To Do: June 13 to 20
Things I’d like to do this week…. Monday, June 13 7:20 to 7:45 a.m. and 1:30 to 2 p.m. “Stand Vigilant” demonstration at Burke High School, 60 Washington St., Dorchester.…Continue Reading →
‘This Is Not The Time For Silence!’ Boston Vigil for Orlando Massacre Victims
“We’re not going to have a moment of silence,” shouted one of the Boston Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence standing on the steps of Boston’s Trinity Church at tonight’s vigil for…Continue Reading →
John Luther Adams’s ‘Inuksuit’ at Arboretum
John Luther Adams’s “Inuksuit”—as performed by some 90 percussionists spread out through the woods of Boston’s Arnold Arboretum this afternoon—was all crashing and clanging and (actual) sirens. It was all…Continue Reading →
Squeezebox Slam in Somerville
The fifth Squeezebox Slam happened around Somerville’s Davis Square this afternoon, June 12. (Photos by Greg Cook)Continue Reading →
Feed the pigeons?
‘We disagree” advertisement next to “Do not feed the pigeons” sign at Boston’s Back Bay MTBA station, June 4, 2016. (Greg Cook photo)Continue Reading →
Pompom tree in Boston’s Copley Square
Pompom tree in Copley Square, Boston, June 4, 2016. (Greg Cook photo)Continue Reading →
Vigil for National Gun Violence Awareness Day
In December 1992, a student went on a school shooting rampage at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Mass. Among those murdered were Galen Gibson, an 18-year-old student from Gloucester, and…Continue Reading →
Lantern Walk at Malden’s Fellsmere Pond
The Friends of Fellsmere Heights held a lantern walk around Malden’s Fellsmere Pond last night to celebrate and promote their efforts “to give new expression to that legacy” of the…Continue Reading →
Bureaucrat
“Bureaucrat” by Greg Cook. Ball point pen on copier paper pennants with tape and string. November 2015. For “D Gallery Presents: Made At Work 2,” a group exhibit curated by…Continue Reading →
‘The Whole Gritty City,’ a documentary about New Orleans school bands
“All of your cares, all of your worries, I don’t care if you just had something very tragic that happened to you in your life, once that band gives you…Continue Reading →