Devo at 50: ‘We're like the house band on the Titanic at this point’
Devo's 50th anniversary tour called "50 Years of De-Evolution… Continued!" is headed to Boston on May 9.
Music & Culture Events
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In PersonGBH Jazz Nights featuring Anabel Gil Diaz
Come hear Cuban-Spanish flautist Anabel Gil Diaz and her ensemble bring the rhythms of Latin jazz to the BPL! -
In Person
May 2025 Outspoken Saturdays
The GBH BPL studio will host Outspoken Saturdays, a spoken word poetry event for emerging artists. Every first Saturday of the month, the series will be created in collaboration with spoken word artist Amanda Shea. Join us!
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Virtual
Explorers: A New History with Matthew Lockwood
Prize-winning historian Matthew Lockwood looks at the impulse to explore, the travels of Pocahontas, Columbus, Sacagawea, and Captain Cook alongside others who rightfully deserve the title of “explorers” including immigrants and fugitive slaves.
According to Lockwood, people of every background imagine new worlds. The impulse to seek new places is universal to humanity. In his new book, “Explorers,” he unfurls a tapestry of surprising and historically overlooked travelers spanning forty centuries and six continents. His illustrated talk will share the stories of such seekers as David Dorr, born into slavery in New Orleans who embarked on a Grand Tour or Europe and Egypt, and the Viking female voyager Gudrid Far-Traveler, who sailed to North America in 1000 AD; among other pioneers.Partner:American Ancestors
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Culture in the News
Boston-based artist creates ‘Hip Hop Leadership’ curriculum
The project that includes an album, book and classroom curriculum designed to teach leadership through hip-hop.
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A year after ‘CODA’ made Oscars history, Deaf people are waiting for more inclusive stories
Industry professionals say the “gatekeepers” in Hollywood are major barriers. -
Celebrating the technical artists and designers who give Oscar-nominated films their flair
GBH's James Bennett II gives a primer on the technical awards and criticism over Oscars exclusion. -
As streaming services boom, cable TV continues its decline
Fewer than half of American adults now have a cable subscription. What's that mean for how we consume our news and entertainment?
GBH Music
More Culture Programs
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Episode 2, Season 3<br> Looking for The Gulf Motel, by Richard Blanco
Gloria Estefan & more read Richard Blanco’s "Looking for The Gulf Motel" with Elisa New.| 25:02 -
Episode 28, Season 2<br> Inside the Absurdist Mind of Kurt Vonnegut
We explore the life and work of Kurt Vonnegut.| 15:11 -
Episode 1, Season 3<br> The Wound-Dresser, by Walt Whitman
Tony Kushner, David Strathairn & more read Whitman’s “The Wound-Dresser” with Elisa New.| 25:11 -
Episode 23, Season 10<br> Greek and Roman Galleries, "Mr. Parent," and more
Greek and Roman Galleries at the MFA, Melinda Lopez and Maurice Parent on "Mr. Parent"| 26:46
