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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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January 10, 2025 - Week in Review: the SoCal fires, Facebook's fact-checking fiasco, and Boston Calling
The Culture Show's co-hosts Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley and Edgar B. Herwick III talk through the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review.First up - Southern California is ablaze, and unprecedented wildfires have spared no one. Hollywood celebrities - from Billy Crystal to Paris Hilton – are posting images of how the flames have destroyed their homes. Could their platform help to amplify both the environmental emergency and the heroism of the firefighters in a race to save people’s lives?From there, Amazon is set to release a new documentary about Melania Trump, which promises to be an “unprecedented behind-the-scenes look” at the incoming first lady’s life” Skeptics call it a “vanity project” since the former future first lady is the film’s executive producer. Plus, as Silicon Valley prepares for another Trump Presidency, Mark Zuckerberg is unfriending fact-checks, saying they curb censorship. . Fact-checkers say he’s got his facts on how fact-checking actually works all wrong, From there - Jennifer Coolidge fans are in disbelief as they claim the White Lotus actress dropped her act and used her "real voice" in a recent interview. -
January 9, 2025 - Jane Eaglen, Julia Swanson, and James Parker
The movie “Maria,” the biopic about the famed soprano Maria Callas, has received mixed reviews from movie critics. We want to know what someone familiar with opera thinks about the film. Enter Jane Eaglen, a Grammy-winning dramatic soprano who’s performed on the world’s greatest stages. She joined The Culture Show for her take on “Maria.” Jane Eaglen is on the faculty at New England Conservatory and is the President of the Boston Wagner Society. From there, we look at an underground art movement, literally. Culture Show contributor Julia Swanson takes us on a tour of the MBTA’s subway art scene. Julia Swanson is a multidisciplinary artist and award winning photographer who is the creator of The Art Walk Project – a series of self-guided micro tours of art across Greater Boston.Finally, James Parker joins The Culture Show to talk about his latest book “Get Me Through the Next Five Minutes: Odes to Being Alive.” He’s a staff writer at “The Atlantic.” Since 2011 he has been running the Black Seed Writers Group—a weekly writing workshop for homeless, transitional, and recently housed writers–and editing “The Pilgrim,” a literary magazine from the homeless community of downtown Boston. -
January 8, 2025 - Lynn's search for a poet laureate, Beau McCall, and Mahesh Daas on The Brutalist
The City of Lynn, Massachusetts, has opened an application process to select its inaugural Poet Laureate. LaCrecia Thomson, Arts and Culture Planner for the City of Lynn. joins The Culture Show, to talk about how this endeavor will help to deepen Lynn’s cultural legacy. The application process is open through January 31st. To learn more, go here.From there it’s artist and designer Beau McCall. He creates wearable and visual art by hand-sewing clothing buttons onto mostly upcycled fabrics, materials, and objects. Beau McCall’s first-ever retrospective “Buttons On!” is on view at the Fuller Craft Museum through February 2nd. The retrospective showcases pieces from McCall’s nearly forty-year career, the debut of several new works, and select archival material. Organized into several themes, the exhibition explores McCall’s mastery of the button and commentary on topics such as pop culture and social justice. To learn more about the exhibition, go here.Finally Mahesh Daas, President of Boston Architectural College, joins The Culture Show for his analysis of “The Brutalist.” The critically acclaimed film centers on a Jewish architect who arrives in America after WWII hoping to build a new life. Mahesh Daas is a Culture Show contributor who joins us monthly. He is co-author of the graphic novella about artificial intelligence, titled “I, Nobot.” -
January 7, 2025 - Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, Michael Berthaud, and Erica Wall
Tomasina Ray, Director of Collections at RMS Titanic Inc., joins The Culture Show with an overview of “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition.” The exhibition brings us face to face with the dramatic maritime disaster. Visitors encounter artifacts from all manner of life aboard the Titanic, all recovered from the ocean floor. “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition,” is on view at The Castle at Park Plaza through Memorial Day.Michael Berthaud is a 23 year old video game designer and multimedia artist born and raised in Boston. He joins the Culture Show to talk about his interactive public art installation “Sweet Spot.” It’s on view outside the Nubian Square Library in Roxbury through Jan. 31, as part of the Boston Public Art Triennial Accelerator program.Finally Erica Wall, Director of the Lunder Institute for American Art, an initiative of the Colby College Museum of Art, joins the Culture Show to talk about how she has been convening a conversation among numerous art institutions about the state of American art and what needs to be done to make it more accessible. -
January 6, 2025 - Arctic Voices, The New Garden Society, and upcoming screenings at The Brattle Theatre
The New Bedford Art Museum in partnership with the New Bedford Free Public Library and Look North Gallery presents: “Arctic Voices,” an exhibition representing artistic responses to the arctic region across time and cultures. One of the featured artists, Betsey Biggs, joins The Culture Show along with Suzanne de Vegh, executive director of the New Bedford Art Museum. The exhibition features Betsey Biggs’ piece “MELT,” a remix of her immersive music film, titled “MELT: The Memory of Ice.” "Arctic Voices" is on view through February 23rd. To learn more, go here.From there we talk to Erika Rumbley, co-founder and director of The New Garden Society, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. The non-profit is run by horticulturists, landscapers and farmers who are working to expand green industry opportunities for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people in Greater-Boston. Erika Rumbley is also the director of horticulture at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.Finally it’s screen time with Ned Hinkle, the creative director of The Brattle Theatre. He joins The Culture Show to preview their upcoming series “(Some of) The Best of 2024.” The series runs January 15th through January 30th. To learn more go here.
