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PHOTOGRAPHY BY COURTESY OF SHINOLA Shinola chic! Motor City hits Boston in the form of exclusive, American-made watches, bicycles, candles—you name it—at the Shinola Boutique at the Prudential Center. CULTURE OVERLOAD! MASS YOGA, HAUTE OPENINGS, SPECTACULAR ART: HERE ARE BOSTON'S SIX CAN'T-MISS EVENTS THIS SEASON. BY KELLY ANDERSON LET IT RAIN Step into MassArt's new Design and Media Center and look up—Rainfield (2016) hangs above. From artist Daniel Clayman, the site-specific installation of more than 10,000 handmade glass water droplets was built with the help of 18 MassArt students. "Just from an aesthetic standpoint, I think it is beautiful," says Clayman. "The light in the atrium is ever-changing." 621 Huntington Ave., 617-879- 7000; massart.edu/rainfield RIGHT ON TIME Boston, meet Detroit. Made-in-the- Motor-City lifestyle brand Shinola has finally made its way to Boston, bringing its upscale watches, notebooks, and bicycles to a Prudential Center boutique. "We have had a very positive response since opening in Boston," says president Jacques Panis. "This is a community we know has discerning taste." The Shops at Prudential Center, 617-262-3400; shinola.com ASHES TO ASHES There are two sides to every story, and in Steve McQueen's video installation Ashes (2002–2015), two sides of a film are split between one room. "The story that's told is very beautiful," says ICA curator Dan Byers of the film that follows a fisherman to his unexpected fate. "And it's told through a beautiful use of lyrical video." The US debut of a Venice Biennale favorite, Ashes marks the first time in BOSTONCOMMON-MAGAZINE.COM 55 SCENE | STYLE | SPACE EVERYBODY'S TALKIN G ABOU T...