On Sunday, Universal Hub reported, the Boston Police Department tweeted a photo of the bronze statue of “Red” Auerbach outside Boston’s Faneuil Hall with the department’s comment: “In honor of…Continue Reading →
There’s a fierceness to Melvin Edwards’ sculptures that isn’t always apparent in photographs. For more than five decades, the New York artist has turned chains and barbed wire, wrenches and…Continue Reading →
“This is a push to diversify the art scene in Lowell,” reads the Facebook event listing for “Shut Up…And Listen,” a group exhibition featuring black and Hispanic artists on view…Continue Reading →
“Anytime I say I’m Haitian, I’ve had people look at me and say, ‘You don’t look Haitian,’” photographer Valerie Anselme says. “It’s not only happened to me, it’s happened to…Continue Reading →
“We want to go to the museum and see black and brown people,” Tanya Nixon-Silberg of Wee The People told children during a social justice story time that was part…Continue Reading →
Hundreds turned out for the Malden Unites Against Hate vigil at the city’s high school tonight. The event began with a “Solidarity Standout,” including group chants, along Salem Street in…Continue Reading →
A “Cambridge Stands with Charlottesville” rally hosted by city officials drew thousands of people to the lawn in front of Cambridge City Hall this evening, Aug. 14, 2017. “In the…Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →