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Vintage recording details an eyewitness account of Lexington, Concord battles
In the 1950 recording, preserved by GBH Archives, a Waltham doctor recalled his great-grandmother’s childhood account of the chaos on the first day of the Revolutionary War.
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January 28, 2025-Playwright Jordan E. Cooper, author Imani Perry and Something in the Way Festival at Roadrunner
Playwright Jordan E. Cooper joins The Culture Show to talk about his play “Ain’t No Mo,’” a satirical take on racism in America, which garnered six Tony award nominations. “Ain’t No Mo’” is a co-production by SpeakEasy Stage Company and Front Porch Arts Collective. It’s onstage through February 8th at Roberts Studio Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion. To learn more, go here.From there, storied independent record label Run For Cover Records is celebrating its 20th anniversary – teaming up with The Bowery Presents – for “Something In The Way,” a two-day indie rock, emo, and shoegaze festival taking place at Roadrunner this weekend, February 1st and 2nd. Tom Chiari, label manager at Run For Cover Records, joins The Culture Show for an overview. To learn more go here.Finally, National Book Award–winning writer Imani Perry joins The Culture Show to talk about her latest book “Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People.” It’s a meditation on the color blue and its role in Black history and culture. Tonight at 6:00 she’ll be at The Brattle Theatre at an event sponsored by Harvard Book Store. To learn more about the event, go here. -
January 27, 2025 - Alton Brown, Cary Grant at the Coolidge, and Kate Hamill's The Odyssey
Alton Brown, the television personality, food show presenter, food scientist, author, voice actor, and cinematographer joins The Culture Show to talk about his new book “Food for Thought: Essays and Ruminations.” It’s a debut collection of personal essays defined by his flair, wit, and insight. On February 8th at 1:00 you can catch Alton Brown at a book signing event at Harvard Book Store, more details here. Brown will return to Boston by way of his “Last Bite” tour at the Boch Center Wang Theatre on March 14th. To learn more go here.From there Beth Gilligan, Deputy Director at Coolidge Corner Theatre, previews their upcoming series “Cary Grant: The Man From Dream City,” which runs February 4th through February 25th. To learn more go here.Finally Kate Hamill, actor and playwright, joins The Culture Show to talk about “The Odyssey. ” Commissioned by the American Repertory Theater, Hamill turns a contemporary lens on Homer’s “Odyssey,” reimagining the stories of both Odysseus and his wife, Penelope, and asking how we can learn to embrace healing and forgiveness in order to end cycles of violence and revenge. “The Odyssey,” is onstage at ART’s Loeb Drama Center February 9th through March 16th. To learn more go here. -
January 24, 2025 - Week in Review: Oscar nominations, Netflix price hikes, and Prince Harry
Culture Show co-hosts Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley and Edgar B. Herwick III go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review.First up, the Oscar nominations are out and “Emilia Pérez” breaks the record for the most Oscar nominations for a foreign language film. “Wicked” and “The Brutalist” aren’t far behind, with each movie garnering 10 Oscar nods. We’ll look at the other surprises, snubs and snoozers.And, “The Brutalist” might be shining at the Oscars, but the light is going out on modern architecture with President Trump’s executive order, mandating classical architecture for all federal buildings.Plus it’s a tabloid takedown, with Prince Harry settling a legal battle with Rupert Murdoch –winning an apology and an eight figure sum. Finally, The Doobie Brothers, George Clinton and Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins are among the Songwriter Hall of Fame 2025 inductees. -
January 23, 2025 - Resistance: They Fought Back, Cara Romero, and a look at the craft brewing industry
The documentary film, “Resistance: They Fought Back” tells the little-known story of how widespread and prevalent Jewish resistance to Nazi barbarism was during World War II. The film’s Executive Producer Paula Apsell joins The Culture Show to talk about it ahead of its premiere on PBS, January 27th, which is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. To learn more about how to watch it, go here. Paula Apsell is a Senior Executive Producer Emerita of “Nova” and “Nova Science Now” and CEO of Leading Edge Productions.From there Chemehuevi photographer Cara Romero joins The Culture Show to talk about her first major solo exhibition at the Hood Museum of Art, Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light). Spanning the past decade of her work, this exhibition presents a thematic examination of Romero's complex and layered images, which celebrate the multiplicity, beauty, and resilience of Native American and Indigenous experiences.Finally we look at the state of the craft brewing industry. In a recent New York Times article, Joshua M. Bernstein writes about its breakneck growth over the decades, and its decline. 2024 marked the first time since 2005 that more breweries closed than opened. Joshua M. Bernstein is an award-winning writer and beer, spirits, food and wine journalist. His latest book is “The Complete Beer Course.” -
January 22, 2025 - Jenny Johnson and Billy Costa, Pedro Alonzo and Jackson Polys, and the BPL's Winter Reading Challenge
The dynamic dining duo, Jenny Johnson and Billy Costa join the Culture Show to go over the local restaurant acne, from the latest openings, to the latest closings and must-have meals. Jenny Johnson and Billy Costa are co-hosts of NESN's "Dining Playbook" and "Meet Boston with Billy and Jenny.” Their new book is “A Taste of Boston: The Definitive Cookbook of the City We Love.” From there it’s countdown to the Boston Public Art Triennial. It will feature 18 large-scale public art commissions, by local, national and international artists. Including the artist collective and self-proclaimed “public secret society,” New Red Order, whose work imagines what an Indigenous future could look like. Multimedia artist Jackson Polys is one of the core members. Polys and culture show contributor Pedro Alonzo, who is Artistic Director of the Boston Public Art Triennial, join The Culture Show.Finally, we get an overview of the Boston Public Library’s Winter Reading Challenge to read a book by an author from each of six geographic regions: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania. Veronica Koven-Matasy, the reader services supervisor at the central library in Copley Square, joins The Culture Show for an overview.
