AAPI entertainment brings big bucks. Is Hollywood ready to tell stories with care?
“The Summer I Turned Pretty” abandoned storylines centering thoughtful Asian American representation after season 1.
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Culture in the News
Chelsea’s Verb Flow & Vision set the stage for an emerging arts and culture scene in the city
Verb Flow & Vision is a monthly spoken word, open mic and art show hosted at Kushala Sip in Chelsea.
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As ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ comes to Boston, one actress returns to the work in a new role
Mary Badham, who played Scout in the 1962 film, takes on a new role in the staged adaptation. -
Ken Burns’ ‘Benjamin Franklin’ finds something new to say about the Founding Father
“We live in a melodramatic age. Every hero has to be perfectly virtuous and every villain has to be perfectly villainous. And that’s not the way it is.” -
Open Studio: Remembering Barkley L. Hendricks and Emilio Delgado, and more
Jared Bowen talks to Richard Thomas about “To Kill a Mockingbird,” looks at the art of painter and photographer Barkley L. Hendricks and pays tribute to Emilio Delgado.
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“Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine”
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