Nazi Graffiti At Malden Center MBTA Stop?
Graffiti on bench in lobby of Malden Center MBTA Station, April 30, 2018. Photo copyright 2018 Greg Cook.Continue Reading →
Photos: Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys Play ‘Rock Parents’ Show
Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys perform at Kelly Davidson’s “Rock Parents” exhibition at Once, Somerville, May 6, 2018. All ages were welcome. Photos copyright 2018 Greg Cook.…Continue Reading →
‘Rock Parents’ Photos Show What Happens When Musicians Have Kids
When Kelly Davidson first began photographing for The Boston Phoenix newspaper in the late 1990s, she got assignments to shoot portraits of Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses, The Breeders and…Continue Reading →
Photos: Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place
The 31st annual Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place, Waltham, on April 28, 2018. Photos copyright 2018 Greg Cook. Help Wonderland keep producing our great coverage of local arts, cultures and…Continue Reading →
Handing Out Roses Around Boston Common To Remember Hundreds Of Black Americans Killed By Police
On Friday afternoon, in the rain, Cedric Douglas and two collaborators stood out on Boylston Street, along the Boston Common, and handed out roses to passers-by. Attached to each stem…Continue Reading →
Reimagining An Ancient Epic From India With An All-Female Cast In Our #MeToo Moment
What happens when you take India’s two-millennia-old epic the “Mahabharata” and retell it with an all-female cast? That’s the experiment Stage Ensemble Theater Unit (SETU) explores in its performances at…Continue Reading →
Photos: ‘Perpetual Loneliness’ From Ruckus Dance’s Evening-Length Debut
“What I’m thinking about when I set the dance is how you can’t really personify loneliness. It’s a feeling. So how can you get loneliness in a space?” Michael Figueroa…Continue Reading →
Rock Historian Explores How The Occult And Underground Spirituality Energized The ‘Devil’s Music’
In the beginning, there was Elvis Presley shimmying as he sang the new rock ‘n’ roll for 1956 white America. The young things in the audience were entranced, but the…Continue Reading →
Photos: ‘Starting Over Festival’ In Somerville
I want to thank everyone who helped make and/or joined us for the “Starting Over Festival” at Somerville’s Quincy Street Open Space today. The city’s tiniest urban wild served as…Continue Reading →
When A Gun, ‘Symbol Of The Free,’ Turns On A School—Bread and Puppet Theater’s ‘Basic Bye-bye Show’
“When a legally purchased gun, symbol of the free, turns on a school and takes 17 lives, are the free still free? Or are they irresponsible and stupid?” The performer,…Continue Reading →