ICA plans for summer fun (You were expecting symposia?)

One of the most talked-about features of the new ICA on the waterfront when it opened in Dec. 2006 was the harborwalk/staircase area under the giant cantilever. With a great view of downtown and the harbor, it ought to be a great place to hang out on a summer night. This summer's lineup of free Berklee student, faculty and alumni performances in world music, jazz and other genres sounds like fun (Thursdays, 6-8:30, free). The 13-week series begins June 19 with Maeve Gilchrist, who's listed as world/jazz/Celtic. Also outside, You Dance Fridays return Aug. 1 at 6 p.m. for four weeks, with an hour of dance instruction at six followed by 90 minutes of live music for you to try out your newfound skillz. It sounds more fun than serious, although the music is high-quality, beginning with swing dancing to Either/Orchestra founder Russ Gershon's Swing Vote.

Inside, primarily in the Barbara Lee Family Foundation Theater, the ICA will feature  dancer/choreographer Sara Rudner, artist-in-residence at Summer Stages Dance at Concord Academy, who brings Dancing-on-View: The ICA Variations, a new "dance installation," to the ICA on July 26 and 27. The public is invited to wander in and out during the four hour performances, which begin at noon. The work "celebrates dance as an ongoing activity that occurs sometimes publicly, and always in studio practice."

A program on two Boston documentary films (featuring Ross McElwee) and the International Bike Film Festival will also take place inside. And there will also be a free talk on June 19 by poet Joyce Peseroff, whose poem Summer Communion will be installed on the Harborwalk this summer.

Talks and book-signings by Chris Schlesinger, Jody Adams and Barbara Lynch will certainly be mouth-watering, especially with sample tastes, but what they're not is...unusual. You could get that at the Barnes & Noble at Burlington Mall pretty much anytime.

Most (but not all) of these events are free with museum admission. Details on these and more are here.

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