Comics: Maybe The Internet
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 →
In ‘Small Worlds,’ Artists Fashion Tiny Models Of Dreams And Nightmares
In “Small Worlds: Miniatures in Contemporary Art”—at the University of Vermont’s Fleming Museum of Art in Burlington from Feb. 13 to May 10, 2019—artists adopt the techniques of dioramas, model…Continue Reading →
In Gloucester, Celebrating Purim With Costumes, Stories And Beer: ‘It Is A Mitzvah’
As is traditional, the families gathered at Gloucester’s Temple Ahavat Achim for their annual celebration of the Jewish holiday of Purim on Wednesday evening were costumed as superheroes and princesses,…Continue Reading →
Remembering Cambridge Animator Karen Aqua With Live-Soundtrack Screening Performed By Her Husband
“Once I saw my drawings move, it was a big magical connection,” Cambridge animator Karen Aqua told The Boston Globe in 1994. “It is a really addicting experience, to see…Continue Reading →
Recommended: Mad Men Style • A Far Cry • Zines • Feminist Spaces • Latrell James
March 22 to 29, 2019: Pictured above: Latrell James performs at the 2017 Boston Music Awards. (Photo: Greg Cook) Friday, March 22, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Reception for “Mad Men Style:…Continue Reading →
Vigil for Victims of New Zealand Mosque Attacks: ‘That Could Have Been Me’
“That could have been me. That could have been my brother. That could have been my own family,” Farida Moustafa told the hundreds of people gathered outside Cambridge City Hall…Continue Reading →
Gragger Retells The Jewish Purim Tale As A Radical, Queer Burlesque
Gragger—Boston Workmen’s Circle’s annual, grown-up “evening of gender-bending, ancestral-healing, world-transforming Purim festivities”—is named for the clacker or rattle traditionally used to blot out the villain’s name in the ancient Jewish…Continue Reading →
Bees, Sad Trees, Suns, Migrating Birds: Greg Cook’s Banners and Installations
For the past decade, Greg Cook, the editor of Wonderland, has been painting large banners—used in parades and festivals and as temporary murals in Malden, Somerville, Providence, Beverly, Gloucester and…Continue Reading →
Youth Climate Strike: ‘Climate Now, School Later’
“Hey, hey, ho, ho! Climate change has got to go,” chanted hundreds of people at the Youth Climate Strike at the Massachusetts State House in Boston at midday today. Predicted…Continue Reading →
Recommended: Climate Strike • Purim • Maple Syrup • Gender Bending Fashion
March 15 to 22, 2019: Pictured above: The “Boston People’s Climate Mobilization” at Boston Common, April 29, 2017. (Greg Cook) If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures…Continue Reading →