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Annie Linders on trad-jazz, Lindy Hop, and bike polo
Annie and the Fur Trappers headline the Bay State Hot Jazz Festival in Medford this weekend. Their front woman spoke to GBH Music about the magic of ‘20s jazz, and what to expect at the free festival.
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Michael Cunningham grapples with pandemic in new novel ‘Day’
The author, best known for "The Hours," returns to his single-day structure in "Day," a novel following a family before and during the pandemic -
Latinx News Roundtable: Boston Schools' English learners advisors resign in protest of 'harmful' plan
Eight members of the schools' task force stepped down after BPS' new "Inclusive Education Plan" announced that English language learners will receive English as a Second Language support as needed and not be taught separately in their native language. -
Author and scholar Julia Lee discusses growing up neither Black nor white in America
What does it mean to be Asian in a country where everything is Black and white? Author and associate professor Julia Lee explores the state of being caught in a racially stratified America in her new memoir, "Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America."
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Learn how Aaron Copland drew inspiration from his Jewish roots.| 4:22 -
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