Ghost Bike Dedication For Darryl Willis In Harvard Square
“My dad was a character,” one of the daughters of Darryl Willis said at a memorial in Cambridge’s Harvard Square on Saturday morning. “He had a lot more living. You…Continue Reading →
Honk: As 2020 Festival Goes Virtual, Looking Back At Photos Through The Years
In advance of this year’s virtual Honk festival from Oct. 5 to 11, I’ve put together the video below for my friends at the festival featuring my photos of the…Continue Reading →
MFA To Reopen Sept. 26 With Smaller Staff And Fewer Galleries
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, Boston plans to reopen on Saturday, Sept. 26, after having been closed since March 12 to help stem the spread of coronavirus. The museum that…Continue Reading →
Climb The Blue Hills With Wonderland Spectacle Co.
In our new video, the Wonderland-Spectacle-Co.-Mobile heads to the Great Blue Hills, just south of Boston. Climb the hills with us. See a chipmunk, a leaf-footed beetle, a flower longhorn…Continue Reading →
Chinese Lantern Spectacle Comes To Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo
“Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience” fills Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo with dazzling, giant sculptures of dragons, pandas, crabs, tigers, fish and flamingos lit from within by LED lights. More than…Continue Reading →
Sonya Clark Wins Rappaport Prize For Her Art About ‘Social Injustice And Racial Inequality’
Sonya Clark has been named the winner of deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum’s 2020 Rapport Prize to honor “a distinguished artist with strong connections to New England.” Clarks’ art “advances…Continue Reading →
‘Sequestered Storytime’ With Somerville Children’s Book Creator Jef Czekaj
“Sequestered Storytime with Jef Czekaj”—Somerville children’s book author and artist Jef Czekaj’s DIY television show for kids—represents one of the more delightful ways folks are navigating the daunting seriousness of…Continue Reading →
MFA Lays Off 57 And 56 More Volunteer For Early Retirement
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, closed since the evening of March 12 to help stem the spread of coronavirus, announced today that it has laid off 57 members of its…Continue Reading →
‘Roxbury Love’ Mural Demolished, Video Shows
“It’s a shame this wall may be on its way to being demolished once building is bought and redeveloped like much of the surrounding areas. And that always seems to…Continue Reading →
In ‘Dias de Consuelo,’ Dave Ortega Recounts His Grandmother’s Immigration Story
This article was originally published at DigBoston: “Dias de Consuelo,” Dave Ortega’s nonfiction comic book account of his grandmother Consuelo Castañon Herrera’s childhood, begins with the courtship of her parents…Continue Reading →