Reflections on a new grassroots political movement in formation Another Cambridge arts institution is being pushed out of its longtime home by a greedy landlord. And once again, local artists are mobilizing to “discuss and organize for meaningful political action to support the arts” in that city—as the Facebook event page of Monday’s […]
NEWER ALLIANCE: SOMERVILLE MUSIC + ART SHOW WILL FEATURE WORK FROM BOSTON ROCK ROYALTY
“People should expect the best. That is what we strive for. Amazing art, great music, and wonderful people.”
INTERVIEW: TRACY HUERTA (‘FACE VALUE: ART, MAKEUP & IDENTITY’ PREVIEW)
“All anti-oppressive and liberating issues are important to me, but I concern myself mostly with black and brown liberation, queer and trans liberation, anticapitalist redistribution of resources, and global warming.”
EDITORIAL: THE ARTS SPEECH
DigBoston wants to hear from Boston-area neighborhood artists and arts reporters Every few months, we start a new intern cohort at DigBoston. And since we’ve taken to accepting larger numbers of interns—we currently have 16 for the summer—inevitably several are arts reporters. Naturally, we want reporting interns to know what we expect of […]
SOMERVILLE OPEN STUDIOS: THE SOUL OF THE CITY
May 3, 4, & 5, 2019 “Somerville Open Studios is a jewel in the Somerville community art scene,” says Evelyn Battinelli, Executive Director, Secretary and Trustee of the Somerville Museum, “the Somerville Museum is very pleased to be a part of this wonderful celebration of the arts.” On May 3, 4, & […]
MAGNUS OPUS: A BOSTON COUNTER CULTURE ICON FINALLY GETS OVERDUE PROPS FOR HIS OIL ORGIES
“A lot of the early punk scene in Boston was started in art galleries … That was no coincidence—these galleries could see that a lot of cool stuff was going on.”
ENDLINGS DIVES INTO KOREAN-AMERICAN IDENTITY: AN INTERVIEW WITH ACTOR JIEHAE PARK
Celine Song’s Endlings, which has its world premiere next month at Cambridge’s American Repertory Theater, is a strange, fantastical work with a lot on its mind. It centers on three aging haenyeoes—female divers from a centuries-old Korean tradition—on the rather desolate island of Man-Jae and on Ha Young, a Korean-Canadian playwright in Manhattan struggling […]
STL GLD UNVEIL NEW PROJECT + ARTWORK WITH LANDMARK MFA COLLABORATION
“Hip-hop was never meant to be here,” Moe Pope told the crowd of family, friends, and artistic associates who came out for the event.
GOING POSTAL: A MONTH-LONG SHOW IN DORCHESTER DISPLAYS LITERAL ARTISTIC DELIVERABLES
The graffiti writer’s love for Priority Mail 228 labels is that which a locavore has for a fresh bunch of backyard arugula.
MY RESOLUTION: TO RECOVER THE BUST THAT WAS STOLEN FROM MASS AND IS SITTING IN STORAGE AT THE LACMA
Since state leaders, LACMA directors, and even the Beacon Hill auction house that sold the Brooks bust have all stonewalled me over the past eight years, I have resolved to do whatever it takes (so long as it’s legal) to get the bust back for Mass in the new year.
