The Best Christmas Decorations (And A Lobster Trap Menorah) Around Boston
Below is Wonderland’s guide to dazzling holiday decorations around greater Boston, from Attleboro to Somerville (listed by community, in alphabetical…
AS220 Artistic Director Shey Rivera Departs, Shauna Duffy Promoted To Executive Director
Shey Rivera—the artistic director of Providence art center AS220 since she took over from c0-founder Umberto Crenca in 2015—will depart…
‘Eulogy For The Dyke Bar’ Ponders The ‘Mass Closing’ Of Lesbian Bars
Macon Reed has said she created her immersive “Eulogy for the Dyke Bar” installation “to push people to really consider…
‘Inmate Ingenuity’: Prisoners Turn Cigarette Packs Into Dazzling Purses, Wallets, Toys
In 1941, Shawn Powell, a young man from Oakland, crafted a purse (pictured above) while serving a homicide sentence in…
Landmark AIDS Memorial Quilt Joins Annual Boston AIDS Vigil At BCA
Twenty sections from the landmark AIDS Memorial Quilt frame this year’s 27th annual “Medicine Wheel” AIDS vigil. The event begins…
Walsh To Veto Landmark Status For Citgo Sign As Real Estate Deal Protects It
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh will veto the Boston Landmarks Commission’s vote to grant landmark status to the Citgo sign in…
‘What Does Winning Look Like?’—Cooper Gallery’s Riveting Look At Blackness During Trump, #BlackLivesMatter, #MeToo
Near the start of “Nine Moments for Now,” the riveting exhibition at the Cooper Gallery at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center…
‘Lost in America’ With Susan Erony: ‘It’s So Easy To Think Apocalyptically Now’
“Where in the world did I ever get the idea that people are supposed to be good?” The line is…
Black Arts Residency Program Continues Negotiations With Northeastern As Deadline To Get Out Passes
The Northeastern University’s Oct 31 deadline for the landmark African American Master Artists In Residence Program to vacate a school…
Photos: Honk Festival Parade 2018
In this afternoon’s Honk Parade, dozens of bands and activist and community groups marched from Davis Square in Somerville to…
Honk: Our Totally Biased Guide To This Weekend’s Festival Of Activist Marching Bands
The 13th annual Honk—the infectious street party and festival of activist bands—arrives in Somerville and Cambridge this weekend, featuring an…
Photos: Oompa And Cliff Notez Perform At Somerville Hip Hop Fest
Oompa and Cliff Notez performed at today’s Evolution of Hip Hop Festival in Somerville’s Union Square. Photos copyright 2018 Greg…
‘To Include All,’ Boston Music Awards Removes Gender From Vocalist Category
When the Boston Music Awards sent out ballots to nominating committee members this morning, there was a change. Instead of…
Wonderland's Totally Biased Guide To AS220’s Foo Fest This Saturday
AS220’s Foo Fest—the annual street shindig outside the alternative art space’s building on 115 Empire St. in Providence—is this Saturday,…
Boston Art & Music Soul Festival Showcases Afro-Centric Culture And Imagines A New Boston
“I’m tired of people talking. You’ve just got to do it,” says Catherine Morris, founder, curator and executive director of…
In Nathaniel Philbrick’s New Book, How The French Navy Turned The Tide Of The American Revolution
The American Revolution is in its fifth year in Nathaniel Philbrick’s spirited new history, “In the Hurricane’s Eye: The Genius…
Ashley Bryan: Pioneering Illustrator Of African Tales
In the 1950s, when Ashley Bryan first came by boat to summer on Maine’s Great Cranberry Island, he recalled, “I…
Boston Book Festival: What To See At This Weekend’s Word Fest
Here’s our guide to what to see at this weekend’s Boston Book Festival. The annual event offers more than 125…
80+ Maine Writers Call On Sen. Collins To Reject Kavanaugh
In a joint letter, more than 80 Maine affiliated writers—including Pulitzer Prize-winners Richard Russo and Michael Chabon, Ann Beattie, Jonathan…
Exhibit Of Original Drawings For Winnie-The-Pooh Transports You To The Sweet, Sad Hundred Acre Wood
There are moments of delight and happiness in the tales of Winnie-the-Pooh—like the very first one, the comedy of the…
Goodbye To Former Boston Poet Laureate Sam Cornish
Sorry to hear about the passing of Sam Cornish, who was Boston’s Poet Laureate from 2008 to 2015. He died…
Puppet Show About Lynching Asks Audience ‘Are They For Justice Or Do They Just Let Things Happen?’
