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Fixed/Fluxed

Far from Foolish: Family Fun at the Festival of Fools

// Audio/Visual, Current Exhibits, Exhibits, Music, Theatre, Uncategorized, Visual Arts

By Meghan Richter Image: "Festival Host BCA's Current Exhibition: Thu Kim Vu's Fixed/Fluxed" Driving through the green mountains of Vermont is always a treat, especially in the summer when the city of Burlington is vibrant with engaging activity. This past weekend’s temperatures were about 75 degrees on average, sunny and breezy — the perfect escape from the sweltering heat of Boston. I arrived in Burlington in time for the Festival of Fools, a yearly event that is produced by Burlington City Arts. The streets were decorated with multi- colored balls that were strung together in a circus- tent formation over the intersecting streets on Church. Up and down the street, and on the green at the corner of Church and Main streets, there were varied performances ranging from dance to live music and comedy acts. Street performers traveled from all over the northeast to share their … [Read more...] about Far from Foolish: Family Fun at the Festival of Fools

The Hub Theatre Company of Boston presents Israel Horowitz’s “6 Hotels” at Club Café in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Hub Theatre Company of Boston presents Israel Horowitz’s “6 Hotels” at Club Café

// Theatre

By James Foritano Boston, MA - I don’t remember seeing so many bodies strewn over a stage, in this case a small, intimate stage, unless, say, I was attending a Shakespearian tragedy — Hamlet comes bloodily to mind — as I recently saw at the Hub Theatre Company of Boston’s presentation of Israel Horowitz’s “6 Hotels” at Club Café. Perhaps more aptly, it seemed to reignite my own Cowboys and Indians fantasies from when, as a child of the 1950’s, I spotted a villain behind every bolster, slew them with arrow, bullet and war club, et al., only to resurrect them to tussle again. Such delicious slaughter I thought I had to put away with childish things, but now, as a man and roving critic, a little get-up-and-go and much good luck picked us off the sofa and transported myself and wife to a tight little production by the Hub Theater Company of six feisty playlets by Israel … [Read more...] about The Hub Theatre Company of Boston presents Israel Horowitz’s “6 Hotels” at Club Café