Be Part Of The ‘Starting Over Festival’
The Somerville Arts Council and outdoors-type-person Greg Cook are looking for art and science for the “Starting Over Festival.” The April 22, 2018, event (rain date: April 29) is a…Continue Reading →
I’m Heartbroken To Learn The Eminent Gloucester Poet Gerrit Lansing Has Died
I was saddened to learn yesterday that my friend, the eminent Gloucester poet Gerrit Lansing, has entered care for the end of his long and amazing life. (Update Jan. 12:…Continue Reading →
Photos: Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration in Malden
The Chinese Culture Connection and the Malden High School Asian Cultural Club celebrated the lunar new year with performances at Malden High School yesterday. Photos copyright Greg Cook. Help us…Continue Reading →
‘Decolonial Atlas’ Wrestles With The Legacies Of Treating People And Places As Products To Be Conquered And Sold
Laura Huertas Millán’s 2011 video “Journey to a land otherwise known” is all closeups of green leaves and orchid blossoms and then a man, his face painted in green camouflage.…Continue Reading →
Have You Seen Jupiter At South Station? Have You Seen Uranus In JP?
Some weeks back I found myself struggling to phrase what suddenly seemed like a delicate question: Have you seen Uranus? Actually, I didn’t get a chance to ask the question…Continue Reading →
To Do Feb. 9 to 16: ‘PlayTime,’ Edward Gorey, Tet, Cardboard Sled Derby, Mardi Gras, Valentines, ‘Black Panther’
Friday, Feb. 9 10 a.m. Art: “Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55,” at Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Feb. 9 to June 3. 11: 30 a.m. Activism: Shaun King speaks at Northeastern University,…Continue Reading →
Melvin Edwards’ Sculptures Of Barbed Wire, Chains And Old Tools Speak To Black Struggle And Success
There’s a fierceness to Melvin Edwards’ sculptures that isn’t always apparent in photographs. For more than five decades, the New York artist has turned chains and barbed wire, wrenches and…Continue Reading →
Tiny Bathroom Concerts Are Kind Of Like Tiny Desk Concerts But, You Know, In Bathrooms
An appearance on NPR’s in-office Tiny Desk Concert series—the intimate musical performances recorded live at host Bob Boilen’s desk—has become one of those signs that you’ve made it in the…Continue Reading →
1918 Flu Pandemic Centennial Festival | February 2018
Stay in bed. Wear pajamas. Abandon all hygiene. Get sweaty hot. Get up to go to the bathroom and become teeth-chatteringly cold. Hide under the blankets until you’re feverishly hot…Continue Reading →
Painter Calls For ‘A Push To Diversify The Art Scene In Lowell’
“This is a push to diversify the art scene in Lowell,” reads the Facebook event listing for “Shut Up…And Listen,” a group exhibition featuring black and Hispanic artists on view…Continue Reading →