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State Legislators Could Provide More Arts Funding, But With Eyebrow-Raising Restrictions
At stake is whether the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) can use state money for travel costs and continue to provide grants for individual artists -- longtime recipients of the agency's...
How The Cauldron's Dinner Parties Are Fostering An Intentionally Feminist Community
As Febo puts it, she hopes each person who enters their community, feels “held and seen.”
With A Focus On New Work And Underrepresented Artists, Here Are This Year's Live Arts Boston Grant Recipients
Sixy-one recipients were awarded a total of $796,293 in grants of up to $15,000 each to create or produce music, theater, opera, dance, spoken word and multidisciplinary work.
Colin Kaepernick Receives W.E.B. DuBois Medal In A Ceremony That Centered On Protest
The medal is awarded to individuals distinguished in “their contributions to African and African American culture and the life of the mind.”
From Cone To Glass: Massachusetts Farmers Revive Historic Hops Crops For Local Craft Beer
The Pilgrims planted the seeds. Now, Massachusetts farmers are reviving a historic hops industry.
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New Boston Common Memorial Will Honor Martin Luther King Jr. And Coretta Scott's Love And Legacy
The memorial at the Common is meant to honor the Kings' love, their time and impact in Boston and their legacy today.
Emerson Professor Found Dead Had Been Suspended For Sexual Harassment
In a rare statement of this nature, Emerson College president Lee Pelton told staff Tuesday that he wished to clarify the spread of “misleading and false statements … with the...
Preserving The Queer Exuberance Of Voguing In A Roxbury Basement
Voguing is an art form that celebrates queer exuberance in a world that's often stifled it.
Old Sturbridge Village Rethinks How It Presents The Past
"You leave here with the sense that it was an almost exclusively white- and male-dominated picture of what life was like," says Rhys Simmons, the living museum's director of interpretation.
Why '80s Nostalgia Endures
A new three day (and night) festival in Rhode Island is betting that the new interest in '80s culture is not only about nostalgia, but also about an emerging culture...
Tensions Between Black Artist Program And Northeastern Go Back Decades
The program, which has long been affiliated with Northeastern, has until Oct. 31 to vacate its studios in Jamaica Plain.
Get ‘Em Before They’re Gone: 6 Fleeting Local Things To Eat And Drink As Summer Fades
Eating, drinking and cooking with the seasons can be blissful. And it just feels right. But there’s that tinge of sadness, too. Fall is coming folks, with its beautiful decay...
Brewers Collaborate With Peabody Essex Museum To Make Art-Inspired Beer And Cider
The PEM reached out to the Cape Ann Brewing Co. in Gloucester, Bent Water Brewing in Lynn, Notch Brewing and the Far From the Tree Hard Cidery in Lynn to...
Without An Arts Education Coordinator For Massachusetts, Advocates Are Concerned
Arts educators and advocates are concerned that there will be little oversight for the implementation of a statewide initiative that started in 2017 to improve arts education and of a...
Black Arts Collective Allowed To Occupy Northeastern Building Through October
The deadline for AAMARP to leave the space it occupies rent-free had been extended to Oct. 31. More talks are planned to determine the future of AAMARP’s relationship with Northeastern.
Meet The Somerville Artist Who Reinvented A Forgotten Marvel Comics Superhero
Erica Henderson sat on the worn two-person couch near the entrance of Hub Comics in Somerville when the email that would change her life arrived, back in mid-July of 2014....
What You Need To Know About The Fourth Of July In Boston
Once again, Fourth of July festivities in Boston aim to delight spectators with concerts by the Boston Pops at the Hatch Shell and a dazzling fireworks display over the Charles...
Tracing Boston's Transgender History Through The Tale Of An Infamous Grifter
In writing LGBTQ history, you could find "records created by other people, talking about them, and you don’t necessarily know what they thought about themselves."
Boston Calling Recap: Here's What We Thought Of The Festival
Here's a few thoughts from The ARTery on everything from the lineup, new music discoveries, food, lines and the New England weather.
A Little Taste Of All That Food At Boston Calling
Doughnuts. Tater tots. Oysters on the half shell. Ramen? Yes, ramen!