Polar Bear Playing In Snowstorm
Photos of a polar bear playing in a snowstorm at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo, Dec. 29, 2017. (Copyright Greg Cook)Continue Reading →
Vermont Crankie Fest Showcases Old Time, Handcrafted Moving Pictures
Saturday brings the 4th annual Vermont Crankie Fest to New England Youth Theater in Brattleboro. “Crankies are scrolling illustrations that accompany songs and stories,” organizers write. “Often lit from behind,…Continue Reading →
Local Music To Hear Live This Winter: Oompa, Julie Rhodes, Dutch ReBelle, Weakened Friends, Palehound, Carissa Johnson, PVRIS, Jonathan Richman
WONDERLAND’s guide to local bands to check out live from January to March—including Victoria Shen’s sonic experiments, Hayley Thompson-King’s country, Oompa and Dutch ReBelle’s rap, Julie Rhodes’s bluesy soul, Weakened…Continue Reading →
To Do Jan. 5 to 12: No Pants Subway Ride, Christmas Tree Bonfire, Three Kings, Borealis
Friday, Jan. 5 (Note: Some events may be rescheduled due to snow.) 6 p.m. Bonfire: “City of Salem’s 15th Annual Christmas Tree Bonfire.” Maybe rescheduled to Jan. 6? They burn up…Continue Reading →
Miriam ‘Milly’ Tamsky Was Just 20 When She Painted ‘The Skaters’
The other day, Jeff Andersen, the director of the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut, shared this painting by Miriam Barer Tamsky, who died late last year. She painted…Continue Reading →
Theater To See This Winter: Sondheim, Shadow Puppets, Arab Spring, Mass Shooting, Art Forgery, ‘Shakespeare In Love’
WONDERLAND’s guide to theater and performance art to check out from January to March—including Sondheim, shadow puppets, and shows about the Arab Spring, a mass shooting, art forgery, police violence,…Continue Reading →
Art To See This Winter: Edward Gorey, Egon Schiele, Fra Angelico, M.C. Escher, Post-Colonialism, Melting Arctic
WONDERLAND’s guide to art exhibitions to check out from January to March—including Edward Gorey, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, quilts, pussyhats, post-colonialism, Fra Angelico, M.C. Escher, photos documenting the damage of…Continue Reading →
Seeing Boston Punk And Hardcore: Two Decades Of Photos From Cambridge’s Middle East
Jay Hale moved to Boston for college in 1995 at “the tail end of the alternative era.” Bands like Buffalo Tom, Juliana Hatfield, Lemonheads, Pixies were making way for punk,…Continue Reading →