November 18, 2025 - Ins Choi on "Kim's Convenience," Dread Scott, and Pedro Alonzo

Playwright Ins Choi joins us to discuss Kim’s Convenience, his hit play now onstage at the Huntington Theatre Company (November 6–30, 2025). Drawing on his Korean-Canadian upbringing, the story follows a family running a corner store and the cultural and generational tensions that shape their lives. Choi originally played the son and now portrays the father, offering fresh insight into the world he created. Tickets and info: Huntington Theatre CompanyVisual artist Dread Scott—known for work that confronts power and scrutinizes America’s layered history—joins us to talk about "Fall of Freedom." The sweeping, multi-city project is being organized amid growing concerns about democratic backsliding. Dread Scott is part of a coalition of artists, which includes Ava DuVernay, John Legend, Jeffrey Wright, who are responding to rising threats to civil liberties and engaging the public in collective acts of resistance. “Fall of Freedom” is nationwide, with local arts organizations hosting events in Massachusetts. To learn more go here.Contributor Pedro Alonzo examines how tech consolidation, shrinking competition, and unchecked corporate power are reshaping daily life in America. For him, it echoes the Mexico he grew up in, where monopolies and political control once stifled innovation and opportunity. Pedro draws the parallels—and the warnings—these trends carry for the present moment.