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

ArtBeat!
July 20-21, '07 - Davis Square

At the height of summer, artists and festival goers converge on Davis Square, transforming it into one of the areais largest and most innovative arts festivals. This year's ArtBeat theme is ArtBeast.


JULY 20 — ARTBEAT BY NIGHT

[Rain date: July 21, same times]

Parade Workshop, Seven Hills Park
6:00PM Beastly Mask Making workshop with Jen Flores
Park Stage, Seven Hills Park
6:00PM Bullock Brothers (gospel)
6:45PM Bennett Dance (modern dance)
7:15PM Young Republic (indie rock)
8:15PM Bon Savants (pop)
9:15PM Beastly Film Shorts
 

JULY 21 — ARTBEAT BY DAY

[Rain date: July 22, same times]

Park Stage, Seven Hills Park
11:30AM Beastly Parade (staging at 11:15)
12:00PM Revolutionary Snake Ensemble (funk & street brass)
12:45PM Grupo Chevere (merengue, bachata)
1:30PM Balla Kouyaté & World Vision (Malian)
2:30PM Hallelujah the Hills (indie pop/rock)
3:30PM El Mariachi Estampa de America
4:30PM

Everyday Visuals (pop)

 
Elm Street Stage
12:30PM Laura Bullock (folk)
1:30PM B for Brontosaurus (punk/folk rock)
2:30PM Boston Typewriter Orchestra (typewriter pop)
3:30PM Peter Parcek (blues)
4:30PM Shepherdess (rock)
 
Jimmy Tingle Theater
12:15PM Magpie Puppets
1:30PM Gloucester Hornpipe & Clog Society
2:30PM Behind the Mask
3:30PM Boston Hula Hoop Troop
 
Somerville Theater (Dance Showcase)
12:30PM Emily Beattie
1:30PM Indian Dance Showcase w/ Triveni; Aparna Sindhoor; Wendy Jehlen
3:00PM Mosaic Dance Body
4:00PM Monkey House
 
Elm Street Plaza
11:45AM Sunsetters
12:30PM DinoMan!
2:00PM Silver Swimmers
3:00PM Busking musicians (for remainder of festival)
 
McIntyre & Moore Booksellers (255 Elm Street)
2:00PM "WordPlay" literary reading
 
Statue Park & traffic islands in heart of festival
all day Add-to-Dragon public art project, Open Air Circus, Tufts Traveling Trunk, Beauty & the Fiber Beast Knitting Project, Twisted Animal Balloon making, Traffic Island Zoo, Piñata MonsterBash!, caged humans, Recreation Dept's Beastly Mask Making.
 
Other happenings throughout the festival
all day Over 90 craft vendors, community vendors,
 
 







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