Comments on: Live, on tape, from the City Stages town hall meeting http://dresramblings.com/2006/11/28/live-on-tape-from-the-city-stages-town-hall-meeting/ Musings on the Magic City Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: curtispalmer http://dresramblings.com/2006/11/28/live-on-tape-from-the-city-stages-town-hall-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-87 curtispalmer Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:06:41 +0000 http://dresramblings.com/?p=241#comment-87 Here’s the rub… this NEEDS to be a city festival, NOT set of music performances. Expand the concept of “stages” to include performance art, community dance troupes, etc. Give away free booth space (since City Stages isn’t paying rent on the sidewalks) to every non-profit in Birmingham. Invite any art vendor that otherwise exhibits at Artwalk or others in town. Basically, expand the offerings beyond music… build a world-class event AROUND MUSIC. Redefine and expand. There — I said it. Here’s the rub… this NEEDS to be a city festival, NOT set of music performances. Expand the concept of “stages” to include performance art, community dance troupes, etc. Give away free booth space (since City Stages isn’t paying rent on the sidewalks) to every non-profit in Birmingham. Invite any art vendor that otherwise exhibits at Artwalk or others in town. Basically, expand the offerings beyond music… build a world-class event AROUND MUSIC. Redefine and expand.

There — I said it.

]]> By: curtispalmer http://dresramblings.com/2006/11/28/live-on-tape-from-the-city-stages-town-hall-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-1343 curtispalmer Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:06:00 +0000 http://dresramblings.com/?p=241#comment-1343 Here’s the rub… this NEEDS to be a city festival, NOT set of music performances. Expand the concept of “stages” to include performance art, community dance troupes, etc. Give away free booth space (since City Stages isn’t paying rent on the sidewalks) to every non-profit in Birmingham. Invite any art vendor that otherwise exhibits at Artwalk or others in town. Basically, expand the offerings beyond music… build a world-class event AROUND MUSIC. Redefine and expand. There — I said it. Here’s the rub… this NEEDS to be a city festival, NOT set of music performances. Expand the concept of “stages” to include performance art, community dance troupes, etc. Give away free booth space (since City Stages isn’t paying rent on the sidewalks) to every non-profit in Birmingham. Invite any art vendor that otherwise exhibits at Artwalk or others in town. Basically, expand the offerings beyond music… build a world-class event AROUND MUSIC. Redefine and expand.

There — I said it.

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