Christopher Frost’s Revolutionary War Insurgents
Under a 19-foot-tall granite obelisk at the center of Arlington’s Old Burying Ground, off Pleasant Street, are the bodies of 12 locals killed during the first day of fighting of…Continue Reading →
Goodbye, Pearl Fryar, Topiary Gardener
In the early 1980s, Pearl Fryar began transforming his home in Bishopville, South Carolina, into a fantastic topiary garden, often using plants rescued from the compost piles of local nurseries.…Continue Reading →
Goodbye to Isaiah Zagar, Creator Of Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens
Saddened to hear that Isaiah Zagar—creator of Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, one of the great visionary art spaces of the world, as well as the creator of many mosaic murals across…Continue Reading →
First Boston Public Art Triennial: An Afternoon Tour
The first Boston Public Art Triennial officially opened on May 22. For a decade, the nonprofit Now+There had been installing one-off temporary public art around Boston. It rebranded as the…Continue Reading →
MLK Memorial ‘The Embrace’ Unveiled At Boston Common
“This work is really about the capacity for each of us to be enveloped in love, and I feel enveloped in love every time I hear the names and see…Continue Reading →
Deceased Beech Tree Turned Into Statue In Somerville Park
When a massive, old European beech tree at Somerville’s Symphony Park declined into disease, the city’s Parks and Open Space staff decided to have it cut down. But they saved…Continue Reading →
Rob ‘ProBlak’ Gibbs’ ‘Breathe Life Together” Mural On Boston’s Greenway
“My vision is to add to Boston’s skyline in a way that elevates the voices and work of those who’ve come before us as well as our future generations. It’s…Continue Reading →
Olmsted’s 200th Birthday Remembered With Moss Installation At Jamaica Pond
“Gradually and silently the charm comes over us; we know not exactly where or how” reads a moss installation by Heidi Schork and Jerome Jones at Boston’s Jamaica Pond, quoting…Continue Reading →
Best Christmas Decorations Around Greater Boston
Below is Wonderland’s guide to dazzling holiday decorations around greater Boston, from Attleboro to Somerville (listed by community, in alphabetical order). This is based on several years exploring region during…Continue Reading →
Halloween Displays Around Greater Boston
Some highlights of Halloween displays around Greater Boston for 2021 (listed by community, in alphabetical order). If this is the kind of coverage of arts, nature, cultures and activisms you…Continue Reading →