Madame White Snake

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A new opera will premiere in Boston on Friday. It’s a piece that was written, and developed in the city over the past four years. But its story is over a thousand years old. It’s based on the ancient Chinese legend that has never been brought to a Western audience. Sung in English with projected English and Chinese titles. The World’s Adeline Sire has more. Download MP3

• Opera Boston
• Facebook Madame White Snake: World Premiere
• Madame White Snake’s study guide
• Cutler Majestic Theatre

Haitian mother reunited with her son

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A Boston Haitian mother was reunited with her son yesterday. The BBC’s Creole-language radio program helped reunite Penaisse Macary with his mother, Simone Macary (pictured). Penaisse had been studying in Haiti when the earthquake hit. Simone Macary had not heard from her son since the earthquake. Her son reached out to her through the BBC’s Creole language service. Anchor Katy Clark speaks with Simone Macary on today’s program. Download MP3(Photo: Catherine Murphy)

• BBC Caribbean
• BBC coverage
• Haiti earthquake coverage

Boston terrorism arrest

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A man has been charged with terrorism-related offenses that include plotting to kill people in an American shopping mall, the US Justice Department says. Tarek Mehanna, 27, was held in Sudbury, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, and charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. Matthew Bell reports. Download MP3

• BBC coverage
• US Justice Department

The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit

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Anchor Marco Werman talks with Erica Hirshler, a Senior Curator at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston about the Parisian background of painter John Singer Sargent’s 1882 masterpiece “The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit.” Download MP3

• Sargent’s Daughters by Erica Hirshler and John Singer Sargent
• Boston Museum of Fine Arts
• John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery

Cape Verdean restaurant in Boston

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Cape Verde has been an independent nation since 1975 but the singer Cesaria Evora may be the only association some Americans have with Cape Verde. And if you’ve been to Africa, you might know Cape Verde as a refuelling stop. You can refuel on Cape Verdean food in Boston, at Restaurante Cesaria. Take a peek inside…