Fire in Malden
Firefighters put out a fire at a house at 468 Salem St., Malden, this afternoon. Initial reports from crews on the scene were that no one was injured in the…Continue Reading →
Patriots Super Bowl victory parade in Boston
The New England Patriots celebrated their Super Bowl victory with a duckboat parade along Boylston and Tremont streets in Boston today. (All photos by Greg Cook. Some of them also…Continue Reading →
Seeing the Snowstorm by riding Boston’s Orange Line from end to end
This morning Ulysses went on snowstorm odyssey, seeing Boston from end to end by riding the MBTA Orange Line from Malden Center south to Forest Hills and back again. All…Continue Reading →
Snowman on Tremont Street
Snowman sort of resembling Olaf from the Disney film “Frozen,” as photographed on Tremont Street, Boston, by Greg Cook, Jan. 31, 2015.Continue Reading →
Bread and Puppet’s ‘Captain Boycot’
“Captain Boycott” by Bread and Puppet Theater at the Boston Center for the Arts, Jan. 31, 2015, as photographed by Greg Cook. “The police brutality that serves the state is…Continue Reading →
Harvard Art Museums director to step down
Thomas W. Lentz, who has lead the Harvard Art Museums since 2003, says he plans to step down on July 1.Continue Reading →
Concerned Citizen: Planned sculpture would be ‘wound’ to Bangor
A floating sculpture planned for Bangor, Maine, would be “a wound to the heart of the city,” charges Fritz Spencer of Old Town, Maine, the former editor of the Christian Civic League Record,…Continue Reading →
Beard broken off King Tut’s burial mask at Egypt museum
“Now you can see a layer of transparent yellow,” one conservator said of the botched repair to the golden burial mask of pharaoh Tutankhamun at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo,…Continue Reading →
Beth Urdang Gallery plans move
Beth Urdang Gallery says it will be closing its Newbury Street location in Boston on Jan. 31 and moving into the gallery building at 460 Harrison Ave., Boston, in “late…Continue Reading →
Boston Public Library gets $488K grant for new teen programming
The Boston Public Library will offer “new and expanded technology programs in the new Teen Central space” scheduled to open at the Copley Square branch in late February with help from a…Continue Reading →