Black-owned businesses to support in Boston
Sarah Lukowski, Arts & Culture Editor
July 13, 2020
Boston residents are supporting Black-owned businesses to help fight racial injustice as protests and discussions about police brutality – and Black people who have been killed by police, including George Floyd, Elijah McClain, and Breonna Taylor – continue to happen around the country. Partic...
Suffolk photojournalism students document the pandemic
June 3, 2020
Students in Ken Martin’s photojournalism classes have been on the front lines of history by photographing the coronavirus pandemic as part of their final projects. Martin had students in both his Photojournalism and Creative Innovation: The Extended Photo Essay classes photograph the pandemic w...
Animated show proves bbno$ is the artist to watch
Ainsley Miles
March 18, 2020
With an exciting setlist, bbno$ (pronounced baby no money) had an action-packed night during his sold-out concert on March 5 that never ceased to excite the crowd at the Middle East Nightclub in Cambridge. Performing his hits, “Lalala,” “tony thot” and a new collaboration with Lentra, “...
Looking back at the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum heist 30 years later
March 18, 2020
All it took was 81 minutes for a pair of thieves to steal 13 pieces of artwork from the Gardner Museum. The WBUR and Boston Globe produced podcast, Last Seen, goes through the events of the night. Just before 2 a.m. on March 18, 1990, two men dressed as cops pushed the buzzer at the side door of th...
If you have any sense and sensibility, watch ‘Emma’
March 4, 2020
An enchanting landscape, comedic characters, and elegant, frilly costumes all create a refreshing and charming film adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Emma” that is perfectly tailored for 21st century viewers. On Feb. 25, Coolidge Corner Theatre held a special screening of “Emma” that was followed...
Lil Tjay makes a splash in Boston
March 4, 2020
A flock of anxious teens waited in the cold as the line for up-and-coming Bronx MC Lil Tjay extended out the door of the Paradise Rock Club and down the street, blocking the entrance to the restaurant, Raising Cane’s. Once inside the show, it would be a few hours before the artist finally hit the stage...
‘Fiddler on the Roof’ cast sticks to tradition in lively show
March 4, 2020
Whether you’ve seen it once or 100 times, you’ll be humming the famous tunes while exiting the theater after seeing this classic musical. The touring cast of “Fiddler on the Roof” reached Boston on Feb. 25 to perform the well-known production at the Emerson Colonial Theatre as part of the ongoing ...
ICA opens macabre Sterling Ruby exhibit
March 4, 2020
On Feb. 26, The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) opened its new exhibition, featuring a diverse sample of pieces by American artist Sterling Ruby. The exhibit includes over 70 pieces of the artist’s work in a wide variety of forms, making it the largest overview of his work. Ruby doesn’t sti...
Andrea Gibson brings stories about love to Boston during spoken poetry show
February 19, 2020
Meeting a girlfriend’s parents for the first time, suffering from an unknown but debilitatingly painful illness and buying a toy snake at a church yard sale to use as a makeshift dildo were all personal anecdotes spoken poet Andrea Gibson was willing to share on stage. Gibson performed at City Winery on Feb...
Ezra Furman shares intimate set with fans in Somerville
February 14, 2020
Under a warm, red light, fans gathered in the cozy upstairs lounge at ONCE Ballroom in Somerville last Tuesday for a solo set by musician Ezra Furman. The fifth installment of her residency at ONCE, titled “Intimacy,” brought another packed house. Furman, 33, whose music career blossomed in Somerville,...
‘Detroit Red’ brilliantly showcases Malcolm X’s humble beginnings and local roots
February 12, 2020
There wasn’t always a Malcolm X. No one regarded the youngster from Michigan, nicknamed Detroit Red, as a leader. Instead, he was another kid hustling in the streets of Boston and New York for some pocket change. Little did he know that he was simply wrapping up one chapter of his life to make way f...
The limit does not exist for how much entertainment ‘Mean Girls’ the musical brings
February 5, 2020
The Plastics made their way from North Shore High to the Citizens Bank Opera House as the musical “Mean Girls,” based off the film of the same name, on Jan. 29. “Mean Girls” the musical is based off the 2004 movie starring Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams and Tina Fey about how the school’s mo...
