Word: fortes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Five-year-old boys need lots of attention, and little Elian Gonzalez has been getting plenty since Thanksgiving morning, when fishermen found him lashed to an inner tube off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The boy and his mother Elizabet had fled their Cuban town of Cardenas three days before, along with 12 companions, in a small aluminum motorboat, which sank in heavy seas, drowning Elizabet and 10 of the others. After drifting for two days, Elian was rescued in good condition and is being cared for by relatives in Miami. But he cries out at night, fearing that...
...Revolving Museum came into being in 1984 when founder Jerry Beck and fellow artists transformed 12 abandoned railroad cars into a lively venue for visual and performance art. Luckily, they have since found lodgings in an abandoned warehouse in Fort Point large enough to accommodate two gallery spaces and 50 artists' studios. Despite such switches, this sporadically nomadic institution continues its commitment to sharing "adventurous" contemporary art with the general public through an admirable number of community outreach and school programs. Boasting an impressive roster of guest curators, The Revolving Museum also shows reliably interesting exhibitions by regional and member...
...Founded in 1977 and in Fort Point since 1983, Mobius is one of Boston's oldest alternative venues for art. Exhibitions by Mobius's own members as well as a range of regional, national and international artists rotate on a three-week schedule, while performances are held regularly on weekends. With art that runs the gamut from sound, video and installation pieces to spoken word and other genre-bending work, expect the unexpected and don't be surprised to stumble upon (and be asked to participate in) the occasional performance piece. Director Jed Speares, staff members and artists are uniformly...
...moment, a lot of alternative spaces are feeling shakier than usual about their futures due to impending development in the Fort Point area, currently home to Mobius, FPAC (Fort Point Art Community Gallery and Studios) and the Revolving Museum as well as nearly 500 artists. This part of Boston used to be a decaying area filled with block upon block of abandoned warehouses. Artists, attracted by the cheap rents and wide-open industrial spaces, began moving in in the early 1970s. However, artists are the unwilling shock troops of gentrification, followed into once-gritty neighborhoods by young professionals who drive...
...Saturday night, the World Wresting Alliance - they're the cheesy, third-string ones - came to the Fort Jackson Community Center for a Bob-Hope style troop show. Those who came got a bellyful of junk food and a lineup bristling with both has-beens (Honky Tonk Man, Doink the Clown, the latest incarnation of The Patriot, if you follow that sort of thing) and never-will...