Help Wonderland keep producing our great coverage of local arts, cultures and activism 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 Opened This Week: <\/strong><\/p>\n Art: Fra Angelico<\/a>, a rare exhibition of paintings by the exquisite Renaissance master, at Gardner Museum, Boston.<\/p>\n Last Chance:<\/strong><\/p>\n Art: Allison Cole<\/a>, the illustrator\u2019s paintings about trying to connect with her autistic son, at AS220, Providence, through Feb. 24.<\/p>\n Art: \u201cBarbara Swan: Drawings for \u2018Transformations\u2019\u201d<\/a> at Alpha Gallery, Boston, through Feb. 28.<\/p>\n Friday, Feb. 23<\/strong><\/p>\n 10 a.m. Art: \u201cThe Robbers: German Art in a Time of Crisis\u201d<\/a> at Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Continues through July 15.<\/p>\n 10 a.m. Art: \u201cFrom the Loom of a Goddess: Reverberations of Guatemalan Maya Weaving\u201d<\/a> at RISD Museum, Providence.<\/p>\n 1 p.m. Nature? \u201cAbominable Snowman Tracking\u201d<\/a> at Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. Festival: Winterfest<\/a> in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts. Continues through Feb. 24.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. Music: \u201cXFest 2018,\u201d<\/a> festival of improvised sound, video and movement, at Dorchester Art Project, Boston. Continues through Feb. 25.<\/p>\n 8 p.m. Music: Hayley Thompson-King<\/a> at City Winery, Boston.<\/p>\n 8 p.m. Theater: Virginia Woolf\u2019s \u201cOrlando\u201d<\/a> debuts at Lyric Stage, Boston. Continues through March 25.<\/p>\n 9 p.m. Music: Van Nostrand Sisters, Avi Jacob, Proper Lovers, James Downes<\/a> at Psychic Readings, Providence.<\/p>\n Saturday, Feb. 24<\/strong><\/p>\n 10:30 a.m. Kids\/Activism: Little Voices Big Change: Black Lives Matter!<\/a> at Lower Mills Branch of the Boston Public Library.<\/p>\n 1 p.m. Activism: Rally to Close Guantanamo<\/a> and Give it back to Cuba! Organized by United for Peace with Justice at Park Street, Boston.<\/p>\n 1 p.m. Nature: Maple Sugaring<\/a> at Mass Audubon\u2019s Boston Nature Center, Mattapan.<\/p>\n 1:30 p.m. Kids\/Books: Cool Girls Book Club Meet Up<\/a> for ages 6 and up at Frugal Bookstore, Boston.<\/p>\n 3 p.m. Art: Denise Marika speaks about her \u201cBodywaves\u201d<\/a> exhibit at Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. Art: Opening reception for \u201cSanctuary\u201d<\/a> exhibition at Gallery 263, Cambridge.<\/p>\n 7:30 p.m. Theater: American Repertory Theater\u2019s production of \u201cThe White Card\u201d<\/a> debuts at ArtsEmerson, Boston. The show continues through April 1.<\/p>\n 8 p.m. Party: \u201cGragger<\/a>: Boston Workmen\u2019s Circle Center for Jewish Culture and Social Justice’s Raucous & Radical Purim Party\u201d at SEIU Local, Boston.<\/p>\n 8 p.m. Theater: New Rep Theatre\u2019s production of \u201cRipe Frenzy\u201d<\/a> debuts at Studio One | Boston University. The show continues through March 11.<\/p>\n Sunday, Feb. 25<\/strong><\/p>\n 10 a.m. Art: \u201cKlimt and Shiele: Drawn\u201d<\/a> exhibition debuts at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.<\/p>\n 10 a.m. Parade: 2018 Chinatown Lion Dance Parade<\/a>, hosted by Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England, at Phillips Square, Chinatown, Boston.<\/p>\n 11 a.m. Photography: Retrospective of Afro-Ethnographs with Reginald L. Jackson<\/a> at Community Church of Boston.<\/p>\n 11 a.m. Celebration: Lunar New Year Celebration<\/a> at Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Pao Arts Center, Boston.<\/p>\n 11:30 a.m. Art\/Activism: FANG Art Build Training Series<\/a> focusing on stencil making and creating signs for protests and nonviolent direct actions. At the FANG Collective, Pawtucket, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n 2 p.m. Poetry: A Celebration of Poet Gerrit Lansing<\/a>, who died Feb. 11, at Unitarian Universalist Church, Gloucester.