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 |  THE BLACK DOG BLOCK PARTY: AUG 31ST & SEPT 2ND! Illustration: Andy Singer | |||||||
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Aug 31, 2008 - CALL AND ANSWER : RNC Week at The Black Dog
Update (8/20/08): only about 10 days to go...lots of events in the offing. Convention week activity starts with "The Pines" performing live at The Black Dog on Thursday, Aug. 28th. Two sets, starting aroud 8:00PM (This is a pay as you can please be generous and show the your Band appreciation!) Friday the 29th is the "Poster Offensive IV" reception and print sale starting at 5:00 PM followed by the Fantastic Friday Music Series around 9ish. This gathering with the poster artists will be your chance to purchase your favorite limited edition graphic statement - or collect the whole set! Lots of fun featuring guest DJs, beer, wine, and complimentary nosh table (for a limited time). We welcome the world to our neighborhood on Sunday the 31st and Tuesday the 2nd when we host "The Block Party In Lowertown." Two days of music food and good times - everyone welcome! The line up includes Boots Riley and the Coup, Boiled in Lead, Carnage and Desdemona, Kill the Vultures, spoken word artists, and many more! Check out the web page for details. Website: www.theblockpartyinlowertown.com TRAFFIC DETOURS AND PARKING INFO: So far, it is looking like best paths to the Black Dog will be off of 7th St or Mounds exits on Hwy 94, or 35 E to 10th/ Wacouta from the North, and 94 East 7th St. from the South. There are large parking lots off of both sides of Kellogg, east of Broadway. We will keep this page updated as information becomes available. BUS Routes: Check with MTC. The 21 Bus stops by the Farmer's Market, but may be slightly rerouted for the RNC. This is our opportunity to raise our voices about what is important to us as our country gets ready for a major shift. We are inviting local artists and others to join us in celebrating community, our future,and our abilities to make change together. Thanks to Robert Bly for his poem that is inspiring our week's events: "Call and Answer": Call and Answer Tell me why it is we don't lift our voices these days And cry over what is happening. Have you noticed The plans are made for Iraq and the ice cap is melting? I say to myself: Go on, cry. What is the sense Of being an adult and having no voice? Cry out! See who will answer! This is Call and Answer! We will have to call especially loud to reach Our angels, who are hard of hearing; they are hiding In the jugs of silence filled during our wars. Have we agreed to so many wars that we can't Escape from silence? If we don't lift our voices, we allow Others (who are ourselves) to rob the house. How come we've listened to the great criers Neruda, Akhmatova, Thoreau, Frederick Douglass and now We're silent as sparrows in the little bushes? Some masters say our life lasts only seven days. Where are we in the week? Is it Thursday yet? Hurry, cry now! Soon Sunday night will come. --Robert Bly [August 2002] Resources: RNC Welcoming Committee - nornc.org (local protest group) www.marchonrnc.org www.worldwidewamm.org | ||||||||
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