Janet Zweig's 'What Do We Have In Common?' On Boston Common
“Who owns the atmosphere?” “Who owns the street?” “Who owns the power?” “Who owns community?” These are some of the…
Moki Cherry’s Visionary Tapestries From Her ‘Total Art And Life Project’
Swedish artist Moki (Karlsson) Cherry and African American jazz trumpeter Don Cherry saw themselves as “modern nomads” as their toured…
Yayoi Kusama's 'Cosmic Nature'
“My pumpkins, beloved of all the plants in the world,” Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has said. “When I see pumpkins,…
Goodbye To Nahant Artist Norman Laliberte
“We’re not here to do what has already been done,” Norman Laliberte said in a 2017 interview with Squash House…
Shea Justice's Visual Diary Of Sordid U.S. 'History As It Unfolds'
Boston artist Shea Justice’s scrolls unspool across the walls of Spoke Gallery in Boston, an illustrated stream-of-consciousness journal of the…
How Aquinnah Wampanoag Artist Elizabeth James-Perry’s Idea ‘To Garden Wherever We Need To’ Came To The MFA’s Front Lawn
Last year, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts reached out to Aquinnah Wampanoag artist Elizabeth James-Perry to develop a project. She…
Josh Gray's 'Fantastical Menagerie'
“The number-one thing people say about people’s art is it makes them feel happy,” Arla Foster told the Bennington Banner…
Jessica Straus's 'Portrait Of The World Without Us'
“In this installation, I wanted to paint a portrait of the world without us,” Boston-area artist Jessica Straus says in…
Christina Forrer’s Psychologically-Charged Tapestries
“It’s usually something that happens in my daily life or that I see, a fight between two individuals, a conflict…
Bread And Puppet's 'Domestic Resurrection Circus' At Cambridge Common
After cancelling last year’s visit to stem the spread of the coronavirus, Vermont’s Bread and Puppet Theater returned to once…
In The Heart Of The Beast Puppet Theater To Sell Avalon Theatre, Disperse Archive
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater plans to sell its Avalon Theatre, the 300-seat 1930s art…
Paperhand Puppet Intervention Featured In New Documentary ‘We Are Here’
“In my darkest doubtfulest moments, you know, we’re doomed, humans,” Donovan Zimmerman says at the beginning of the new documentary…
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…
‘Chicago Comics’ Showcases Windy City Comics From The Past Six Decades
“Chicago Comics: 1960s to Now” at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art from June 19 to Oct. 3, 2021, is intended…
MICE Comics Expo Highlights Massachusetts Creators
Pictured above: MICE Comics Expo in the Before Times. (©Greg Cook 2019) After MICE (the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo) was…
Going Back To School With Jef Czekaj’s ‘Little Ghoul’
Jef Czekaj”s latest humorous picture book for kids, “Little Ghoul Goes to School” (Balzer + Bray), conjures a school anxiety…
Back In Print: Eliot Porter's First Book: Photos Of New England Wilds, A Call For Conservation
The title of Eliot Porter’s first book of photography, “In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World,” was a quotation…
‘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…
Magnolias In Fruit At Arnold Arboretum
For some months now, we’ve been studying the Great Magnolia Swamp at Ravenswood Park in Gloucester, which is overseen by…
Otters, Herons, Hawk at Willowdale State Forest
Otters, herons, a hawk, woodpecker, cormorants and frogs at Willowdale State Forest in Topsfield and Ipswich, Massachusetts. Photos from an…
A Murmuration Of Swallows At Rumney Marsh in Saugus
A week and a half ago, we drove up to the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge looking for thousands of…
Wildlife Along The Mystic River
Here are photos from our kayak down the Mystic River today, from the Mystic Lakes to Wellington, as part of…
Back In Print: Eliot Porter's First Book: Photos Of New England Wilds, A Call For Conservation
The title of Eliot Porter’s first book of photography, “In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World,” was a quotation…
'Big Bugs’ At Portsmouth’s Green Animals Topiary Garden
In the fall of 1990, David Rogers was staying at a cousin’s farm in Vermont’s Green Mountains when he spotted…
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…
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…
Janet Zweig's 'What Do We Have In Common?' On Boston Common
“Who owns the atmosphere?” “Who owns the street?” “Who owns the power?” “Who owns community?” These are some of the…
‘Seeding The Future’ With Ekua Holmes And London Parker-McWhorter’s New Grove Hall Mural
“We not only garden with seeds and plants and flowers, but we garden in our communities with souls and minds…
Revere Beach Sand Sculpting Festival
The 2021 International Sand Sculpting Festival at Revere Beach celebrated the 125th anniversary of the country’s first public beach. From…
Paul Goodnight And Larry Pierce Collaborate On Grove Hall Mural
The design for Boston artist Paul Goodnight and Larry Pierce’s temporary, printed mural “No Strings Detached” began with Goodnight’s row…
'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…
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…
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…
Sculptures Of Poodles, Angels, Eagles Make This Row House Stand Out From Staid Neighbors
For some years, I’ve wondered about a row house at 9 Dwight St. in Boston’s South End. It stands out…
Arnold Arboretum: How Frederick Law Olmsted And Charles Sargent Created A National Historic Landmark
“A visitor driving through the arboretum will be able to obtain a general idea of the arborescent vegetation of the…
The Unhappy History Of Mount Misery, Connecticut
Note: Nonrequired travel between New England states is not recommended during the coronavirus pandemic. As of April 5, the state…
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…
Otters, Herons, Hawk at Willowdale State Forest
Otters, herons, a hawk, woodpecker, cormorants and frogs at Willowdale State Forest in Topsfield and Ipswich, Massachusetts. Photos from an…
Muppet Motorcyclist
A Muppet motorcyclist was riding with Cruiser Club Boston south along Route 1, through Saugus, this morning as they headed…
Photos: Cambridge Carnival Parade Returns For First Time In Three Years
Cambridge Carnival, the annual celebration of Caribbean culture, returned with a smaller, in-person version of the festival after live events…
A Murmuration Of Swallows At Rumney Marsh in Saugus
A week and a half ago, we drove up to the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge looking for thousands of…
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…
Photos: Cambridge Carnival Parade Returns For First Time In Three Years
Cambridge Carnival, the annual celebration of Caribbean culture, returned with a smaller, in-person version of the festival after live events…
'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…
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…
‘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 1
When a Trump mob attacked and overran the U.S. Capitol to try to stop confirmation of Joe Biden’s victory in the…
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…
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…