Lantern Walk at Malden’s Fellsmere Pond
The Friends of Fellsmere Heights held a lantern walk around Malden’s Fellsmere Pond last night to celebrate and promote their efforts “to give new expression to that legacy” of the…Continue Reading →
Photos: PorchFest in Somerville
Somerville held its annual PorchFest, a sort of open studios for bands, today. As it has each year since 2011. This year’s version featured some 250 bands playing on porches, yards…Continue Reading →
Photos: Tiny Tall Ships Festival in Somerville
The Somerville Arts Council and Greg Cook, the fellow behind last year’s “Pity Party,” presented “The Tiny Tall Ships Festival” in Somerville’s Union Square from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday,…Continue Reading →
Cindy Bendat photographs LA’s Guatemalan, Ethopian, and Cambodian festivals
One of the wondrous things about the culture of our immigrant nation is how you can find expressions of traditions from all over the world here—especially in our cities. In…Continue Reading →
Call for artists: Tiny Tall Ships Fest
CALL FOR ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, PERFORMERS: The Somerville Arts Council and Greg Cook, the fellow behind last year’s “Pity Party,” are looking for your help for the “TINY TALL SHIPS FESTIVAL”…Continue Reading →
Help Us Save The North Pole Parade With Us This Saturday
Malden artists Kari Percival and Greg Cook are organizing the “Let It Snow: Santas Against Global Warming” group—in collaboration with the Malden Public Library, Triangle Inc., Bike To The Sea,…Continue Reading →
Pronk in Providence
Photos of Pronk, the Providence Honk Festival, on Oct. 12, 2015, all copyright Greg Cook.Continue Reading →
Photos: ‘Pity Party’ makes Somerville the saddest city in nation
Drabby the Sad Clown (Tom Bush, pictured above) helped get the crowd in the mood for the “Pity Party,” a giant festival of sadness in Union Square in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Sept.…Continue Reading →
We’re throwing a giant Pity Party and need your help
Can you help me with this, musicians, artists, writers, performers: “Are you feeling sad? The Somerville Arts Council and Greg Cook, creator of The Saddest Parade on Earth (pictured above),…Continue Reading →
‘Save Our Bees’ Gloucester Horribles Parade
“Save Our Bees” and “Pollinators Rock” read signs we carried while parading with the Backyard Growers, Cape Ann Farmers’ Market and Ukeladies group in the Fishtown Horribles Parade—the annual Independence Day…Continue Reading →