Spend New Year’s Eve Eve With Nova One And FirstWorks’ ‘Urban Carnevale’
“Providence is my home and I plan to live and die here at the moment,” Roz Raskin, who fronts the “cosmic pop” band Nova One, told me via email in…Continue Reading →
Wonderland’s Most-Read Posts Of 2020
Below are Wonderland’s most clicked-on posts of 2020, the ones that brought in the most readers and bots. When I published my first coronavirus post on March 7, I had…Continue Reading →
Designing A Monster Snowplow For Vermont Winters
For a number of years now, artists from Vermont Arts Exchange in North Bennington, Vermont, have been painting designs across the town’s snowplows. Last year, Rhonda Ratray, a teaching artist…Continue Reading →
‘Holiday Magic At The Disney Parks’
“Holiday Magic at the Disney Parks: Celebrations Around the World from Fall to Winter” by Graham Allan, Rebecca Cline and Charlie Prince (Disney Editions) is a big, lavishly illustrated, 384-page photo…Continue Reading →
In ‘Winter Counts,’ A Native Detective-Vigilante Rights Wrongs On His Reservation
When residents of the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota feel that villains have slipped through the cracks of law enforcement justice, they call Virgil Wounded Horse to dish out…Continue Reading →
Michael Bobbitt To Lead Mass Cultural Council
Michael Bobbitt—the artistic director at New Repertory Theatre in Watertown since March 2019—has been named the next executive director of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the state arts agency announced. The…Continue Reading →
Best Christmas Decorations Around Greater Boston
Below is Wonderland’s guide to dazzling holiday decorations around greater Boston, from Attleboro to Somerville (listed by community, in alphabetical order). This is based on several years exploring region during…Continue Reading →
Peabody Essex Director Brian Kennedy Stepping Down After 1.5 Years
Brian Kennedy plans to step down from his position as Director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum on Dec. 31, after leading the Salem institution since July of last…Continue Reading →
Andy Mack’s Farm Stand Signs Sell Apples, Spark Controversy
“It is the best place in town for a display, but it just happens to be our land,” Andy Mack Sr. told the Eagle Tribune newspaper in 2007. Mack runs…Continue Reading →
Wah Lum Mural Honors ‘Unity And Solidarity’
In the spring, Wah Lum Kung Fu & Thai Chi Academy in Malden closed, like so many other businesses, to help stem the spread of coronavirus. The windows were boarded…Continue Reading →