BOOM
TOWN
FESTIVAL

July 7-18, 2008

Free dance and music performances, arts activities and more!
Weekdays and Weekday Evenings - Rain or Shine

The BOOM TOWN FESTIVAL is a summer community arts festival featuring free music, dance, visual arts and kid-friendly activities.

Designed to create foot traffic, interest in the arts, leisure time and business activities in East Cambridge, we have created a walkway that will begin in Centanni Courtyard/Park and continue along Otis Street toward the CambridgeSide Galeria following Canal Park walkway to the public art work Evergreen.

Gallery Receptions
Thursday, July 10, 6-8pm - Somewhere-Anywhere | Sheila Elias Retrospective
Thursday, July 17, 5-7pm - Paper Picker Press | A Creative Literacy Program - Join us for this
kid-friendly opening!

Free Music Concerts in Centanni Courtyard
Friday, July 11, 6:30pm - Stan Strickland Group
Friday, July 18, 6:30pm - Anita Coelho - Afro-Heritage Project

Afternoon Master Classes for Youth Groups
For students at the Cambridge Community Center, Summerbridge, The Community Arts Center, and East End House at the Multicultural Arts Center with the Cultural Agents Initiative (Harvard University).

Free Dance Interventions
Organized by Dancer/Choreographer Karen Krolak
Monday, July 7, 4:30pm
Monday, July 14 4:30pm
Friday, July 11, 5:30pm
Friday, July 18, 5:30pm

Free Hands-on Recycle Art Activities for Adults and Children
Taught by Bobby Brown
Monday, July 7, 4:30-5:30pm
Friday, July 11, 5:30-6:30pm
Monday, July 14, 4:30-5:30pm

Monday Night at the Movies - Bring your lawn chairs and blankets!
Free and Cool! Come to The Multicultural Arts Center and enjoy our air-conditioned Theater!
Two great films about changing communities presented in partnership with The Brattle Film Foundation

Monday, July 7, 6:30pm - PLEASANTVILLE
(1998) dir. Gary Ross w/ Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy, Joan Allen, Jeff Daniels [124 minutes]
Socially alienated David, played by Tobey Maguire, escapes his less than perfect life by immersing himself, and his popular sister Jennifer, played by Reese Witherspoon, in the squeaky-clean 1950¹s black and white television show "Pleasantville." The siblings are quick to learn that their television existence collides with their own modern day sensibilities, changing both them and their town in the process. Joan Allen delivers a stunning performance as an unhappy housewife, and William H. Macy and Jeff Daniels are there to help her find happiness and a new sense of self along the way.

Monday, July 14, 6:30pm - LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL - PG-13
(1997) dir. Roberto Benigni w/ Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini 116 minutes] In Italian with English subtitles.
Set in 1930s Italy, playful and charming Guido, played by Roberto Benigni, woos the beautiful Dora, played by Nicoletta Braschi, in the most comical and adorable of ways - ultimately winning her heart. Fast forward to five years later, the two are married and have a son. Interrupting their seemingly perfect life is the invasion of the Nazis, who take Guido and his son away to the concentration camps. In the midst of all the horror of the camp, Guido struggles to keep his son safe by inventing a ploy where the camp becomes a complicated game, with points to be won, and the grand prize for winning is an army tank. Funny, heartbreaking and bittersweet, this story is not one to be missed.


Nicaraguan Crafts
Purchase handmade ceramics and pine needle baskets made by Nicaraguan artisans
Friday, July 18, 4:30-6:30pm

A Thread of Hope
Guatemalan Fair Trade
Purchase handmade wearable art, accessories, beaded jewelry, baskets, home goods and more.
Friday, July 11, 4:30-6:30pm

A Thread of Hope’s mission is to help economically-disadvantaged Mayan women in Guatemala to improve the standard of living for themselves and their families and to empower themselves while preserving their cultural traditions.