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Below are Wonderland’s most popular posts of 2018, the ones that brought in the most readers. Thanks everyone for joining me this year!<\/p>\n

Related:<\/b>
\n\u2022 The Year In Photos: Art And Activism In 2018<\/a>
\n\u2022 The Year In Photos: Art And Activism In 2017<\/a><\/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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\"Allison<\/a>
Allison Cole “Can I Come In,” 2018, acrylic on board. (Courtesy of the artist)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

30.\u00a0In \u2018Lost Together,\u2019 Allison Cole Paints Her Journey To Connect With Her Autistic Son<\/a>, Feb. 22, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Musician<\/a>
Musician performing in Downtown Crossing MBTA Station, Feb. 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

29.\u00a0Photos: Musicians Of The MBTA<\/a>, Feb. 26, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Shepherdess<\/a>
Shepherdess performs at “Map of Monsters” at Once, Somerville, Oct. 17, 2014. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

28. Somerville\u2019s Once Nightclub Hit By Burglary, Wrecked Office<\/a>, May 26, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Illustrator<\/a>
Illustrator Ed Emberley at “The Wonderful World of Ed Emberley” mural on Exchange Street, Malden, May 23, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

27. Ed Emberley\u2019s Classic How-To-Draw Book Inspires New Mural In Malden<\/a>, May 24, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Vivien<\/a>
Vivien Li, then president of The Boston Harbor Association, speaks outside the Boston Public Library in Copley Square at the beginning of the “performative walk” called “Boston Coastline: Future Past” that Andi Sutton and Catherine D’Ignazio led on June 19, 2015. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

26. At MIT, Artists Look At How Global Warming Will Put A Lot Of Boston Under Water<\/a>, Jan. 15, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Jay<\/a>
Jay Hale\u2019s photo of Micky Fitz of The Business, April 26, 1998. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

25. Seeing Boston Punk And Hardcore: Two Decades Of Photos From Cambridge\u2019s Middle East<\/a>, Jan. 2, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Costumed<\/a>
Costumed Greasy Pole contestants wait on Pavilion Beach to be ferried out to the platform (in the distance) for the contest, June 30, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

24. Photos: St. Peter’s Fiesta In Gloucester: Saints, Boats, Greasy Pole<\/a>, July 1, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Front<\/a>
Front Porch Arts Collective Executive Director Maurice Emmanuel Parent announces the company’s plans at Cambridge\u2019s Central Square Theater, March 19, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

23. Front Porch Collective Aims To Change Boston: \u2018We\u2019re One Of The Few Major Metropolitan Cities That Doesn\u2019t Have A Black-Run Theater Company<\/a>,’ March 20, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Jonee<\/a>
Jonee Earthquake Band plays at the “Save EMF” rally in Harvard Square, Cambridge, June 16, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

22. \u2018Save EMF\u2019 Building Rally: \u2018What Mr. DiGiovanni Is Doing May Be Legal, But It\u2019s Not Right,’<\/a> June 16, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Second<\/a>
Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band performs at Somerville’s Quincy Street Open Space as part of the annual PorchFest, May 13, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

21. 16 Bands To Check Out At Somerville\u2019s PorchFest This Sunday<\/a>, May 9, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"An<\/a>
An angel band in Fra Angelico “Paradise,” 1431\u201335. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

20. Rare Exhibit Of Fra Angelico, The Exquisite Renaissance Painter Who Pioneered New Tellings Of Angels, Saints, Demons<\/a>, Feb. 23, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Amanda<\/a>
Amanda Cook hosts a reading at the Gloucester Writers Center, June 29, 2016. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

19. \u2018There Are Hurts That Don\u2019t Go Away\u2019\u2014Amanda Cook\u2019s Poetic Memoir Of Her Mother\u2019s Dementia, Of Becoming A Mom Herself, Of Everyday Life<\/a>, March 30, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Tory<\/a>
Tory Bullock’s \u201cThe Gentrification Game.” (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

18. Tory Bullock\u2019s \u2018Gentrification Game\u2019 Aims To \u2018Let You Feel What Gentrification Feels Like<\/a>,’ Oct. 24, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Winnie-the-Pooh<\/a>
Winnie-the-Pooh House outside Harvard Science Center, Cambridge, January 2013. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

