“We’re here to celebrate black people today,” said Boston artist Ife Franklin, as she was joined by more than 100 people for the presentation of her fourth ancestor slave cabin/praise…Continue Reading →
The Cambridge Carnival Parade danced through the city this afternoon. Rooted in African and Caribbean traditions, bands of revelers masqueraded in spectacular handmade costumes as soca music blasted from trucks. (Photos copyright…Continue Reading →
Rainy weather led to Bread and Puppet Theater performing its satirical, papier-mache “Domestic Insurrection Circus” inside First Church in Cambridge on Sept. 3, 2017. Acts mocked Donald Trum (though not…Continue Reading →
Hundreds turned out for the Malden Unites Against Hate vigil at the city’s high school tonight. The event began with a “Solidarity Standout,” including group chants, along Salem Street in…Continue Reading →
A “Cambridge Stands with Charlottesville” rally hosted by city officials drew thousands of people to the lawn in front of Cambridge City Hall this evening, Aug. 14, 2017. “In the…Continue Reading →
As AS220’s Foo Fest, Kari Percival and I created “Foo-topia.” The Providence art center kindly invited us to be artists-in-residence for this year’s street festival on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017,…Continue Reading →
AS220 has kindly invited Kari Percival and me to be artists-in-residence at the Providence art center’s annual Foo Fest this Saturday, Aug. 12, from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. And…Continue Reading →
“Don’t Believe TV #StayWoke” graffiti in a bathroom at the MBTA’s Oak Grove train station in Malden, Massachusetts, July 29, 2017. Photo copyright 2017 Greg Cook.Continue Reading →
Vanessa Platacis, who you may recall as “PIXNIT,” is back in town this weekend painting a mural on the 7-Eleven in Cambridge’s Central Square. She expects to be working on…Continue Reading →
Sun Banner painted by Greg Cook displayed at Harold Parker State Forest in Andover, Massachusetts, July 22, 2017. Painting and photograph copyright 2017 Greg Cook. Thanks to Kari Percival for…Continue Reading →