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TONIGHT'S Final Summer in the City Event has been moved due to rain. See below for details.
 Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
RAIN SITE:
Cambridge Muticultrual Arts Center
41 Second Street, Cambridge
Eric Royer Band
Eric Royer's One Man Band performs authentic bluegrass and old-time country music. The "band" creates a unique sound using a five-string banjo (Scruggs and clawhammer), dobro, harmonica, vocals, kazoo, and the one-of-a-kind foot controlled "Guitar Machine," all played at the same time. www.guitarmachine.com/index.phtml
Followed by a free family-friendly screening of a moive about a rat with culinary aspirations.
Come and join us for this free event and enjoy more free give-a-ways like bottled water, ice cream, popcorn, watermelon, juice boxes etc. from local area businesses.
View the flyer for more details.
This event is co-sponsored by The East Cambridge Business Association.
Quick Links:
:: Performance schedule
:: Find park locations
:: Brochure (download the PDF)
:: Media
:: Sponsors
:: More Cambridge Outdoor Performance Series
More Summer Events!
Many events are free and outdoors. Visit their webpages for information.
:: Boomtown Festival 2010
:: StoryWalk Cambridge
:: Central Square Arts Outdoor Festival
:: Club Passim Summer Concert Series
:: Screen on the Green
Summer in the City 2010 - Performance Schedule
 Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 11 a.m.
Joan Lorentz Park at the intersection of Broadway & Ellery Street
Rain Site: Cambridge Public Library, Main Branch, 449 Broadway
Li Min Mo
Storytelling
Li Min Mo is a professional storyteller and artist who was born in China and lived in many parts of the world, before settling in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Li Min performs stories from her own life growing up as a special-needs pupil and immigrating to America at age 13 in the sixties. In addition to telling her own life tales, she sprinkles in old Chinese songs, poetry recitation and tales from Asian folklore. www.liminmo.com
 Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.
Centanni Courtyard, along Cambridge Street (between 2nd & 3rd Streets)
Rain Site: Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second Street
Boomtown Festival
Music Concert
The BOOMTOWN FESTIVAL is a summer community arts festival featuring free music, dance and visual arts designed to create interest in the arts, leisure time and business activities in East Cambridge. Grab lawn chairs, the family and a picnic for bluesy, jazzy and soulful tunes that are sure to delight! Produced by the Multicultural Arts Center www.cmacusa.org
 Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 11 a.m.
Donnelly Field, Berkshire St. (between York & Cambridge Streets)
Rain Site: King Open School, 100 Putnam Ave.
They Gotta Be Secret Agents
Puppetry
They Gotta Be Secret Agents will transport you to simply constructed worlds that play with and distort the grand themes of time, scale, formality and reality. Short segments of clowning, video, dance, puppetry, and theatre flow into one another and spin together touching moments with humorous ones. www.the-secret-agents.com
StoryWalk Cambridge - Opening Celebration
After the show, join us for the StoryWalk, a scavenger hunt walk along Cambridge Street to find pages from children's books posted in storefront windows. At the end of the walk at 12 Noon, in Vellucci Plaza in Inman Square the party continues with free books, snacks, giveaways, games, arts & crafts and more! Be sure to visit participating businesses for promotions and discounts from July 13 through August 8. StoryWalk Map
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.
Centanni Courtyard, along Cambridge Street
(between 2nd & 3rd Streets)
Rain Site: Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St.
Boomtown Festival
Music Concert
The BOOMTOWN FESTIVAL is a summer community arts festival featuring free music, dance and visual arts designed to create interest in the arts, leisure time and business activities in East Cambridge. Grab a lawn chair and a picnic & meet in Centanni Park for a performance of part jazz, part performance art, and lots of insane wit! www.cmacusa.org
 Monday, July 19, 2010 at 11 a.m.
Bergin Park at the intersection of Pemberton & Haskell Streets
Rain Site: Peabody School, 70 Rindge Avenue
A Different Spin
Juggling
A Different Spin is a group of performers trying to spread their love of circus and fire arts with communities all across the country. www.adifferentspin.powweb.com
 Monday, July 26, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.
Dana Park at the intersection of Magazine & McTernan Streets
Rain Site: Morse School, 40 Granite Street
Tanglewood Marionettes
The Fairy Circus
Founded in 1993 by Anne Ware and Peter Schaefer, Tanglewood Marionettes is a nationally touring marionette theater based in New England. Featuring over twenty beautifully hand-crafted marionettes, "The Fairy Circus" is a showcase for turn-of-the-century-style trick puppetry. The puppets will dance, play instruments, juggle, contort, transform, and fly through the air with the greatest of ease, all to the best-loved music of favorite composers! www.tanglewoodmarionettes.com
:: Kids Meet Puppets in Cambridge - CCTV, July 28, 2010
 Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.
