"Food for Thought" ArtBeat Parade

Minuteman Bike Path and Seven Hills Park

6:30pm

The Parade Lead by the Revolutionary Snake Emsemble ArtBeat kicks off with the 3nd annual ArtBeat parade celebrating this year's theme: "Food for Thought." The parade begins at Trum Field on Broadway and follows the Minute Man Bike Path into Davis Square's Seven Hills Park. People who would like to march in the parade should gather at Trum Field at 6 pm for staging. There will be giant marching fruits and veggies among other culinary characters. Feel free to join us: Paint your face, bring pots and pans and get creative with the theme!

7:30pm

The Jellyrollers After the parade rolls through the square into Seven Hills Park, the Jellyrollers will take the stage for a boisterous, bopping show. During the first number, "Great Big Brains," a giant piñata of a brain will be broken, releasing letters, icons and ideas.

More Music
and a "Food for Thought" Film Festival

Seven Hills Park and the Somerville Theater

8:30pm	The David James Motorcycle A band that defies precise categorization, the DJ Motorcycle churn out rock that is alternately tinged with blues, dreamy psychedelia and rootsy country in the tradition of Gram Parsons. The shifting, swirling pop is is driven by Dave Kuland's languid vocals and the riffs and gorgeous slide guitar of Arina Yalkowsky.
8pm	The Dinner Party: A Performance Piece A Fellini-esque feast taking place in the "Rose compass" Davis Square traffic island.
9:30pm	Food for Thought Film Festival Food is an inseparable component of daily life, an object of obsession, discussion, craving, disgust; a fetish; a ritual, a celebration, a form of artistic expression; or a sign of cultural identity. All these thoughts about food guided curators Alla Kovgan and Jeff Silva of Balagon Productions when combing through endless celluloid and video for this festival. The filmmakers of "Food for Thought" program will take you on the journey, exploring the cultural, political, artistic and personal phenomena of food through a variety of film genres. Among the filmmakers featured are Jan Svankmajer, Sam Green, Les Blank, Reynold Reynolds and others."