![The Rendille of northern Kenya’s Kaisut Desert: "Throughout the [Herr Heroon, or bull] ceremony, warriors gather in small groups to perform leaping dances, expressing their unity as a generation. When two warriors leap together the dance is called woyee," Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher write in "African Twilight: The Vanishing Rituals and Ceremonies of the African Continent," 2018. (Rizzoli)](https://gregcookland.com/wonderland/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AfricanTwilight_Book1_p111w530.jpg)
For four decades, American born Carol Beckwith and Australian Angela Fisher have journeyed over 300,000 miles across the African continent, travelling through 44 countries to document more than 150 traditional…Continue Reading →
The 28th annual “24 Hour Vigil – Day With(Out) Art -World AIDS Day” art installation took place at the Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama on Tremont Street on Sunday,…Continue Reading →
“Songbirds for Diversity” by Wonderland Spectacle Co. and friends were honored to be part of the 2019 Malden Parade of Holiday Traditions, Nov. 30, 2019. All photos copyright 2019 Greg Cook.Continue Reading →
One of the highlights of Montreal each fall is the “Gardens of Light,” which illuminates the Chinese Garden at the Jardin Botanique de Montréal with dazzling lanterns this year from…Continue Reading →
Honk!—the infectious street party and festival of activist street bands—paraded from Davis Square in Somerville to Harvard Square in Cambridge this afternoon and we where honored to be there. Photos…Continue Reading →
The annual Topsfield Fair, which runs from Oct. 4 to 14 in Topsfield, Mass., is known for its giant pumpkin growing contest; for its barns full of poultry, rabbits, sheep and…Continue Reading →
The Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race is “a competitive parade of the arts and science. Otherwise known as the triathlon of the art world,” Bianca Mauro, one of the event’s producers,…Continue Reading →
Artist Nick Cave’s “Joy Parade” today escorted the Chicago artist’s inflatable sculptures (pictured above) from the Boston Center for the Arts to 555 Columbia Ave. in Uphams Corner in Boston,…Continue Reading →
Sunset, Storytelling and Stargazing was held atop Waitt’s Mount in Malden, Massachusetts, tonight. It was hosted by Malden Reads: One City, One Book and Ward 4 City Councillor Ryan O’Malley.…Continue Reading →
NOTE: I’ve been commissioned by the Essex County Community Foundation to help document/promote cultural projects from its Creative County Initiative, which is supported by Boston’s Barr Foundation. Crossing Water, from…Continue Reading →