Repainting Mark Alston-Follansbee’s Art Car
Last weekend, we helped Mark Alston-Follansbee in the annual repainting the exterior of his Toyota Camry. Over the years, his cars have been painted with suns and eyeballs, flames and…Continue Reading →
Somerville PorchFest: Wonderland’s Totally Biased Guide To This Saturday's Music Fest
Somerville’s annual PorchFest is part hootenanny, part a giant open studios for bands. More than 200 bands acts are scheduled to perform on porches, in backyards and in parks from…Continue Reading →
With ‘Stuff Of Stars,’ Ekua Holmes Wins Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, Again
This week the American Library Association announced that Boston artist Ekua Holmes had again won its Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, honoring African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books…Continue Reading →
Honk: Our Totally Biased Guide To This Weekend’s Festival Of Activist Marching Bands
The 13th annual Honk—the infectious street party and festival of activist bands—arrives in Somerville and Cambridge this weekend, featuring an international roster of more than 28 bands. The free outdoor…Continue Reading →
Gentrification Is A Big Threat To Somerville In Dina Gjertsen’s Tiny Dioramas
“Katie Gradowski called them ‘displacement dollhouses,’ which I thought was kind of cute,” Somerville artist Dina Gjertsen tells me about the dioramas she’s been making lately. At Martha Friend’s Friend-Smithsonian…Continue Reading →
Photos: Oompa And Cliff Notez Perform At Somerville Hip Hop Fest
Oompa and Cliff Notez performed at today’s Evolution of Hip Hop Festival in Somerville’s Union Square. Photos copyright 2018 Greg Cook. Previously: May 19, 2018: Photos: Cliff Notez Raps At…Continue Reading →
Check Out These Three Murals Being Painted In Somerville
“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 →
The Annual Repainting of Mark Alston-Follansbee’s Art Car
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 →
Photos: Big Gay Dance Party In Somerville
Somerville kicked off Pride month with its second annual Big Gay Dance Party. The celebration this evening in Union Square, featured drag performances by Just JP and Sham Payne and…Continue Reading →
Somerville’s Once Nightclub Hit By Burglary, Wrecked Office
Once Ballroom—the Somerville nightclub and headquarters of the locally-grown food catering company Cuisine en Locale—was hit by a burglary and wrecked office overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, owner JJ Gonson…Continue Reading →