January 29, 2024

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg secured a legacy as a crusader for women’s rights. Later in life she secured another legacy…as a vaunted cultural icon. She is forever associated with hip-hop as the “Notorious RBG,” her first gender discrimination case inspired the biopic, "On the Basis of Sex," and now she is the subject of the one-woman show, “All Things Equal: The Life and Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.” Ahead of its limited run in Boston, I talk to actor Michelle Azar about assuming the persona of RBG. From there, writer Raj Tawney. Growing up in a multicultural household, his coming-of-age story happened in the kitchen, helping his mother and grandmother cook recipes from their homelands. Themes of food, memory, and identity come together in his new memoir, “A Colorful Palate: A Flavorful Journey through a Mixed American Experience” Finally, I’ll be joined by Cerise Lim Jacobs, an opera maker and the founding artistic director of White Snake Projects, which is producing the second annual “Shout Out Boston!”