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The inaugural Greater Boston Art Fair opens on September 19 with free and discounted access to upcoming museum exhibitions, plays and performances from more than 50 cultural institutions in Greater Boston. The event will take place within two blocks of the Rose Kennedy Greenway between Milk and High Street and will include food trucks, interactive art events and live performances. Tents and booths along Rowes Wharf Plaza will feature representatives from cultural institutions including the Boston City Ballet, Greater Boston Stage Company and Boston Philharmonic, and attendees can enter sweepstakes, purchase tickets and learn about each exhibit or performance.
ArtsBoston hosted the event in partnership with StageSource, with contributions from organizations including the Cultural Equity Incubator, Downtown Boston Business Improvement District, and the City of Boston. (The Boston Globe contributed as a media sponsor of the event.)
“We want to make sure everyone feels welcome and invited,” said ArtsBoston executive director Catherine Peterson. Organisers hope to highlight the city’s arts community and offerings, and provide “art lovers with a one-stop shop for planning their arts agenda for the coming year.”
The event will also be split into two phases, including live previews of theater, dance and music performances heading to Boston. Cast members from the Huntington Theatre will perform some of their current production “Singing Street,” while the Boston Lyric Opera will present a selection of songs from “The Bohemian,” which opens Sept. 23 at the Emerson Colonial Theater. Cambridge dancer and choreographer Laura Sanchez will showcase flamenco, and attendees can look forward to modern dance and jazz performances by the Onstage Dance Company and drag performances by queer theatre collective Lurenzone Theatrics. Accessible amenities such as American Sign Language interpreters and audio descriptions of festival performances are available upon request.
In addition to live performances, food trucks from New Orleans-style restaurants carnival and Mediterranean Shawarma suffer A range of cooking options will be offered. For those 21 and older, Trillium Brewing Company Craft beer will be served at the pop-up beer garden.
“The point is coming, to be able to have a really good time and see what happens next season,” Peterson said. “People will be able to walk around, talk to people from our large, small and medium-sized arts organizations, hear great performances, maybe drink adult drinks, or have something fun to eat from the food truck.”
September 19, 4-8pm, Rowes Wharf Plaza, Rose Kennedy Greenway.More details at stagesource.org/page/GBAX
Maya Homan can be reached maya.homan@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @MayaHoman.
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