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…
'Sea Walls' Murals Advocate For Ocean Conservation
“Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans,” from the PangeaSeed Foundation in collaboration with local public art initiative HarborArts, has returned to…
Rededicating John Wilson's Monument To Black Fatherhood At Roxbury Community College
“In Western art, it is common to have the theme of the mother and child but the theme of male…
Fixing The Nearly 300-Year-Old Clock Inside Boston's Old North Church
A clock shaped a bit like an exclamation point, with a bronze sun shining at the center of its black…
'Bedsheet Mitigations' Paintings By Bread And Puppet's Peter Schumann
“Dirty painful reality doesn’t allow these paintings to be abstract and enjoy abstinence from that dirt and pain,” Bread &…
Photos: Ifé Franklin's Juneteenth Celebration
“All praise to our freedom,” Liza Zayas said during the opening invocations for Boston artist Ifé Franklin’s Juneteenth Celebration at…
On Juneteenth, Ifé Franklin Debuts 'Slave Narrative' Film
From my article in Dig Boston: “I’s sick O Massa hans all ova me.” So begins Ifé Franklin’s 2018 book…
‘Her Flag’ Celebrating Centennial Of Women’s Suffrage At National Museum of Women in the Arts
A flag celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which ensured women’s right to vote within…
Cedric Douglas Mural At Former Medfield State Hospital Evokes Healing Power Of Arts
In May, Boston artist Cedric “Vise1” Douglas painted an 125-foot-long mural on one of the buildings of the former Medfield…
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…
Our Guide To Somerville's ArtBeat--Now Part Pop-Up, Part Virtual
This year’s “ArtBeat” festival from the Somerville Arts Council adapts to coronavirus by expanding to a week of surprise pop-up…
‘It Is With A Heavy Heart Today That I Announce That Great Scott Will Not Reopen’
“It is with a heavy heart today that I announce that Great Scott will not reopen,” according to a message…
For Social Distancing, He Turned Himself Into A One-Man Honk Band
The music video begins with Nathaniel Hefferman, dressed in a Honk T-shirt, blowing the opening notes of Deee-Lite’s “Groove Is…
This #MeToo ‘Medusa’ Isn’t The Gorgon You’ve Been Told About
One of the terrible things about the way the story of Medusa is usually told is that her iconic snake…
‘Very Hungry Caterpillar’ Author Eric Carle Has Died At Age 91
“Gorgeously illustrated, brilliantly innovative presentation of an insect’s appetite and metamorphosis,” The New York Times wrote of Eric Carle’s “The…
In 'Welcome To The New World,' Syrian Refugees Land In Trump's America
A family of refugees from the Syrian war makes their harrowing escape to New Haven, Connecticut, in the non-fiction comic…
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza: 'The Best Way To Protect Democracy Is To Participate'
The Trump mob’s Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, “was an outpouring of rage that a lot of people…
'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…
In ‘Winter Counts,’ A Native Detective-Vigilante Rights Wrongs On His Reservation
When residents of the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota feel that villains have slipped through the cracks of law…
'Sequestered Storytime' With Somerville Children's Book Creator Jef Czekaj
“Sequestered Storytime with Jef Czekaj”—Somerville children’s book author and artist Jef Czekaj’s DIY television show for kids—represents one of the…
Goodbye To Elka Schumann Of Bread And Puppet Theater
Elka Schumann, co-founder of Vermont’s legendary progressive activist Bread and Puppet Theater, died Sunday, afternoon Aug. 1, “surrounded by her…
Double Edge Theatre’s ‘Memories and Dreams’
“Is this the beginning?” asks a man in a T-shirt who steps out of the audience of Double Edge Theatre’s…
Goodbye To Bread And Puppet's Remi Paillard
Goodbye to our friend Remi Paillard, a part of the Bread and Puppet Theater for decades. He died Monday. Here…
Donate To Puppet Showplace To Help Them Weather Alleged Embezzlement
Looking to help Puppet Showplace Theater after alleged embezzlement reported last month left their bank account “fully depleted”? The Board of…
Puppet Showplace’s Bank Account ‘Fully Depleted’ After Alleged Embezzlement
Puppet Showplace Theater announced yesterday that their “bank account had been fully depleted” after an alleged embezzlement from the 46-year-old…
Rally Tuesday: ‘Live Events Economy Is In Shambles And There’s No End In Sight’
“Since the pandemic started in early to mid-March, we’ve been the first people that have been cancelled and had to…
‘Her Flag’ Celebrating Centennial Of Women’s Suffrage At National Museum of Women in the Arts
A flag celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which ensured women’s right to vote within…
Trump Mob Attacks Capitol: Eyewitness Videos: Part 3
