September 23, 2024 - Amor Towles, CineFest Latino Boston, and the Countdown to 2026

Writer Amor Towles is the  bestselling author of “Rules of Civility,”  “A Gentleman in Moscow,” and “The Lincoln Highway.” Now he has another bestseller, “Table for Two.”  His latest book is  a collection of short stories that land us in New York. The second part of the book moves us to Los Angeles in a novella set during the Golden Age of Hollywood.   Towles joins The Culture Show ahead of his appearance at the Emerson Colonial Theatre on September 24th to talk about “Table for Two,”  his creative process, and what it was like to see “A Gentleman in Moscow,” come to life by way of a Paramount+  limited series starring Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.From there  Independent filmmaker Sabrina Aviles,  founder and  executive director of CineFest Latino Boston joins us for an overview of  the annual film festival highlighting the Latino experience with films made by Latinos about Latinos. The festival kicks off on September 25th and runs through September 29th.Finally, as  we  wind up the  countdown clock to America’s 250th anniversary, we’re  launching a new series with historian Catherine Allgor leading the way. In her inaugural appearance she focuses on what Boston was like on the eve of the American Revolutionary War, and the people on the ground who ultimately became “we the people.” Allgor also has some book recommendations:  “A People's History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence” by  Ray Raphael; “The Boston Massacre: A Family History,” by Serena R. Zabin; “This History of Boston,” by  Daniel Dain.