Goodbye, Linda Elbow
We arrived at Bread.and Puppet Theater in Glover, Vermont, last Friday evening to learn that our friend Linda Elbow had just died. She began working with the theater in the…Continue Reading →
Bread Puppet’s ‘Meditation On Grief, War And Resistance’
Bread and Puppet Theater describes its new performance, “Gray Lady Cantata #9,” as a “meditation on grief, war, and resistance.” It’s touring the show—along with “The Possibilitarian Everything Imperatives Show”—from…Continue Reading →
Photos: Bread and Puppet Theater’s ‘Beginning After The End Of Humanity Circus’
Our friends Bread and Puppet Theater performed its “The Beginning After the End of Humanity Circus” on Cambridge Common on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. The show is part of a…Continue Reading →
Bread And Puppet’s ‘The Beginning After The End Of Humanity Circus’
Bread and Puppet Theater’s “The Beginning After the End of Humanity Circus” is a satirical spectacle of papier-mâché beasts and stilt dancers haunted by Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza.…Continue Reading →
Bread And Puppet Theater’s Indictment Of War On Gaza: ‘Hope Principle Show’
“And if our yelling does not reach their uninterested ears? Will we invent new yells that are harder to neglect?” asks Vermont’s Bread and Puppet Theater in its terrific and…Continue Reading →
Coming Soon: Bread & Puppet ‘Hope Principle Show: Citizens’ Shame and Hope in the Time of Genocide’
Our friends at Vermont’s Bread and Puppet Theater bring their new performance “The Hope Principle Show: Citizens’ Shame and Hope in the Time of Genocide” to Massachusetts over the next…Continue Reading →
Photos: Honk Parade From Somerville To Cambridge
Honk, the annual festival of activist street bands, arrived in Somerville and Cambridge this weekend. Begun here in 2006, the festival has spawned a worldwide movement. These photos are from…Continue Reading →
Wonderlands: Visionary And Folk Art Sites Across The U.S.
For several years now, I’ve been making pilgrimages to visionary sites across the United States. Below are a selection of photos from those trips. I’ll add more as I go.…Continue Reading →
Bread & Puppet’s ‘Heart Of The Matter Circus’ In Cambridge
Vermont’s Bread and Puppet Theater brought its “The Heart of the Matter Circus” to Cambridge Common on Saturday as part of its September tour of the Northeast. The perform Lawrence,…Continue Reading →
Bread & Puppet Circus Coming To Cambridge, Lawrence This Weekend
This weekend Bread and Puppet Theater begins a tour of its “The Heart of the Matter Circus” with shows in Cambridge and Lawrence, Massachusetts. (See schedule below.) Admission is free.…Continue Reading →