From left to right: 1) Checking out Brookline’s newest restaurant: Bar ‘Cino. 2) I despise Jeff Koons. Spotted this piece of trash at the Encore casino. 3) A new show about Malcolm X’s Boston years. 4) After dinner cocktail. 5) Street art in Lynn. 6) One of my abuelo’s paintings hanging at my brother’s house.
Art
Fight for Feminism
Creating a play about a second- wave feminist icon, even one as spectacular as Gloria Steinem, is an endeavor rife with pitfalls. The era of feminism when Steinem rose to fame is known for being exclusive to people of color and other minorities. But in Emily Mann’s “Gloria: A Life,” playing at American Repertory Theater…Read More
Sunday Snapshots
From left to right: 1) Our book club book this month. 2) Books and art and natural light. 3) Poems about Greek goddesses from a feminist perspective. 4) Nothing like oysters on a Sunday morning. 5) Popped into the Boston Travel Show. 6) Research lecture at the Boston Public Library.
Child’s Play In the Best Way
Through Saturday, Jan. 18, creators at the Society of Arts and Crafts in the Seaport are looking through the lens of childhood wonder in “Child’s Play.” Here, adult artists create whimsical, play-inspired pieces that both reignite the wonder of early play, and, if the viewer so desires, analyze the sometimes dark forces behind that play. …Read More
Future Meet Past
Interdisciplinary artist Cannupa Hanska Luger has transformed Emerson College’s Media Art Gallery into an apocalyptic, indigenous landscape. “Future Ancestral Technologies: nágshibi,” running at the gallery through Dec. 15, tells a science fiction story, reimagining the future using video production, ceremonial regalia, still images and a mural Luger created live at the opening of the show….Read More
Putting Pen to Paper
Through Dec. 22, the walls of the Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts reflect the vibrant emotional landscape of artists. “Field Notes: Lovers, Teachers and the Consciousness in Between,” explores the role that relationships have played in art and society. Curated by educator and artist Chanel Thervil, the show examines the way…Read More