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Photos: Boston's Combat Zone, Burlesque (NSFW)

Images from “Boston Combat Zone: 1969–1978” at Howard Yezerski Gallery and “Henry Horenstein: Show” at Walker Contemporary
Images from Boston's Combat Zone at Howard Yezerski Gallery and the "Henry Horenstein: Show" at Walker.
By PHOENIX STAFF | February 19, 2010

A walk on the wild side

The Combat Zone, plus burlesque, drag, cross-dressing, and the avant-garde
Everyone looks so weary in Howard Yezerski Gallery's gritty documentary photos of Boston's dear departed Combat Zone from 1969 to 1978. The year's still young, but this glimpse into our past from Roswell Angier, Jerry Berndt, and John Goodman may be one of the best shows of 2010.
By GREG COOK | February 16, 2010

Mesmerizations

Providence art: 2007 in review
Rhode Island confirmed why it’s the capital of New England art-making with two major developments in 2007.
By GREG COOK | December 18, 2007

Going underground

The hidden quality of the Providence art scene is a big part of what sets it apart
The project in which Michael Townsend and seven collaborators created a secret apartment at Providence Place began as an adventure in which four friends tried to live in the mall for a week.
By GREG COOK | October 10, 2007

Digging Providence on two wheels

Or, how a newcomer moved beyond Federal Hill and Waterfire
Before I came to Providence three years ago, my knowledge about the city could have fit in the palm of my hand.
By JESSICA KERRY | September 05, 2007

Monkey see, monkey do

Into the cute at the DeCordova
So thorough and deadpan is the joke that Catherine Chalmers pulls off in her ravishing color photographs of insects crawling across flowers they resemble that when I read the wall text I was sure there had been a mistake. Slideshow: Going Ape: Confronting Animals In Contemporary Art at DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
By CHRISTOPHER MILLIS | September 12, 2006