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In a quarter century at its helm, she transformed it from a small museum with 10,000 annual visitors to around 310,000 today.

Paul English is co-founder of BannedBooksUSA.org and The Boston Public Library has joined the Books Unbanned initiative.

Chef Augustine François Anezin and staff created the Boston Cream Pie at the Parker House Hotel in the 1860s.

The singer-songwriter spoke about new music and his early days in Harvard Square.

Meron Reuben spoke to Boston Public Radio about Israel's reaction to recent attacks.

The eponymous festival attracts upwards of 25,000 people.

Chuck Todd on the premiere of his new show “Sunday Night with Chuck Todd,” where he interviewed Steve Bannon.Andrea Cabral on Weinstein verdict.Michael Curry on RFK/vaccine misinformation. Corby Kummer on pricy Boston dining

Today:Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discusses the new "dirty dozen" list of grocery store items laden with pesticides.And, Michael Curry, head of the Mass League of Community Health Centers, discusses a new proposal for the shuttered Carney Hospital in Dorchester to be repurposed as a training facility for nurses.

BPR Full Show 6/11: Protesting Feels Different

Today: A new report shows how, throughout its history, Massachusetts failed thousands of disabled residents living in institutions, and then tried to cover their tracks with bureaucratic stonewalling decades later.GBH’s Megan Smith joins alongside Alex Green, vice-chair of the commission behind this report. And, naturalist Sy Montgomery is back to talk about axolotls, as researchers at Northeastern look into whether humans could ever tap into their secrets around limb regeneration.

BPR Full Show 6/10: Fact From Fiction