The cardboard pickup truck drives through the audience, blinding people with its headlights, in Tarish “Jeghetto” Pipkins’s puppet show “Just…
At ArtsEmerson, A Stage With 11 Empty Chairs To Remember Victims Of Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre
If you walked into Cutler Majestic Theatre on Monday afternoon or evening, you would have found a stage with 11…
Immigration, Violence, Labor: ‘Political Metaphors’ Underlying Choreographer William Forsythe’s Interactive Sculptures
In “William Forsythe: Choreographic Objects”—an exhibition highlighting interactive sculptures by the celebrated Vermont choreographer—you’re invited to try to cross a…
Enter Leonora Carrington’s Surreal Paintings In Double Edge’s Outdoor Spectacle
In “Leonora’s World,” Double Edge Theatre’s “autumn outdoor spectacle,” the company invites you to enter the surrealist paintings of Leonora…
Racines Black Dance Festival Shows ‘How We Got To Today As People, But Through Music And Dance’
“I wanted to start this festival because Boston has this lack of education about people of color even though we…
Photos: Bread & Puppet's 'Grasshopper Rebellion Circus' In Cambridge
Bread and Puppet Theater’s “The Grasshopper Rebellion Circus,” which they performed yesterday on Cambridge Common, offered slapstick and social criticism…
Landmark AIDS Memorial Quilt Joins Annual Boston AIDS Vigil At BCA
Twenty sections from the landmark AIDS Memorial Quilt frame this year’s 27th annual “Medicine Wheel” AIDS vigil. The event begins…
Boston Rally To Protect Mueller Investigation: ‘Trump Is Not Above The Law’
“We are here today because we believe in the rule of law and we have a president who does not,”…
Tory Bullock’s ‘Gentrification Game’ Aims To ‘Let You Feel What Gentrification Feels Like’
Tory Bullock calls his latest project, “The Gentrification Game,” “A life-sized game for a life-sized problem.” On Oct. 25 and…
Giant Coral Reef Arrives In Boston’s Fort Point Channel As Call For Help
This morning, if all goes according to plan, an artificial coral reef—conceived by Fitchburg artist Jerry Beck of The Revolving…
Photos: Honk Festival Parade 2018
In this afternoon’s Honk Parade, dozens of bands and activist and community groups marched from Davis Square in Somerville to…
80+ Maine Writers Call On Sen. Collins To Reject Kavanaugh
In a joint letter, more than 80 Maine affiliated writers—including Pulitzer Prize-winners Richard Russo and Michael Chabon, Ann Beattie, Jonathan…
Boston Rally To Protect Mueller Investigation: ‘Trump Is Not Above The Law’
“We are here today because we believe in the rule of law and we have a president who does not,”…
Photos: Celebrating Diwali, The Hindu Festival Of Lights, In Malden
The Gallery on Main Street in Malden hosted a public celebration of the Hindu festival of Diwali tonight. “Diwali is…
Enter Leonora Carrington’s Surreal Paintings In Double Edge’s Outdoor Spectacle
In “Leonora’s World,” Double Edge Theatre’s “autumn outdoor spectacle,” the company invites you to enter the surrealist paintings of Leonora…
The Plastic Garden Along The Saugus Bike Trail
Just north of Laurel Street, along a dirt section of the “Bike to the Sea” Northern Strand Community Trail in…
Fall Bike Ride: Through Lynn Marshes Via The Northern Strand Community Trail
Between Lincoln Avenue and Summer Street in Lynn, there is a dirt stretch of the “Bike to the Sea” Northern…
Photos: Honk Festival Parade 2018
In this afternoon’s Honk Parade, dozens of bands and activist and community groups marched from Davis Square in Somerville to…
