Thursday, September 4, 2008

HOWL: Temporarily returning the East Village to its "humble beginnings"


New York Press on the HOWL! festival, which starts Friday and runs through Sept. 11:

Saving the iconic neighborhood from what one performer describes as “yuppie scum,” the HOWL! Festival’s organizers vow to temporarily return the East Village to its humble beginnings: Before streets became “crowded with people drinking,” as [artist Riki] Colon says, and before the upper middle class invested in housing while anxiously awaiting graffiti-free streets. HOWL! seeks to revive the beat poetry shouted from street corners and the days when artists were viewed as visionaries. This year’s festival has an additional endeavor: to make HOWL! relevant to a new generation, thereby passing along the East Village’s explosive, controversial and irreplaceable legacy.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2008 at 9:59 AM

    It should be fun--I really love the art around the park--
    when is Wigstock???

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2008 at 10:05 AM

    There's no Wigstock this year...

    http://ladybunny.net/blog/2008/08/no-wigstock-this-year.html

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2008 at 12:18 PM

    There hasn't been a wigstock in years.

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  4. JillSeptember 4, 2008 at 7:33 PM

    I thought wigstock moved to the west village.

    And it's supposed to rain on Saturday so Art Around the Park is in jeopardy of being very wet.

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