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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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August 1, 2024 - Sean Wang, the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, and the Nantucket sea monster
In his debut feature film, Sean Wang depicts the agonies of adolescence: alienation, awkwardness and angst. You know, all the things we try to bury and never remember again. But Wang makes them visible and hilarious. Titled “DIDI,” it’s the story of Chris, a 13-year old Taiwanese-American boy searching for belonging in suburban California – just as Facebook and MySpace are changing everything. It’s a time and place Wang knows well because in some respects, it’s his story. He joins us ahead of a screening at Coolidge Corner Theatre.From there we get an overview of the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival. Classical pianist Jon Nakamatsu, who is also one of the Artistic Directors, joins us to talk about its 45th anniversary.Finally, Edgar B. Herwick III takes us to Nantucket where the island is preparing for the return of an 80-foot sea monster. -
July 31, 2024 - An American in Paris, Lindsay Deutsch, and Synchronicity
With so much attention on Paris for the Olympics, many of us have a longing to be in The City of Light. But there is another way to make that French connection – by way of George and Ira Gershwin’s musical, “An American in Paris.”Part of Regale Music Theatre’s 55th season, it’s onstage August 9th through the 18th. The Elliot Norton award-winning Rachel Bertone – Reagle Music Theatre’s Artistic Director–joins The Culture Show for a preview.From there it’s violinist Lindsay Deutsch, a genre-defying musician known for applying the rigors of classical music to pop and rock, creating mesmerizing mashups along the way. She joins us ahead of her trio TAKE3’s upcoming show at Music Worcester.Finally, “Synchronicity,” The Police’s landmark 1983 album is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a six-disc limited edition box set.In a recent piece for The Washington Post, their national arts reporter Geoff Edgers asks if Synchronicity, the band’s biggest album, killed The Police. And he went to get answers about their premature end – interviewing Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summer, among others. -
July 30, 2024 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Adam Gardner, and Keefer Glenshaw
Kamala Harris is on the verge of making history –again–by becoming the first Black woman to serve as a major party's presidential candidate. And she will be the first to acknowledge that her political path was paved by those who fought for racial justice and civil rights. Imari Paris Jeffries, President and CEO of Embrace Boston joins us to talk about how Martin Luther King Jr. has made this moment possible.From there we head to Portland, Maine by way of Guster. Frontman Adam Gardner joins us to preview their annual beach bash “On the Ocean Musical Festival” and their new album–their first in five years.Finally, artist Keefer Glenshaw has turned playing cello into an endurance sport. In May he performed for 24 hours, this past Sunday another work took him into the woods of Lexington. -
July 29, 2024 - Kristin Chenoweth, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Future Fest
The documentary film, “The Queen of Versailles,” is a rags to riches to rags story about one of America’s most opulent couples – David Siegel and his wife Jacqueline – and their quest to build the largest private home in America, Named Versailles, it’s modeled after the French palace. Now it is musical, making its pre-Broadway world premiere at Emerson Colonial Theatre. Starring Kristin Chenoweth, she joins The Culture Show to talk about bringing humanity to Jacqueline Siegel, a woman hell bent on living the high life.From there we head to the Berkshires by way of the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Raphael Picciarelli, their Managing director of Strategy and Transformation, joins The Culture Show to preview their mini-festival within a festival, WTF IS NEXT.Finally Billy Dean Thomas, Engagement Director of City Hall Plaza, and new media artist, composer and percussionist Maria Finkelmeier join the Culture Show to preview this Saturday’s future fest, which will transform Boston City Hall Plaza into a futuristic playground. -
July 26, 2024 - Week in Review: The Olympics, Veep, and Celine Dion
Today Jared Bowen, Edgar B. Herwick III and Culture Show contributor Joyce Kulhawik go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review.First up, the pop culture response to the presidential race, and the puzzle it presents: is it life imitating art, or art imitating life when it comes to HBO’s Veep? The satirical series following Selina Meyers’ political path from VP to President is surging in viewership as Kamala Harris seeks the Democratic nomination. And, what is a presidential race without celebrity endorsements? Could Hulk Hogan and George Clooney deliver votes for their respective candidates?From there, while President Biden is passing the torch to Kamala Harris, rap legend Snoop Dogg is literally passing it as the Olympics official torch bearer.Finally, two big reveals about the identities of Hello Kitty and SpongeBob SquarePants.
