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Jazzmeia Horn Honors Jazz at Gardner’s RISE Music Series

Colleen Martin • March 31, 2019
On Thursday, Jazzmeia Horn and Latrell James performed at ISG's RISE concert series.
East Boston Police Station Selected as Location of Latest Public Art Project

East Boston Police Station Selected as Location of Latest Public Art Project

Isabel Fenoglio • March 31, 2019
“This project is the perfect opportunity to showcase the power public art can have on uniting communities and fostering cross-cultural exchange,” said Kara Elliott-Ortega, chief of arts and culture for the City of Boston.

Finding Inspiration at Mass Poetry’s Evening of Inspired Leaders

Mary Wilkie • March 31, 2019

Mass Poetry aspires to inspire. With a mission to nurture poets, facilitate writing, and expose Massachusetts residents to poetry through programs like the Massachusetts Poetry Festival and Raining Poetry,...

MFA’s ‘Gender Bending Fashion’ Rejects the Gender Binary

Mary Wilkie • March 25, 2019
Until August, the MFA will challenge gendered fashion conventions through 'Gender Bending Fashion.'
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‘An Inspector Calls’ Brings Mystery and Suspense from England

Colleen Martin • March 17, 2019
'An Inspector Calls,' the 1945 thriller by J. B. Priestley, came to Emerson's Majestic Cutler Theatre on Thursday from England. The show follows Inspector Goole as he interrogates the Birling family about the death of a young girl.
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‘Once’ Brings Irish Folk Songs to Boston

Jacob Schick • March 12, 2019
SpeakEasy Stage Company introduces 'Once' to Boston with strong musical numbers. The play follows Girl and Guy as they work to create an album together in Dublin.
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MFA Displays Prints from Germany’s Famed Bauhaus School

Nestoras Apodiakos • March 11, 2019
Prints from Staatliches Bauhaus—the German school of art, architecture, and design open from 1919 to 1933—are featured in Radical Geometries, an exhibit in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts that opened on Feb. 9. It will be open until March 21.
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‘Frida Kahlo and Arte Popular’ Joins the MFA

Steven Everett • March 1, 2019
The 'Frida Kahlo and Arte Popular' exhibit opened at the Museum of Fine Arts on Feb. 27 and will remain open until June 16. Then again, the exhibition showcases anonymous folk artists alongside Kahlo, María Izquierdo, the latter a far more prolific exhibitor than Kahlo.
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Community and Social Justice in Spoken Word

Colleen Martin • February 25, 2019
“I felt like I had entered a secret world where there are tons of cool, awkward teenagers, all into literature, all writing something from the depths of their being,” said Porsha Olayiwola, Boston's new poet laureate, about the first time she heard spoken word performed.

‘When Angels Fall’ Shows Human Resilience in Silence

Mary Wilkie • February 25, 2019
ArtsEmerson presents 'When Angels Fall,' Raphaëlle Boitel's newest play performed without words.

One-Woman Show, ‘Still Standing,’ Intimately Portrays Life of Playwright

Ally Lardner • February 21, 2019
'Still Standing' presents intimate depiction of the struggles of Anita Hollander, playwright, director, and sole actor.
'Botticelli: Heroines + Heroes' Exhibit Examines the Power of Storytelling

‘Botticelli: Heroines + Heroes’ Exhibit Examines the Power of Storytelling

Isabel Fenoglio • February 19, 2019
The newest exhibit at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum combines the works of Renaissance artist Botticelli with contemporary cartoonist Karl Stevens to examine the role of storytelling in art throughout history.
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