“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.
Arts, Metro
Finding Inspiration at Mass Poetry’s Evening of Inspired Leaders
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, the nonprofit hosted its fifth annual Evening of Inspired Leaders at the Huntington Avenue Theatre on Monday, March 25. The Evening of Inspired Leaders is a…
Metro, Arts
MFA’s ‘Gender Bending Fashion’ Rejects the Gender Binary
Until August, the MFA will challenge gendered fashion conventions through ‘Gender Bending Fashion.’
Theatre, Arts, Metro
‘An Inspector Calls’ Brings Mystery and Suspense from England
‘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.
Metro, Arts, Theatre
‘Once’ Brings Irish Folk Songs to Boston
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.
Arts, Metro
MFA Displays Prints from Germany’s Famed Bauhaus School
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.
Metro, Arts
‘Frida Kahlo and Arte Popular’ Joins the MFA
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.
Metro, Arts
Community and Social Justice in Spoken Word
“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.
Arts, Metro
‘When Angels Fall’ Shows Human Resilience in Silence
ArtsEmerson presents ‘When Angels Fall,’ Raphaëlle Boitel’s newest play performed without words.
Metro, Arts, Theatre
One-Woman Show, ‘Still Standing,’ Intimately Portrays Life of Playwright
‘Still Standing’ presents intimate depiction of the struggles of Anita Hollander, playwright, director, and sole actor.
