A local poetry and art societal mixer is about to get shaken up.
The monthly Poetic Escape night, held the last Wednesday of each month at Blue Wave on Congress Street, has added man-about-town DJ Paul Foley to the music mingle for Wednesday night, joining more than 20 poets alongside occupier DJ SolBak and musical jazz guests the Jason Hunter Quartet.
Poetic Escape is unremarkably a nox where folks mingle with poets and get a read on the latest in Boston�s urban art scene. Foley will no doubt get people moving.
�I know that I�ll be dropping the flava on wax,� exclaimed Foley. �I�ll be playing mostly golden-age hip-hop and r & b, with a little soul thrown in the shuffle for salutary measure.�
Promoter Elie St. Brice of local production company HBNN aforementioned the nighttime, now in its fourth month at Blue Wave, often brings in an eclectic, social crowd.
�The music is usually old school, not of necessity hip-hip only old-school individual and r & b,� St. Brice said. �The herd has been getting larger, so there�s been a good response.�
Though he aforesaid the night is geared more toward socializing and hearing poetry than a full-on dance party; the combination of live music, DJs, artistic production and poetry reading allows all types of artists to number together. Most nights, the poets volition side up with the live band and improvise on the spot.
�It�s been a good mixture,� St. Brice added. �It�s good to have people come out and taste something newfangled.�
Poetic Escape, Wednesday at Blue Wave, 343 Congress St., 8 p.m., $5.
Chesney joins Farm Aid
More-than-a-li�l�-bit country star Kenny Chesney has been added to the growing Farm-Aid lineup, which already boasts superstar rockers Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews.
The Tennessee-born creative person is no stranger to the rural cause.
�American family unit farmers are what this country is built on,� said Chesney in a iron statement.
Farm Aid is slated for Sept. 20 at the TweetComcastWoods Center in Mansfield. Tickets are $35 to $95 and ar on sale through Ticketmaster.
Adios, Mr. Boston
Hotline reluctantly bids goodbye to Acton�s possess Lee �Mr. Boston� Marks, who was booted from VH1�s �I Love Money� on Sunday in only the show�s fourth episode. This power be the last televised sayonara for �Mr. Boston,� the fast-talkin�, nose-pickin� preppy-nerd who originally appeared on the outset season of �I Love New York.�
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