewish community gathered Sunday in a small park in Newton Centre, same as they have for most Sundays in the last year. They were there to mourn the victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel and call for the release of those still held in captivity.WBUR

One year since the war in Gaza began, a Massachusetts man who escaped with his family said he's still coming to terms with the experience and his feelings of survivor's guilt.WBUR

As design director at MASARY Studios, Hawkins executes luminescent, large-scale art installations using architecture, technology and algorithms.WBUR

The latest conflict in the Middle East has been raging for a year now, and it continues to reverberate in Massachusetts. Two local friends, a Palestinian woman and an Israeli man, talk about the last year and how it's affected their call to shared humanity.WBUR

"A lot of, members of the Jewish community feel isolated at this time, and that gesture of checking in on friends and neighbors and colleagues who are Jewish is so, so meaningful," senior Rabbi Karen Thomashow, of Temple Isaiah in Lexington, told WBUR's Weekend Edition.WBUR

The HONK! Festival in Somerville and Cambridge that gets underway Friday and lasts through the weekend. Members of the Good Trouble Brass Band brought their instruments to WBUR's Morning Edition to share music and talk about the festival.WBUR

As Massachusetts needs thousands more solar workers in order to meet climate goals, the SHINE program recruits people from neighborhoods that have high environmental burdens but have been under-represented in the green economy.WBUR

The Lawrence hip-hop trio won over our judges with a charismatic performance of their song "Slum Village."WBUR