Wetu Constructed At Cape Ann Museum Recalls Indigenous History Of Gloucester
In 1613, when the French explorer Samuel de Champlain published his book “Les Voyages,” he labeled the area now called…
‘New Fonts’ At Gateway Arts
The exhibition “New Fonts: Text as Art” at the Gateway Arts Gallery, featuring adults with disabilities who participate in their…
Harvard Ceramics Program Spring Show and Sale
The Ceramics Program Spring Show and Sale at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard (same building as…
Photos: Somerville Open Studios
Ninety venues are opening their doors during Somerville Open Studios on Saturday, May 6, and Sunday, May 7, 2023. The event is…
Goodbye to Yvonne Jacquette
Yvonne Jacquette, “an artist acclaimed for her aerial views of cities and landscapes, passed away in her Manhattan home on…
Pat Falco’s Elegy To A Disappearing Boston
Boston artist Pat Falco’s exhibition “A Graveyard in the Sun” at Gallery Kayafas in Boston from March 24 to April…
Wampanoag Artist Robert Peters Paints World After Catastrophes
Catastrophies are on the mind of Boston-based Mashpee Wampanoag artist Robert Peters in his drawings and paintings featured in the…
Christian Robinson’s Books Share The Message Art Gave Him: You Matter
“It’s important for me to tell stories that reflect the diverse world that we live in,” picture book illustrator and…
Does Being An Artist Couple Affect Their Art?
The exhibition “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” at Salem State University’s Winfisky Gallery from Feb, 21 to March…
Bread & Puppet Performs ‘Inflammatory Earthling Rants’ On New England Tour
“Earthlings are now aflame and consequently need inflammatory rants, directed against the arsonist: Western Civilization and its incompetent government,” Bread…
The Puppetry Of ‘Dragons and Mythical Beasts’
How does “Dragons and Mythical Beasts” from the UK’s Nicoll Entertainment make its troll and unicorn and, of course, dragons…
Five Decades Of Bread And Puppet At Salem State
“Bread and Puppet Theater: Art and Activism in Five Acts” showcases five decades of masks, giant puppets and books relating…
Bread And Puppet Performs ‘Apocalypse Defiance Circus’ In Cambridge
Bread and Puppet Theater performed its “Apocalypse Defiance Circus” on Cambridge Common on Sept. 4 as part of its national…
Bread And Puppet Theater’s ‘Apocalypse Defiance Circus’
Bread and Puppet Theater performed its “Apocalypse Defiance Circus” at its home base in Glover, Vermont, on Aug. 28 as…
Goodbye To Bread And Puppet’s Genevieve Yeuillaz
In the early 1970s, French actress Genevieve Yeuillaz had a fateful meeting with Peter Schumann, the founder of the landmark…
Christian Robinson’s Books Share The Message Art Gave Him: You Matter
“It’s important for me to tell stories that reflect the diverse world that we live in,” picture book illustrator and…
Colleen Michaels Debuts ‘Prize Wheel’ Poetry Collection
Colleen Michaels, founder and host of the Improbable Places Poetry Tour, debuted her first poetry collection “Prize Wheel” (Small Bites…
‘Immersive Storytelling’: Primer For Making The Audience’s Dreams Come True
The idea of “Adventure Thru Inner Space” at California’s Disneyland was that riders were miraculously shrunk down to the size…
Paintings Of New England Transgender Children At Boston Children’s Museum
“I believe in art as a means of materializing visions of liberation, healing from trauma, and manifesting change, at both…
Ed Emberley: Drawing Made (To Look) Easy
“This is the whole secret—this is an alphabet,” children’s book creator Ed Emberley has told Cambridge artist and writer Caleb…
Beatrix Potter And The Letter That Birthed Peter Rabbit
“My dear Noel, I don’t know what to write to you, so I shall tell you a story about four…
Herring Run At Horn Pond
