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Devo at 50: ‘We're like the house band on the Titanic at this point’
Devo's 50th anniversary tour called "50 Years of De-Evolution… Continued!" is headed to Boston on May 9.
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August 27, 2024 - P. Carl, Miranda July, and Lorraine O'Grady
Today on The Culture Show, P Carl. He built a life as a queer woman. But all the while he had a yearning to become more fully realized. For him that meant transitioning to another gender. He wrote about it in his 2020 memoir, “Becoming a Man,” which he adapted for the stage in a play that made its world premier at the American Repertory Theater. From there it’s multi-media, artist Miranda July on her new novel, a coming-of-middle-age story about a woman who is either experiencing a turning point or is turning her world upside down.Finally, artist Lorraine O’Grady’s slow burn of a career. At nearly 90- years-old she is having a moment–from receiving a Guggenheim fellowship to having her first ever museum retrospective at the Davis Museum. -
August 26, 2024 - Matt Farley, Adam Gardner, and Charles Ives
Today on The Culture Show, the one-man media conglomerate: Matt Farley. For him quality IS quantity. The Danvers based singer-songwriter is prolific. He’s written, produced and recorded more than 25,000 songs. He also makes movies, hosts podcasts and writes books. Then, It’s music to environmentalists’ ears. We check in with Adam Gardner. The lead singer of Guster is also leading the way to make the music industry more sustainable. Finally, how many pianos does it take to Celebrate Charles Ives? The pioneer in avant-garde music was recently celebrated at New England Conservatory with a series of concerts marking his 150th birthday. NEC’s Stephen Drury joins us to talk about Ives’ genius and where we can hear his influence today -
August 23, 2024 - Week in Review: Bennifer, Phil Donahue, and The Onion
First up, after months of speculation about divorce, Bennifer is over, again. The highly publicized rollercoaster of a romance that’s spanned decades has its own wikipedia entry, there are numerous analyses breaking down their breakups, legal experts weighing in on the potential financial fallout….so what does our fascination with the on again off again relationship between Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez say about fame, fortune and us?Then we remember Phil Donahue. A pioneer of TV talk show who paved the way for Jerry Springer and Oprah Winfrey; using the format of live audience participation to tackle what were then, taboo topics for daytime TV–– such as sexual assault and race relations.From there, we look at the relationship between comedy and news by way of a forthcoming CNN show taking on the weekly headlines with humor. -
August 22, 2024 - Judy Collins, Jamie Wyeth, and arts at the DNC
Judy Collins, the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter is bringing her unmistakable, ethereal voice, and her legendary repertoire to Tanglewood..Ahead of her performance, she joins The Culture Show to talk about her landmark 1967 album, “Wildflowers,” her 2022 studio album of original material titled ”Spellbound,” and her fight for social and environmental justice.From there we enter the unsettling universe of acclaimed artist Jamie Wyeth. The haunting, ominous and menacing worlds that he has conjured over decades are on view in a new exhibition at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, ME titled “Jamie Wyeth: Unsettled.” Finally, GBH News digital producer Alexi Cohan joins us from Chicago with her highlight reel, recapping four days of the Democratic National Convention. -
August 21, 2024 - Jack Lueders-Booth, Artists for Humanity, and King Richard's Faire
In the 1970’s photographer Jack Lueders-Booth went to MCI Framingham, the women’s prison, to teach the incarcerated photography. He transformed a vacant wing of the prison, building darkrooms…and a community. During his nearly 10 years there he collaborated with the women who lived in the prison; teaching technique, learning their stories and making a series of color Polaroid images. They number nearly 200 and now a selection of these portraits appears in his new photo-book, “Women Prisoner Polaroids.”From there we look at Artists For Humanity. The nonprofit trains youth in art and entrepreneurship. This summer, through a partnership with the city of Boston, they became one of the largest employers of teens in the city by creating 460 jobs. Anna Yu, executive director of Artists for Humanity and Jason Talbot, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Program join the culture show to talk about their mission and work.Finally we time travel to the 16th century by way of King Richard’s Faire. The largest and longest running Renaissance festival in New England kicks off on August 31st. Seasoned performers Mikayla Kanode and Frank Dixon join us for a preview.
