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March 7, 2025 - Week in Review: Hamilton at the Kennedy Center, Meghan Markle, and stolen piglets
Culture Show co-hosts Jared Bowen, James Bennett II and Culture Show contributor Joyce Kulhawik go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review.First up, Lin-Manuel Miranda cancels “Hamilton’s” upcoming run at the Kennedy Center amid leadership and ideological changes. From there it’s a look at a freedom of speech issue as the publisher of the romance novel series “Sparrow and Vine,” pulls the books amid readers’ backlash over a character expressing pro Elon Musk sentiments. Then it’s onto Meghan Markle–now Meghan the Duchess of Sussex–and her lifestyle Netflix series, which has been universally panned. Finally, it’s a conversation about Serena Williams who is now an investor in the WNBA. -
March 6, 2025 - Tiana Clark, PopUp Bagels, and Charles Atlas
Award-winning poet Tiana Clark joins The Culture Show to talk about her latest collection of poems, “Scorched Earth.” Tiana Clark will be at a book event March 6th at 7:00 at Porter Square Books: Boston Edition. To learn more, go here.From there Brian Harrington joins The Culture Show. He’s the owner and operator of PopUp Bagels in the Seaport District, which will soon expand into Somerville at Assembly Row. It’s famous for being served piping hot, and for those long lines.Finally the pioneering video artist Charles Atlas joins The Culture Show to talk about his major retrospective at the ICA, which is on view through March 16th. On March 6th he’ll be in conversation with ICA curator Jeffrey De Blois. To learn more go here. -
March 5, 2025 - James Parker, Pixels + Petals at the New England Botanic Garden, and Paul Daigneault
James Parker, a staff writer at “The Atlantic,” joins The Culture Show to talk about his latest piece “When Robert Frost was Bad.” James Parker runs the Black Seed Writers Group—a weekly writing workshop for homeless, transitional, and recently housed writers–and he edits “The Pilgrim,” a literary magazine from the homeless community of downtown Boston. His latest book is “Get Me Through the Next Five Minutes.” From there Marissa Gallant, director of education at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, joins The Culture Show to give us an overview of their exhibition “Pixels+Petals,” which features over 2,000 orchids. It’s on through March 23rd.Finally Paul Daigneault, Producing Artistic Director at SpeakEasy Stage, joins The Culture Show to talk about stepping down after leading the theater company for over 30 years. He also discusses his farewell production, the musical “A Man of No Importance,” which is onstage through March 22nd. To learn more go here. -
March 4, 2025 - Reginald Dwayne Betts, Margaret Cho, and the Vinfen Film Festival
Reginald Dwayne Betts is an award-winning poet, a lawyer and founder of Freedom Reads, a first of its kind organization working to transform access to books in prisons. He joins The Culture Show to talk about his latest book “Doggerel: Poems.” From there comedian, actress and singer-songwriter Margaret Cho joins The Culture Show to talk about her new album “Lucky Gift,” and her “Live and Livid” comedy show, which brings her to The Wilbur on March 14th. Finally David Brown,Vice President of Communications and Development, at Vinfen joins The Culture Show for a preview of the Vinfen Film Festival. Every year Vinfen uses the power of film to raise awareness and fight against the discrimination and stigma often faced by people with mental health conditions and disabilities. The Vinfen Film Festival is March 15th. -
March 3, 2025 - Oscars roundup with Joyce Kulhawik, James Stavridis, and Danyson Tavares
Joyce Kulhawik joins The Culture Show for an Oscars recap with her take on the snoozers, snubs and surprises. Joyce Kulhawik is a Culture Show contributor, Emmy-award winning arts and entertainment reporter and president of the Boston Theatre Critics Association. You can find her reviews at Joyce’sChoices.From there, Admiral James Stavridis. He led NATO's global operations from 2009 to 2013 as Supreme Allied Commander for the alliance. He is also a prolific and popular author of historical military fiction whose novels offer cautionary tales. He joins The Culture Show to talk about geopolitics, European history and his process as a writer.Finally Danyson Tavares, the Executive Director of the Boston Society for Architecture joins The Culture Show for his take on President Trump’s executive order, mandating classical architecture for government buildings.
