After nearly three years of construction, this weekend the Peabody Essex Museum debuts its new $125 million wing. The Salem institution offers free admission on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 28 and…Continue Reading →
The Somerville Toy Camera Fest showcases photography at its most beautifully basic—photos made with simple (often plastic) cameras with little (if any) controls or automation. Some are pinhole cameras—a container…Continue Reading →
Wonderland An online magazine of arts, cultures and activisms by Greg Cook Wonderland Spectacle Co. Parades, Festivals, Workshops and Community Building by Kari Percival and Greg Cook Thank You, Malden…Continue Reading →
The Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race is “a competitive parade of the arts and science. Otherwise known as the triathlon of the art world,” Bianca Mauro, one of the event’s producers,…Continue Reading →
In June 2018, an 800-pound, 4-foot-high, 10-foot-long aluminum spoon appeared in front of the headquarters of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma in Stamford, Connectut, to protest one of the companies seen…Continue Reading →
Thousands rallied at Boston City Hall Plaza for the Boston Climate Strike today and then marched to the State House. The action was part of protests around the world “to…Continue Reading →
The mirrored door of the white box opens and you enter into Yayoi Kusama’s universe. Polka dotted tentacles, lit from within with changing rainbow hues, curl down from the shiny…Continue Reading →
Artist Nick Cave’s “Joy Parade” today escorted the Chicago artist’s inflatable sculptures (pictured above) from the Boston Center for the Arts to 555 Columbia Ave. in Uphams Corner in Boston,…Continue Reading →
“Reif, you can’t hide! We demand that you resign!” hundreds of protesters chanted at an “MIT Rally Against Jeffrey Epstein” and “They Knew: Speak-out against MIT-Epstein Scandal” outside Massachusetts Institute…Continue Reading →
NOTE: I’ve been commissioned by the Essex County Community Foundation to help document/promote cultural projects from its Creative County Initiative, which is supported by Boston’s Barr Foundation. On a broiling…Continue Reading →