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Javan believes that the exhibition has been very successful, noting in particular how college students have reacted to the pieces: “Some [Boston University] students who came to the show said, ‘You know, that show really taught us something.’” She speculates that the potency of the exhibit stems from its directness. “It inspires as to what else you can do with printmaking,” she says. The exhibition’s exploration of the nature of life in Cuba today also helps lend it educational...
Over 140 years later, the creativity of burlesque has made a return farther up the coast in Boston, whose rich downtown theater district had, by the 1960s, devolved into “The Combat Zone”—a red light district of adult entertianment known for the sort of smutty striptease taht the world “burlesque” has been known to bring to mind. With the very popular holiday burlesque “The Slutcracker” now selling out shows at the Somerville Theatre and burlesque performances popping up around the area?...
...exhibition has an important ability to inform the Boston area about lesser-known artists who have little opportunity or ability to publicize themselves. Additionally, Javan says, “Something like this isn’t going to come around for a while,” again citing restrictions on Cuban artists’ mobility and ability to introduce their artwork into America. “Making Connections: Contemporary Cuban Printmakers” offers an opportunity to engage with a culture that rarely gets publicized in America from a new perspective. “We’re bringing exposure...
...Burlesque show is an unusual beast in that it’s neither a ballet—100% dance—or a play,” says Alex “Scratch” Newman, manager of the established burlesque troupe Boston Babydolls. “There’s dance elements to it and less of a plot. It’s a balancing act and it’s a skill to pull together a good burlesque show...
Those pasties—stickers carefully placed over a topless woman’s nipples during some types of performances, typically burlesque—would not be the last to come through that theater space this year. On December 4, the Boston Babydolls will fill the space with “V for Vixen,” a U.S.O.-style burlesque tribute to the nation’s armed forces, and talks are in the works of bringing more of the art form to the space on Arrow Street...