With several Boston city councilors eyeing the mayor’s office, contenders are gathering support to fill their soon-to-be-empty seats. Plus, as the April deadline of the CDC’s eviction moratorium closes in, subletters find themselves stuck in the legal margins. And Gov. Baker’s administration plans a study to re-imagine work after the pandemic.
Those stories and more in our Local News Roundtable.
Guests:
Gin Dumcius) - digital editor for the Boston Business Journal.
Seth Daniel) - senior reporter with the Independent News Group, which includes the Chelsea Record and Revere Journal.
Sue O'Connell) - political commentator for NECN and co-publisher of Bay Windows and South End News.
Later in the show:
Across pop culture and sports, there’s a resurgence of posthumus recognition for Jean-Michel Basquiat, the graffiti artist turned Manhattan art scene sensation. The work of the Afro-Latino artist and his influence on today’s hip hop culture is highlighted in a new exhibition at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts called “Writing the Future: Jean-Michel Basquiat and the Hip Hop Generation).”
Guests:
Greg Tate)- writer, musician, and co-curator of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston’s exhibition.
Jordana Moore Saggese)- associate professor of American art at the University of Maryland, College Park and author of ‘Reading Basquiat: Exploring Ambivalence in American Art).’
Credits:
Under the Radar with Callie Crossley is a production of GBH, produced by Wes Martin and Hannah Uebele and engineered by Dave Goodman and Gary Mott. Angela Yang is our intern. Our theme music is FISH AND CHIPS by #weare2saxys’, Grace Kelly and Leo P.
