With the holiday season upon us and Christmas just over a month away, it’s the perfect time to start getting into the holiday spirit with family-friendly fare.

Rhett Price was touring Texas with a country band when he had his ah-ha moment. During a sound check, he started playing Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” on his violin. The drummer and bassist joined in, and when they stopped playing, the audience went wild.

A lot of Boston shows are wrapping up their runs this week in anticipation of the holiday theater season. Before the inevitable onslaught of Christmas Carols hits local stages, you may want to check out a few of these offerings.

For the first time in decades, a majority of maps made in Boston in the century before the American Revolution come together at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.

When Nicky Silver’s agent called and told him about an opportunity to work on an unproduced, unpublished Kurt Vonnegut script, he leapt at the chance—but not for the reasons you might imagine.

The Boston Film Festival returns for its 29th installment on Friday, bringing with it a slew of screenings and celebrity guests like Andy Garcia and True Blood's Robert Kazinsky.

For the last 23 years, 13 empty frames have hung on the walls of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The frames represent the 13 paintings that were stolen in the biggest art theft in U.S. history.

Imagine putting together a supergroup of all your favorite musicians. Today you might invite Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga, but 60 years ago? Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash...