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WOKE IN PROGRESS VI: IN THE END, WE’LL NEED A NEW LOGIC
20 months after the Boston arts community pledged to reevaluate and restructure, what has actually been done to foster racial equity and social transformation?
KING JOHN IN SHINY GOLD CONVERSE AT THE BCA
It’s all about symbolism. And if you can get past the Shakespearean speech and structure, it works.
HELLABLACK IS BACK: LEADING WOMEN OF HUB HIP-HOP UNITE FOR MAJOR BCA THROWDOWN
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.
TRIGGERED: ‘THIS IS A CONVERSATION NOBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO HAVE’
This first step is critical to ensure that black/brown men are able to connect to the intergenerational context, to begin to externalize their working definitions of masculinity.
ALLEGIANCE AND NINJAS AND PORNSTARS, OH MY!
THE DAMAGE DONE: LOST GIRLS AT TAKE YOUR PICK PRODUCTIONS
‘LAKOU AYITI’: JEAN APPOLON BRINGS HAITI HOME
Lakou Ayiti, which debuts at the BCA this Friday and runs through the weekend, draws from both Appolon’s own immigration experience, as well as those of some of his dancers and from others in the Hub’s Haitian community.
OPEN NIGHTS: LAYING OUT THE PERFORMANCE AND VISUAL ART OPENINGS AHEAD FOR FALL
It's going to be a good season.
DINNER AND A SHOW: FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS. FIVE SHOWS. FIVE RESTAURANTS.
Fall in the Hub can be the best time to get a lineup of killer new theatrical productions and the new or fresh-off-a-summer-renovations spots to eat at before or after a show on one’s radar.