Comics: Personal Days
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The Curious, Edifying Boulders At The Heart Of Gloucester’s Dogtown Woods
In the woods at the heart of Gloucester lies a ghost town, the remnants of an abandoned English colonial settlement today known as Dogtown. There are a number of ways to…Continue Reading →
Halloween Displays Around Greater Boston
Some highlights of Halloween displays around Greater Boston for 2021 (listed by community, in alphabetical order). If this is the kind of coverage of arts, nature, cultures and activisms you…Continue Reading →
Nilou Moochhala ‘Reflecting On Our Pandemic Experience’ At Menotomy Rocks
For her public art installation “Reflecting on our Pandemic Experience,” Arlington designer, artist and storyteller Nilou Moochhala had “100 mixed media drawings digitally printed into meditation flags to create an…Continue Reading →
‘Cat Alley’ Murals Honor Felines In Manchester, N.H.
Murals honoring cats fill the north side of Cat Alley, also known as Dean Avenue, just off Elm Street in Manchester, New Hampshire, between Lala’s Hungarian Pastry (836 Elm St.)…Continue Reading →
In Wes Anderson’s ‘French Dispatch,’ A Magazine Comes To Life With Nostalgia For The Post-War New Yorker And France
Wes Anderson’s latest film, “The French Dispatch”—finally arriving in theaters after a year and a half covid delay—is a wistful comedy nostalgic for the end of an era—well, two eras—the…Continue Reading →
Magnolias In Fruit At Arnold Arboretum
For some months now, we’ve been studying the Great Magnolia Swamp at Ravenswood Park in Gloucester, which is overseen by The Trustees of Reservations, for a documentary video we’re developing.…Continue Reading →
Janet Zweig’s ‘What Do We Have In Common?’ On Boston Common
“Who owns the atmosphere?” “Who owns the street?” “Who owns the power?” “Who owns community?” These are some of the questions written on small, flat boxes arrayed across the lawn…Continue Reading →
Where Anne Hutchinson Stopped On Her Way To Exile
In April 1638, Anne Hutchinson, the Boston midwife and spiritual leader, was exiled by court order and “tarried” at her family’s home in what’s now Quincy on her way to…Continue Reading →
Photos: Honk Festival In Somerville, Cambridge And Boston
Honk, the annual festival of activist street bands, returned yesterday, after taking a year off from live performances to help stem the spread of covid. Bands from around greater Bsoton…Continue Reading →