The best things in life ARE free and in Boston, that includes the arts. This February Mayor Wu will launch a pilot, making a handful of arts and culture institutions free for Boston Public School students and their families. Could/Should this experiment become permanent?
From there it’s a darker reality–in Massachusetts and beyond, natural history museums are reckoning with their collections of human remains. From how they acquired them to what it will take to repatriate them.
And, we knew it was trouble when the New York Times published an opinion piece speculating on Taylor Swift’s sexuality. We’ll look at the backlash.
Plus, AI takes the stage this week–from a George Carlin standup under the AI influence to all the new tech toys emerging from the Consumer Electronics Show.
AND, is receiving an honorary Oscar an honor? Or an asterisk?
Finally, we give respect to The Sopranos which premiered 25 years ago and forever changed our expectations of what TV could be.
