Aesthetic encounters in the Boston area and sometimes beyond
Film (2012)
Directed by Ramin Bahrani
Written by Ramin Bahrani and Hallie Elizabeth Newton
With Zac Efron, Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham, Clancy Brown
Kendall Square Cinema, Cambridge, MA
A drama about the economic pull of monopolistic agribusiness on small farmers, and the consequences of its effects.
Play (2007)
by Lisa Loomer
Underground Railway Theater and
Catalyst Collaborative@MIT
Central Square Theater
Central Square
Cambridge, MA
May 9 – June 9, 2013,
A mostly comedic, frenetic treatment of attention deficit disorder, told from the perspective of a harried and fraught mother of a nine year old son who exhibits symptoms.
Play (2012)
by Gina Gionfriddo
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
May 24 – June 30, 2013
A searing comedy about lifestyle, ambition and relationship, featuring two women friends from graduate school, an aging mother, a feckless husband and a scarily insightful babysitter.
Sculptural Installations
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, NY
February 8–August 4, 2013
Large, mostly fabric-like, constructions consisting of mega amounts of garbage – bottlecaps, tin lids, etc. – wired together to produce dazzling, colorful, awe-inspiring constructions by El Anatsui, born in Ghana, now living and working in Nigeria.
Paintings
The Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, NY
April 5–July 28, 2013
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Oct 13, 2013 – Jan 20, 2014
An exemplary tour of Sargent’s watercolors from various periods and locales.
