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Somerville gears up for this weekend's Porchfest
Residents of Somerville, Massachusetts are preparing their front yards for the city’s biggest event of the season — Porchfest, a decentralized music festival that progresses from west to east Somerville over the course of six hours.
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May 3, 2024 - Week in Review: Public art, the Mona Lisa, and Kendrick v. Drake
Today on The Culture Show co hosts Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley and Edgar B. Herwick III go over the latest arts and culture headlines on our week-in-review. First up, Boston will host its first ever public art triennial. A year from now the city will be populated by public art from international superstars to locally renowned artists. From there, disappointed museum goers are putting the moan in Mona Lisa. The Louvre has plans to move da Vinci’s masterpiece underground so that audiences don’t have to be dissatisfied with what is now considered an overrated work.Plus, the Tony nominations are out, we look at the surprises, snubs and snoozers.And, where’s the beef? Look no further than hip-hop heavyweights Kendrick Lamar and Drake. We track how their feud has escalated and ask if this modern-day rap battle is proof that when it comes to a duel, the pen is mightier than the sword. -
May 2, 2024 - ArtLords, City Hall, and the Worcester Symphony Orchestra
When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, creating art was dangerous. The Taliban disapproved of music and banned all artistic representations of the human form. They saw art as an expression of protest and resistance. After their reign, when Afghanistan functioned as an open society, art flourished. But since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, after the final US troops left Afghanistan, art has literally been wiped out and artists are again being oppressed.Driven by the desire to promote the arts, artists, and the transformative power that art can have, Omaid Sharifi co-founded the artist collective ArtLords in the heart of Kabul. He joins The Culture Show along with ArtLords artist and current student at Dean College, Fatima Wojohat .And, as we continue our Boston Design Week coverage, The Culture Show’s Edgar B. Herwick III investigates how people feel about one of Boston’s most contentious designs: Boston City HallFinally, May the 4th be with you. Roderick MacDonald, music director of the Worcester Symphony Orchestra, and president of the WSO, Edgar Cyrus, join us to talk about their upcoming concert,”The Magic of Hollywood,” which will feature scores from the silver screen, from “Star Wars” to “Harry Potter.” -
May 1, 2024 - Back to the Future, Joywalk Fenway, and Mahesh Daas
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April 30, 2024 - Robert Jan van Pelt, Boston Design Week and Ngoc-Tran Vu
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April 29, 2024: Oliver de la Paz, Pope Francis and Adam Gardner
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