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Honk Fest begins with Lantern Parades

The annual Honk Festival of activist street band performances began tonight with the Lantern Parades through the neighborhood around Davis Square in Somerville, Massachusetts. The festival — which features some 34 bands from as far away as Quebec City, Italy, Texas, New Mexico, Oakland and Seattle — continues through Oct. 8.

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The 2012 Honk Fest continued on Saturday. And our photos of Honk 2011, Honk 2010, Honk 2009, Honk 2008 and Honk 2007.

Photos by The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research.

Pictured above, at top and immediately below: Leftist Marching Band of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Pictured above and all below: Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band of Somerville, Massachusetts.

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Lynda Barry, Oct. 2, 2008.
Eleanor Callahan and Barbara, Nov. 11, 2008.

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Brian Chippendale, May 16, 2008, part one and two.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Sept. 23, 2008.
Chuck Close, Nov. 1, 2007.
Gregory Crewdson, Oct. 29, 2008.
Lynda Hartigan of the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, July 16, 2008.
Anish Kapoor, May 27, 2008.
Dennis Kois, director of DeCordova Museum, June 9, 2008.
Ernest Morin, July 21, 2008.
Dan Moynihan, Brookline cartoonist and illustrator Oct. 8, 2009.
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Gary Panter, April 11, 2008, and Sept. 20, 2006.
Martha Rosler, Nov. 21, 2008.
Stefan Sagmeister, April 25, 2008.
Neil Salley of the Musée Patamécanique in Bristol, Rhode Island, Aug. 16, 2007.
Jon Sarkin, July 31, 2008.
Peter Schumann of Bread and Puppet Theater (pictured above), Aug. 12, 2008, part one, two and three; Jan 23, 2008, part one and two.
Richard Serra, June 1, 2008.
Rachel Whiteread, Oct. 14, 2008.

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