Bauhaus: ‘The 20th Century’s Most Influential School Of Art, Architecture And Design’
“Let us create a new guild of craftsmen, without the class distinctions which raise an arrogant barrier between craftsman and…
Pioneering Video And Performance Artist Joan Jonas Draws At The Gardner
During Joan Jonas’s 2017 residency at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the pioneering 82-year-old video and performance artist found herself…
Reckoning With Ansel Adams’s Photos Of A Mythic, Pristine American Wild West
In April 1927, 25-year-old photographer Ansel Adams and a handful of friends climbed toward Half Dome at Yosemite National Park…
How LA’s Self Help Graphics & Art Incubated Chicano And Latino Art
In the early 1970s, two young queer Mexican artists, painter Carlos Bueno and photographer Antonio Ibañez, and Franciscan nun and…
Photographer Jess T. Dugan: ‘My interest In Gender And Masculinity Comes From My Own Process Of Defining Gender For Myself’
Jess T. Dugan says the photos in her series “Every Breath We Drew”—on view at Montserrat College of Art in…
Danilchuk Auto Body Predicts Patriots Will (Metaphorically) Murder Rams In Super Bowl
As the Patriots head back to the Super Bowl against the Los Angeles Rams this Sunday evening, Danilchuk Auto Body…
'One Gun Gone': Turning Guns Into Art To Buy More Guns Off The Street
For years, Providence photographer and sculptor Scott Lapham has taught art to teens and young adults. “Four of my students…
How Dana Chandler Brought Black Power To Boston Art, Murals And Museums
The April 6, 1970, issue of Time magazine arrived with a portrait of Jessie Jackson on the cover painted by…
Ed Emberley’s Classic How-To-Draw Books Inspire Cambridge Library Mural By Caleb Neelon
In 1970, “Ed Emberley’s Drawing Book of Animals” was published, the first in a long line of how-to draw books…
The Earth Expedition Of Sun Ra, Jazz Visionary And Afrofuturist Pioneer
“There’s no limit to the things that you can do,” go the lyrics to jazz visionary Sun Ra’s “Space Is…
Winners Of 2018 Boston Music Awards
Below are the winners of the 2018 Boston Music Awards, which were announced at Boston’s House of Blues on Dec.…
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…
With ‘Stuff Of Stars,’ Ekua Holmes Wins Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, Again
This week the American Library Association announced that Boston artist Ekua Holmes had again won its Coretta Scott King Illustrator…
Ed Emberley’s Classic How-To-Draw Books Inspire Cambridge Library Mural By Caleb Neelon
In 1970, “Ed Emberley’s Drawing Book of Animals” was published, the first in a long line of how-to draw books…
Favorite Reads Of 2018, According To Boston Public Library
At the end of each year, the Boston Public Library releases its list of the year’s most borrowed books, offering…
‘Cloud on a Mountain’: Franklin Einspruch’s Comics Poems From Mount Greylock
“Attention Massachusetts/I have ascended above you,” Franklin Einspruch writes across a watery painting of clouds that opens his book “Cloud…
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…
‘Ajijaak On Turtle Island,’ Heather Henson’s Puppet Spectacle With Indigenous Roots
“Ajijaak on Turtle Island”—by Heather Henson (daughter of Muppets creator Jim Henson) and IBEX Puppetry—is an environmental fable, Henson says,…
Sandglass Theater’s Refugee Stories: ‘Is It Our Responsibility To Help Everyone?’
Woven through “Babylon: Journeys of Refugees” by Sandglass Theater is a version of the American debate about immigrants and migrants…
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Partners With Right Wing Federalist Society
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company is again partnering with the right wing conservative Federalist Society for this year’s “Shakespeare and the Law”…
‘Is There An African American Puppetry?’ Exhibit Surveys An Often Overlooked Art
“Is there an African American puppetry? That’s the question we’re trying to answer with this exhibit,” says John Bell, director…
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…
'One Gun Gone': Turning Guns Into Art To Buy More Guns Off The Street
For years, Providence photographer and sculptor Scott Lapham has taught art to teens and young adults. “Four of my students…
The Year In Photos: Art And Activism In 2018
Art and activism across Boston and New England as I witnessed it in 2018. All photos copyright 2018 Greg Cook.…
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: Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration In Malden
Chinese Culture Connection hosted its annual Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration at Malden High School on Jan. 26, 2019. All…
Patriotic Skeletons
Window of Semper Vi, 304 Essex St., Salem, Jan. 9, 2019. Copyright 2019 Greg Cook)
The Year In Photos: Art And Activism In 2018
Art and activism across Boston and New England as I witnessed it in 2018. All photos copyright 2018 Greg Cook.…
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…
Photos: Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration In Malden
Chinese Culture Connection hosted its annual Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration at Malden High School on Jan. 26, 2019. All…
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…
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…
Pioneering Video And Performance Artist Joan Jonas Draws At The Gardner
During Joan Jonas’s 2017 residency at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the pioneering 82-year-old video and performance artist found herself…
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…
The 5-Year-Old’s Guide To ‘Space’ At Boston’s Museum Of Science
Twice this fall, the 5-Year-Old visited “Space: An Out-of-Gravity Experience,” which is on view at Boston’s Museum of Science through Jan.…
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…