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08/29/2026

Tale as old as time. Or at least, as old as 1985. Storrow Season, here we go again!

Footage via the GBH Archives.

08/26/2026

The moment Arthur met Ten Dolla– oh, we mean Pal.

We're honoring the legendary Dolly Parton on our GBH mural this morning. The music star, actor, and beloved figure passe...
08/26/2026

We're honoring the legendary Dolly Parton on our GBH mural this morning. The music star, actor, and beloved figure passed away yesterday at 80 years old.

We remember Dolly not just for her extraordinary talent –– immortalized in songs like "Jolene," "Coat of Many Colors," and "I Will Always Love You" –– but for her philanthropy. One shining example is her education nonprofit, Imagination Library, which sent free books to children in Tennessee.

Rest in peace, Dolly Parton. 🙏 🕊️

08/25/2026

Dolly Parton on songwriting: “It’s not a hard process for somebody that just is born to do it.”

In this clip from her 2019 interview with The Culture Show's GBH Arts Editor Jared Bowen, Dolly Parton reflected on her incredible discography and the role music played in her life. Rest in peace, Dolly. 🕊

In 1968, Emily the elephant was captured in the wild and brought to New Bedford's Buttonwood Park Zoo when she was just ...
08/24/2026

In 1968, Emily the elephant was captured in the wild and brought to New Bedford's Buttonwood Park Zoo when she was just a few years old. She is now 61, and the only living elephant in the state of Mass. after the passing of the zoo's only other elephant, Ruth, in 2024.

Despite spending nearly all of her entire life at Buttonwood, the national advocacy group In Defense of Animals says Emily should live out her remaining years at an elephant sanctuary. They've gotten 24,000 signatures on a petition calling for the city of New Bedford, which owns the zoo, to make that happen.

Activist Courtney Scott: "We feel she deserves a chance to have some of her life in a place where she can actually live like a real elephant. You know, where she can actually roam and forage and maybe meet new friends."

The zoo's leadership understands the advocacy group's concerns around Emily being housed alone but cite her past fraught interactions with other elephants as a reason why it's in her best interest to stay where she is.

Buttonwood Park Zoo Director of Zoological Services Shara Rapoza: "We recognize that elephants are highly social animals and that, generally, they thrive in social groups. However, Emily has demonstrated throughout her life a strong preference for the companionship of her human care team. Her care must be guided not only by what is generally true for elephants, but by what is demonstrably best for Emily as an individual."

Full GBH News story link in the comments.

Will be keeping this forever, thank you very much.
08/19/2026

Will be keeping this forever, thank you very much.

When (Allston) Christmas comes early...(📸: Mary Gay Tobin)
08/19/2026

When (Allston) Christmas comes early...

(📸: Mary Gay Tobin)

08/18/2026

Spend a day at Park Street... 41 years ago.

Footage courtesy of the GBH Archives.

57 years ago this week, Judy Griffin took a risk by hitchhiking to Woodstock after her car broke down on the Tappan Zee ...
08/17/2026

57 years ago this week, Judy Griffin took a risk by hitchhiking to Woodstock after her car broke down on the Tappan Zee Bridge. She poked her head into the window of a nearby 1967 VW Beetle to ask for a ride... and found Jerry Griffin sitting in the backseat. The couple would fall for each other over the course of the three-day spectacle of peace, love, and music, and haven't left each other's side since.

However, after 50 years of marriage, they had no proof of their serendipitous first weekend as a "couple" together. That is, until they spotted themselves in the trailer for the documentary "Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation" from GBH's American Experience | PBS.

The image above is that moment captured in the documentary, alongside the couple's recreation of it five decades later. ❤️

08/15/2026

Julia Child's crown never slipped... unlike the one on our cake. Happy Birthday to the Queen of Cooking! 👑

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