When a Trump mob attacked and overran the U.S. Capitol to try to stop confirmation of Joe Biden’s victory in the…
Trump Mob Attacks Capitol: Eyewitness Videos: Part 1
When a Trump mob attacked and overran the U.S. Capitol to try to stop confirmation of Joe Biden’s victory in the…
Trump Mob Attacks Capitol: Eyewitness Videos: Part 2
When a Trump mob attacked and overran the U.S. Capitol to try to stop confirmation of Joe Biden’s victory in the…
Trump Mob Attacks Capitol: Eyewitness Videos: Part 4
When a Trump mob attacked and overran the U.S. Capitol to try to stop confirmation of Joe Biden’s victory in the…
Trump Mob Attacks Capitol: Eyewitness Videos: Part 5
When a Trump mob attacked and overran the U.S. Capitol to try to stop confirmation of Joe Biden’s victory in the…
Photos: Ifé Franklin's Juneteenth Celebration
“All praise to our freedom,” Liza Zayas said during the opening invocations for Boston artist Ifé Franklin’s Juneteenth Celebration at…
Territorial Swan Chases Geese At Malden's Forest Dale Cemetery
A territorial swan chased Canada goose at Forest Dale Cemetery in Malden yesterday as another swan sat on a nest…
Tulips Bloom at Long Hill
Tulips are blooming at Long Hill, the estate operated by the Trustees of Reservations in Beverly. The Trustees report: “From…
Seal At Gloucester
Seal hauled out at Gloucester, March 30, 2021. Photographed in research for one of our upcoming Wonderland Spectacle Co. art…
Goodbye To Bread And Puppet's Remi Paillard
Goodbye to our friend Remi Paillard, a part of the Bread and Puppet Theater for decades. He died Monday. Here…
Malden Rejects The Coup Rally: 'We Must Have Accountability'
“We stand strongly against white supremacy,” Shaina Lu of Greater Malden Asian American Community Coalition told the crowd gathered at…
'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…
Honk: As 2020 Festival Goes Virtual, Looking Back At Photos Through The Years
In advance of this year’s virtual Honk festival from Oct. 5 to 11, I’ve put together the video below for…
Chinese Lantern Spectacle Comes To Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo
“Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience” fills Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo with dazzling, giant sculptures of dragons, pandas, crabs, tigers, fish…
Boston Cancels Parades And Festivals Through Labor Day
The city of Boston has cancelled all parades and festivals “this summer, up to and including Labor Day on September…
Photos: Lunar New Year at Peabody Essex Museum
Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum hosted its annual Lunar New Year Festival on Jan. 25. It featured performances by the Gund Kwok…
Photos: Lunar New Year Celebration In Malden
Chinese Culture Connection hosted its annual Lunar New Year Celebration, to mark the start of the Year of the Mouse…
'Sea Walls' Murals Advocate For Ocean Conservation
“Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans,” from the PangeaSeed Foundation in collaboration with local public art initiative HarborArts, has returned to…
Rededicating John Wilson's Monument To Black Fatherhood At Roxbury Community College
“In Western art, it is common to have the theme of the mother and child but the theme of male…
‘Her Flag’ Celebrating Centennial Of Women’s Suffrage At National Museum of Women in the Arts
A flag celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which ensured women’s right to vote within…
Cedric Douglas Mural At Former Medfield State Hospital Evokes Healing Power Of Arts
In May, Boston artist Cedric “Vise1” Douglas painted an 125-foot-long mural on one of the buildings of the former Medfield…
'Back Against The Wall’ Showcases Graffiti Artists In Grove Hall
Artists Apex, Deme5, Kwest, ProBlak, Sobek, Soem and Vex transformed the side wall of Moses Auto at 58 Geneva Ave.…
New Greenway Mural Is A Giant Fruit And Flowers Still-Life Designed By Daniel Gordon
This week the Brooklyn-based commercial painting firm Overall Murals put the finishing touches on “Summer Still Life with Lobster and…
Territorial Swan Chases Geese At Malden's Forest Dale Cemetery
A territorial swan chased Canada goose at Forest Dale Cemetery in Malden yesterday as another swan sat on a nest…
Tulips Bloom at Long Hill
Tulips are blooming at Long Hill, the estate operated by the Trustees of Reservations in Beverly. The Trustees report: “From…
Seal At Gloucester
Seal hauled out at Gloucester, March 30, 2021. Photographed in research for one of our upcoming Wonderland Spectacle Co. art…
Maple Sugaring | Wonderland Spectacle Co.
Learn about maple sugaring (how you turn the sap of sugar maple trees into maple syrup) as we visit Mass…
Ice Fishing | Wonderland Spectacle Co.
As winter temperatures fall below freezing for weeks at a time, join us as we go ice fishing with our…
Groundhogs | Wonderland Spectacle Co.
For Groundhog Day, we visit Ms. G, the official groundhog of Massachusetts, as she looks for her shadow at Mass…