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December 18, 2024 - Mary Grant and the Cocktail Guru, Jonathan Pogash
Today on The Culture Show Mary Grant, President of MassArt, joins us for our recurring feature “AI: Actual intelligence,” where we tap into the most interesting thinkers in our region whose insights and observations are totally original and algorithm free. This month we discuss stories at the intersection of art, society and education, from a recent study on the brain benefits of seeing real works of art, to the MassArt Common Good Awards.From there The Culture Show’s co-hosts Callie Crossley, Jared Bowen and Edgar B Herwick III convene a holiday cocktail party with Jonathan Pogash, founder and owner of The Cocktail Guru, leading the way. Jonathan Pogash will return to GBH on February 14th for Valentine’s Day Soiree. To learn more about that event and how you can attend, go here. For the cocktail recipes featured on the show, visit our Instagram page. -
December 17, 2024 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Les Sampou and Ed Grenga, and Abelardo Morell
Today on The Culture Show Imari Paris Jeffries, president and CEO of Embrace Boston, joins us for his monthly segment: “AI: Actual intelligence,” where we tap into the most interesting thinkers in our region. Their insights and observations are totally original and algorithm free. Today Imari Paris Jeffries discusses President Biden commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others convicted of nonviolent crimes through the lens of Martin Luther King. Jr.’s legacy.. He also previews next month’s Embrace Honors MLK, which is on January 19th. To learn more about the event go here.From there we’re joined by singer-songwriter Les Sampou and composer, musician and songwriter Ed Grenga. Based in Massachusetts, they discuss their new album, “Best Day of the Year: Original Holiday Classics,” and what it’s like to score holiday films for Hallmark and Lifetime.Finally the innovative photographer Abelardo Morell joins The Culture Show to talk about his technique and his exhibition, now on view at the Clark Art Institute through February 17th, “Abelardo Morell: In the Company of Monet and Constable.” To learn more about the exhibition go here. -
December 16, 2024 - Six, Merriam-Webster's word of the year, and Midwinter Revels
Tony award-winning musical “Six,” in all of its exuberant defiance, reclaims history for Henry VIII’s six wives. Now the queendom reigns at Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre by way of Broadway in Boston. Today two of the queens – Danielle Mendoza who stars as Anne of Cleves and Alizé Cruz who stars as Catherine Howard – join The Culture Show. Six is onstage through December 29th. To learn more go here.From there Edgar B. Herwick III is joined by Merriam-Webster’s editor at large, Peter Sokolowski about the word of the year: “polarization.” They talk about how Merriam-Webster decides on the word of the year, how they track linguistic trends and some history behind the famed dictionary.Finally, we tap into a holiday tradition, “Midwinter Revels.” This year’s theme merges the Irish and Cabo Verdean cultures and seasonal customs in “The Selkie Girl and the Seal Woman.” Director and Revels’ interim artistic director Debra Wise, Revels’ music director Elijah Botkin, vocalist and musician Liz Hanley and David Coffin, Revels’ artist-in-residence, join us for an overview. “Midwinter Revels: The Selkie Girl and the Seal Woman” is onstage at Sanders Theatre through December 28th. To learn more go here. -
December 13, 2024 - Week in Review: Luigi Mangione's cultural impact, the MFA selling paintings, and Nikki Giovanni
Today on The Culture Show, Jared Bowen, Edgar B. Herwick III, and Callie Crossley go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review.First up this week is Luigi Mangione. As soon as his unmasked face was made public and once people knew the name of the suspected gunman who allegedly killed United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson – fandom flooded the internet and the memes followed. From look-alike contests to combing through his reviews on GoodReads, Mangione has truly captured this cultural moment. What does that say about us when an alleged murderer becomes an instant movie-star-like celebrity?From there, we'll discuss the Museum of Fine Arts' decision to sell 20 Dutch and Flemish paintings from its collection. The museum plans on selling several deaccessioned Dutch and Flemish pieces. And finally, we'll remember the poet and public intellectual Nikki Giovanni who died earlier this week at age 81. -
December 12, 2024 - Engelbert Humperdinck, the Boston Tea Party's anniversary, and Mahesh Daas
Engelbert Humperdinck is a multi-platinum legendary singer whose “Last Waltz Farewell Tour,” lands at the Chevalier Theatre in Medford where he performs on December 12th. Engelbert Humperdinck's latest album All About Love, is a collection of his own versions of some of some classic love songs. He joins The Culture Show to talk about it all.From there we get a preview of Revolutionary Spaces’ commemoration of the 251st anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. They’ll be staging with a world-class reenactment of the Meeting of the Body of the People at Old South Meeting House! Experience this pivotal moment in our nation’s history as you watch the vigorous debate that led to the destruction of tea on December 16, 1773. Matthew Wilding, Director of Interpretation & Education at Revolutionary Spaces joins us for an overview. To learn more about the reenactment and to get tickets go here.Finally, Mahesh Daas, president of Boston Architectural College, joins The Culture Show for his recurring feature “AI: Actual intelligence,” where we tap into the most interesting thinkers in our region. Their insights and observations are totally original and algorithm free. This month we’re talking about Notre-Dame de Paris, and the five-year restoration that went into resurrecting it from the ashes after it was damaged by a fire in 2019. Mahesh Daas is the co-author of the graphic novella about artificial intelligence, titled “I, Nobot.”
