May 20, 2026 - Eco-Rhythms on the Tobin Bridge, Boston's Soundscape Tours, and MassArt president Mary Grant
About The Episode
The Tobin Bridge could become a public artwork about the forces shaping the coast around it. Ryan Edwards, a principal at MASARY Studios, joins us to discuss Eco-Rhythms — also called Accumulating Rhythms — a proposed lighting installation that would respond to tides and other ecological patterns along the Mystic River. To learn more, go here.
Boston’s music history is hitting the road. Matt Bowker, founder of Soundscape Tours, joins us to talk about the new Mighty Mighty Bus Tour, which traces more than 60 years of local music through the clubs, venues and neighborhoods of Boston and Cambridge. To learn more, go here.
It’s time for “AI: Actual Intelligence,” our recurring conversation with Mary Grant, president of Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Each month, Grant joins us for original, algorithm-free observations on art, culture, education and the creative life of the region. To learn more about MassArt, go here.