How Tolkien Envisioned ‘The Hobbit’ And ‘Lord Of The Rings’
In the fall of 1936, as the first edition of “The Hobbit” was in production, its author, J.R.R. Tolkien, gave his publisher a series of maps that he’d drawn to…Continue Reading →
First Look At The New Mural Going Up On Boston’s Greenway
On Saturday, Dutch artist Stefan Thelen—known by his anti-superhero identity Super A—began painting a mural depicting a barn swallow crashing out of a bell jar. It rises several stories high…Continue Reading →
This New Crosswalk Is An Optical Illusion To (Hopefully) Slow Cars
The question was how to slow traffic around Medford’s Brooks Elementary School to make it safer for students. Last year, fourth-grader Eric Dobson and his third-grade partner Isa were in…Continue Reading →
Honoring Women Arts Leaders In Boston With A Set Of Trading Cards
“The Elma Lewis 2018 Women in Community Arts Collectors Edition Trading Cards” set was created by Boston artist Neil Horsky to honor “the essential and inspirational leadership role of women”…Continue Reading →
‘Nature’s Nation’: Digging Into American Art For A More Honest History Of Our Relationship To The Land
“In some districts, where twenty-five years ago they were plentiful, scarcely any are now to be seen,” the American ornithologist and artist John James Audubon warned about the Carolina parrot…Continue Reading →
Plans Underway To Resurrect Waterbury’s Holy Land USA
It was drizzling lightly on Thursday afternoon, a few days before Easter, when we drove up to Holy Land USA in Waterbury, Connecticut. The dilapidated Roman Catholic shrine and tourist…Continue Reading →
Hershey’s Chocolate World: Riding The Free Chocolate Tour
Is it a roller coaster? “No,” replies the patient ride attendant at the free, 30-minute “Hershey’s Chocolate Tour” at Hershey’s Chocolate World in the company town of Hershey, Pennsylvania. Is…Continue Reading →
Everything To See This Spring: Toulouse-Lautrec, Edward Gorey, Antarctica, Body Worlds
Here is Wonderland’s guide to the best museum exhibitions to see around Massachusetts this spring…. If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please…Continue Reading →
Megan Bogonovich’s Dream Gardens
With antique porcelain molds and colorful glazes, Megan Bogonovich creates ceramics that she clusters together to evoke blooming deserts or flourishing undersea reefs or dream gardens. They’re on view as…Continue Reading →
Yana Payusova’s Imperfect, Everyday, Confident Women
“We have many years of recorded experience coming from the male perspective—the aspirations, the desires, the struggles of what it’s like to be a man. The female component to that…Continue Reading →