Photos: Honk Festival Parade 2017
Photos from the 2017 Honk Festival of Activist Marching Bands parade from Davis Square in Somerville to Harvard Square in Cambridge, Oct. 8, 2017. All photos copyright 2017 Greg Cook.Continue Reading →
25th Cambridge Carnival Parade
The Cambridge Carnival Parade danced through the city this afternoon. Rooted in African and Caribbean traditions, bands of revelers masqueraded in spectacular handmade costumes as soca music blasted from trucks. (Photos copyright…Continue Reading →
Foo-Topia By Kari Percival And Greg Cook at AS220’s 2017 Foo Fest
As AS220’s Foo Fest, Kari Percival and I created “Foo-topia.” The Providence art center kindly invited us to be artists-in-residence for this year’s street festival on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017,…Continue Reading →
Be in our Utopia parade, make masks, hear talks at Foo Fest this Saturday
AS220 has kindly invited Kari Percival and me to be artists-in-residence at the Providence art center’s annual Foo Fest this Saturday, Aug. 12, from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. And…Continue Reading →
So Close! Greased Pole Tournament At Festival Betances
At the Greased Pole Tournament at Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción’s annual Festival Betances in Boston’s South End this afternoon, the Boricua All Stars, who’ve won the contest for numerous years,…Continue Reading →
Tearing Down The Wall At Wee The People’s ‘Protestival’
Wee The People’s “Protestival” at Boston’s Mozart Park, as part of the Jamaica Plain Porchfest on July 8, offered music, stenciling T-shirts, and “Bridges Not Walls,” in which kids built…Continue Reading →
Most Patriotic Baby, Tug Of War And Other Malden Independence Day Sights
Malden’s Ward 5 Independence Day party, July 4, 2017. Photos copyright 2017 Greg Cook.Continue Reading →
‘Happiness Is A Tiny Carbon Footprint’ In Gloucester Horribles Parade
We were honored to be part of the “Happiness Is A Tiny Carbon Footprint” group with many friends in Gloucester’s Horribles Parade, the city’s annual Independence Day eve celebration, on…Continue Reading →
Beverly Farms’ Satirical Horribles Parade Responds To Accusations Of Racism
Floats in the Beverly Farms Horribles Parade–the annual satirical Independence Day parade in the conservative and wealthy white enclave in Beverly, Massachusetts–this morning defiantly responded to accusations that the event…Continue Reading →
Gloucester’s 90th Annual St. Peter’s Fiesta
This weekend marked the 90th annual St. Peter’s Fiesta in Gloucester. The festival is a celebration of the community’s commercial fishing, Roman Catholic and Sicilian traditions. The photos here document…Continue Reading →