A FREE one-day celebration of the arts along the banks of the Charles River—featuring jazz, folk, Latin and world music performances, dance, art demonstrations, family art-making activities and over 100 specialty food purveyors and craftspeople!

Along a mile-long stretch of Memorial Drive between JFK Street & Western Avenue. Between Harvard Square & Central Square. Neatest T Station: Harvard Square / Handicapped accessible

SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCES & ARTIST WORKSHOPS

PERFORMERS' BIOGRAPHIES

STAGE 1 :: CREATE STAGE – JAZZ MUSIC
By the Weld Boathouse at JFK Street
Performers selected by Real Deal Jazz Club at the Multicultural Arts Center
Hosted by Eric Jackson and Ron Gill, WGBH 89.7FM

12pm Stan Strickland
1pm Dominique Eade
2pm Sergio Brandão and His Brazilian Jazz Ensemble: Manga Rosa
3pm Mili Bermejo
4pm Charlie Kolhase’s Explorer's Club
5pm Nicole Nelson & Dwight Ritcher

STAGE 2 :: FAMILY & CHILDREN
Memorial Drive at Plympton Street (Harvard University Side)
Hosted by Vanessa Trien, local singer-songwriter

12pm De Ama Battle and The Art of Black Dance and Music - African-rooted dance
1pm Behind the Mask Theater
2pm OrigiNation
3pm Ricardo Frota & Sound Play Productions
4pm Guy Mendilow Band
5pm Chu Ling Dance

STAGE 3 :: CONNECT STAGE – FOLK MUSIC
Weeks Footbridge at DeWolfe Street
Performers selected by the Passim Folk Music & Cultural Center
Hosted by Matthew Smith and Darlington Howland, Passim Folk Music & Cultural Center
12pm Session Americana
1pm Rose Polenzani & Session Americana
2pm The Resophonics
3pm Adam Ezra
4pm Anne Heaton
5pm Alastair Moock & Pastures of Plenty

STAGE 4 :: ENGAGE STAGE – DANCE PERFORMANCE & INSTRUCTION
Memorial Drive across from Flagg Street
Hosted by Alice Hunter, Cambridge-based choreographer and instructor

12pm José Mateo Ballet Theatre
1pm MIT’s Folk Dance Club - Contra dance
2pm Mavi Dance - International folk dance group
3pm Superchief Trio – Lindy Bomb
4pm OrigiNation - Hip-Hop
5pm Mladost Folk Ensemble - International folk dance group

STAGE 5 :: INSPIRE STAGE – THEATER PERFORMANCES
Corporal Burns Park (Memorial Drive and Flagg Street)
Hosted by Lace Campbell, Artistic Director of Beyond the 4th Wall

12pm Beyond Acting Out! - Teen Troupe
1pm Underground Railway Theater - Excerpts from QED
1:20pm Beyond the 4th Wall - Excerpts from WILLY WONKA
1:40pm Monica Raymond
2pm NORA Theatre
2:20pm South City Theatre - Mosaic
2:40pm Beyond the 4th Wall - Excerpts from INTO THE WOODS
3pm Improv Boston
3:30pm Free Raffle for tickets to local theaters
4pm Monica Raymond
4:20pm Beyond Acting Out! - Adult Troupe
4:40pm South City Theatre - Mosaic
5pm Central Square Theater - Excerpts from COMING UP FOR AIR
5:20pm Improv Boston
5:50pm Free Raffle for tickets to local theaters

ART DEMONSTRATIONS & INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS

GLASS-BLOWING
Memorial Drive near the Weld Boathouse
Demonstrations by Diablo Glass School

CAMBRIDGE OPEN STUDIO ARTISTS
Memorial Drive at the Weeks Footbridge
Visual artists from North Cambridge All Arts Open Studios (NoCa), Cambridgeport Artists Open Studios (CAOS), and Essex Street Studios will give collage and watercolor demonstrations and instruction

CERAMICS PROGRAM, HARVARD OFFICE OF THE ARTS
Memorial Drive at the Weeks Footbridge
Demonstrations and instruction from the Ceramics Program of the Office for the Arts at Harvard University
Host: Nancy Selvage, Program Director and sculptor

POETRY
Weeks Footbridge at DeWolfe Street
Poetry readings and activities
Host: Peter Payack, Cambridge’s Poet Populist

PAINT FOR PEACE
Memorial Drive at Flagg Street
Paint doves for Sidewalk Sam’s “Neighborhood Dove Project”
Host: Sidewalk Sam

CAMBRIDGE WOMEN & GIRLS
Memorial Drive at the Weeks Footbridge
Community Art Center’s exhibition, “The Recognized Girl”; Ellen Driscoll’s public art project Filament/Firmament for the Cambridge Public Library; and the Cambridge Women’s Heritage Database
Host: Kimberly Sansoucy, Director of Cambridge’s Commission for Women

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