Poem for a Nor’easter
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To Do March 2 to 10: Drag Storytime, Aviary’s Birthday, Dutch ReBelle, Purim On Ice, Newbury-Winning Novelist Kelly Barnhill, Ryan Walsh’s ‘Astral Weeks,’ Protest Banner Lending Library
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Remembering Poet Gerrit Lansing: The Bridge To A Much Larger World
Last Saturday, Feb. 24, hundreds of people gathered at Gloucester’s Hammond Castle for a memorial to eminent Gloucester poet Gerrit Lansing, who died on Feb. 11, a couple weeks shy…Continue Reading →
Reenvisioning Black Pride And Identity In The Barkley Hendricks Tribute ‘Legacy Of The Cool’
After Connecticut painter Barkley Hendricks died in April 2017, there was an outpouring of praise on Instagram. Hendricks made his name in the 1960s and ‘70s by painting realist portraits…Continue Reading →
Barbara Morgan’s Pictures Of Modern Dance Pioneers: The ‘Greatest Dance Photographs Ever Made In America’
Barbara Morgan’s photographs of American modern dancers in the 1930s and ‘40s are among the most striking and influential ever made. But she didn’t set out to be a photographer.…Continue Reading →
Photos: Musicians Of The MBTA
Musicians performing in MBTA subway stations around Boston and Cambridge. Photos copyright 2017 and 2018 Greg Cook. Help Wonderland keep producing our great coverage of local arts, cultures and activism…Continue Reading →
To Do Feb. 23 to March 2: ’White Card,’ Radical Purim Party, Klimt and Shiele, Lion Dancing
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Rare Exhibit Of Fra Angelico, The Exquisite Renaissance Painter Who Pioneered New Tellings Of Angels, Saints, Demons
Fra Angelico, the 15th century Dominican Catholic friar, “was one of the most revolutionary painters of his moment, in part because of the way he told stories,” says Nathaniel Silver,…Continue Reading →
2 Years After A Calamitous Tour Van Crash, The Low Anthem Return With A Hypnotic Pysch-Folk Album Humming With The Cycles Of Life
Up past the golden lobby of Providence’s Columbus Theatre, still decorated with vintage posters advertising Verdi’s “La Traviata” and screenings of “The Song of the Soul” and Cecil B. DeMille’s…Continue Reading →
In ‘Lost Together,’ Allison Cole Paints Her Journey To Connect With Her Autistic Son
The titles of the paintings in Providence artist Allison Cole’s exhibition “Lost Together” in the Reading Room at AS220’s Project Space gallery in Providence through Feb. 24 begin to tell…Continue Reading →