Herring run at Horn Pond, Woburn, Massachusetts. In 2018, new fish ladders and spillways allowed herring to bypass dams on…
Spring At Garden In The Woods
Garden in the Woods is a 45-acre botanic garden operated by the Native Plant Trust in Framingham, Massachusetts. With more…
Pig Racing, Giant Pumpkins And Oxen At The Topsfield Fair
The annual Topsfield Fair in Topsfield, Massachusetts, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 10, 2022, offers giant pumpkins, racing pigs, an…
Bike To The Sea | Rail-Trail From Everett To Lynn
Join us for Bike To The Sea’s 2022 ride along the Northern Strand Community Trail, from Everett’s Madeline English School…
Maquoketa Caves | Video Tour
Join us as we visit Maquoketa Caves State Park, 25 miles west of the Mississippi River in northeast Iowa, with…
Osprey Along The Saugus River
Spotted an osprey eating what looked like a fish along the Saugus River and Northern Strand Community Trail in Saugus…
Photos: 2022 Honk Festival in Somerville and Cambridge
Honk, the annual festival of activist street bands, arrives in Somerville and Cambridge this weekend. Begun here in 2006, the…
Photos: Honk Festival In Somerville, Cambridge And Boston
Honk, the annual festival of activist street bands, returned yesterday, after taking a year off from live performances to help…
Honk Band Festival Returns 10/9—In New Neighborhoods, With Covid Precautions
Honk, the annual festival of activist street bands, returns Saturday, Oct. 9, after taking a year off from live performances…
JP Porchfest Arrives With New BIPOC Leadership And Spotlight On Artists Of Color
“Big news from Jamaica Plain Porchfest,” read the headline of the email that arrived at the end of 2020. “Mindy…
Spend New Year’s Eve Eve With Nova One And FirstWorks’ ‘Urban Carnevale’
“Providence is my home and I plan to live and die here at the moment,” Roz Raskin, who fronts the…
Once Will Not Reopen At Somerville Venue Due To Covid, Owner Says
Once, the Somerville music lounge and ballroom, “will not reopen” at its current venue, owner JJ Gonson announced today. (Read…
MLK Memorial ‘The Embrace’ Unveiled At Boston Common
“This work is really about the capacity for each of us to be enveloped in love, and I feel enveloped…
Deceased Beech Tree Turned Into Statue In Somerville Park
When a massive, old European beech tree at Somerville’s Symphony Park declined into disease, the city’s Parks and Open Space…
Rob ‘ProBlak’ Gibbs’ ‘Breathe Life Together” Mural On Boston’s Greenway
“My vision is to add to Boston’s skyline in a way that elevates the voices and work of those who’ve…
Olmsted’s 200th Birthday Remembered With Moss Installation At Jamaica Pond
“Gradually and silently the charm comes over us; we know not exactly where or how” reads a moss installation by…
Best Christmas Decorations Around Greater Boston
Below is Wonderland’s guide to dazzling holiday decorations around greater Boston, from Attleboro to Somerville (listed by community, in alphabetical…
Halloween Displays Around Greater Boston
Some highlights of Halloween displays around Greater Boston for 2021 (listed by community, in alphabetical order). If this is the…
At Old Sturbridge Village, 1830s America Comes Alive With Chickens, Sheep, Cows, Pigs
Part of the fun of an old timey living-history museum like Old Sturbridge Village is the feeling that you’ve stepped…
Beauport: Henry Sleeper’s Dream House Of Americana That Grew And Grew
“Mrs. Henry D. Sleeper of Beacon St. is building a beautiful summer cottage in Gloucester, near the site of the…
The Curious, Edifying Boulders At The Heart Of Gloucester’s Dogtown Woods
In the woods at the heart of Gloucester lies a ghost town, the remnants of an abandoned English colonial settlement today…
‘Cat Alley’ Murals Honor Felines In Manchester, N.H.
