{"id":8224,"date":"2018-08-15T07:59:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T11:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=8224"},"modified":"2018-09-07T16:12:25","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T20:12:25","slug":"as220-foo-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2018\/08\/15\/as220-foo-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonderland&#8217;s Totally Biased Guide To AS220\u2019s Foo Fest This Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foofest.as220.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AS220\u2019s Foo Fest<\/a>\u2014the annual street shindig outside the alternative art space\u2019s building on 115 Empire St. in Providence\u2014is this Saturday, Aug. 18, from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. It features lots and lots of music (rap to metal to sci-fi synthwave), a parade with fest artist-in-residence Keri King, weaving on a loom, wrestling, art making with the Providence Comics Consortium and The Steel Yard, food and various other vendors. Below is my totally biased guide to what to see at Foo. (My sweetheart <a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2017\/08\/14\/kari-percival-greg-cook-foo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kari Percival and I were Foo Fest artists-in-residence last year<\/a>.) Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the gate.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7JmvL8KWWDo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Pere Ubu<\/strong><br \/>\nThe influential avant garage band, born in Cleveland in 1975, headlines the festival.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2715520916\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wearefine.bandcamp.com\/album\/thanks\">(thanks) by FINE.<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>2:30 to 3 p.m. FINE. <\/strong><br \/>\nAn amazing Providence queercore duo featuring Ly Barber on drums and Iz Dungan on guitar and vocals.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8222\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8222\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/picKeriKingFoo2018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8222\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/picKeriKingFoo2018-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Larry Zagorsky (left) and Keri King create the photo booth for AS220's 2018 Foo Fest. (Photo: Erin X. Smithers)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/picKeriKingFoo2018-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/picKeriKingFoo2018-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/picKeriKingFoo2018-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/picKeriKingFoo2018-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/picKeriKingFoo2018.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larry Zagorsky (left) and Keri King create the photo booth for AS220&#8217;s 2018 Foo Fest. (Photo: Erin X. Smithers)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>1 to 5 p.m. Crowns &amp; Costumes &amp; Parade with Artist-in-Residence Keri King<\/strong><br \/>\nYou probably remember Foo Fest Artist-in-Residence <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kerikingstudio.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keri King<\/a>, who resides at AS220, from the pasteup murals of cavorting critters that she created for the 2017 Pawtucket Arts Festival and the 2016 PVDFest. She also recently wrapped up a yearlong creative fellowship at the Providence Public Library. Beginning at 1 p.m. at Foo, King and friend Carmel Dundon will host \u201cCrowns &amp; Costumes\u201d art activities for children and families. Then they\u2019ll gather folks for an \u201cAstronaut Rally\u201d at 4 p.m., immediately followed by a 4:30 p.m. parade featuring art made by the children during the day.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vYNolZGFyNQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>10:00 to 10:45 p.m. Rah Digga <\/strong><br \/>\nNew Jersey-born rapper, model and actress (born Rashia Fisher) is well known as a longtime member of the Flipmode Squad, the hip hop squad led by Busta Rhymes, as well as for her solo stylings.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/byRI0gohf7g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>6:30 to 7:00 p.m. La Neve <\/strong><br \/>\nThe latest offering from Providence&#8217;s Joey DeFrancesco, the Downtown Boys guitarist and composer and Malportado Kids producer, is a \u201cbedroom electro pop\u201d (says Allston Pudding) and drag performance decrying decaying working standards, condemning artists who uphold the status-quo, and proclaiming an urgent need for action.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X0Q1wEQez9U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>8:30 to 9 p.m. Rectrix<\/strong><br \/>\nDirt Palace co-founder Pippi Zornoza\u2019s clanking, howling, horror movie solo performance project of \u201cweaponized sound.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GdPXfcULoS0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>3:30 to 4 p.m. Lookers<\/strong><br \/>\nThe \u201cdark pop super group from Providence\u201d features members from Ravi Shavi, The Low Anthem, Thug Honey, and Sweetpea Pumpkin.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/59CVhetuU0I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Live Pro(v) Wrestling<\/strong><br \/>\nThe monthly wrestling brawl at AS220\u2019s Black Box Theatre brings its battles to the street for Foo\u2014featuring \u201ca telekinetic meta-human-supervillain built in a mad scientist\u2019s laboratory, a tuna with a wicked Rhode Island accent, a tyrannical king from the realm of Beaheadya, the world\u2019s unluckiest pizza delivery guy, an easily distracted cat.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Providence Comics Consortium<\/strong><br \/>\nHands-on making activities from the artists (led by Walker Mettling) who, since 2010, have offered free comic book classes for youth at the Providence Community Libraries and published group books and newspapers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Full Musical Lineup:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8221\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8221\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FooFestPerformerSchedule_2018w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8221\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FooFestPerformerSchedule_2018w-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"Music schedule for AS220's 2018 Foo Fest.\" width=\"900\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FooFestPerformerSchedule_2018w-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FooFestPerformerSchedule_2018w-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FooFestPerformerSchedule_2018w-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FooFestPerformerSchedule_2018w-370x286.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FooFestPerformerSchedule_2018w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Music schedule for AS220&#8217;s 2018 Foo Fest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Help Wonderland keep producing our great coverage of local arts, cultures and activisms (and our great festivals) by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/wonderlandlandfanclub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contributing to Wonderland on Patreon<\/a>. 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