Photos: ‘Starting Over Festival’ In Somerville
I want to thank everyone who helped make and/or joined us for the “Starting Over Festival” at Somerville’s Quincy Street Open Space today. The city’s tiniest urban wild served as…Continue Reading →
When A Gun, ‘Symbol Of The Free,’ Turns On A School—Bread and Puppet Theater’s ‘Basic Bye-bye Show’
“When a legally purchased gun, symbol of the free, turns on a school and takes 17 lives, are the free still free? Or are they irresponsible and stupid?” The performer,…Continue Reading →
‘Starting Over Festival’ Celebrates Turning Over A New Leaf In Spring
Somerville’s tiniest urban wild will be home to the “Starting Over Festival,” a free Arbor Day and Earth Day festival organized by the Somerville Arts Council and Wonderland editor Greg…Continue Reading →
Mainers Create World’s Largest (So They Say) Ice Merry-Go-Round
Earlier this month, dozens of Mainers in the far northern reaches of the state created what they say is the largest ice carousel ever made. The feat—organized by Snowmobile Northern…Continue Reading →
For One Night, ‘Hanky Panky’ Brings Back The Secret Queer Bandana Code For Cruising In The ‘70s
The “hanky code,” a secret queer cruising code of the 1970s, was a way to signal your sexual desires via flagging—hanging a bandana from the back pocket of your tight…Continue Reading →
Responding To The Stoneman Douglas Massacre, Bread And Puppet’s Show Imagines Saying Goodbye To Guns
When “The Basic Bye-bye Show,” which Bread and Puppet Theater performs at Boston’s Spontaneous Celebrations from April 19 to 22, was developed in performances at the troupe’s Glover, Vermont, farm…Continue Reading →
Photos: High-Wire Walkers, Trapeze Artists, Acrobats—Big Apple Circus In Somerville
With high-wire walkers, trapeze artists and acrobats, the Big Apple Circus performs under a “Big Top” tent at Somerville’s Assembly Row through Sunday, May 6. Update: The show has been…Continue Reading →
Photo: ‘Brutal Destruction’ Exhibit Reception At Pinkcomma
Pictured below: People at the opening reception for “Brutal Destruction” exhibition at Pinkcomma gallery in Boston, April 12, 2018. Learn more about the show from our preview. Pictured above: Rey…Continue Reading →
Carpenters Union Protests Nauset Retail And Apartment Project In Cambridge
Two men from the New England Regional Council of Carpenters protested today outside the Cambridge site where Needham-based Nauset Construction is building an apartment and retail complex for owner 3MJ…Continue Reading →
ICA To End Nixon Exhibition Early At The Photographers’s Request, Deletes Online Forum
The Institute of Contemporary Art will close its exhibition “Nicholas Nixon: Persistence of Vision” tomorrow—at the request of the famous Brookline artist, who has been facing allegations of “allegations of…Continue Reading →