August 8, 2024 - Mission Hill Arts Festival, the 1904 Olympic Marathon, and the Hood Milk Bottle

Today on The Culture Show we preview The Mission Hill Arts Festival Saturday event. Executive Curator and organizer Luisa Harris joins us for an overview. We’re also joined by featured artist, Ivanna Cuesta who is a Dominican jazz drummer and composer. She’ll be  performing compositions from her new album  “A Letter To The Earth.” Ivanna Cuesta, along with Max Ridley on bass and Fall Raye on sax, also treat listeners to an in-studio jam session.From there we look at one of the strangest events in Olympic history, the 1904 St. Louis Marathon. Ashwin Rodrigues wrote about it for “Runner’s World” in an article entitled “The Unbelievable True Story of the Craziest Olympic Marathon.”  Ashwin Rodrigues is a freelance writer and former Boston resident whose work has been featured in GQ, Outside Magazine, and VICE.Finally, we hit the Massachusetts Ice Cream Trail, making a stop at the Boston Children's Museum Hood Milk Bottle. Carole Charnow, President and CEO of  Boston Children’s Museum joins us to talk about the Hood Milk Bottle’s history, and the museum’s current exhibitions.