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Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Somerville Arts Council invite you to...

ArtBeat!
July 14-16, '05 - Davis Square

At the height of summer, artists and festival goers converge on Davis Square, transforming it into one of the area’s largest and most innovative arts festivals. This year’s ArtBeat theme is Mix & Mash.


July 14 Mash Forum
Somerville Library, 79 Highland Ave.
6-8PM A panel discussion on sampling, “mashups,” and “fair use” copyright laws vis a vis the arts. Panelists include DJ C, photographer Gary Duehr and Somerville librarian Ellen Rauch

July 15 ArtBeat by Night [Rain date: July 16, same times]
Park Stage, Seven Hills Park
6:00PM Lyrical, DJ Rugged One and Somerville Youth
7:00 The Stumbleweeds (country/rockabilly)
8:00 A multi-media extravaganza with Ad Frank and Co.
9:45 Wayne & Wax (deejay and mashologist)
 
Davis Square Plaza
6:30PM Kitsune/Butoh Dance performance (until 8:30)

July 16 ArtBeat by Day [Rain date: July 17]
11:30AM Mix/MashParade! Elm and Holland streets, ends on Park stage; lead by Mdrumming (Brazilian)
   
Park Stage, Seven Hills Park
12:00PM Banda Jilo (Brazilian forró music)
1:00 Brass Roots (brass/Carribbean)
2:00 Andrea Gillis (blues/rock)
3:00 Alto Reform School (soul/funk)
4:00 Jimmy Ryan (country/roots)
5:00 Emergency Music (pop)
 
Elm Street Stage
12:30PM Humanimals (part human, part animal minstrels)
1:15 International Pen Pal (pop)
2:15 Rachel McCartney (folk)
3:15 Choo Choo La Rouge (pop/rock)
4:15 Los Nitidos (music from central & south America)
 
Jimmy Tingle Theater
1:00PM City Stage present “Folktales Near & Far”
2:30 Auddity present “A Factory Suite”
3:30 Somerville writers present: A Literary Mashup
 
Elm Street Plaza
1:00PM Al-Jawary Al-Hessan Bellydancers
2:00 Keeping it Cool Culinary Demo
3:00 Theatre@First: Three one-act plays
4:00 Potato Mash
 
Other happenings throughout the festival
all day Subversive Choppers Urban League, the Open Air Circus, Tufts Traveling Trunk performances for children, knitting workshops and a footprint factory.







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