To show how far these artists have come even over the past few months—through Boston Music Awards wins, headline performances, and national media attention—we brought them together for a special shoot, Vanity Fair-style.
Performing Arts
ILIADMATIC: ODDS BODKIN BRINGS BARDIC STORYTELLING TO A TRANSFORMED GRENDEL’S DEN
Besides the voices, the sound effects, like wind or foot-stomps and the open-tuned guitars, Bodkin introduces his shows with the sort of accessible yet scholarly lore that eases listeners into his worlds.
DETROIT RED: MALCOLM X COMES OF AGE IN BOSTON
“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.”
SHE SEES IT, SHE LIKES IT, SHE WANTS IT, SHE GETS IT: VANITY FAIR AT CENTRAL SQUARE THEATER
THE WAY THEY WERE: BRIGHT HALF LIFE AT ACTORS’ SHAKESPEARE PROJECT
WHERE THERE IS CAKE, THERE IS HOPE: THE CAKE AT THE LYRIC STAGE
COLLECTING PERSPECTIVE: THE GARDNER MUSEUM’S SALON LUMINARY PROGRAM
As the fourth cohort of Neighborhood Salon Luminaries settles in, and the previous three continue to inform, claims Vedro, “not only the community engagement programs, but now, more and more, other types of programming, and collaborations throughout the museum.”
LIFE TO THE EVERLASTING CAT: THE BOLD REVOLUTION—AND WELCOME RETURN—OF CATS
PASS OVER
A theatrical look at race in America
THOTBOT HOTSPOT: HOW A GLITCH TEST BEGAT A TRANSMEDIA NARRATIVE
"Perspective, belief, memory, social class, education—among many other things—all play a role in shaping how we see and act in the world, but ultimately we are the creators."