Wonderlands: Visionary And Folk Art Sites Across The U.S.
For several years now, I’ve been making pilgrimages to visionary sites across the United States. Below are a selection of photos from those trips. I’ll add more as I go.…Continue Reading →
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Honk Festival Of Activist Street Bands
So inspring to see Brass Solidarity from Minneapolis leading the 2026 Honk Festival of Activist Street Bands parade from Somerville’s Davis Square to Cambridge’s Harvard Square on Sunday, Oct. 11.…Continue Reading →
Ife Franklin’s ‘Cabin In The Sky’: ‘Going To The Other-Other Side’
“Look up,” announced the programs for “Cabin In The Sky” by Boston artist Ife Franklin, “an immersive exploration of heritage, resilience, and community.” The crowd/audience/congregation gathered at Valley Gates in…Continue Reading →
In Puppet ‘Romeo & Zooliet,’ Animals Perform Shakespeare
In St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s puppet “Romeo & Zooliet,” zoo animals present Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” but in this case, “the Montagues are herbivores and the Capulets are carnivores. Can…Continue Reading →
Juliette Collet’s ‘Bobbie Cadet In The Court Of The Ladybugs’
“I think degradation only works on people with self-respect,” professes Bobbie Cadet while in the clutches of an evil creep. Bobbie is the star of Juliette Collet’s infectiously sordid sexy…Continue Reading →
Acclaimed Writer Ocean Vuong Takes On Photography In Hartford Homecoming Exhibit
By James Cook Ocean Vuong grew up only a few blocks from The Wadsworth in Hartford, but he never went inside back then. The art museum was among the city’s austere and formidable buildings that…Continue Reading →
Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race: Part Bicycle, Park Raft, Part Art, Part Comedy
This year’s Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race–featuring “human powered sculptures racing for glory through stone, mud and water”–is Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026. Admission is free. It’s one of my favorite spectacles…Continue Reading →
Goodbye, Psychedelic Pop Star Peter Max
Peter Max, who rocketed to fame as one of the iconic psychedelic artists of the late ’60s, died at age 88 in Manhattan on Monday, Sept. 14. He had been…Continue Reading →
Union Workers Picket Encore Casino For Better Pay
Union workers are picketing the Encore casino in Everett as they seek a new “contract that delivers better wages, stronger benefits, and enhanced protections on the job.” More than 1,300…Continue Reading →
‘Sensory-Friendly’ Calmer Con Comics Convention 9/12
Calmer Con Boston, a “sensory-friendly” comic and pop culture convention, will be at the Meadowbrook School, 10 Farm Road, Weston, this Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Free admission with…Continue Reading →
Bread & Puppet’s ‘Upside Down World Circus’ Coming To Cambridge And Lawrence 9/6&7
Bread & Puppet Theater’s “Upside Down World Circus” is a circus of stilters and dancing puppet horses and clowning puppet bears and giant sacred puppets towering over the circus ring.…Continue Reading →