“I grew up on Lenox Street, 69 B Lennox St., born and raised,” Rob “ProBlak” Gibbs tells me. “I was traveling between Lenox and Orchard Park housing projects.” He’d wait…Continue Reading →
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 →
Families of fox and bears and deer meander around the brick exterior of Arlington’s Fox Library in Eileen de Rosas’s temporary mural, which went up in December. A school of…Continue Reading →
Just north of Laurel Street, along a dirt section of the “Bike to the Sea” Northern Strand Community Trail in Saugus, Massachusetts, is a garden that’s always in bloom. Located…Continue Reading →
Early this week, a handful of students were up on ladders with power tools finishing construction for a monumental bridge arching across the courtyard of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s East…Continue Reading →
“The symbolism of the mural is inspired by a Maya mask that represents birth and death from 700 AD,” Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez told me as he finished painting his new…Continue Reading →
On a cool, overcast Memorial Day Monday, I join Mark Alston-Follansbee as he’s repainting the exterior of his Toyota Camry in the driveway of his Waltham home. Over the years,…Continue Reading →
Caldecott Medal-winning children’s book illustrator Ed Emberley visited Malden last night to celebrate the debut of a new mural inspired by his 1970 “Drawing Book of Animals.” “The fact that…Continue Reading →
On Friday afternoon, in the rain, Cedric Douglas and two collaborators stood out on Boylston Street, along the Boston Common, and handed out roses to passers-by. Attached to each stem…Continue Reading →
“Don’t Believe TV #StayWoke” graffiti in a bathroom at the MBTA’s Oak Grove train station in Malden, Massachusetts, July 29, 2017. Photo copyright 2017 Greg Cook.Continue Reading →