‘Comics in Color Festival’ Showcases Artists Of Color
The “Boston Comics in Color Festival” showcased comics creators of color with a hall full of comics for sale, talks and live music at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic…Continue Reading →
‘Book Of Mountains And Seas’ Reenvisions Chinese Creation Myths Via Puppetry
“Shanhai jing”—which gives the title to the choral singing and puppetry performance “Book of Mountains and Seas” at ArtEmerson’s Emerson Paramount Center in Boston from April 19 to 21, 2024—is…Continue Reading →
Bread And Puppet Theater’s Indictment Of War On Gaza: ‘Hope Principle Show’
“And if our yelling does not reach their uninterested ears? Will we invent new yells that are harder to neglect?” asks Vermont’s Bread and Puppet Theater in its terrific and…Continue Reading →
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Rare Look Into Queer Boston From 1970s to ’90s In Photo Exhibit ‘As the World Burns’
Snapshots of the Boston bar Playland taken by bartender Jim McGrath and friends beginning in 1958 and ’59 show a drag queen leaning on a jukebox under clouds of balloons,…Continue Reading →
Coming Soon: Bread & Puppet ‘Hope Principle Show: Citizens’ Shame and Hope in the Time of Genocide’
Our friends at Vermont’s Bread and Puppet Theater bring their new performance “The Hope Principle Show: Citizens’ Shame and Hope in the Time of Genocide” to Massachusetts over the next…Continue Reading →
Paa Joe’s Fantasy Coffins Are Symbols Of Your Life To Carry You Into Death
In 1960, when Joseph Tetteh-Ashong was 15, he began an apprenticeship in coffin-making with his mother’s cousin, Seth Kane Kwei. The training led Tetteh-Ashong, or Paa Joe, as he’s become…Continue Reading →
Illustrator Edel Rodriguez Is Among Trump’s Fiercest Critics, Exhibition Surveys His Career
Among the fiercest political graphics that appeared during the Trump Administration were Edel Rodriguez’s covers for Time magazine and the weekly German magazine Der Spiegel. In the New Jersey artist’s…Continue Reading →
If You Could Play One Of the World’s Best Violins Which One Would You Choose?
On Monday afternoon, musicians from the Boston chamber orchestra A Far Cry were picking out violins to borrow for the “Stradivari Serenade” that they’ll perform at New England Conservatory’s Jordan…Continue Reading →
Director Ben Proudfoot Discusses Technique Behind Oscar-Winning ‘Last Repair Shop’
The striking intimacy in the film “The Last Repair Shop,” which won the 2024 Academy Award for best documentary, begins with the Interrotron. Developed by Cambridge documentary filmmaker Errol Morris,…Continue Reading →
Oscar-Winning Documentary ‘Last Repair Shop’: Repairing Instruments To Make People Whole Again
“The Last Repair Shop” is an astonishing, tender, heartbreaking, inspiring look behind the scenes at the expertise and love that the craftspeople of the instrument repair shop for the Los…Continue Reading →