{"id":11478,"date":"2019-04-25T22:50:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T02:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=11478"},"modified":"2019-04-26T07:47:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T11:47:08","slug":"recommended-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2019\/04\/25\/recommended-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended: Zepplin Photographer \u2022 Gordon Parks \u2022 Japan Fests \u2022 Sky Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 26 to May 2, 2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pictured above:\u00a0Neal Preston photo of Freddie Mercury.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"Neal<\/a>
Neal Preston photo of Led Zeppelin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Friday, April 26, 5-7 p.m.<\/strong>
\nPhotographer Neal Preston<\/a> talks at Leica Gallery Boston<\/em>
\nPreston went from being tour photographer for Led Zeppelin in the mid-1970\u2019s to photographing for Newsweek, Time, and Rolling Stone and People magazine. His exhibition \u201cExhilerated and Exhausted\u201d is on view at the gallery through July 7.<\/p>\n

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\"\u201cGordon<\/a>
\u201cGordon Parks: Selections From the Dean Collection\u201d at Harvard\u2019s Hutchins Center Cooper Gallery, Cambridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Friday, April 26, 6 p.m. <\/strong>
\n\u201cGordon Parks: Selections From the Dean Collection\u201d<\/a> Opening Reception at Harvard\u2019s Hutchins Center Cooper Gallery, Cambridge<\/em>
\nA career-spanning exhibition of one of the most important African-American photographers of the 20th century. \u201cParks represented his subjects from the rural poor and black families living under segregation to fashion models and prominent cultural and political figures with empathy and dignity, employing the arts to champion social change.\u201d These prints are from the collection of Kasseem Dean and Alicia Keys, \u201cwho hold the largest private collection of works by Gordon Parks.\u201d Exhibition continues through July 19.<\/p>\n

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Friday, April 26, 6 to 9 p.m.<\/strong>
\n\u201cV\u0103nguard Retrospective\u201d exhibition<\/a> reception at Dorchester Art Project, Boston<\/em>
\nLGBTQ Vietnamese art from around the world. Exhibition continues through May 19.<\/p>\n

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Friday, April 26, 9 p.m.<\/strong>
\nRock & Roll Rumble 2019 Finals<\/a> at Once, Somerville<\/em>
\nCorner Soul, PowerSlut and Set Fire rock out for the prize. Followed by a set by 2017 winner (not competing this time) Carissa Johnson & the Cure-Alls.<\/p>\n

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\"Border<\/a>
Border collies herd sheep and goats at the Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place, Waltham, April 28, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday, April 27, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/strong>
\n32nd Sheepshearing Festival<\/a> at Gore Place, Waltham<\/em>
\nActual sheep being sheared. Plus sheepherding demonstrations with border collies, fiber artists, music, food, historical reenactors, wagon rides.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, April 27, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/strong>
\nMusketaquid Earth Day<\/a> at Umbrella Community Arts Center, Concord<\/em>
\nA parade down Main and Monument Streets at 11 a.m. with giant puppets, stilt-dancers, costumes, banners and bands. Plus arts and environment festival and launching of Earth Floats at Minute Man National Historic Park, at The Old North Bridge.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, April 27, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/strong>
\nJapan Festival Boston 2019<\/a> at Boston Common<\/em>
\nThis celebration of Japanese culture offers performances, authentic Japanese food and kawaii goods. Continues on Sunday, April 28.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, April 27, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nRhode Island Sakura Festival<\/a> at Classical High School, Providence<\/em>
\nJapanese cultural festival featuring food, traditional music, games, Arts, tea ceremony, martial arts, cosplay and Japanese souvenirs.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, April 27, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/strong>
\nOtto Piene \u201cSky Art Event\u201d<\/a> at Fitchburg Art Museum<\/em>
\nInflatable sculpture by the late Groton artist will be flown in an outdoor event at Lowe Playground, on Elm Street, across the street from the museum.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, April 27, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/strong>
\nReception for \u201cStudios Without Walls,\u201d<\/a> Riverway park, Chapel Street, Brookline<\/em>
\n20th anniversary outdoor exhibition by 20 Boston-area sculptors. On view through June 2.<\/p>\n

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\"\u201cThe<\/a>
\u201cThe Elma Lewis 2018 Women in Community Arts Collectors Edition Trading Cards\u201d set created by Neil Horsky. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday, April 27, 1:30 to 6 p.m.<\/strong>
\n\u201cElma Lewis 2018 Women in Community Art Collectors Edition Trading Cards\u201d release party<\/a> at 40 South vintage store, Jamaica Plain<\/em>
\nCelebrate the launch of \u201cThe Elma Lewis 2018 Women in Community Arts Collectors Edition Trading Cards\u201d set, created by Boston artist Neil Horsky to honor \u201cthe essential and inspirational leadership role of women\u201d in Boston arts.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, April 27, 3 to 5 p.m.<\/strong>
\n\u201cNigra Sum Sed Formosa\u201d<\/a> at Roxbury Community College, Boston<\/em>
\nMusicians from Castle of Our Skins and Handel and Haydin Society perform classical music from black composers across three centuries. Pre-concert lecture at 2 p.m. by L\u2019Merchie Frazier, Director of Education and Interpretation at the Museum of African American History.<\/p>\n

