Despite ethics allegations, Sal DiMasi is likely to be re-elected to the Speaker’s seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. While some support for the Speaker has slipped, he’s still a major player on Beacon Hill. What do the allegations against the Speaker say about State House ethics, and how will the scandal affect this session’s legislative agenda and budget negotiations?
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This week Radio Boston looks ahead to the new year with some of Boston’s most prominent citizens. We talk with The Reverends Ray and Gloria White Hammond, Keith Lockhart of the Boston Pops Orchestra, Malcolm Rogers of the Museum of Fine Arts, and Tina Chery of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, among others. What are your thoughts and hopes for 2009? Comment by clicking on the more button below.
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This week, we plowed, shoveled, and snow-blew out of our homes like the rest of Boston to put together an exciting post-Christmas show of music and conversation.
In the first half of the hour, we kibitz with Hankus Netsky, director of the Klezmer Conservatory Band. Hankus guides us through a global array of Chanukah music and introduces us to different forms of klezmer.
Anne Azema, Artistic Director and Joel Cohen, Music Director Emeritus of the Boston Camerata join us in the second half to discuss the Camerata’s latest performance schedule and special Chrismas CD.
Have a favorite memory from a performance of the Boston Camerata or the Klezmer Conservatory Band? Is your own musical group/band putting together a holiday CD or program? Comment below and make sure we all know about it.
Don’t forget to Join us this week at 1pm EST on Friday, December 26th and Saturday, December 27th for a Radio Boston infusion of excellent, local music.
