June 25, 2026 - Ensemble Altera's "Declarations," Children's Art Carnival in Harlem, and a home for Les Bleus in Boston

Providence-based chamber choir Ensemble Altera joins The Culture Show live from GBH’s Fraser Performance Studio to perform excerpts from Declarations, a new work marking America at 250. The full world-premiere work will be performed Saturday, June 27 at 7 p.m. at Old South Church in Boston and Sunday, June 28 at 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Providence.Curator Souleo and artist Michael A. Cummings discuss Children’s Art Carnival in Harlem: The Making of Contemporary Artists, a new exhibition at Columbia University’s Wallach Art Gallery tracing the Harlem arts center that helped shape generations of artists, including a young Jean-Michel Basquiat.Cliff Dever, owner of Warehouse Kitchen + Sports Bar, joins us to talk about running a downtown Boston sports bar during World Cup fever. Warehouse has partnered with the French national team to serve as the official bar for Les Bleus supporters, just steps from the FIFA Fan Festival at City Hall Plaza.