June 17, 2026 - The Salem Rainbow Stroll, The Clyde Best Story, and Salad Days at the Carpenter Center

Sebastian Crane and Lawrence Gullo  join us to discuss the Salem Rainbow Stroll, a 90-minute walking tour exploring Salem’s hidden LGBTQIA+ history. The tour runs weekends through June, with proceeds benefiting the Trans Emergency Fund of Massachusetts.Director Dan Egan joins us to discuss Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story, opening the Roxbury International Film Festival on June 18 at the Museum of Fine Arts. The documentary follows Clyde Best’s rise from Bermuda to West Ham United, where he became one of the first Black stars in English soccer while facing racism from the stands.Kate McNamara, director of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, and James Hoff, co-founder of Primary Information, join us to discuss Salad Days: Primary Information. The summer project turns the Carpenter Center’s third floor into a temporary art bookstore, screening room and archive, on view June 18 through August 16.