Keep the Beat Festival, Community Pint Night, Somerville 4th … and More!
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Keep the Beat Festival at Arts at the Armory
The Center for Arts at the Armory heats up the stage this summer with “Feet Keep the Beat”–a new annual multicultural percussive dance festival that CAA is both producing and presenting. CAA is thrilled to bring together vibrant and diverse communities of Flamenco, Irish, Tap, Kathak, Body Percussion and other flavors of percussive dance from around the world. Performers and companies will dance a 15 minute set in their own percussive style, and the show will conclude with an intercultural grand finale jam with all of the artists.
This will be the Boston area’s first ever festival of this type, and will include four days of classes and jams, culminating with the exciting Showcase Performance on August 4. Classes will be taught by the performing artists and companies participating in the Showcase, as well as Ian Berg (Tap & Musicality) and Anastasia Yendiki (Flamenco). There will be two free jams in the Armory Café—an Irish Jam on August 1st and a Flamenco Tablao on August.
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Street Closures as Sewer Work Continues
Beginning on or around June 26, City contractors will begin work on subsurface utility improvements along Highland Ave. between School St. and Hamlet St. During this phase of the project, Highland Ave. will be closed to eastbound traffic between School Street and Hamlet Street during work hours (7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays). The westbound travel lane will be maintained as usual. Schedules are subject to change. All businesses will remain open and accessible during construction.
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Community Pint Night Fundraiser
On Thursday, June 29, from 6 p.m. to midnight, Remnant Brewery is donating $1 from every pint sold to the Somerville Community Land Trust to help create affordable housing in Somerville.
Somerville 4th of July Celebration
Somerville’s fireworks display and live music event returns Thursday, June 29, to Trum Field. The event kicks off at 6 p.m. Mayor Katjana Ballantyne will be in attendance, counting down the fireworks at 9:15 p.m.
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Ryan DiLello is the staff reporter for the Somerville Wire. Linda Pinkow is a former Wire staff reporter returning to write some shorts this week.
