Lucky Jungle Opens In Cambridge
Welcome to the Lucky Jungle, launched by Carly Sanker. Located at 286 Broadway in Cambridge, it’s a new “Crayola-colored space next to Lamplighter Brewery selling plants and furniture” & “a…Continue Reading →
Somerville Approves $5M Purchase Of Armory To Maintain It As Arts Facility
The City of Somerville moved forward with a plan to acquire the Somerville Armory building at 191 Highland Ave. and “preserve the facility for arts uses” with an unanimous vote…Continue Reading →
Maya Lin’s ‘Ghost Forest’ Brings A Dead Grove To Manhattan To Warn Of Global Warming
Surrounded by skyscrapers, amidst the lush greenery of New York’s Madison Square Park, now stands a grove of 49 dead Atlantic white cedars. The barren trunks and branches reach four…Continue Reading →
James Ari Montford Envisions ‘Black Indians In Space’
“At every turn this country has the opportunity to do the right thing, they don’t,” James Ari Montford tells me. We talked recently about his exhibition “Indigenous Voice” at Howard…Continue Reading →
The Haunting Beauty Of Nicole Duennebier’s Flower Grotto Paintings
Nicole Duennebier collects marvels and intriguing facts, “curiosity cabinet things.” Did you know, the Malden-based artist asks, that in captivity a katydid will grow hot pink if there are no…Continue Reading →
‘When We Gather’ Honors Election Of Kamala Harris And Ritually Cleanses White House
“I really dreamed of a performance piece. And it was right after Kamala [Harris] was elected vice president,” explains Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons of the art film “When We Gather” that…Continue Reading →
In ‘Welcome To The New World,’ Syrian Refugees Land In Trump’s America
A family of refugees from the Syrian war makes their harrowing escape to New Haven, Connecticut, in the non-fiction comic “Welcome to the New World,” with words by Jake Halpern…Continue Reading →
Goodbye To Bread And Puppet’s Remi Paillard
Goodbye to our friend Remi Paillard, a part of the Bread and Puppet Theater for decades. He died Monday. Here are photos I took of him over a number of…Continue Reading →
The Year In Photos: Art And Activism And Coronavirus In 2020
Art and activism and coronavirus across Boston and New England in 2020. Previously: • Wonderland’s Most-Read Posts Of 2020 • The Year In Photos: Art And Activism In 2019 •…Continue Reading →
Wonderland’s Most-Read Posts Of 2020
Below are Wonderland’s most clicked-on posts of 2020, the ones that brought in the most readers and bots. When I published my first coronavirus post on March 7, I had…Continue Reading →