“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 →
Honk!—the infectious street party and festival of activist street bands—paraded from Davis Square in Somerville to Harvard Square in Cambridge this afternoon and we where honored to be there. Photos…Continue Reading →
The annual Topsfield Fair, which runs from Oct. 4 to 14 in Topsfield, Mass., is known for its giant pumpkin growing contest; for its barns full of poultry, rabbits, sheep and…Continue Reading →
A band of lights glows behind the translucent blue plastic curtain of Clint Baclawski’s latest artwork, “Fringe” at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery in Boston from Sep. 6 to Oct. 13, 2019. Yellow…Continue Reading →
The Malden dance troupe Monkeyhouse closed off part of Seaview Street in that city today to present “8 Feet,” a piece inspired, Artistic Director Karen Krolak said, by getting stuck…Continue Reading →
The Essex County Community Foundation held its second annual Essex County Arts & Culture Summit in Beverly on Sept. 27. The forum, held at the Cabot theater and Dane Street…Continue Reading →