Morning reading: Anyone up for a Pawtucket road trip?

Why do we have so much trouble throwing a decent arts festival in Boston lately? The Boston Folk Festival got canceled for lack of money, the Beantown Jazz Fest got rained out, and don't even mention the BMAs and NEMO. Now the Independent Film Festival Boston and Boston International Film Festival film festivals are scheduled on the same days in April (second item). Nice move, International Film Festival. Yeesh. ... Maybe it's time to get out of town, anyway: Good theater in Pawtucket? Who knew? I have to admit, never been to the Gamm Theatre, probably because it's at the other end of the world from HubArts World headquarters here on the North Shore. Never seen the Pawsox play, either. Maybe we can work a two-fer weekend. ... Or maybe a three-fer is in order, to judge by Greg Cook's take on "The Sight of Sound" at Machines With Magnets in Pawtucket. ... And get this, I just checked out the City of Pawtucket web site, and it turns out the burg's current motto is "Rhode Island's Creative Community." The city's arts festival begins Aug. 28, and the last Pawsox home game is Sept. 5. Hmmm....

Comments

[Shawn]

I don't have much in the way of positive things to say about living in RI, but they really do make an investment in the arts.

If you venture down here, check out this monster:

http://www.hopeartistevillage.com/home.php

[herb weiss]

thanks for the plug -- Pawtucket's 11th Annual Pawtucket Arts Festival (see pawtucketartsfestival.org) kicks off on Sept. 5, 2009 and continues throughout September. We hafve budgeted almost $120,000 for our upcoming event, that includes the the Philharmonic Pops, C.J. Chenier (internationally known Zyedeco Music), dragon boat races, a 10 night film festival, a folk music festival, art show, callery openings and alot more in the planning stages...It's only 45 minutes from Boston so we hope to see everyone from your City and surrounding suburbs come down to Pawtucket...God's Country and a great arts community. Herb Weiss, Economic and Cultural Affairs Officer, City of Pawtucket.
You can call me too, for more info about our Pre-Festival Concert at McCoy Statdium with some very nationally-acclaimed bands.

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