October 8, 2024 - Steve Locke, Lynn's haunted pirate cave, and Beasties: A Sci-Fi Rock Opera

Artist Steve Locke’s  exhibition at Mass MoCA, “The Fire Next Time,”  is a nod to James Baldwin’s 1963 book by the same name. Like Baldwin, in this exhibition Steve Locke contemplates American history, racism and violence directed at Black and queer people. Formerly a fixture in Boston where he was on the faculty of  MassArt, Locke is now based in New York  where he’s  a professor of  fine art at Pratt Institute. He joins the Culture Show to talk about his work.From there Edgar B. Herwick III literally goes into the underworld to find out if the cave at Dungeon Rock in Lynn, MA is haunted.Finally Gary Sohmers, the  writer, lyricist, creator and producer of “Beasties: A Sci-Fi Rock Opera” joins The Culture Show to talk about its world premier at the Regent Theatre in Arlington.