At the end of Amherst College’s Eli Marsh Gallery in Fayerweather Hall is Macon Reed’s recreation of the White House Press Briefing Room—podium, presidential seal, American flag, facing rows of…Continue Reading →
“A lot of people tried to talk us out of it,” Pirkle Jones told The New York Times in December 1968 when an exhibition of photos of the Black Panther…Continue Reading →
Mo Willems has won Caldecott Honors three times for his picture books for children—beginning with 2003’s “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!”—and Emmys six times for his previous work…Continue Reading →
“That could have been me. That could have been my brother. That could have been my own family,” Farida Moustafa told the hundreds of people gathered outside Cambridge City Hall…Continue Reading →
“Hey, hey, ho, ho! Climate change has got to go,” chanted hundreds of people at the Youth Climate Strike at the Massachusetts State House in Boston at midday today. Predicted…Continue Reading →
For years, Providence photographer and sculptor Scott Lapham has taught art to teens and young adults. “Four of my students have been lost to gun violence,” he says. “It was…Continue Reading →
Art and activism across Boston and New England as I witnessed it in 2018. All photos copyright 2018 Greg Cook. Pictured at top: Double Edge Theatre’s “Leonora’s World,” Ashfield, Massachusetts,…Continue Reading →
Twenty sections from the landmark AIDS Memorial Quilt frame this year’s 27th annual “Medicine Wheel” AIDS vigil. The event begins at 11:30 p.m. tonight and continues for 24 hours at…Continue Reading →
“We are here today because we believe in the rule of law and we have a president who does not,” said Myra Slotnick, one of the organizers of “Rally To…Continue Reading →
Tory Bullock calls his latest project, “The Gentrification Game,” “A life-sized game for a life-sized problem.” On Oct. 25 and 26 and Nov. 1 and 2, from 4 to 7…Continue Reading →