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Arts This Week: 'Mindful,' 'Unveiled,' 'Shakespeare In Love'
This week, Jared Bowen dives into "Mindful: Exploring Mental Health Through Art" at Fuller Craft Museum and reviews "Unveiled," the one-woman play by… -
Are Protest Signs And Mementos Meaningful Trash Or Historical Treasures?
It’s been one year since the election of Donald Trump sparked a wave of grassroots public protests and demonstrations. Immediately following election day,… -
Break Dancing League Brings Fierce Competition To Local Youth
The athletic and funky style of dance that started in the 1970s in Bronx, New York is making its way to the global stage and attracting local youth. In… -
Arts This Week: 'Georgia O'Keeffe: Art, Image, Style,' 'Nicholas Nixon: Persistence of Vision,' 'Mark Tobey: Threading Light'
This week, Jared Bowen reviews the latest exhibitions at the Peabody Essex Museum, the Addison Gallery of American Art, and the Institute of Contemporary… -
Restoring North America's Longest Painting
Before there were movies, there were moving pictures; and in the mid-19th century, there were moving murals. One moving mural has been rediscovered and… -
Boston Seeks Artists For Memorial To Martin Luther King, Jr.
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is looking for an artist to create a memorial dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King.Walsh… -
A Welder's Way Of Teaching
Signing up for a class with Terrance Wong takes a certain degree of bravery.Not because the 29-year-old artist is harsh — he’s a pretty nice, soft-spoken… -
Arts This Week: 'ELF The Musical,' 'Man Of La Mancha,' 'Hold These Truths,' 'The Shape of Water'
This week, Jared Bowen reviews the best holiday theater in Boston and reviews Guillermo del Toro's latest film, "The Shape of Water.""ELF The Musical,"… -
Arts This Week: 'She Loves Me,' 'Leonardo da Vinci,' 'Annette Lemieux: Mise en Scène'
This week, Jared Bowen shares excerpts from his conversations with artist Annette Lemieux, the cast of "She Loves Me," and Walter Isaacson, author of a… -
The Mona, The Lisa And The 'Salvator Mundi'
It took about 20 minutes for four bidders to tap out in London last night, leaving only the winning bidder for Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi.”What’s…
