2-25 May 2008, 'Turn On A Dime' at The Nave Gallery.
A dime can be in your pocket today and in California tomorrow. Who can
image where else it has been? Join us for this small-change fundraiser and
exhibition of work by Susan Berstler, Teresa Dovidio, Todd Fairchild,
Katie Hargrave, Greer Muldowney, Erika Sidor, Martin Ulman, V VanSant,
Hannah Verlin, Randy Winchester.
Exhibit dates: May 2nd-25th 2008

17 May 2008, 7 p.m., The Somerville Community Chorus Spring Concert
Honoring Armed Forces Day, the SCC will perform Mass in Time of War (1796) "Paukenmesse" by Franz Joseph Haydn, performed with a full orchestra.  Suggested contributions are: $15 for adults, $10 for active service people, veterans, seniors and students, and $5 for children under 12. Tickets available at the door or see www.somervillechorus.com.

 
18 May 2008, 7 p.m., Astro Al, Harts Horn and Wisteriax
A night of Psychedelic, gothic and electronic space rock meyhem with guitars, cello, and more!  $5 admission.
Astro Al:  www.astroal.com
Harts Horn:  www.myspace.com/hartshorn
Wisteriax:  www.wisteriax.com

1 June 2008, 7:30 p.m., Ida and Michael Hurley (ticket information:  www.thecritique.org)
Ida:  www.idamusic.com
Ida is a band from New York City. They play an idiosyncratic style of minimalist folk rock music that revolves around complex vocal harmonies and sparse (often acoustic) accompaniments. Although Ida has often been identified with labels like "slowcore" and "quietcore", they have always played songs that could be described as "kind of fast", "mid tempo", "kind of loud", and "super loud". Led by songwriters Daniel Littleton, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Karla Schickele, Ida's current lineup includes violinist Jean Cook (Jon Langford, Anti Social Music) and drummer Ruth Keating (Malarkies, Naysayer). Everyone in Ida sings and is a multi-instrumentalist. Since their start in the early nineties, Ida have released seven full length albums, several EPs and a handful of 7" singles with independent labels including Simple Machines, Dark Beloved Cloud, TigerStyle, and their current home, Polyvinyl Records.
Michael Hurley:  www.snockonews.net
Michael Hurley is a  legendary rambler, cartoonist , & "outsider" folk singer. His debut album, First Songs, was recorded for Folkways Records in 1965 on the same reel-to-reel machine that taped Leadbelly's Last Sessions. He had been "discovered" in '64 by blues and jazz historian Frederick Ramsey III, and subsequently championed by his friend from teenage years Jesse Colin Young. Young released his second and third albums on the Youngbloods' Warner Brothers imprint Raccoon in the early 70's. In 1975, Hurley--who'd spent much of  the prior decade living as a hobo, jumping and robbing trains and getting into trouble with the law--moved in with Peter Stampfel of The Holy Modal Rounders, thus beginning 15 years of fruitful if fitfull collaborations. His 1976 LP Have Moicy, a collaboration with the Unholy Modal Rounders and Jeffrey Frederick & The Clamtones, was named "the greatest folk album of the rock era" by the Village Voice's Robert Christgau. Hurley went on to release three albums through the Rounder in the late '70's and thereafter self-released consequent releases up until finding a comfy home with Gnomonsong.

 
23 August 2008, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Project MUM 2008
Meet Under McGrath Highway
Presented by ARTSomerville and the Somerville Arts Council
Space – Somerville’s final frontier? Project MUM, an open-air dance party under McGrath Highway, moves into orbit for 2008. This year's event creates an intergalactic space odyssey featuring four hours of music spun by a team of DJs led by DJ Flack and DJ Yamin. Lighting by illuminist Todd Sargent sets the stage for an unforgettable dance party. Special visual effects by by VJ Dziga. Celebrity dance stages led by Alissa Cardone of Somerville’s own Kinodance Company return and serve as inspiration to those of us shaking in on ground level.