{"id":12705,"date":"2019-07-12T08:49:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T12:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=12705"},"modified":"2019-07-12T08:54:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T12:54:13","slug":"artbeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2019\/07\/12\/artbeat\/","title":{"rendered":"ArtBeat Somerville: Wonderland\u2019s Totally Biased Guide To This Weekend&#8217;s Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The theme of this Saturday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/somervilleartscouncil.org\/artbeat\/2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArtBeat <\/a>festival from the our friends at the Somerville Arts Council is \u201cConsumed,\u201d inviting you to \u201cinvestigate how artists and climate activists can collaborate in ways that encourage all of us to consume less, affect positive change, and have fun along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The annual festival runs from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. July 13 in Somerville\u2019s Davis Square. It features music, dance, craft vendors, food, community organizations, yoga and poetry. There\u2019s a Parts and Crafts\u2019 mini Fixer Fair and a clothing swap with Mendi\u2019s Boston. Make art about global warming. Learn about herring populations on the Mystic River. Find out how our collective habits impact the environment and contribute to global warming at the Consumption Data Lab from Somerville\u2019s Office of Sustainability and Environment and the Arts Council.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please support Wonderland by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/wonderlandlandfanclub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contributing to Wonderland on Patreon<\/a>. And <a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up for our free, weekly newsletter<\/a> so that you don&#8217;t miss any of our reporting.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Highlights:<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12707\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12707\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/picWenYuBabyVirusMockupW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12707\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/picWenYuBabyVirusMockupW-1024x714.jpg\" alt=\"Digital sketch of how Wen Yu's inflatable sculpture &quot;Baby Virus&quot; will appear at the 2019 Somerville ArtBeat in Davis Square. (Wen Yu)\" width=\"900\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/picWenYuBabyVirusMockupW-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/picWenYuBabyVirusMockupW-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/picWenYuBabyVirusMockupW-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/picWenYuBabyVirusMockupW-370x258.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/picWenYuBabyVirusMockupW.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Digital sketch of how Wen Yu&#8217;s inflatable sculpture &#8220;Baby Virus&#8221; will appear at the 2019 Somerville ArtBeat in Davis Square. (Wen Yu)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>All day: \u201cBaby Virus\u201d in Davis Square<\/h3>\n<p>Wen Yu\u2019s 12-foot tall inflatable sculpture suggests how global warming is \u201caffecting the disease landscape and possibly bringing ancient dormant viruses under the permafrost soils back to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jHgMvuSgQhg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>1 p.m. Luminarium Dance at Somerville Theater Dance Showcase, 55 Davis Square (repeats at 2:30 p.m.)<\/h3>\n<p>The Boston company performs \u201c8.7 Million Minus 1,\u201d integrating classical Odissi Indian dance, modern dance and shadow theatre to illuminate the effects of human waste and pollution on our planet\u2019s ecosystems.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hjMJfGdFjZU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>1:30 p.m. Red Shaydez on Elm St. Stage<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cRed Shaydez is so cool that you probably will get flustered in her presence,\u201d Nina Cocoran wrote about the Boston rapper Red Shaydez in DigBoston last year. Her latest EP is \u201cChillin\u2019 in the Shade.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSunriseBoston%2Fvideos%2F703378960083922%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=267\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>2:30 p.m. Sunrise Movement at Davis Square\u2019s Statue Park plaza<\/h3>\n<p>Sunrise Boston, the youth-led activist group fighting global warming, presents a \u201cperformance of personal narrative about the impacts of the climate crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pXw4xfJxUlg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>3:30 p.m. Lily Black on Elm St. Stage<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cYou can try, but you can\u2019t cover it up,\u201d Lilly Senna sings on Boston punk-ska-pop band Lily Black\u2019s latest ep \u201cCover It Up.\u201d \u201c\u2026 You and me, we\u2019ll dance the night the way. Let the music carry you away. Come with me and we\u2019ll run away.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UEfwbSvGp4Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>4:30 p.m. El Huateque on Elm St. Stage<\/h3>\n<p>A new Boston band playing Son Jarocho music suffused with memories of the workers, fisherman, flora and fauna of Veracruz, Mexico,\u00a0where the style originates.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vcTfqs0YXbo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>5:30 p.m. ArtBeat Parade with Grooversity!<\/h3>\n<p>The drummers of Grooversity lead the festival parade from the Elm Street Stage down Elm Street to the main stage in Seven Hills Park. The parade also features climate activists and the Fine Art Super Heroes. All are welcome to join in\u2014meetup at the Elm Street Stage at 5:20 p.m.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YFmzz9eUHro\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>8 p.m. The Sun Parade at Seven Hills Park<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe guys can harmonize like the Beach Boys on acid,\u201d Jed Gottlieb wrote about the Northampton psych rock\/pop band\u00a0in the Boston Herald last year. &#8220;They can push out power chords with the fury of a \u201970s stoner rock act. They sound like the psychedelic \u201960s, the indie \u201980s, and the electro-pop boom of the aughts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oaga4qnLGck\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>9 p.m. Cliff Notez at Seven Hills Park<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cGood riddance, I gave all my fucks away,\u201d raps Cliff Notez, winner of the 2018 Boston Music Award for \u201cNew Artist of The Year,\u201d on \u201cGood Riddance.\u201d The Boston artist raps about racism, oppression, black mental health and black identity while also trying to build community through events like <a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2019\/05\/22\/boston-answering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Boston Answering.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please support Wonderland by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/wonderlandlandfanclub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contributing to Wonderland on Patreon<\/a>. And <a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up for our free, weekly newsletter<\/a> so that you don&#8217;t miss any of our reporting.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The theme of this Saturday\u2019s ArtBeat festival from the our friends at the Somerville Arts Council is \u201cConsumed,\u201d inviting you to \u201cinvestigate how artists and climate activists can collaborate in ways that encourage all of us to consume less, affect positive change, and have fun along the way.\u201d The annual festival runs from 11 a.m. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,119],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12705"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12721,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12705\/revisions\/12721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}