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3:00pm EDT

Early badge pickup

Thursday May 29, 2025 3:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

Skip the lines and grab your badge on Thursday!

Thursday May 29, 2025 3:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Festival Hub Howard Thurman Center - 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Brookline, MA, USA

4:00pm EDT

A Perfect Pairing: Lessons in Leadership

Thursday May 29, 2025 4:00pm - 6:00pm EDT

WBUR CitySpace

A renowned chef and a world-class conductor share insights from their years leading creative talent. Refreshments to be served.

Doors at 4:00 p.m. Event at 5:00 p.m.

Separate ticket required.

Speakers

Tiziana Dearing

Host, Morning Edition, WBUR

Tiziana Dearing is the host of WBUR’s Morning Edition. Prior to helping listeners start the morning with news from around the corner and around the world, Tiziana hosted Radio Boston, WBUR’s daily local magazine, for five years.Tiziana came to journalism after a career that... Read More →

Eric Ripert

Chef & Co-Owner, Le Bernardin

Eric Ripert is the Chef and Co-Owner of the acclaimed restaurant Le Bernardin. It has been ranked among the best restaurants in the world and in 2023 ranked No.1 on the annual list of "La Liste". It holds the maximum ratings of four stars from The New York Times for over three decades... Read More →

Keith Lockhart

Conductor, The Boston Pops

On May 10, 1995, Keith Lockhart, the 20th Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, opened his very first Boston Pops season, leading a concert featuring guests Sylvia McNair, Mandy Patinkin, and Doc Severinsen, and repertoire ranging from Wagner to “Charlie on the MTA.” He was... Read More →

Thursday May 29, 2025 4:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
WBUR CitySpace 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA

Arts & Culture, Food & Drink

7:30pm EDT

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Thursday May 29, 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm EDT

Boch Center - Wang Theatre

Join a live taping of NPR's weekly quiz show.
Separate ticket required.

Speakers

Peter Sagal

Host, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

Peter Sagal is, has been, and perhaps someday will be again, a husband, father, playwright, screenwriter, author, journalist, columnist, marathoner, Jeopardy contestant, dramaturg, podcast host, documentary host, foreign correspondent, wedding officiant, and magician's assistant.In... Read More →

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

Podcast, NPR

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program. Each week on the radio you can test your knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world while figuring out what's real news and what's made up. On the Web, you can play along... Read More →

Thursday May 29, 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm EDT
Boch Center - Wang Theatre 270 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116

Arts & Culture