Car Roll-Over On Route 93 Near Reading-Woburn Line
A roll-over crash in the northbound lane of Route 93–near the Reading-Woburn line about a half mile north of Route 93–not long before 5:30 this evening backed up traffic in…Continue Reading →
16 Bands To Check Out At Somerville’s PorchFest This Sunday
Somerville’s annual PorchFest is part hootenanny, part a giant open studios for bands. Some 300 bands acts are scheduled to perform on porches, in backyards and in parks from noon…Continue Reading →
Improbable Places Poetry Tour Brings Poetry To A Bike Shop, A Bank, A Farm, A Swimming Pool And (Tomorrow, Maybe) A Viking Ship
The idea for the Improbable Places Poetry Tour arrived at a time when Colleen Michaels’s daughter was young and they’d walk everywhere, especially along Cabot Street in Beverly, where they…Continue Reading →
Arts Publications Discuss Forming Super-Group To Support Arts Coverage Here
“I do not see why we can’t share our resources, our craftsmanship,” Bill Marx, editor of the online arts magazine The Arts Fuse, said at a forum called “For the…Continue Reading →
Nazi Graffiti At Malden Center MBTA Stop?
Graffiti on bench in lobby of Malden Center MBTA Station, April 30, 2018. Photo copyright 2018 Greg Cook.Continue Reading →
Photos: Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys Play ‘Rock Parents’ Show
Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys perform at Kelly Davidson’s “Rock Parents” exhibition at Once, Somerville, May 6, 2018. All ages were welcome. Photos copyright 2018 Greg Cook.…Continue Reading →
‘Rock Parents’ Photos Show What Happens When Musicians Have Kids
When Kelly Davidson first began photographing for The Boston Phoenix newspaper in the late 1990s, she got assignments to shoot portraits of Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses, The Breeders and…Continue Reading →
Photos: Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place
The 31st annual Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place, Waltham, on April 28, 2018. Photos copyright 2018 Greg Cook. Help Wonderland keep producing our great coverage of local arts, cultures and…Continue Reading →
Handing Out Roses Around Boston Common To Remember Hundreds Of Black Americans Killed By Police
On Friday afternoon, in the rain, Cedric Douglas and two collaborators stood out on Boylston Street, along the Boston Common, and handed out roses to passers-by. Attached to each stem…Continue Reading →
Reimagining An Ancient Epic From India With An All-Female Cast In Our #MeToo Moment
What happens when you take India’s two-millennia-old epic the “Mahabharata” and retell it with an all-female cast? That’s the experiment Stage Ensemble Theater Unit (SETU) explores in its performances at…Continue Reading →