In February 1953, Time magazine declared Jacob Lawrence “the nation’s (and probably the world’s) foremost Negro painter.” Lawrence was about to embark on what he intended to be a monumental…Continue Reading →
For DigBoston, I recently previewed “Detroit Red,” a “theatrical exploration of the life of Malcolm X as he dwelled and came of age in the Roxbury section of Boston,” which…Continue Reading →
“I really wanted to highlight the strength of the human condition. When we work together we’re stronger,” Meredith Stern says of her exhibition “Cooperation Cats: 10 years, 20 prints” at…Continue Reading →
The audience broke into applause as Gloria Steinem strode onto the stage at the end of Jan. 30 opening night performance of “Gloria: A Life” at Harvard’s American Repertory Theater.…Continue Reading →
“Kids don’t get enough credit that they can understand what’s going on. Racism isn’t going to end until people start noticing it,” says Tanya Nixon-Silberg, co-founder of Wee the People,…Continue Reading →
“Laura McPhee: Desert Chronicle”—on view at Boston’s Carroll and Sons gallery from Dec. 4, 2019, to Feb. 1, 2020—is a concise exhibition of five large photos from the Brookline artist’s…Continue Reading →
One of the terrible things about the way the story of Medusa is usually told is that her iconic snake hair and petrifying visage are a punishment—for being the victim…Continue Reading →
Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum hosted its annual Lunar New Year Festival on Jan. 25. It featured performances by the Gund Kwok Asian Women’s Lion Dance Troupe, one of the only all-women…Continue Reading →
A fugue of memories and dreams flow over us in Nona Fernández’s lyrical novella “Space Invaders” (Graywolf Press)—arriving in a crisp, lucid translation by my friend Natasha Wimmer that was…Continue Reading →
Chinese Culture Connection hosted its annual Lunar New Year Celebration, to mark the start of the Year of the Mouse (or Rat) at Malden High School on Dec. 18, 2020.…Continue Reading →