The Boston Traveler

This is a guest post from Mary Jo Manzanares, Travel & Culture Channel Editor and blogger at Flyaway Cafe
 
A couple hour drive west of Boston, nearly to the New York state line in Stockbridge, is the Norman Rockwell Museum. 
The site was Rockwell’s home for the last 25 years of his life, and was turned into a museum housing over 700 of his paintings, drawings and studies (the largest collection in the world), along with a huge collection of personal artifacts.
Rockwell is perhaps best known for his 321 Saturday Evening Post covers, with his first in 1916, “Boy with Baby …read more

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Boston-area Beatles fans, especially those who admire guitarist and singer John Lennon, have something to get excited about if they’re able to make it to Newton’s recently opened Hotel Indigo (399 Grove Street, Newton, 617-969-5300, 888-ART-1969) this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, June 28–29, from 11am to 6pm, Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono will present the two-day art exhibit Power to the People, a name shared by Lennon’s fourth single as a solo artist, released in 1971.
Billed as “a look into John’s life through his artwork,” the event will feature the largest collection of Lennon’s art on paper from the …read more

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Ahhh — another weekend in Boston, another art event, this time Boston Antiques Weekend.
On Saturday and Sunday, April 12–13, Seaport World Trade Center (200 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, 877-732-7678) will host the exhibition based on the idea that older is often better.
Art lovers who have an affinity for pretty, mature things, such as vintage clothing and textiles, will be able to browse to their heart’s content among the wares of 253 vendors scheduled to participate in three separate shows: The Boston Antiques Show, The Boston Antiquarian Book & Ephemera Fair, and The Boston Antique Textile & Vintage Fashion Show.
Seminars and discussion …read more

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Art lovers and aspiring art lovers have something interesting to look forward to this week in Boston. From April 3 through April 6, accomplished art promoters Tony Fusco and Robert Four will present AD20/21: Art & Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries.
Fusco and Four are well-known for their work producing the Boston International Fine Art Show (BIFAS), now in its twelfth year, and they’ll launch their latest joint effort at The Cyclorama (Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street, South End, 617-363-0405).
AD20/21 focuses on modern to contemporary art, with attention given to 21st century fine art and …read more

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All this weekend, starting tomorrow, the non-profit Society of Arts and Crafts will be presenting its annual CraftBoston extravaganza at South Boston’s Seaport World Trade Center (200 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, 877-732-7678).
The massive exhibition event is held on the last weekend of March each year in order to give national artists the opportunity to show their creations to interested individuals. This time around, 175 acclaimed artists will participate, bringing along their unique and limited (these aren’t factory-produced goods, after all) artistic work, which includes ceramics, furniture, and jewelry.
An especially nice touch is the craft show’s focus on non-profit organizations at …read more

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Boston has been hopping with all kinds of arts-related conventions and festivals of late. Just last weekend, Boston Comic Con was underway, and the weekend before that, area residents and visitors had the International Women’s Day Film Festival to enjoy.
This Saturday and Sunday, Hynes Convention Center (900 Boylston Street, Boston, 617-954-2000) will host yet another winning major event that is the largest of its kind in the northeastern United States. What else could I be speaking of but Anime Boston?
The annual Japanese animation convention began in 2003, under the auspices of the non-profit organization the New England Anime …read more

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Everybody who loves comics loves a comic convention, and today, Boston will host its own for the third year. Boston Comic Con, the largest such event in New England, takes place from 10am–5pm at the Back Bay Events Center (180 Berkeley Street, Boston, 617-236-1199). Admission is $8 for all but children 10 years old and under, who can attend for free.
Onboard for the comic-book and fantasy convention are a number of names recognizable to devoted comic-book fans. They include the Restoration Lab’s expert conservationist and restorer Susan Cicconi, renowned sword-and-sorcery artist Ken Kelly, Marvel Adventures and Mary …read more

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Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, making today a great time to begin getting in the mood for the amorous holiday. Although many associate it with romantic love for a partner or object of desire, love comes in many shapes, sizes, and forms, of course.
The Cambridge Art Association has hosted an annual celebration of the Art of Love for two decades. What makes this event unique is the artwork it showcases, all of which is created by the talented hands and minds of special needs children from numerous schools in the Greater Boston area.
Today from 2pm to …read more

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If you’re in the Boston area right now or intend to be soon, can’t stay away from the night life, and love art, then do I have an event for you. Sunday night marked the launch of Boston’s first ever Artweek, a seven-day extravaganza combining live music entertainment, free food and spirits, and—you guessed it—art, courtesy of local creative talent.
The undertaking geared toward an adult professional audience is sponsored by two familiar names on the Boston nightlife scene: Enrique Florendo and Tim Whitehair. Both promoters have been intimately involved with arts-oriented events in the Boston area in the …read more

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