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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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February 13, 2025 - Amor Towles, Will Gusakov, and Ayodele Casel
Amor Towles. The bestselling author of “Rules of Civility,” “A Gentleman in Moscow,” and “The Lincoln Highway,” jins The Culture Show to talk about his new bestseller, “Table for Two”From there, we get an inside perspective on how Notre Dame was rebuilt. Vermont timber framer Will Gusakov, owner of Goosewing Timberworks, was among the international craftspeople tapped to work on the cathedral’s reconstruction effort. He shares what it meant to be a part of history.Finally, Ayodele Casel. The trailblazing tap dancer and choreographer talks about her show, “Diary of a Tap Dancer,” which traces her life, from the Bronx to Puerto Rico, celebrating the women dancers who broke the tap ceiling along the way. -
February 12, 2025 - Sebastian Smee, Dale Stephanos, and Christina Tosi
Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic for The Washington Post, Sebastian Smee joins the Culture Show to talk about his new book, “Paris in Ruins,” which takes us to 19th century Paris, where the horrors of government corruption, civil war, and rampant destruction were beyond brutal. Smee also details how it created a generation of artists who responded to the despair by using vivid colors and swift brushstrokes to create beauty and brilliance. It led, he writes, to Impressionism. From there, a golden opportunity for illustrator Dale Stephanos: designing the Betty White Postage Stamp. He joins The Culture Show to talk about fulfilling a life-long dream and what it took to capture the essence of the beloved actress and golden girl.Finally, James Beard award-winning chef Christina Tosi. Founder of Milk Bar and her famed Milk Bar pie, she joins The Culture Show to talk about her latest cookbook, which features more than 100 sweet and savory recipes. -
February 11, 2025 - Cillian Murphy, Annette Gordon-Reed, and Boston's Old North Church
Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy discusses his film “Small Things Like These,” which he produced and starred in. He also gives us a preview of the Peaky Blinders movie.From there, Annette Gordon-Reed. She’s an historian, lawyer and Pulitzer-prize winning writer. Her latest book, “On Juneteenth,” explores the holiday commemorating the day Union troops announced the end of slavery in Texas. Finally, famous for its role in the historic ride, Boston’s Old North Church has embarked on its own journey to restore the artwork that graced its walls during the American Revolution. Culture Show Producer Kate Dellis brings us the story with a behind-the-scenes look at this restoration. -
February 10, 2025 - Marianne Leone, Erik Andrade, and Eric and Will
Actor and author Marianne Leone joins The Culture Show to talk about her latest book, “Five-Dog Epiphany: How a Quintet of Badass Bichons Retrieved Our Joy,” From there New Bedford poet Erik Andrade joins The Culture Show to talk about poetry as activism. Erik Andrade is an award winning spoken word poet. Recently his work was included in “Black Fire This Time Vol. 2,” a groundbreaking anthology celebrating the legacy and future of the Black Arts Movement. Finally, the music duo Eric and Will. Eric Vloiemans is a Dutch trumpet sensation, Cambridge native Will Holshouser is an accordion master – together they create original, evocative compositions that build on jazz, classical and folk music. -
February 7, 2025 - Week in Review: Emilia Pérez controversy, a state poet laureate for Mass, and Uncle O'Grimacey
Culture Show co-hosts Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley and Edgar B. Herwick III go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review.First up, Emilia Pérez. Two weeks ago the movie seemed destined for Oscars gold with 13 nominations. Now leading actress Karla Sofía Gascón’s Academy Award campaign is in tatters amid a string of controversies that has Netflix distancing itself from her.Plus some of the greatest poets have called Massachusetts home– from Robert Frost to Robert Pinsky, Emily Dickenson to Tracy K. Smith, but the state didn't have a home for them. That all changed on Monday when Governor Healey signed an executive order, creating a poet laureate of Massachusetts. And McDonald's Shamrock Shake is back and so is its long lost mascot–who looks like he’s gathered some moss–the verdant Uncle O'Grimacey. Finally, it’s an auction with strings attached. A Stradivarius violin could fetch a record 18 million dollars.
