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Right to left: Janet Koike, Megan Lowe and Tina Blaine on
the Park Street Bridge in Alameda. Photo by Andy Mogg.
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Rhythmix
Cultural Works, in association with Epiphany Productions, presents “Island City
Waterways,” a fun and unusual free public art event happening on Saturday, May
21 and Sunday, May 22 in Alameda.
Via music,
theater, dance, storytelling and the visual arts, the event takes participants
on a 90-minute walking tour that introduces them to island city’s maritime heritage
and its rich cultural diversity.
Dreamed
up and directed by Janet Koike, Rhythmix’s founder and artistic director, “Island
City Waterways,” is interactive. Tour goers can weave grasses into abstract
forms in the same fashion that Ohlone Indians once did, add to a large chalk
mural illustrating the waterways of the estuary and join performers in songs in
the traditions of immigrants who once worked in the maritime trades.
The event
includes original choreography by Kim Epifano and actor and director Ed Holmes as
the lead storyteller. Other collaborators include video installation artist
Alessandro Moruzzi, members of Maze Daiko ensemble and environmental artist
Ginny Parsons. East Bay historians Dennis Evanosky and Eric Kos served as consultants.
Encompassing
a half-mile path along the Waterfront trail and led by volunteer guides, the
walking tours begin at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., Saturday, May 21
and Sunday, May 22 near the foot of Fruitvale Bridge at Blanding Avenue in
Alameda.
Arrive at
least 30 minutes in advance for parking and registration. Tours allow
approximately 100 people per tour and individual, advance reservations for 50 available
spaces per tour are available at www.islandcitywaterways.org.
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