Murals honoring cats fill the north side of Cat Alley, also known as Dean Avenue, just off Elm Street in…
Kohler’s Art Preserve: Exploring The ‘World’s Largest Collection’ Of Visionary Environments
Ruth Kohler first heard about the home of Eugene Von Bruenchenhein and his wife Marie in January 1983. Eugene had recently…
‘Holiday Magic At The Disney Parks’
“Holiday Magic at the Disney Parks: Celebrations Around the World from Fall to Winter” by Graham Allan, Rebecca Cline and…
Chelsea Celebrates Dia de los Muertos With Parade
Chelsea celebrated Dia de los Muertos with a parade from Chelsea City Hall to Chelsea Square this evening. Local artist…
Photos: 2022 Honk Festival in Somerville and Cambridge
Honk, the annual festival of activist street bands, arrives in Somerville and Cambridge this weekend. Begun here in 2006, the…
Bread And Puppet Theater’s ‘Apocalypse Defiance Circus’
Bread and Puppet Theater performed its “Apocalypse Defiance Circus” at its home base in Glover, Vermont, on Aug. 28 as…
Photos: Wake Up The Earth Festival
Photos of the Wake Up the Earth Festival at South-West Corridor Park at Stony Brook in Jamaica Plain, Boston, today.…
Osprey Along The Saugus River
Spotted an osprey eating what looked like a fish along the Saugus River and Northern Strand Community Trail in Saugus…
Silvia Lopez Chavez Paints ‘Undercurrent’ At Peabody Essex Museum
Silvia Lopez Chavez of Chelsea, Massachusetts, paints “Undercurrent” at the Peabody Essex Museum, March 12, 2022. It will be part…
Chelsea Celebrates Dia de los Muertos With Parade
Chelsea celebrated Dia de los Muertos with a parade from Chelsea City Hall to Chelsea Square this evening. Local artist…
Photos: 2022 Honk Festival in Somerville and Cambridge
Honk, the annual festival of activist street bands, arrives in Somerville and Cambridge this weekend. Begun here in 2006, the…
Pig Racing, Giant Pumpkins And Oxen At The Topsfield Fair
The annual Topsfield Fair in Topsfield, Massachusetts, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 10, 2022, offers giant pumpkins, racing pigs, an…
Alien Parade At Exeter UFO Festival
The Exeter UFO Festival’s Alien Parade traveled from Town House Common Park to the Bandstand outside Town Hall today. The…
Photos: St. Peter’s Fiesta In Gloucester
Gloucester is celebrating its annual St. Peter’s Fiesta this week. The festival is a celebration of the community’s commercial fishing,…
Photos: Wake Up The Earth Festival
Photos of the Wake Up the Earth Festival at South-West Corridor Park at Stony Brook in Jamaica Plain, Boston, today.…
‘Age of Roe’ Surveys Activism For And Against Legal Abortion In U.S.
“The Age of Roe: The Past, Present, and Future of Abortion in America” at Harvard Radcliffe Institute Schlesinger Library’s Poorvu…
MLK Memorial ‘The Embrace’ Unveiled At Boston Common
“This work is really about the capacity for each of us to be enveloped in love, and I feel enveloped…
Wee The People Anti-Racism Workshops Cancelled By Westwood Schools
Was an Instragram post by Wee The People the reason Westwood Public Schools cancelled anti-racism workshops it had scheduled by…
‘Time to Panic!’ Extinction Rebellion Addresses Global Warming
“Earth Day 2022, Time to Panic! The art of protest in the age of climate crisis” at Storefront Art Projects,…
Photos: Honk Festival In Somerville, Cambridge And Boston
Honk, the annual festival of activist street bands, returned yesterday, after taking a year off from live performances to help…
10th Anniversary Of Occupy Boston
Today is the 10th anniversary of the beginning of Occupy Boston at Boston’s Dewey Square, opposite the Federal Reserve Bank…