We’ve lent a hand to sprout‘s spaghetti dinner this month, the theme of which is transportation and public space.  The street has multiple identities, from state-held transportation infrastructure to a place for carnival and public joy.  It’s a popular site of social contest, so much so that it’s axiomatic for use in reference to protest: before we overthrow a government, we must first “take to the streets.”  It’s also one of the last remaining spaces that is not totally privatized.  Each of the performers, activists, and cyclists uniquely address a definition of this space they help to create.

This Wednesday, we’ll hear from:

• Members of SCUL will be parading in on their bicycles and talking a little about their community rides and performances.
• Jeff Rosenblum from Livable Streets will be talking about Street Design: Dirty Little Engineering Secrets Revealed.
• kanarinka, a.k.a. Catherine D’Ignazio, an artist and educator, will discuss her project It takes 154,000 breaths to evacuate Boston, and examine the role that fear can play in public space, especially in the form of public transport awareness campaigns, terror simulations in public space, and so on.
• Molly Allis, a local artist and musician, will show an animated music video called Seahorse about a girl who goes on a whimsical journey through city, sky, and sea.

Appropriately (and as always) Food Not Bombs will dish up the spaghetti. Dinner will be served at 7:30PM, performances begin at 8. The address is 339R Summer St., Somerville MA.

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