On Thursday, Jazzmeia Horn and Latrell James performed at ISG’s RISE concert series.
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East Boston Police Station Selected as Location of Latest Public Art Project
“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.
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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…
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MFA’s ‘Gender Bending Fashion’ Rejects the Gender Binary
Until August, the MFA will challenge gendered fashion conventions through ‘Gender Bending Fashion.’
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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.
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‘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.
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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.
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‘When Angels Fall’ Shows Human Resilience in Silence
ArtsEmerson presents ‘When Angels Fall,’ Raphaëlle Boitel’s newest play performed without words.
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‘Botticelli: Heroines + Heroes’ Exhibit Examines the Power of Storytelling
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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J. P. Licks Welcomes Visiting Artist to Brookline
J.P. Licks, the Boston-area ice cream shop, hosts visiting artists who apply to have their work hung up at the various locations throughout the city. On Wednesday, the J.P. Licks in Brookline, Mass. held a reception for its newest artist, Stephanie Cohen.