Sennott Park at the intersection of Broadway & Norfolk Streets
Rain Site: Cambridgeport Community School, 89 Elm Street
Inkas Wasi
Peruvian Music and Dance
In current day Andean costumes and with the traditional Inka flutes, drums unique percussions and stringed-instruments, enchanting melodies and infectious rhythms, Inkas Wasi Peru brings the music of the Inka people from their homeland. www.inkaswasi.com
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 7:15 p.m.
July 21 performance was moved to this date due to rain.
Raymond Park at the corner of Upland & Raymond Streets
Caliente
Latin jazz
Folllowed by a free family-friendly movie screening.*
Co-sponsored by Friends of Raymond Park
 Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.
Sacramento Field
Rain Site: Agassiz Baldwin Community School, 20 Sacramento Street
Behind the Mask
Mask Theater
Behind the Mask Theatre combines traditional storytelling with original masks, music, dance, puppetry, martial arts, and other art forms. www.behindthemask.org
 Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 11 a.m.
Due to rain, the performance will be held inside the
Kennedy Longfellow School, 158 Spring Street (Auditorium)
Alastair Moock
American Folk Music
Alastair Mook engages audiences with a style of humor and insight that Americana Radio chart-topper Slaid Cleaves describes as "masterful." Not content to simply serve up a laundry list of tunes, he mixes his own songs with spoken word pieces, stories from the road, and even a bit of American history, providing context for the traditional blues and ballads he includes in every show. www.moock.com
 Monday, August 9, 2010 at 11 a.m.
Glacken Field, Huron Avenue at Holworthy Street
Rain Site: Haggerty School, 110 Cushing Street
Fun with Character ED
interactive Music
Steve Hennessy has created "Fun With Character Ed" as a way to explore the qualities of Character Education, in a fun, musical and interactive program that enhances what is taught in school. What better way to convey the qualities of Character Education than with music and participation! www.charact-ed.com
 Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 11 a.m.
Tobin Field
Rain Site: Tobin School, 197 Vassal Lane
Mystic Paper Beast
Sky Tails, Native American stories
The Beasts are a group of performers who play together under the direction of Producer and founding member Daniel Potter, and Artistic Director Marya Ursin. They like to explore the mysterious realm of transformation, and invite their viewers to join them on their magical journeys. Visit their website
 Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 11 a.m.
Hoyt Field
Rain Site: Willis Moore Youth Center, Gilmore St. (off of Western Avenue)
Chu Ling
Chinese Dance
Chu Ling a choreographer from China, is the founder and director of the Chu Ling Dance Academy. She has taught and performed at many institutions in the Greater Boston area, including Wellesley College, Boston University, and Harvard University. www.chulingdance.com
 Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
East Cambridge Savings Bank parking lot, Inman Square, 1310 Cambridge Street
Rain Date: Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
Jungle Jim's Big Balloon Show &
Inman Square Neighborhood Movie Night and Social
Juggling
Jim has been a family entertainer and professional balloon artist for over five years. He lives and works in Inman Square in Cambridge. www.junglejimboston.com
Folllowed by a free family-friendly movie screening.*
Co-sponsored by The Inman Square Business Association
:: Enjoy Discounts from Inman Square Businesses!
:: Inman Square Neighborhood Movie Night & Social Press Release (includes a list of discounts at Inman Square businesses - updated August 17, 2010
:: Download Press Photos for Inman Square Neighborhood Movie Night & Social
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
East Cambridge Savings Bank parking lot, East Cambridge, 292 Cambridge Street
Rain Site: Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second Street
Eric Royer Band
Eric Royer's One Man Band performs authentic bluegrass and old-time country music. The "band" creates a unique sound using a five-string banjo (Scruggs and clawhammer), dobro, harmonica, vocals, kazoo, and the one-of-a-kind foot controlled "Guitar Machine," all played at the same time. www.guitarmachine.com/index.phtml
Enjoy free bottled water, ice cream, popcorn, watermelon, juice boxes from area businesses. View the flyer for more details.
Followed by a free family-friendly movie screening.*
Co-sponsored by The East Cambridge Business Association
*Due to copyright laws, the titles of these free films cannot be publicized by the presenting organization.
Map
View Summer in the City 2010 Map in a larger map
Media
:: Summer in the City 2010 Press Release - updated August 3, 2010
:: Download Summer in the City Press Photos
:: Inman Square Neighborhood Movie Night & Social Press Release - updated July 29, 2010
:: Download Press Photos for Inman Square Neighborhood Movie Night & Social
Sponsors
Summer in the City is produced by the Cambridge Arts Council, the official arts agency for the city of Cambridge. Funding and support for this year's Summer in the City program is provided by the Cambridge Community Foundation, City of Cambridge, Honorable Mayor David P. Maher, Community Development Department Economic Development Division, Electrical Department, Department of Human Services Parks & Recreation Division, Department of Public Works, Friends of Raymond Park, Harvard Square and Inman Square Business Associations, Multicultural Arts Center, and New England Folk Music Archives.
Media Sponsor
WERS 88.9fm "The Playground"
Saturdays & Sundays, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
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