Photos: Big Gay Dance Party In Somerville
Somerville kicked off Pride month with its second annual Big Gay Dance Party. The celebration this evening in Union Square, featured drag performances by Just JP and Sham Payne and…Continue Reading →
Dogwood Seedling From Starting Over Festival Sprouts
At the Starting Over Festival that I helped organize in Somerville on April 22, we gave out seedlings. A month later, a dogwood seedling we took home is finally beginning…Continue Reading →
Photos: Alewife Migrating Upstream Along Mystic Lake
Alewife migrating upstream at the Upper Mystic Lake Dam fish ladder in Winchester, Massachusetts, May 27, 2018. Photos copyright Greg Cook. Help Wonderland keep producing our great coverage of local…Continue Reading →
Photos: Boston Compass Centennial Celebration at Garment District
Boston Compass celebrated eight years of publishing and the arrival of its hundredth issue with the “Compass Centennial” party featuring DJs, snacks, beer and a “fashion photo booth” at the…Continue Reading →
Parade With Us At Arlington’s Fox Fest
Join Kari Percival and Greg Cook (me) of Wonderland Spectacle Co. in Arlington’s annual Fox Festival Parade at noon on Saturday, June 16, in celebration of community, creativity, local wildlife,…Continue Reading →
Boston Compass—The Monthly Guide To The City’s Music Underground—Reaches Its 100th Issue
I wrote about the Boston Compass reaching a milestone in the latest Dig Boston: “Directing you to underground shows and awesome happenings! in Boston,” Samuel Potrykus scrawled across the top of the…Continue Reading →
Rare East Coast Demonstration Of Chinese Lions Dancing Across Tall Poles
“They’re basically rising their lives for our tradition,” Mai Du, championships director and federation co-founder, told the crowd that come to see the jong performance at the first United States…Continue Reading →
Somerville’s Once Nightclub Hit By Burglary, Wrecked Office
Once Ballroom—the Somerville nightclub and headquarters of the locally-grown food catering company Cuisine en Locale—was hit by a burglary and wrecked office overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, owner JJ Gonson…Continue Reading →
Boston Needs To Make Art, Not Just Consume It
What do we need from the city of Boston’s next chief of arts and culture? The Boston Globe published my thoughts: One measure of a healthy city is the art…Continue Reading →
Arts Leaders Of Color Panel: ‘How Do You Make A Majority-Minority City Not So Segregated?’
In 1970, nearly 70 percent of Boston’s population was white. But according to a 2014 Boston Redevelopment Authority Report, these days, whites account for 47 percent of Boston’s residents—making it…Continue Reading →