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 →
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 →
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 →
“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 →
In 1935, as fascism was rising in Italy and storm clouds of World War II shadowed Europe, the artist M.C. Escher decided the situation had gotten so bad in Rome,…Continue Reading →
Photos of signs made by people living on the streets around Harvard Square in Cambridge.Continue Reading →
New England Patriots football coach Bill Belichick is not necessarily known for being the most welcoming fellow. But Palmer Murphy had an idea. “I drew a picture and I showed…Continue Reading →
Friday, Feb. 2 10 a.m. Groundhog Day at Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm in Lincoln. Noon: Art: “Let Us March On: Lee Friedlander and the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom” photo exhibit…Continue Reading →
In recent months, Mark Lotterhand has been haunting the Squannacook River in northern Massachusetts. “I’ve been running around chasing snakes. On my bucket list was to find a population—called a…Continue Reading →
“Roadrunner,” The Modern Lovers’ 1972 proto-punk ode to driving around Massachusetts late at night listening to rock ‘n’ roll, could—and should!—become the “Official Rock Song of the Commonwealth” after a…Continue Reading →