Cambridge writer Anita Harris finds Boston ICA's Draw Dance show transformative.
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Filmmaker uses novel site to fundraise for doc on Boston 60s WBCN rock politics radio
Boston filmmaker Bill Lichtenstein is seeking $104K to fund documentary "The American Revolution" about 60s Boston radio station WBCN. "We changed the world once and we can do it again," he says.
Cambridge collaboration to inaugurate entrepreneurship “Walk of Fame” on Friday 9/18/11
At 1PM, collaborators from MIT, CIC, the Marion Ewing Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurship, several venture funds, the City of Cambridge, Ernst & Young and others will inaugurate the world's first "Walk of Fame" for entrepreneurs . The event, open to the public, will be held at the Kendall Square T stop in front of the Marriott Hotel's ...
Artists El Anatsui and Chihuli Bring Glass, Wood, Color, Imagination to Life
Artists Chihuly and El Anatsui bring to life beautiful worlds based on imagination and the seemingly-mundane.
Mr. Snowman: Neighborliness in Tough Times
Rather than engage in namecalling and derision, I’ll quit now –and simply thank whomever built Mr. Snowman for your neighborliness and sense of fun. You really brightened my day!
Art of Decay: Where Do We Go From Here?
In pondering the curators' decisions to highlight these artists, I can't help but conclude that they're making a statement about the current state of civilization, politics, and art. But I ask, where do we go from here?
ICA’s “Roni Horn AKA Roni Horn” a Must See AKA Must See
Not only is each work beautiful and provocative in itself--but the Roni Horn show as a whole, which integrates a multitude of media and art forms, brilliantly encorporates the artist's multiple talents and her understanding, and our own.
Essaydi's Les Femmes du Maroc a must-see.
In her large-format photos of women in chadors, and, sometimes, veils, Moroccan born Lalla Essaydi presents a beautiful and provocative challenge to perceptions about Muslim women going back centuries.
Wiseman's La Danse: Three-and-a-half stars
We ended up staying through to the end--partly because we wanted to take part in the question and answer session with the director, but mainly because, despite the film's length and some imperfections, we found it quite beautiful.
Shepard Fairey Revisited Again
On closer inspection, it becomes clear that Fairey has greatly transformed the photo, which he uses in a provocative interchange with the colors, images, slogans, stencils, newspaper clippings and other elements typical of (and original to) his work.
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