|
ZUMIX Launches Youth
Radio Station on 94.9FM, Celebrates with Block Party in East Boston on September
17
EAST BOSTON, Mass.— ZUMIX, the East Boston non-profit organization dedicated to
empowering youth through music and the arts, will present its inaugural ZUMIX
Radio Block Party – a free, outdoor, family-friendly afternoon of music, art,
food, and community on September 17 from 3-6pm. Taking place on Orleans St in
Jeffries Point from Sumner St to Everett St in East Boston, the ZUMIX Radio
Block Party will officially mark the launch of ZUMIX’s Low-Power FM radio
station, 94.9 ZUMIX Radio, a non-commercial station.
The ZUMIX Radio
Block Party will feature live music on two stages, multi-media art
installations, and small business vendors. Musical performances on alternating
stages will span genres, and will feature ZUMIX youth ensembles and local bands
including Latin Rock group La Chusma, youth group ICA Slam Poets, and hip hop
dance crew the Floorlords. Pupusas and cider will also be for sale. There will
be an after party inside the ZUMIX Firehouse at 6:30pm for a $10 cover – details
and lineup to be announced soon.
“This is a great moment in a long,
important relationship between the station and our neighborhood. Youth producers
will be given space to create the type of media that represents and sustains
them. I'm so excited that the community is embracing this project,” says ZUMIX
Radio Coordinator Brittany Thomas. “I hope that the Block Party will be
everything that is a part of our station’s long-term vision – a place to connect
with neighbors, share music, hear a different perspective, and recharge through
the power of youth art.”
The ZUMIX Radio Block Party will be a
continuation of celebrations in honor of ZUMIX’s 25th year supporting youth arts
and empowerment in East Boston. “We’re excited to kick off what we hope will
become a staple of the East Boston annual calendar,‘ said ZUMIX Community Arts
and Events Coordinator Jeeyoon Kim. ‘In a neighborhood that’s rapidly changing,
a block party is a new way to continue the work that ZUMIX has done in this
community for the past 25 years. ZUMIX continues to provide East Boston with
opportunities to come together through art and find connection among neighbors.”
The event is underwritten with the support of East Boston Neighborhood
Health Center, RDK Engineers, Ryan Persac & Andrew Pike East Boston Realtors,
Downeast Cider, and Lee Guertin.
For more information on the ZUMIX Radio
Block Party visit www.zumix.org.
About ZUMIX
Since
1991, ZUMIX has provided free after school and summer enrichment programs for
low-income youth in the Greater Boston area. ZUMIX offers programs in
songwriting and performance, creative technology, community radio, and
instrument instruction. Founded in response to a year of record-breaking youth
violence, the goal of ZUMIX programs is to provide a safe space for youth to
build productive futures and expand their interests and skills in a supportive
and nurturing environment. |
<ADVRT-LINK>
|