May 23, 2024 - The Boston Lyric Opera, Lorraine O'Grady, and Toni Stone

When it comes to opera performances, Boston Lyric Opera is literally putting the wheels in motion. On June first the BLO is rolling out its “Street Stage Series” and by  rolling out, we mean driving a semi-trailer that converts into a stage, which will travel  to different neighborhoods throughout the summer, offering opera and popular music performances. The BLO’s Brad Vernatter,  the Stanford Calderwood General Director and Nina Yoshida Nelsen, the BLO’s Artistic Director join The Culture Show to preview this summer’s series.From there Jared Bowen goes to Wellesley College's Davis Museum to talk with artist Lorraine O’Grady about her first-ever  museum retrospective.Finally, Lydia Diamond. Her latest play tells the story of Toni Stone, a sports phenom who is rejected by the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League because she is black. Instead she  becomes the first woman to play professional baseball on a man’s team in the Negro Leagues. Lydia Diamond joins The Culture Show  to talk about bringing this story to the stage.