Lighting The World’s Only Lobster-Trap Menorah: ‘We Need Light In Darkness’
“This is a time when we need light in darkness,” Rabbi Steven Lewis of Gloucester’s Temple Ahavat Achim told the…
Landmark AIDS Memorial Quilt Joins Annual Boston AIDS Vigil At BCA
Twenty sections from the landmark AIDS Memorial Quilt frame this year’s 27th annual “Medicine Wheel” AIDS vigil. The event begins…
Malden Celebrates Winter Holidays With Military-Themed Parade
Malden held its annual Parade of Holiday Traditions yesterday. As usual Ward 7 City Councilor Neal Anderson’ annual wintery float…
Honk: Our Totally Biased Guide To This Weekend’s Festival Of Activist Marching Bands
The 13th annual Honk—the infectious street party and festival of activist bands—arrives in Somerville and Cambridge this weekend, featuring an…
Photos: St. Peter's Fiesta In Gloucester: Saints, Boats, Greasy Pole
Gloucester is celebrating its 91st annual St. Peter’s Fiesta this week. The festival is a celebration of the community’s commercial…
Boston Art & Music Soul Festival Showcases Afro-Centric Culture And Imagines A New Boston
“I’m tired of people talking. You’ve just got to do it,” says Catherine Morris, founder, curator and executive director of…
Walsh To Veto Landmark Status For Citgo Sign As Real Estate Deal Protects It
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh will veto the Boston Landmarks Commission’s vote to grant landmark status to the Citgo sign in…
Boston Shouldn’t Give Kenmore Square’s Iconic Citgo Sign Landmark Status
There’s no question that the Citgo sign that shines above Kenmore Square is one of the landmarks of Boston. But…
Where To Find The Creepiest Halloween Decorations Around Boston
Halloween is a most wonderful time of year—that season when the lengthening nights make us suspect that the boundaries between…
The Plastic Garden Along The Saugus Bike Trail
Just north of Laurel Street, along a dirt section of the “Bike to the Sea” Northern Strand Community Trail in…
Giant Coral Reef Arrives In Boston’s Fort Point Channel As Call For Help
This morning, if all goes according to plan, an artificial coral reef—conceived by Fitchburg artist Jerry Beck of The Revolving…
Gentrification Is A Big Threat To Somerville In Dina Gjertsen’s Tiny Dioramas
“Katie Gradowski called them ‘displacement dollhouses,’ which I thought was kind of cute,” Somerville artist Dina Gjertsen tells me about…
The Dazzling ‘Rockefeller Beetles’ Debut At Harvard’s Natural History Museum
The earth is home to 450,000 species of beetles, Brian Farrell, the Harvard University professor and curator of entomology, told…
Fall Bike Ride: Through Lynn Marshes Via The Northern Strand Community Trail
Between Lincoln Avenue and Summer Street in Lynn, there is a dirt stretch of the “Bike to the Sea” Northern…
Dogwood Seedling From Starting Over Festival Sprouts
At the Starting Over Festival that I helped organize in Somerville on April 22, we gave out seedlings. A month…
Photos: Alewife Migrating Upstream Along Mystic Lake
Alewife migrating upstream at the Upper Mystic Lake Dam fish ladder in Winchester, Massachusetts, May 27, 2018. Photos copyright Greg…
Do Crocodiles Make Good Pets And Other Important Facts We Learned At The Museum Of Science’s New ‘Crocs’ Exhibit
Crocodiles, alligators and other crocodilians have flourished for more than 200 million years and now they’ve come to Boston’s Museum…
Fish, Meet Your New MIT Robot Overlord!
With the headline “Soft robotic fish swims alongside real ones in coral reefs,” the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this week…