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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Mass. LGBT Chamber of Commerce and BPL unite to tackle LGBTQ+ job inequality
"I want to feel like when I go to work, I can be true to myself," said one job fair attendee. -
Prison system 'is somehow even worse than I thought,' formerly incarcerated journalist says
Keri Blakinger highlights dehumanization in America's prison system through her new memoir. -
People behind The Embrace want the sculpture to spur action, keep alive Kings' legacy in Boston
King Boston's Embrace Ideas festival featured Hank Wills Thomas, the man behind The Embrace monument.
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"Maybe"
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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
