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New art installations for All Points West


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With the second All Points West festival due up in less than a month (July 31-August 2 in Jersey City NJ), organizer Goldenvoice is busy promoting attractions other than the lineup and headliners Beastie Boys, Tool and Coldplay. Four new or enhanced art installations will complement the aural experience with monumental visual works. 

The works include Bamboo Starscraper, a 60-foot-high structure of bamboo and rope, The Do Lab, whose repurposed materials are a part of the misting structure, Braindrop, an 18-foot-high meditation space in the shape of a water drop, and Opening (photo), an exploration into the meaning of display technologies in our culture. 


Phish announces the return of Halloween festival


By Ross Moody
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As if they weren't going to be appearing at copious festivals during their latest reunion, Phish has announced that they will be hosting a festival on Halloween weekend.  Read more »


Black Moth Super Rainbow plays in Chicago's free music series


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By Mike Ruby

Pittsburgh-based experimental outfit Black Moth Super Rainbow brought their distinctive music to Chicago's Jay Pritzker Pavillion in Millenium Park.  The free event was part of the Edible Audible Picnic, one of Chicago's many musical events this summer.  The city has pretty much two months of good weather in a given year, which Chicago milks for all its worth by piling on the free music and festivities.

This may not have been the ideal gig for Black Moth Super Rainbow, being that their music is obviously targeted toward an audience a little less sober than the one yesterday.  Still, they made the best of the noon time set.  Plus, the lack of trippy lights, a staple at BMSR shows, was compensated for by the venue (shown below), an other-wordly, futuristic theater designed by Frank Ghery.  The design of the theater certainly complemented their surrealistic sound.  Read more »


The US economy suspends festival fun


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Life will be a little less lively this year in communities where festivals are being suspended because of the lousy economy. Bismarck, Mo., pulled the plug on Freedom Fest, its Fourth of July celebration, because the town of 1,535 couldn't afford the $10,000 price tag. "There's been a lot of distress" over the decision, says Mayor Dennis Mayberry, "but we're having to really watch our pennies, nickels and dimes."
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Epicenter, a new music festival, to play at Pomona Fairplex in August


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Inland Southern California helped spawn the traveling metal carnival of Ozzfest and the respected hip-hop of Rock the Bells, and now there's a new music festival turning up its amps for a go in the region. Epicenter will launch at the Pomona Fairplex on August 22 with a bill marrying metal, rock and some beats.

 


Lose yourself in the music


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Almost everyone has had the enviable pleasure of being moved during a live musical performance. Certain music and musical styles simply possess ingredients that stick to your ribs. Drama. Delivery. Style. Soul.
The California International Choral Festival and Competition has all of those elements and more, a biennial event taking place over three days starting June 26 at Cal Poly’s Performing Arts Center in San Luis Obispo.
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