Regie Gibson announced as first Poet Laureate of Massachusetts
Governor Maura Healey shared more details about the new role at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem Friday.
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Culture in the News
‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ showcases the joys and struggles of immigrants in America
The SpeakEasy Stage's production of the Tony Award-winning play centers hair braiders and their lives over one day in the salon in which they work.
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This church is paying ‘royalties’ when it sings spirituals composed by enslaved Africans
The funds collected by the Brookline parish will be donated to a nonprofit youth music program in Roxbury. -
Transgender authors and allies are making children's literature more inclusive
It's Transgender Awareness Week and we're looking at representation in children's literature. -
Frustrations on the T become a laughing matter in Somerville musical
"T: An MBTA Musical" is on stage at the Rockwell Theater in Somerville through December
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