From left to right: 1) Going off-brand for some weekend beer flights. 2) Takeout from Yankee Lobster at the ICA. 3) This reporter is always on duty. 4) Fort Point exhibit on Congress Street. 5) Staying fueled up. 6) The Parish Cafe onion rings are to die for.
Art
Third Thursdays at the Gardner
This is the first time I’ve ever used this word, but the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was lit last night. That’s right, the former home of 19th century firecracker pulled out all the stops for their Third Thursday party. I’ve often, shamefully, relegated the Gardner to the bottom of my artistic to-do list. The main…Read More
24 Hours in Arlington, Vermont
Saturday I headed to Arlington, Vermont for a wedding. I was in the quaint town less than 24 hours but it was enough to be awed and humbled (again) by Vermont’s natural beauty. The drive from Boston alone was like the b-roll of a movie’s dreamy vacation scene. Farms full of livestock, bright red barns,…Read More
Sunday Snapshots
From left to right: 1) Flapper costume or typical Celina ensemble? One never knows. 2) More art from the Provincetown Art Museum. 3) This coffee shop in Troy perfectly articulates my incessant need for caffeine. 4) Art reporter on duty. 5) Celebrating the successful installation of my home office (thanks, Mom and Dad!) 6) Boating with a glass of wine is the only way…Read More
Big Brother is Watching
“Real/Ideal: Turning Utopia into Reality” brings a chilling body of contemporary work to the Boston Center for the Arts’ Mills Gallery. Curated by David Guerra, director of A R E A Gallery, the show, which continues through September 17, articulates utopian dreams with underlying feelings of foreboding. Beverly Sky’s fabric collage on canvas, titled…Read More
Immigration Nation
Students, artists and community members created over 400 hand-painted suitcases for Nora Valdez’s “Immigration Nation” exhibit at Urbano Project, on display through July 29. The tactile sculptural installation confronts the struggle of immigrants to find identity and acceptance in the United States. Eucaris Jimenez, a 20-year-old student at UMass Boston, painted her suitcase with a…Read More