String And Shadow’s ‘Night At The Grand Opera’
“A single night at the Grand Royal Opera House, where industrialists, revolutionaries, the players of the opera house and the vermin who inhabit its walls collide,” is how String and…Continue Reading →
Bread & Puppet’s ‘Upside Down World Resurrection Pageant’
“Through all the world below / God is seen all around / Search hills and valleys / Through there she’s found,” sing the performers, all clad in white, as they…Continue Reading →
David ‘Tuyo’ Schmitt’s Folksy Prints
David Schmitt, the Barcelona-based artist who works under the name Tuyo, draws on the basic shapes of folk art and cave painting in his print set and cards launched at…Continue Reading →
Art Stays Here: Fighting To Preserve Artist Workspaces For 6 Years
It was terribly depressing when Humphrey Street Studios in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood was put up for sale in 2019—and seemed to be doomed to displace some three dozen artists. Sculptor…Continue Reading →
Partial Solar Eclipse
Partial solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2028. (Greg Cook photo) If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures, and nature that you appreciate, please support Wonderland by contributing…Continue Reading →
Earth Is A Sick Loved One In Donner And Yang’s ‘Fever Dreams’
As forest fires and floods seem to proliferate, how do we feel global warming in our weather? That’s one of the questions animating Christa Donner and Andrew S. Yang’s exhibition…Continue Reading →
‘Elephant Migration’ Sculptures Ask Us To See Wildlife As Family
“We do not share the earth with objects, but with other lives,” reads a sign at “The Great Elephant Migration” in Boston. “To see elephants as people is not to…Continue Reading →
Hattie Grimm’s ‘Bird Puppet Parade’
“Just like the flock, our human bodies are designed to exist together. But we are out of practice,” observes Hattie Grimm, the Milwaukee artist and educator who created the “Bird…Continue Reading →
Heard Of Elephant Sculptures Coming To Boston
The Great Elephant Migration–100 sculptures of “Indian elephants are migrating across the US to inspire the human race to share space”–is coming to Boston’s Commonwealth Avenue Mall, between Fairfield and…Continue Reading →
Circa Combines Circus Acrobatics And Dance At Jacob’s Pillow
In the astonishing acrobatics and slinky aerialists and feats of strength, in the modern showgirls and strongmen of Australia’s Circa Contemporary Circus, you can sense their traditional circus roots—even as…Continue Reading →