BOSTON – This week, pedestrians strolling past the Milk Street Café outside Post Office Square downtown might be taken aback by giant, round faces peeking out at them from the windows. Some have a message to communicate, and others just want to share a wave.
"Giants," an exhibit by multimedia artist Susannah Lawrence, has been featured dozens of times around Boston for more than a decade – but each showing is unique, aiming to transform the people shown into monumental images with a message. At the café, the nearly 100 participants are from the New Center for Art and Culture, a Jewish art center based in Newton.
BOSTON – The State House filled with traditional Judaic music Monday as a giant 18-foot-high menorah stood over the joyous crowd. "Oseh Shalom," sung by local students of the Schechter Day School, brought the message of peace to an appreciative audience.
Gov. Charlie Baker joined House Speaker Robert DeLeo, Senate Majority Leader Harriette Chandler of Worcester and Rabbi Rachmiel Liberman of Congregation Lubavitch Synagogue as they rode a scissor lift to reach the lights of the huge menorah.
