Spontaneous Celebrations refers to both a building in
Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Plain is a neighborhood of in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Settled by Puritans seeking farmland to the south, it was originally part of the former Town of Roxbury, now also a part of the City of Boston. The commun ...
,
, United States which acts as an arts and education center,
[Community Toolbox, University of Kansas]
"Improving Parks and Other Community Facilities: Example: Femke Rosenbaum and Spontaneous Celebrations"
/ref> and to a community group which is based there. The mission of the group is to create a cultural life through the arts, and especially through seasonal celebrations in Jamaica Plain and Roxbury, Massachusetts and education. Its classes emphasize dance
Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...
, stiltwalking, trapeze
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, and other circus arts
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.
History
Spontaneous Celebrations dates back to the defeat of the proposed Interstate 95 in Massachusetts
Interstate 95 (I-95) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that parallels the East Coast of the United States from Miami, Florida in the south to Houlton, Maine, in the north. In the U.S. state of Massachusetts, it spans along a north– ...
extension through many Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
neighborhoods. The first “Wake Up the Earth” Festival, in 1979, was partly a celebration of the coalition which fought the highway. Spontaneous Celebrations was then founded by Femke Rosenbaum Boston Globe
''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Glob ...
says: "One Woman (Femke Rosenbaum) Changed JP" (Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Plain is a neighborhood of in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Settled by Puritans seeking farmland to the south, it was originally part of the former Town of Roxbury, now also a part of the City of Boston. The commun ...
).
Festivals
*"Wake Up the Earth Festival" in early May,
*‘Lantern Parade’ on Jamaica Pond just before Halloween[Michelle Kearns, ''The Boston Globe'', Sunday, June 9, 2002. Eric Moskowitz, ''The Boston Globe'', Dec 31, 200]
"9-11 CHILL WON'T FREEZE OUT FIRST NIGHT"AFTER SCHOOL AT FULL STILT"
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References
Sources
*Eric Moskowitz, ''The Boston Globe'', Dec 31, 2001
*Marc Larocque. ''The Boston Globe'', Jun 1, 2008, [https://secure.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/1490094601.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+1%2C+2008&author=MARC+LAROCQUE&pub=Boston+Globe&edition=&startpage=3&desc=Paint+for+Peace+program+aims+to+stem+gun+violence"Paint for Peace program aims to stem gun violence"]
*Inside Track, ''The Boston Herald'', Monday, December 28, 200
"All Together Now"
*Josh Kastrof, ''The Eighth Muse''
"Wake Up the Earth 2010"Jamaica Plain Patch
External links
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Performing arts centers in Massachusetts