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Dr. Frankenstein’s famous exclamation from the 1931 classic film is now also the fitting title of a new exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem.
“It’s Alive” displays a trove of rare, vintage horror and sci-fi posters that s been passionately amassed over decades by a consummate collector, Kirk Hammett, lead guitarist for Metallica.
The PEM exhibit displays Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett other passion old movie posters. (Andrea Shea/WBUR)
The 54-year-old musician says the seeds for his creepy, but stunning poster collection were sown early.
“I’ve been obsessed with the horror movie genre ever since I was 5 years old,” he recalled. That’s when he encountered his gateway film “The Day of the Triffids,” a black-and-white 1962 spine-tingler about extraterrestrial plantlike creatures taking over. “From that moment on I was hooked,” Hammett said.
A dress probably attributed to Elizabeth Keckly which was worn by Mary Todd Lincoln from 1862-64. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
The business of fashion has been dominated by men for centuries. But a new exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem is celebrating pioneering women who ve influenced the industry s evolution. Among the more than 100 female designers represented is Elizabeth Keckly, a former enslaved person who against a myriad of odds went on to become Mary Todd Lincoln s dressmaker.
The exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum features an outfit designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri with a T-shirt, jacket and jeans from 2019. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
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A watch party and discussion for Rising Tides will open Greenbelt s 2021 Virtual Film & Lecture Series on Jan. 6.
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Nancy Pau, a wildlife biologist at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, will talk about climate change and coastal wildlife in an online program on Feb. 10.
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Series explores climate change and the coast
âLand, Sea, Community â Coastal Climate Resilienceâ is the focus of the 2021 Virtual Film & Lecture Series presented by the Essex County Greenbelt Association.
The lineup, featuring six events from Wednesday, Jan. 6, through Wednesday, March 24, focuses on the effect of climate change on coastal areas.
restitution of 26 artefacts to the Republic of Benin and one to Senegal. Speaking in the National Assembly on Thursday, the French culture minister Roselyne Bachelot described the move as ‘the culmination of a long process’ but stressed that the law allowing for the return of these artefacts sets no precedent for the return of others. The Senate had voted unanimously in favour of the bill’s first reading, but its amendment to set up a national council on restitution and to change the final wording was rejected by the National Assembly, which was able to pass its preferred version into law.