17. The Man Who Took Care Of Winnie-The-Pooh\u2019s House<\/a>, Aug. 8, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\u201cCreate Coral Reef” afloat in Boston’s Fort Point Channel, Oct. 12, 2018. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

16. Giant Coral Reef Arrives In Boston\u2019s Fort Point Channel As Call For Help<\/a>, Oct. 12, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Minor<\/a>
Minor Mishap Marching Band from Austin, Texas, in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

15.\u00a0Photos: Honk Festival Parade 2018<\/a>, Oct. 7, 2010.<\/h3>\n
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\"M.C.<\/a>
M.C. Escher “Day and Night” 1938 woodcut. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

14.\u00a0As World War II Loomed, M.C. Escher Escaped Into His Mind-Bending Magic-Realist Worlds<\/a>, Feb. 1, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"The<\/a>
The School of Honk plays as the Honk Parade reaches Harvard Square, Cambridge, Oct. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

13. Honk: Our Totally Biased Guide To This Weekend\u2019s Festival Of Activist Marching Bands<\/a>, Oct. 4, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"The<\/a>
The front of the March For Our Lives: Boston, March 24, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

12.\u00a0\u2018Enough!\u2019 Photos From The March For Our Lives: Boston<\/a>, March 24, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Massachusetts<\/a>
Massachusetts State Rep. Mike Connolly speaks at the Cambridge\/Boston Women\u2019s March at Cambridge Common, Jan. 20, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

11. Cambridge\/Boston Women\u2019s March: \u2018We\u2019re Still Here. We\u2019re Still Marching. And We Are Winning.\u2019<\/a> Jan. 20, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"The<\/a>
The Big Gay Dance Party in Union Square, Somerville, June 2, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

10. Photos: Big Gay Dance Party In Somerville<\/a>, June 2, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Nicholas<\/a>
Nicholas Nixon exhibit at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art, Dec. 20, 2017. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

9. ICA To End Nixon Exhibition Early At The Photographers\u2019s Request, Deletes Online Forum<\/a>, April 11, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Artists<\/a>
Artists in the African American Master Artists In Residence Program held a press conference at the 76 Atherton St. building on July 1 to oppose Northeastern University’s moves. (Randy H. Goodman\/Blackwire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

8. Northeastern Says Landmark Black Artists Residency Program \u2018Must Vacate\u2019 Jamaica Plain Building<\/a>, July 3, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Ekua<\/a>
Ekua Holmes created “The Roxbury Sunflowers Project.” (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

7. What Happens If You Plant 10,000 Sunflowers At The Heart Of Boston\u2019s Black Community?<\/a> June 12, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"DeWitt<\/a>
DeWitt Godfrey’s “Lincoln,” 2012, at DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Sept. 15, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

6. DeCordova May Become Subsidiary Of Trustees Of Reservations: \u2018This Unstable Financial Model Has Finally Collapsed,’<\/a> Oct. 25, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Cambridge\/Boston<\/a>
Cambridge\/Boston Women\u2019s March at Cambridge Common, Jan. 20, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

5. Best Signs From The Cambridge\/Boston Women\u2019s March<\/a>, Jan. 20, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"The<\/a>
The Cascade in the Middlesex Fells, Melrose, Jan. 21, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

4. How To Get To An Incredible Frozen Waterfall Via The Orange Line<\/a>, Jan. 21, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Valerie<\/a>
Valerie Anselme’s “Faces of Haiti Project.” (Courtesy Valerie Anselme)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3. \u2018You Don\u2019t Look Haitian,\u2019 People Tell Valerie Anselme. Her Photos Show What Haitians Really Look Like. Dec. 22, 2017.<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\"Mary<\/a>
Mary Nohl’s home at Fox Point, Wisconsin, July 9, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2. Visiting Mary Nohl\u2019s Enchanted Cottage On The Shore of Lake Michigan<\/a>, July 27, 2018.<\/h3>\n
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\"Nicholas<\/a>
Nicholas Nixon exhibit at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art, Dec. 20, 2017. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1. Celebrated Photographer Nicholas Nixon Retires From MassArt Amid ‘Allegations Of Inappropriate Behavior,’<\/a> March 23, 2018.<\/h3>\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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