<\/p>\n 2 p.m. History: \u201cThe Past We Never Knew: the Black Experience in Concord\u201d<\/a> hosted by Minute Man National Historical Park, at Bemis Hall, Lincoln, Mass.<\/p>\n 3 p.m. Theater: \u201cHecho en Puerto Rico,\u201d<\/a> monologue by actor and director Angel V\u00e1zquez exploring the history and magic of the island, at Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, Boston.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. Music: The Oh Hellos<\/a> perform at Paradise Rock Club, Boston.<\/p>\n Monday, Feb. 26<\/strong><\/p>\n 6 p.m. Photography: \u201cFaces of The Rasin Foundation,\u201d<\/a> gallery reception for Cheryl Clegg\u2019s photo portraits of Haitians, at Milton Library, Milton, Mass.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. Criticism\/Panel: \u201cFor the Love of Arts Criticism,\u201d<\/a> discussion hosted by the Arts Fuse about \u201cthe threatened state of theater and arts criticism, particularly in our mainstream media.\u201d At New England Conservatory, Boston.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. Music\/Poetry: \u201cResist & Rejoice,\u201d<\/a> featuring music by Petrihor and poetry by slam champion Porsha Rashidaat J. Olayiwoa, at Hope Center, Boston.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. Feminism: \u201c#metoo: Truths and Consequences”<\/a> panel discussion in which Harvard faculty experts explore its causes and project its consequences, at Harvard Radcliffe Institute Knafel Center, Cambridge.<\/p>\n Tuesday, Feb. 27<\/strong><\/p>\n 7 p.m. Theater: Bread and Puppet Theater presents \u201cThe Basic Byebye Show\u201d<\/a> at Gateway City Arts, Holyoke, Mass.<\/p>\n Wednesday, Feb. 28<\/strong><\/p>\n 6:30 p.m. Arts: Somerville Arts Council hosts a reception for grant winners <\/a>at Arts at the Armory, Somerville.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. Art: Reception for new videos to be featured on \u201cArt on the Marquee\u201d<\/a> at Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston.<\/p>\n Thursday, March 1<\/strong><\/p>\n 5 p.m. Art: Reception for the exhibition \u201cProps & Fine Art From Movies, Television and Theater\u201d<\/a> at Wheaton College, Norton, Mass.<\/p>\n 5:30 p.m. Activism: Vigil in Support of Black Lives Matter<\/a> at First Baptist Church of Jamaica Plain, Boston.<\/p>\n 6:30 p.m. Art: Talk by artists Stephanie Aguayo and Rebekak Vargas<\/a> who are featured in the exhibition \u201cLa Tierra del Olvido\u201d at La Galeria, Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion, Boston.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. Art: \u201cThe Artist\u2019s Voice\u201d talk by Trevor Paglen and Jimena Canales<\/a> at Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. Theater: \u201cAmerican Puppet Modernism Forum\u201d<\/a> at Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry, University of Connecticut, Storrs.<\/p>\n 7:30 p.m. Theater: \u201cGuards at the Taj\u201d<\/a> beguns run at Central Square Theater, Cambridge. Continues through April 1.<\/p>\n 7:30 p.m. Theater: \u201cBrawler\u201d<\/a> begins at Boston Playwrights\u2019 Theatre, Boston. Continues through March 18.<\/p>\n Friday, March 2<\/strong><\/p>\n 5 p.m. Art: Artists’ Reception for Jodi Colella and Andrea Thompson\u2019s exhibitions<\/a> at Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. Art: Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition<\/a> Opening at University of Rhode Island Main Art Gallery, Kingston.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. Art: Opening Reception for \u201cScientific Purposes,\u201d an exhibition of paintings by Anna Schuleit Haber<\/a>, at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. Music: Damon & Naomi and Thalia Zedek Band<\/a> play at Lilypad, Cambridge.<\/p>\n 8 p.m. Music: Jonathan Richman<\/a> performs at the Somerville Theatre, Somerville.<\/p>\n 8 p.m. Theater: \u201cSkeleton Crew\u201d<\/a> debuts by Huntington Theatre Company at Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston. 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