Conductor Joseph Mechavich
JOSEPH MECHAVICH is a highly accomplished conductor known for his exceptional commitment to excellence in his craft. His dedication has fostered long-term and career-defining relationships with various opera companies, composers, and orchestras worldwide.
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Neil Leach: Adding AI to Architecture
NEIL LEACH is an architect, curator, educator, and writer, who has written two books about the impact of Artificial Intelligence on architecture.
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Jerry Markowitz: Teenager at the Hampton House
The parents of JERRY MARKOWITZ owned and operated the Hampton House in Brownsville during its heyday – when major international talent like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, Cab Calloway, and Sammy Davis Jr used to stay and perform there; as well as major athletes like Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Althea Gibson; and activists like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X.
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Bill Littlefield: It’s Not Just a Game
BILL LITTLEFIELD (b.1948) served as the host of National Public Radio and WBUR’s Only A Game program from its inception in 1993 until July 2018. He covered a wide range of mainstream as well as offbeat sports events from the United States and around the world. Since 2018 he has been working with the Emerson Prison Initiative, teaching incarcerated men at MCI-Concord.
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