Day: May 7, 2019

Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band performs at Somerville's Quincy Street Open Space as part of the annual PorchFest, May 13, 2018. (Greg Cook)

Music Greg CookMay 7, 2019 0

Somerville PorchFest: Wonderland’s Totally Biased Guide To This Saturday’s Music Fest

Somerville’s annual PorchFest is part hootenanny, part a giant open studios for bands. More than 200 bands acts are scheduled to perform on porches, in backyards and in parks from…Continue Reading →

J. R. R. Tolkien, Dust jacket design for "The Hobbit," April 1937, pencil, black ink, watercolor, gouache. (© The Tolkien Estate Limited)

Art Greg CookMay 7, 2019 0

How Tolkien Envisioned ‘The Hobbit’ And ‘Lord Of The Rings’

In the fall of 1936, as the first edition of “The Hobbit” was in production, its author, J.R.R. Tolkien, gave his publisher a series of maps that he’d drawn to…Continue Reading →