sprout spaghetti dinner, Wed 5/5 - Performance and Spectacle in Public Space

[ron_newman]

The theme for this month's sprout spaghetti dinner is Performance and Spectacle in Public Space. It will be happening just outside of Davis Square at sprout (339R Summer St.) on Wednesday May 5 with dinner at 7:30pm and performances beginning at 8. A $10 suggested donation will help us cover expenses.

Our performers include the following artists, thinkers, and doers ::

- Milan Kohout (http://bit.ly/b1ZtIY) is a member of the Mobius artists' group. He is a political street performer as well as a visual artist. Originally from the Czech Republic, he now teaches Tufts University and performs in the Boston area.

- John Bell is a co-founder of the HONK! Festival (http://honkfest.org) in Davis Square as well as the NYC-based theater company Great Small Works (http://greatsmallworks.org)--as well as a co-organizer of these dinners! He will be taking a historical perspective on the theme, looking at how our relationship to public space and performance in that space has changed over time.

- kanarinka, a.k.a. Catherine D'Ignazio, an artist and educator, will discuss her project It takes 154,000 breaths to evacuate Boston (http://bit.ly/cnAqnk), and examine the role that fear can play in public space, especially in the form of public transport awareness campaigns, terror simulations in public space, and so on.

Please, let us know if you have any questions at spaghetti@thesprouts.org or 617.575.9219 with any questions.

-shaunalynn duffy, john bell, and dave morgan [copied from an e-mail they sent me today]

Comments

[maelithil.livejournal.com]

Can I ask that you guys keep it down after 10pm, please? My boyfriend lives right next to you and man, it's been inconsiderately loud.

[ron_newman]

I'm not part of the sprouts -- I'm just posting a notice I got from them in my e-mail. You should send your complaint or request to spaghetti@thesprouts.org or shduff.

[maelithil.livejournal.com]

I figured they might see it over here too, but I'll email them as well.

[aresnickety.livejournal.com]

Hi! My name's Alec, and I work with Shaunalynn at sprout. I'm awfully sorry that it's been too loud, we try to keep it down, especially after 10-10:30PM, since we know we're pretty fortunate to be able to host events like the spaghetti dinner in the first place.

For what it's worth, you guys should always feel free to either drop us a line by email <us@thesprouts.org> or swing by to talk. . .I'd be interested to find out if it was people talking, or a particular part of a talk, or music, or what which was too loud. If you'd prefer to email or call me, feel free: <alec@thesprouts.org>, 617.229.5036.

Again, our apologies for the inconvenience--we'll definitely work harder to keep it down, especially since the summer months mean people usually wander outside during the events =)