Arts
This week as we celebrate all things Dorchester, it’s appropriate to consider enterprising local artists who are displaying and selling their works in non-traditional venues at this time of year.
For example, this past weekend residents of the Boston... Read more
Nowadays you’d have to keelhaul most young playgoers to get them to see an “operetta.†But since a Gilbert and Sullivan classic has been repackaged as a rollicking musical, audiences are going overboard in praising the Huntington Theatre Company’... Read more
As they did last year, the Boston Children’s Chorus (BCC) will hold its end-of-the-year concert at the Strand Theater in Uphams Corner. Co-sponsored by the City of Boston, this special season-wrapping performance will take place Saturday, May 30 from 2... Read more
The Boston Home will host its sixth annual “At Home with the Arts†exhibition and sale on Sunday, May 31. The event will feature work by residents of the Boston Home, a Residence and Center for Care adults with advanced Multiple Sclerosis and other... Read more
Ball in the House: The Dot-based quintet made a big splash on the Today Show on Monday, May 17.The Dorchester-based R&B/Soul group Ball in the House won a Today Show talent competition on Monday — and a spot on the program “America’s Got Talentâ... Read more
In fall 2006, the Actors Shakespeare Project (ASP) wowed critics and audiences alike with its switcheroo Hamlet at the Strand Theater. The troupe, known for its inventive staging often in unconventional venues, put the audience onstage and used the house... Read more
Spring is the season for end-of-the-semester musicals, and troupes of talented kids and teens are currently executing tricky choreography and belting out showstoppers right here in Dorchester.
Annie: The cast of Annie! took the stage at St. Ann's in... Read more
Bike trail graffiti: A worker paints over a racist slogan along the Neponset bike trail near Butler Street MBTA station on Tuesday, April 28, 2009. Photo by Ed ForryVandals left a spray-painted trail of racist insults, swastikas and obscene images up and... Read more
Akiba Abaka: Director of the year for "In the Continuum"It is a classic case of an always-the-bridesmaid finally becoming a bride. Last Monday, Dorchester resident Akiba Abaka headed to the 12th annual presentation of the Independent Reviewers of New... Read more
Music and dance thematically link routines from around the world in “Play On,†the largely new 31st annual edition of the Big Apple Circus, currently at City Hall Plaza.
A few performances during the first half still need tuning up, like the singing... Read more
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