Black Lives Matter Murals At Cambridge’s Graffiti Alley
A Black Lives Matter mural has been painted at Graffiti Alley in Cambridge. And last weekend a team of artists painted a “Unified” mural there as well. If this is…Continue Reading →
Science Museum’s T-Rex And Legoland’s Giraffe Get Masks
The T-Rex outside Boston’s Museum of Science and the Lego giraffe standing in front of Somerville’s Legoland Discovery Center are now sporting masks, as communities continue to work to stem…Continue Reading →
National Black Doll Museum Closing, ‘On The Move’ Due To Coronavirus
“Do not despair we are ‘On The MOVE,'” the National Black Doll Museum said in announcing that it is closing its storefront galleries in Mansfield due to the challenges of…Continue Reading →
Petition Calls For Dismantling Racism In Boston Cultural Institutions
An “Open Letter from Boston Arts and Cultural Workers in Demand of Racial Equity and Social Transformation” being circulated online calls for Boston area museums and other cultural institutions to…Continue Reading →
Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum To Layoff 15% Due To Costs Of Coronavirus
Peabody Essex Museum will layoff 15 percent of its staff–or 38 of 260 people–“in order to sustain museum operations” as it deals with the financial costs of coronavirus, which have…Continue Reading →
As Racist Monuments Come Down Across US, A Call To Remove Boston’s Emancipation Sculpture
“This statue has to go,” Boston artist Tory Bullock said Thursday of “Freedmen’s Memorial Monument” in Boston’s Park Square. As racist monuments are coming down across the United States in…Continue Reading →
Descending Into Purgatory Chasm
An article from Wonderland’s series about Miserable Places: Despite Purgatory Chasm’s dismal-sounding name, most visitors have found the gorge stirring. “This is a most stupendous place,” W.A. Benedict and H…Continue Reading →
Those We’ve Lost To Coronavirus: Danforth Co-Founder, ‘Jaws’ Actress, Artist David Driskell, Boston City Hall Designer
First published April 2, 2020. Last updated June 12, 2020. This is intended at a memorial tribute to people in our local cultural community whom we have lost to the…Continue Reading →
Posters For Black Lives: Digital Graphics Of The Movement
As activism has spread across Massachusetts in response to Minneapolis Police murdering George Floyd on May 25, organizers have used online posters to share word of protests, marches, rallies and…Continue Reading →
Photos: Black Lives Matter March in Malden
Thousands of people participated in the Black Lives Matter March in Malden, Massachusetts, this afternoon. It began at the high school and proceeded to Lincoln Common Park. All content copyright…Continue Reading →