A Murmuration Of Swallows At Rumney Marsh in Saugus
A week and a half ago, we drove up to the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge looking for thousands of tree swallows that were flocking along marshes on Boston’s North…Continue Reading →
Firelei Báez Imagines The Ruins Of Haiti’s Sans-Souci Palace At The Bottom Of Boston Harbor
“We think of history as human because our experience of time is very much predicated by memory, but the world around us has longer history,” says Firelei Báez, a New…Continue Reading →
‘Chicago Comics’ Showcases Windy City Comics From The Past Six Decades
“Chicago Comics: 1960s to Now” at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art from June 19 to Oct. 3, 2021, is intended as “a celebration of Chicago’s pivotal role as a national…Continue Reading →
MICE Comics Expo Highlights Massachusetts Creators
Pictured above: MICE Comics Expo in the Before Times. (©Greg Cook 2019) After MICE (the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo) was cancelled last year to stem the spread of covid, the…Continue Reading →
Going Back To School With Jef Czekaj’s ‘Little Ghoul’
Jef Czekaj”s latest humorous picture book for kids, “Little Ghoul Goes to School” (Balzer + Bray), conjures a school anxiety dream. “It’s a little monster, a Little Ghoul, that is…Continue Reading →
What Boston Mayoral Candidates Propose For Arts And Culture
What do the candidates running for mayor of Boston propose for arts and culture in the city? I reviewed the websites of the five major candidates seeking to be elected…Continue Reading →
JP Porchfest Arrives With New BIPOC Leadership And Spotlight On Artists Of Color
“Big news from Jamaica Plain Porchfest,” read the headline of the email that arrived at the end of 2020. “Mindy Fried and Marie Ghitman, co-founders of Jamaica Plain Porchfest, are…Continue Reading →
Wildlife Along The Mystic River
Here are photos from our kayak down the Mystic River today, from the Mystic Lakes to Wellington, as part of research we’re doing for a video we’re creating about the…Continue Reading →
Revere Beach Sand Sculpting Festival
The 2021 International Sand Sculpting Festival at Revere Beach celebrated the 125th anniversary of the country’s first public beach. From Aug. 6 to 8, Sue McGrew, of Tacoma, Washington; Abe…Continue Reading →
Paul Goodnight And Larry Pierce Collaborate On Grove Hall Mural
The design for Boston artist Paul Goodnight and Larry Pierce’s temporary, printed mural “No Strings Detached” began with Goodnight’s row of animated musicians playing violin, stand-up bass and banjo. “The…Continue Reading →