[Vision2020] summer stuff

[jeanlivingston]

Fun stuff going on?  I just happen to have written a little bit on
that topic in last night's paper.


First of all, try to attend Rendezvous in the Park, third weekend in
July.  It is an idyllic setting and a wonderful way to enjoy an
evening of music.  http://www.moscowmusic.com/Rendezvous/  This
year, we added half price tickets for kids 13 to 18.  Kids 12 and
under have always been free and remain so.


I don't mean to be a self-promoter, but last night's Town Crier column
in the Daily News delves into some arts events you may be
overlooking...
TOWN CRIER: Celebrate the Heart of the Arts in Moscow
By Bruce Livingston

Posted on: Wednesday, June 18, 2008

 



With the arrival of summer in Moscow, the student population
diminishes, but thankfully, the artistic opportunities continue.
Celebrate them.

One of the growing treasures in the community occurred last Friday
evening - the opening of Artwalk. Artwalk is a collaboration between
artists and businesses who place art for our viewing pleasure in
stores and galleries all over the downtown (and beyond - make sure to
catch the exhibit at the Silos). These exhibits will be in place
through the summer, so if you missed Friday evening's opening, venture
into stores with the Artwalk logo. But make a mental note not to miss
the opening next year.

Artwalkswells downtown with an affable crowd of families, friends, and
out-of-town visitors, all strolling through Moscow, mingling with
neighbors and enjoying a renewed sense of community. Music emanates
from Friendship Square, downtown corners, and storefronts and patios
along the way. The camaraderie is palpable, the smiles contagious.

In many respects, Artwalk's Friday evening opening mimics what the
Farmers Market does every Saturday morning all summer long. Thousands
of people attend the market. Many venture downtown for food, arts and
crafts, plants, flowers, fresh fruit and vegetables. A significant
number come just for the art and social interaction, listening to the
live music in Friendship Square, letting their children dance or play
in the playground, and chatting with friends and renewing
acquaintances.

Every Thursday evening in East City Park all summer long, music
prevails. There are few things that match having a seat in thegrass
while music washes over you like a gentle breeze. Children listen or
play in the nearby playground. A Frisbee glides through the air.
Babies giggle. Join your community for these laid-back affairs. If you
prefer acting to music, enjoy Shakespeare under the stars with the
Idaho Repertory Theater (or go inside the Hartung Theater for the rest
of its plays).

Come the third week of July, Rendezvous in the Park and Rendezvous for
Kids take over East City Park. At Rendezvous for Kids, children enjoy
an arts and crafts festival for two mornings of creative projects in
the park. Our children learn under artists of all kinds, painters,
writers, actors, weavers, and more. At the Rendezvous in the Park
concerts, people ranging in age from infants to the elderly enjoy four
consecutive nights of outdoor concert performances.

East City Park is the perfect setting for the community's summer
counterweight to the university's jazz festival inFebruary. The
majestic trees give shade from the early evening sun, while providing
a canopy over the lush, manicured lawns on which the crowd reclines in
a patchwork quilt of blankets. Children romp and play, dancers
converge on the grass before the stage, and the ambiance that is a
perfect summer evening in Moscow covers all.

The music is varied, offering something for nearly everyone. This
year, Thursday night gives us Moscow's own country prodigy, teenager
Shiloh Sharrard, followed by the bluegrass group Prairie Flyer, and
culminating with lively, horn-driven, funk-rock entertainers, the
Locust Street Taxi. On Friday evening, renowned touring showman Will
Hoge and his band will rock the park, after warm ups from University
of Idaho singer-songwriter Zack O'Connor and Seattle's power trio
Dirty Dale. Saturday night, local act Bare Wires gives a lively start
to the evening, followed by the blind Alabaman from Detroit, bluesman
Robert Bradley and theBlackwater Surprise. Headlining Rendezvous'
Saturday line-up is famed Cajun slide guitarist Sonny Landreth.
Landreth's chops on the slide lured such famed guitarists as Eric
Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Robben Ford, Vince Gill and Eric Johnson to
Landreth's just-released CD. Closing out Moscow's musical
extravaganza, Professor Bill Wharton brings a group of exceptional
classical musicians to Moscow. The Rendezvous concerts conclude Sunday
evening at the old bandstand in the center of the park with a
classical concert by the "Rendezvous Orchestra."

If you haven't been to Rendezvous, make it this year. The business
community supports it spectacularly for a reason - it's a wonderful
community event. Kids 12 and under are free, and kids age 13 to 18 are
admitted at half price. 

Bruce Livingston is a Moscow lawyer and is active in a variety of
Moscow's arts, civic and economic development organizations. Town
Crier IIIis a weekly series of columns contributed by 13 local
writers. The Town Crier columns run on Wednesday.



-----Original message-----
From: Tom Ivie the_ivies3 at yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:52:58 -0700
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] summer stuff

> I had a student ask me about stuff to do in Moscow this summer. I
drew a blank except for Farmer's Market. Anybody know of some fun
stuff going on?
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