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Culture in the News
Omar Thomas on making “Griot Songs” at GBH
Omar Thomas is a large ensemble composer who’s had work commissioned by Eastman New Jazz Ensemble, the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus, and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. His newest album, “Griot Songs,” was recorded entirely in the GBH Fraser Performance Studio. He spoke to Al Davis and Va Lynda Robinson about the process.
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'Cocaine Bear' and the re-imagining of the blockbuster
The movie is having a surprisingly strong box office showing. -
The civil rights memorials that expose America's ugly history and warn of repeating the past
Jared Bowen travels to the South in search of history and humanity. -
Finding resilience in Black love, through good times and bad
Here's to love and here's to Blackness, all year long.
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Episode 43, Season 8<br> Photographer Rania Matar, "The Age of Innocence," and more
Photographer Rania Matar, the centennial of Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence," & more| 26:46 -
Gloria's Conflict at The Plaza
Gloria has an interview at The Plaza which she misses due to a sexist manager of the hotel| 3:18
