{"id":7033,"date":"2018-04-22T22:40:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T02:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=7033"},"modified":"2018-04-24T10:33:04","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T14:33:04","slug":"starting-over-festival-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2018\/04\/22\/starting-over-festival-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: ‘Starting Over Festival’ In Somerville"},"content":{"rendered":"

I want to thank everyone who helped make and\/or joined us for the \u201cStarting Over Festival”<\/a> at Somerville’s Quincy Street Open Space today. The city’s tiniest urban wild served as the site of the Arbor Day and Earth Day festival that I organized with the Somerville Arts Council. The festival\u2019s title is meant to evoke the new beginnings of spring as well as turning over a new leaf socially and politically.<\/p>\n

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\"Planting<\/a>
Planting a tree at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Planting<\/a>
Planting a tree with City of Somerville Urban Forestry and Landscape Planner Vanessa Boukili at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Planting<\/a>
Planting a tree at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Worm<\/a>
Worm found while planting a tree during the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Planting<\/a>
Planting a tree with City of Somerville Urban Forestry and Landscape Planner Vanessa Boukili (right) at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Eddy<\/a>
Eddy Toussaint Tontongi, a Haitian immigrant, read his poem responding to Donald Trump\u2019s insults of his homeland at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Eddy<\/a>
Eddy Toussaint Tontongi, a Haitian immigrant, read his poem responding to Donald Trump\u2019s insults of his homeland at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Eddy<\/a>
Eddy Toussaint Tontongi, a Haitian immigrant, read his poem responding to Donald Trump\u2019s insults of his homeland at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Spoken-word<\/a>
Spoken-word poet Marshall Gillson performs at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jef<\/a>
Jef C. Taylor (center in green hat) leads a nature walk at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jef<\/a>
Jef C. Taylor (right) leads a nature walk at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jef<\/a>
Jef C. Taylor found insects while leading a nature walk at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jef<\/a>
Jef C. Taylor (kneeling center) leads a nature walk at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Andy<\/a>
Andy Pepper installs his sculpture “Timber” at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Visitors<\/a>
Visitors chat with Rajiv Raman (right), who designed a subway-style map of the park. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Festival<\/a>
Festival co-organizer Nina Eichner helps paint mosaic-style animals designed by muralist Liz LaManche at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Painting<\/a>
Painting mosaic-style animals designed by muralist Liz LaManche at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Painting<\/a>
Painting mosaic-style animals designed by muralist Liz LaManche (right) at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Painting<\/a>
Painting mosaic-style animals designed by muralist Liz LaManche at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Painting<\/a>
Painting mosaic-style animals designed by muralist Liz LaManche at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Painting<\/a>
Painting mosaic-style animals designed by muralist Liz LaManche (in red at right) at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Painting<\/a>
Painting mosaic-style animals designed by muralist Liz LaManche at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bird<\/a>
Bird mask made with artist Kari Percival (center) at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Making<\/a>
Making bird masks with artist Kari Percival (right) at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bird<\/a>
Bird costume made with artist Kari Percival at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bird<\/a>
Bird mask made with artist Kari Percival at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bird<\/a>
Bird costume made with artist Kari Percival at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bird<\/a>
Bird costume made with artist Kari Percival at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bird<\/a>
Bird mask made with artist Kari Percival at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cartoonist<\/a>
Cartoonist Ansis Purins (left) with his banner-mural (and Jennifer Aubin) at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Learning<\/a>
Learning about worm-bin composting from Groundwork Somerville at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Starting<\/a>
Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Marshall<\/a>
Marshall Gillson (from left), Eddy Toussaint Tontongi and Greg Cook at the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"City<\/a>
City of Somerville Urban Forestry and Landscape Planner Vanessa Boukili waters a newly planted tree at the end of the Starting Over Festival, Somerville, April 22, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""Starting<\/a>
“Starting Over Festival” poster by Kari Percival.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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