by David | May 12, 2008 | culture, media, urbanism
I set out with intrepid museum buddies A and L last rainy Sunday for the tenth annual Somerville Open Studios. Like us, the SOS has expanded with age. There were 350 artists and 120 sites across Somerville. We chose to start with Vernon Street Studios, two large...
by David | May 9, 2008 | culture, media, photo, urbanism
Still trying to catch up on blogging all the art stuff I’ve been doing. The weekend before last, I ran into photographer and JP real estate macher Andy Brilliant at a “photo brunch” party in Brookline. He turned me on to an event happening that same...
by David | May 7, 2008 | culture, urbanism
I set out on a beautiful spring night with a nearly full moon a week ago Thursday to troll some Newbury street galleries with the Young Members of DeCordova (YMOD) and my frequent museum buddy L. We began at Gallery NAGA, where the work of John Eric Byers was on view,...
by David | Apr 30, 2008 | culture
Today is Koninginnedag, a Dutch holiday celebrating the queen’s birthday. Sure, we’re a little royal-starved here in the USA, but here’s a good reason to observe Queen’s Day: Oranjegekte. Oranjegekte means “orange craziness” or...
by David | Apr 28, 2008 | culture, reading & writing
I used to think people who scoured the access logs on their personal web sites were a little odd. I know why you’d do that for work, but why do it on your own time? Well, now I’m one of them. And while looking over a list of recent limereaders, I found...
by David | Apr 26, 2008 | culture, urbanism
Why is there a giant duck outside Cambridge City Hall right now? A. Cambridge opens its gates to admit the Trojan Duck B. A giant rubber duck admonishes Cantabrigians to reduce litter to keep local waters clean C. The city of Cambridge finally recognizes Duck Day as a...
