The Social Contexts of Light, a sprout spaghetti dinner on January 20

January 18th, 2010

This Wednesday will be the next spaghetti dinner. Join us for an exploration of light as a means of political, artistic, and cultural expression. As usual, the event will be at 339R Summer St. Somerville MA with dinner at 7:30 and performances at 8. This month, Food Not Bombs will be preparing the spaghetti and the performers will include ::

Nell Breyer is an artist who combines projections and choreography. She will demonstrate an interactive projection program.

John Hulsey and Ilaria Minio Paluello worked to install a series of shadow projections in foreclosed houses throughout Roxbury and Jamaica Plains. They will be discussing and sharing the role of light in addressing the complicated situation around the mortgage crisis.

The Aaatack is a local ambient/electronic/techno band who will performing a set of original songs.

John Bell and Shaunalynn Duffy will present a series of toy theater tableaux looking at the social history of light accompanied by Mike Romanyshyn on clarinet.

Please, send any questions to spaghetti@thesprouts.org. We hope to see you Wednesday with an empty stomach!