How Tolkien Envisioned ‘The Hobbit’ And ‘Lord Of The Rings’
In the fall of 1936, as the first edition of “The Hobbit” was in production, its author, J.R.R. Tolkien, gave his publisher a series of maps that he’d drawn to…Continue Reading →
Unicorns! Gorgons! Manticores! In Metropolitan Chorale’s Collaboration With Puppet Showplace Theater
Unicorns, gorgons and other fantastical creatures abound in the Metropolitan Chorale’s performance of Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Unicorn, The Gorgon and The Manticore” and R. Murray Schafer’s “A Medieval Bestiary”…Continue Reading →
Recommended: Wake Up The Earth • Somerville Open Studios • William Steig • Lightsabers • Breakin’
May 3 to 9, 2019: Pictured above: Museum of Modern Renaissance, Somerville, May 6, 2017. (Copyright Greg Cook) If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms…Continue Reading →
Artists Won’t Share In Mass Cultural Council Budget Increase?
Note: Updated May 4, 2019, with comments from the Mass Cultural Council. The Massachusetts Cultural Council could get a 3.5 percent budget increase in July, but the state arts agency…Continue Reading →
‘Johnny Boo Is King!’ In New Kids Graphic Novel From (Former) Vermont Cartoonist Laureate James Kochalka
“Johnny Boo Is King!,” the new graphic novel for kids from James Kockalka, the former Cartoonist Laureate of Vermont, begins with the ghost Johnny Boo discovered hiding in a bush…Continue Reading →
First Look At The New Mural Going Up On Boston’s Greenway
On Saturday, Dutch artist Stefan Thelen—known by his anti-superhero identity Super A—began painting a mural depicting a barn swallow crashing out of a bell jar. It rises several stories high…Continue Reading →
Interview: Guy Gavriel Kay On His New Novel ‘A Brightness Long Ago,’ Tolkien, Reimagining History
In Guy Gavriel Kay’s latest novel “A Brightness Long Ago” (due out from Viking May 14), Count Uberto, dubbed “The Beast,” has his men scour his kingdom for young women…Continue Reading →
Comics: Lost Glove
Copyright 2019 Greg Cook. Read more of Greg’s comics here. If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please support Wonderland by contributing to…Continue Reading →
This New Crosswalk Is An Optical Illusion To (Hopefully) Slow Cars
The question was how to slow traffic around Medford’s Brooks Elementary School to make it safer for students. Last year, fourth-grader Eric Dobson and his third-grade partner Isa were in…Continue Reading →
‘Nixon Now’
“Nixon Now.” GTO spotted in Malden, April 24, 2019. (Photo: Greg Cook) If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please support Wonderland by…Continue Reading →