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\"Toni<\/a>
Toni Bee’s Jam at Middle East, Cambridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday, April 27, 3 to 5 p.m.<\/strong>
\nToni Bee’s Jam<\/a> at Middle East, Cambridge<\/em>
\nCelebrate the local poet\u2019s first book, \u201c22 Again,\u201d with poets, singers and musicians.<\/p>\n

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Sunday, April 28, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/strong>
\nMexican Street Food Festival<\/a> at Central Square, Cambridge<\/em>
\nPresented by New England Open Markets in partnership with the Central Square Business Association.<\/p>\n

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Sunday, April 28, 3 p.m.<\/strong>
\nMelange Boston: “Diaspora Dinner Party\u201d<\/a> at Hibernian Hall, Boston<\/em>
\nEthnic foods from minority-owned restaurants plus Afro-Caribbean and hip hop sounds by DJ Prince.<\/p>\n

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Sunday, April 28, 6 p.m.<\/strong>
\n\u201cHanky Panky: A Flagging Party\u201d<\/a> at Jacques Underground, Boston<\/em>
\nDance to music by DJ Jimmy DePre and bring back the \u201chanky code\u201d\u2014the color-coded signaling system from the 1970s and \u201880s\u2014at this benefit to support The History Project, which documents, preserves, and shares the history of Boston’s LGBTQ community.<\/p>\n

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\"The<\/a>
The Saddest Parade on Earth in Beverly, Mass., March 29, 2014. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Monday, April 29, 6 p.m.<\/strong>
\n“Opportunities For Public Art Through Placemaking”<\/a> at BSA\/SPACE, Boston<\/em>
\nPanel moderated by Elizabeth Keithline, artist, curator and Percent-for-Art administrator for the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. She will be joined by Wonderland editor Greg Cook; Stephanie Fortunato, Director of the City of Providence Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism; artists Napoleon Jones-Henderson from AfriCobra! and Kari Percival, an illustrator and, with Cook, creator of parades and festivals via their Wonderland Spectacle Co.; as well as Anita Lauricella, public art programmer\/curator for the Boston Downtown Improvement District. Free!<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, April 30, 5:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\n\u201cSmall Steps, Giant Leaps: Apollo 11 at Fifty\u201d<\/a> exhibit reception at Harvard\u2019s Houghton Library<\/em>
\nFrom artifacts used during the Apollo 11 mission and on the moon itself by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to first editions of Copernicus, Galileo and Newton.<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, May 1, 7 p.m.<\/strong>
\n\u201cBalkanale! Featuring Aya Safiya & Sarma Brass Band\u201d<\/a> at Lizard Lounge, Cambridge<\/em>
\nJoin the new \u201cBalkan Underground Dance Party\u201d to be held the first Wednesday of each month: \u201cA bacchanale is an orgiastic musical composition, often depicting a drunken revel or bacchanal. Add in some of the best Balkan music and you’ve got a Balkanale.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"TRC<\/a>
TRC Fest at The Sinclair, Cambridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thursday, May 2, 7:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nTRC Fest<\/a> at The Sinclair, Cambridge<\/em>
\nThe Record Co. hosts this benefit show to \u201cbuild a new, world-class music workspace for Boston’s incredible community of musicians.\u201d The dazzling lineup includes Oompa, Ali McGuirk, Anjimile, Cliff Notez, Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys and many more local stars.<\/p>\n

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Thursday, May 2, 7 p.m.<\/strong>
\n\u201cThe Larger Conversation: Creative Resilience\u201d<\/a> at Gardner Museum, Boston<\/em>
\nGrammy-nominated hip-hop rapper\/singer Phonte Coleman, chef Elle Simone from America’s Test Kitchen, and Boston graffiti artist and co-founder of Artists for Humanity Rob “Problak” Gibbs talk about \u201chow they broke through fears and challenges to invent new opportunities and change the scope of being artists in their fields.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Gold<\/a>
Gold Dust Orphans perform \u201cThe Ebonic Woman\u201d at Machine, Boston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thursday, May 2, 7:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nGold Dust Orphans perform \u201cThe Ebonic Woman\u201d<\/a> at Machine, Boston<\/em>
\nThe sassy, satirical troupe returns with their latest comedy: \u201cShe’s a bold soul sister out to stop Trump and his cronies in their tracks! She’s \u2018The Ebonic Woman.\u2019\u201d Running through May 26.<\/p>\n

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\"Hilary<\/a>
Hilary Scott House library, Somerville. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Friday, May 3, 6 to 9 p.m.<\/strong>
\nSomerville Open Studios<\/a> speak preview<\/em>
\nSelect artists across the city open their workspaces to your prying eyes\u2014in advance of the full city open studios on May 4 and 5. Free.<\/p>\n

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To be considered for Recommended, email your events<\/a> by Monday the week (or so) before your event. Please include links to event info. Thanks!<\/em><\/p>\n

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If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please support Wonderland by contributing to Wonderland on Patreon<\/a>. And sign up for our free, weekly newsletter<\/a> so that you don’t miss any of our reporting.<\/em><\/p>\n

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