Shepard Fairey—one of the most famous street artists in the world, known for his “Obey” Andre the Giant graphics to his Obama “Hope” posters—has been in Providence this week to…Continue Reading →
Tess has time-traveled to 1992 to attend a riot grrrl concert at the start of Annalee Newitz’s new science fiction novel “The Future of Another Timeline” (Tor Books). She’s snuck…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. At the end…Continue Reading →
“You didn’t get a whole lot of history lessons about African-American culture in school,” Frank Stewart told The New York Times in 2017. “My work is culturally motivated. I wanted…Continue Reading →
MICE, the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, was founded in 2010 to focus on the artists—with creators selling their own works and presenting talks and workshops. Below are some delightful people…Continue Reading →
“The history of Oberon is clouded in mystery,” one of the paranormal investigators warns at the start of the Boston Circus Guild’s “Cirque of the Dead,” “which is to say…Continue Reading →
One of the highlights of Montreal each fall is the “Gardens of Light,” which illuminates the Chinese Garden at the Jardin Botanique de Montréal with dazzling lanterns this year from…Continue Reading →
In Peru in the 1980s, a new music exploded in popularity on the radio: Chicha. The word can refer drinks made from purple corn or fermented fruit and grains, but…Continue Reading →
Yu-Wen Wu, a Taiwan-born, Boston-based artist, has been named the winner of the inaugural $15,000 Prilla Smith Brackett Award, administered by the Davis Museum Wellesley College. The biennial prize aims…Continue Reading →
“Rebelling against constraint, she let her voice out in ‘Rock Me’ and ‘That’s All,’ and left the house ecstatic,” The New York Times reported when Sister Rosetta Tharpe performed during…Continue Reading →