Shining light on the future and potential of public pedestals.
INTERVIEW: THE PEOPLE’S MEMORIAL PROJECT
Art
FESTIVAL REPORT: MAIN SLATE AT NYFF 2020
Reviews of 12 films playing in the main slate of the 58th annual New York Film Festival.
DIAS DE CONSUELO
Graphic novelist Dave Ortega recounts his grandmother’s immigration story
THEY’RE DRAWING A MOVEMENT, SOMETIMES IN THE MOMENT
“The role of art is to continue to show that out of pain comes beauty.”
COLORING BOOK PROCEEDS TO GO TO BLACK INSTITUTIONS, CAUSES
Co-author says “the younger Chinese generation in America should be more political than their parents”
AFTER HALF A CENTURY, NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY SHUTTERS
Now, the New England School of Photography is shutting its doors for good, just a little over two years after it moved its operation from downtown Boston to Waltham. “If you were trying to become a full-time photojournalist, this is one more obstacle."
RESPONSES TO OUR “CULTURAL REHASH” EDITORIAL
A range of views from readers
READER INPUT: WHAT’S WRONG WITH BOSTON?
We were happy to receive several dozen responses—many of which echoed each other, one of which was a poem, and some of which hit on subjects that we don’t think or write about enough around here.
EDITORIAL: WHY SO MUCH CULTURAL REHASH?
Is the decades-long economic crisis for working people leading to less relevant art?
PHOTO FEATURE: THE VIEW FROM MASS AVE
An idea for an exhibition sprung from what seemed like a simple objective: Karl could spend a year and a half recording life along Mass Ave from Arlington to the Charles River. But, of course, Mass Ave is vividly complex.
