By James Cook Ocean Vuong grew up only a few blocks from The Wadsworth in Hartford, but he never went inside back then. The art museum was among the city’s austere and formidable buildings that…Continue Reading →
This year’s Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race–featuring “human powered sculptures racing for glory through stone, mud and water”–is Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026. Admission is free. It’s one of my favorite spectacles…Continue Reading →
Peter Max, who rocketed to fame as one of the iconic psychedelic artists of the late ’60s, died at age 88 in Manhattan on Monday, Sept. 14. He had been…Continue Reading →
Union workers are picketing the Encore casino in Everett as they seek a new “contract that delivers better wages, stronger benefits, and enhanced protections on the job.” More than 1,300…Continue Reading →
Calmer Con Boston, a “sensory-friendly” comic and pop culture convention, will be at the Meadowbrook School, 10 Farm Road, Weston, this Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Free admission with…Continue Reading →