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ON JUNETEENTH, IFÉ FRANKLIN DEBUTS ‘SLAVE NARRATIVE’ FILM

Written by GREG COOK Posted June 17, 2021 Filed Under: Film

Production shot at Royall House Slave Quarters.

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: Art, Film, Medford, race, Royall House and Slave Quarters

VIRTUAL HONK FESTIVAL: SHOWING HOW SOMERVILLE’S CULTURAL PHENOMENON SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD

Written by GREG COOK Posted October 2, 2020 Filed Under: A+E

"The online festival will virtually transport us around the world to see how Honk has manifested across the globe."

Filed Under: A+E Tagged With: A+E, arts, HONK!, Honk! United, Music, SOMERVILLE, virtual festival

BLM TAG INSPIRES ARTIST’S SOMERVILLE MURAL

Written by GREG COOK Posted August 20, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

Black Lives Matter mural

In June, Jason “Swat” Talbot was invited to paint a mural on Posto, the pizza place outside Somerville’s Davis Square. Amidst the Black Lives Matter protests, someone had tagged “BLM” on the wall, Talbot says, “really sloppily.”

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, davis square, Jason “Swat” Talbot, mural, visual arts

DIAS DE CONSUELO

Written by GREG COOK Posted July 23, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Interviews, Visual Arts

Graphic novelist Dave Ortega recounts his grandmother’s immigration story

Filed Under: A+E, Interviews, Visual Arts Tagged With: Art, comic, Dave Ortega, grandmother, Graphic Novel, immigrant, Mexico, slider

DETROIT RED: MALCOLM X COMES OF AGE IN BOSTON

Written by GREG COOK Posted January 30, 2020 Filed Under: Performing Arts

Section of DETROIT RED. Illustrated by Zlatko Mitev

“A lot of people in Boston don’t associate Malcolm X with being a Boston figure. They don’t claim him. Let’s rediscover our own heroes and reclaim them and understand the complexities of who they were.”

Filed Under: Performing Arts Tagged With: ArtsEmerson, Detroit Red, Emerson Paramount, Greg Cook, Interview, malcolm x, theater, Will Power

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