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Cambridge resident wins prestigious award for wildlife photography
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (274+ words) News | Features | Commentary | Calendar "At a time that the Trump administration is trying to roll back all these clean water protections, these images are just a reminder of the vitality of what restored rivers and wetlands can look like," Jackson…...
Your view: Photos from our community
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (123+ words) News | Features | Commentary | Calendar Eid-al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, a month when Muslims fast, worship, donate to charity and gather communally. Eid is a major Muslim holiday and this year families in the community gathered to celebrate together joyfully…...
Photography gallery's new approach of residency welcomes artists who are also first-timers
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (234+ words) by Claire Ogden | Nov 23, 2025 | Behold | 0 comments During the monthlong residency, artists had what Hopkins called the "gift of time" to explore materials and methods. They met weekly with Catherine LeComte Lecce, the PRC's director of exhibitions and programs, and had…...
A comedian turns a manic episode into a work of art in '300 Paintings"
6+ mon, 3+ day ago (451+ words) by Karenna Umscheid | Oct 5, 2025 | Theater | 0 comments Limor Garfinkle Sam Kissajukian's "300 Paintings" is a retold, not scripted, account of a manically creative episode. "The night before the show, I didn't know what to talk about, so I just put all the…...
Love poems and romantic histories are unearthed in Nicholas Boggs’ new Baldwin biography
7+ mon, 1+ day ago (101+ words) by Karenna Umscheid | Sep 7, 2025 | Read | 0 comments What's your favorite work of Baldwin's? What is the compelling thing about Baldwin and his work? What was the most unexpected thing you learned writing this book? What would you hope that readers take…...
Stunning images at Somerville Toy Camera fest, poetry from low-tech that might even lack a lens
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (160+ words) by Claire Ogden | Aug 31, 2025 | Behold | 0 comments Somerville Toy Camera Festival A Bilha Salomon self-portrait on display starting Saturday at the Somerville Toy Camera Festival. The Somerville Toy Camera Festival is back for another year starting Saturday, a multigallery exhibit embracing…...
In the ‘Great Learning’ walk-through installation, Gómez-Egaña captures our scattered modern life
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (215+ words) by Claire Ogden | Jul 20, 2025 | Behold | 0 comments Dario Lasagni A visitor walks through Pedro G'mez-Ega'a's "The Great Learning" at the MIT List Visual Arts Center in Cambridge. There's just one more week to see Pedro G'mez-Ega'a's "The Great Learning" at the…...
Bridge Gallery exhibits May Pang’s photographs of her ‘Lost Weekend’ period with John Lennon
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (154+ words) May Pang will be at the Bridge Gallery in North Cambridge with "Lost Weekend" photos from a period with John Lennon in the Los Angeles of the 1970s. Bridge Gallery A detail from "Father & Son" by May Pang shows John Lennon…...
With McBee as guide to millennial nostalgia, maybe you didn't have to be there to love it
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (386+ words) Podcaster and comic Charles McBee talks about the culture of the "80s and "90s with an enthusiasm and warmth that will draw anyone in. With McBee as guide to millennial nostalgia, maybe you didn"t have to be there to love it…...
Consider 'Contemporary Queer' at Gallery 263 a group exhibit that meets the moment
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (278+ words) by Claire Ogden | Jun 8, 2025 | Behold | 0 comments Claire Ogden Saul Xtopher's "Heaven Bound" is one of the inventive works in Gallery 263' "Contemporary Queer" exhibition. At their worst (and far too often), art exhibits are irrelevant to the public. They're a flex…...