Features & Sound Reporting — James Bennett II

Features:

When 800 words and two minutes isn’t enough.

Boston Gay Men's Chorus Sings Disney (gbh)

Lehrhaus raises the bar as a tavern and gathering space celebrating Jewish culture (gbh)

A Turkish delicacy sold at an Armenian shop in Boston (the world)

Colorful new mosaics portray the cogs of industrialization on the Charles River (gbh)

Why are we so weird about clapping between movements at classical concerts? (wqxr)

Amid a fight for voting rights, local leaders reflect on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy (gbh)

Newport obsessed over the Vanderbilts. But its Black leaders thrived long before the Gilded Age. (gbh)

Classical Complacency: Political Music and the Biden Administration (van magazine)

What does the future of hip-hop sound like? These Cambridge kids are creating it. (gbh)

‘We’re Reclaiming Beer Because It’s Ours’: The overwhelmingly white image of beer culture erases a much longer, far-reaching narrative of Black brewing (eater; James Beard Media Award nominee, reporting: foodways)

A trove of Moroccan dolls inspires a Revere museum to reflect local immigrants (gbh)

A Trombonist Got a Job with the Munich Philharmonic. Then She Fought Them in Court for 13 Years. (wqxr)

A century ago, Sargent's 'Synagogue' painting sparked controversy in Boston (gbh)

It was supposed to be a masterpiece. Instead, this Boston Public Library mural remains blank. (gbh)

George Washington's personal library took a winding path before landing in Boston (gbh)

Old broadsides and receipts offer hints to America's Black Revolutionary War soldiers (gbh)

The Prominent Black Families of Newport That Inspired The Gilded Age (town & country)

“Chevalier”; or, When Memory is More than a Biopic (crb)

Pianist Sharon Su Found Errors in Sheet Music She Loved. So, She Fixed It.

How I Learned to Shave (this american life; episode co-producer)

"I Dream a World," from the New World Symphony (co-production with GBH Music; writer and co-producer)

'The Mikado' Returns to NYGASP, Ready for a New Century (wqxr)

Every year on Oct. 16, surgeons and anesthesiologists raise a glass to 'Ether Day' (npr)

For Boston students, the value of debate is not up for debate (gbh)

Get on the Bandwagon: the New York Phil Is Bringing the Concert Experience Outdoors (wqxr)