Arts & Culture

Provincetown's Womencrafts has long been a safe space for residents and tourists alike. And its role is even more important today.

A West End resident saw a trio of ghost signs and wondered how to bring them to back to life. He tracked down a local business that one of the old signs belonged to and convinced them and the West End Museum to partner and pay sign painters to restore them.

Gonzalez, a Colombian immigrant comedian, brought cultural connection and levity to the immigrant experience through his stand-up set at the New York Comedy Club in Stamford. In a time of political polarization, Gonzalez said humor can help build bridges between people.

A recycling nonprofit, though its New Bedford warehouse, puts used nets, ropes, and other marine debris in the hands of local artists.

For Earth week, Maine Public's Molly Enking sat down with Meghan Sterling, poet laureate of Gardiner, Maine, to discuss how writing poetry helps her process emotions and get in a headspace to take action.

At least 5 New England writers including Cassandra Clare, author of the "Mortal Instruments" series which was turned into a Netflix show participated in the book convention, which is back after a 6-year hiatus.

Paintings and other museum collection objects are sensitive to heat, humidity and sudden shifts in temperature — that's why museums have traditionally followed strict climate controls to protect their collections. But energy costs and climate impacts are prompting some museums to rethink their approach.

Evelyn Avoglia and the people gathered inside of the worship space are rehearsing songs to sing weekly, as a form of protest, outside of the Stamford-Norwalk superior courthouse in downtown Stamford.

Emory Pineo and his son restore rare 1800s stoves, some used in Hollywood films and sought after for off-grid living

The annual “Hanging Nasturtiums” tradition is a harbinger of hope for winter’s end at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Gardner herself started cultivating the delicate, flowering tendrils with her horticulturalists in the early 1900s.