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November 29, 2024 - Ethan Hawke and Sean Wang
Ethan Hawke joins The Culture Show to talk about his latest film, “Wildcat,” which he directed and co-wrote. It’s about Flannery O’Conor– her imagination, her life and how illness instilled in her an unrelenting awareness of death. Hawke talks about what Flannery O’Conor means to him and what it means to be the face of Gen X.From there, filmmaker Sean Wang. In his uproarious debut feature film, he depicts the agonies of adolescence: alienation, awkwardness and angst. You know, all the things we try to bury and never remember again. But Wang makes them visible and hilarious. Titled DIDI, it’s the story of Chris, a 13-year old Taiwanese-American boy searching for belonging in suburban California – just as Facebook and MySpace are changing everything. -
November 28, 2024 - Raj Tawney, Joanne Chang, and Marsha Lindsey
Today on the Culture Show we have a show about food, tradition and culture. First up, writer Raj Tawney. Growing up in a multicultural household, his coming of age story happened in the kitchen, helping his mother and grandmother cook recipes from their homelands. Themes of food, memory and identity come together in his memoir, “A Colorful Palate: A Flavorful Journey through a Mixed American Experience”From there, it's award-winning pastry chef Joanne Chang of Flour Bakery + Cafe and Myers+Chang Restaurant. She joins us with her theory on why there is a comfort food revival, putting her spin on the classics and how, for her, a recipe is always a work in progress.Finally we top things off, by topping one off with mixologist Marsha Lindsey, As the principal bartender at SRV where she also runs the bar program, she raises a glass to Black history by introducing us to some of her favorite black owned spirits–and her craft cocktails. -
November 27, 2024 - Handel's Messiah, the Mayor's Mural Crew, and The Thanksgiving Play
The Handel and Haydn Society has been performing Messiah every year since 1854. This year there’s a new component: Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen is introducing CitySing which unites 121 musicians on the Symphony Hall stage to perform Messiah November 29th through December 1st. He, along with Steven Marquardt, principal trumpet player, joined The Culture Show for a preview and performance.From there, culture show contributor Julia Swanson of The Art Walk Project, takes us on a tour of the Mayor’s Mural Crew. For 30 years tenagers have been deployed during the summer to make murals that celebrate community and creativity.Finally, “The Thanksgiving Play” satirizes white progressives who want to create a Thanksgiving pageant for children that’s sensitive to Native Americans. What could go wrong? Director Tara Moses, the first Native American to lead a major production of this play, joins us. “The Thanksgiving Play,” is a production of Moonbox Productions, onstage through December 15th at Arrow Street Arts. -
November 26, 2024 - Annette Gordon-Reed, Nantucket Looms, and Mary Grant
Annette Gordon-Reed is renowned for her groundbreaking work on Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. She was the first Black person awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History. She was honored with MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships, and won the National Book Award for “The Hemingses of Monticello.” Jared Bowen recently caught up with her to talk about her latest book, “On Juneteenth,” at the GBH studio at the Boston Public Library as part of Boston Speaker Series.Next, Nantucket has a history of women-operated businesses because the men were often away at sea, on whaling ships for years on end. That legacy continues to this day with Nantucket Looms, an all-female weaving studio and retail store that has been in operation since 1968. Culture Show co-host Edgar B Herwick III and producer Kate Dellis take us there.From there Mary Grant, President of MassArt joins us for her monthly appearance. Today she discusses how a President Trump administration could affect arts funding, the MassArt Common Good Awards and how there seems to be a literacy problem on college campuses. -
November 25, 2024 - Joyce Kulhawik and Pedro Alonzo
Today Culture Show contributor Joyce Kulhawik joins us for our recurring feature, Stage and Screen Time–a look at the latest movies and plays in theaters now. Joyce Kulhawik is an Emmy-award winning arts and entertainment reporter and president of the Boston Theatre Critics Association. You can find her reviews on Joyce’s Choices.From there, Culture Show contributor independent curator Pedro Alonzo joins The Culture Show to talk about Midnight Zone, his latest project, which is a solo exhibition by Julian Charrière inspired by the environmental hazards of deep-sea mining.
