"THINK SPRING!"
Friday April 4th - 8pm @
THE LILY PAD - $10
1353 Cambridge Street - Inman Sq - Cambridge MA
Junk Kitchen
returns Friday, April 4th, at the Lily Pad with an evening hailed to
be Cambridge's musical orientation to springtime. Local musicians will
perform and improvise various notable and original works that will serve
to help you with your own personal thaw, to fill your ears and heart with springtime.
with:
Juliet Olivier
Martin Rohrmeier
Tony Leva
Alfred Marra
Brigham Hall
Esther Kurtz
Ben Dicke
Full
Description:
I shouldn't
get into it, honestly. Whenever I start talking about it, it just gets me all
worked up. Those mornings of sub-zero with heavy windblasts really change
you. In fact they knock the little-life-you-have-left out of you. Months of
frigid dark skies with brief appearances of overcast sun that sets at 4pm can
take a real toll on life. This relentless abuse of winter hits everyone. We get
antsy and depressed. We begin to lose faith in the seasons changing. Indeed,
Jack Frost's mission to disrupt life doesn't stop with nature. Our inner core,
our soul and hearts are affected as we carry the winter within us, making us fragile,
weak and tiresome. And while we’re down, winter plays some dirty tricks on
us, which we ever-so-willingly fall for. That warm weekend in late February, we
are so quick to seize it! We go out and try to get an early start on
spring. I admit there have been a few times I walked in the park, amidst
melting snow mounds and through muddy puddles, believing to be at the helm of Nature’s
great reawakening. I couldn't help but laugh at old Groundhog along the way,
telling him that he'd been wrong this time. Yet after only a few days, that
cold front moves in once again from Canada and freezes the ground overnight. We
awake once again to this recurring nightmare. The optimism for an early
springtime is easily crushed by the reality of single blustery day. High in the
teens with an 80% chance of snow… Bundling up this side of winter never has
been so painful.
Luckily,
winter never lasts forever. It’s late March! Now that I can hear the birds,
feel the sun and not see my breath, I feel that a change is finally
happening. For some, this change doesn't come easy, as many have ridden
out spring fever with distrust for it. "How do you know it won't just snow
tomorrow?" I've heard people ask to a fearlessly sprouting daffodil. Indeed,
a long winter can last even longer if you let it last inside of you. If we
carry winter’s cold within our hearts then it is certain we will miss all of
the gifts that await us. Bound we are to be victims of evil Jack Frost. Let it
not happen to us! Now that Nature has finally warmed up to us, shouldn't
we at least try warm up to her too?
Junk Kitchen
returns Friday, April 4th, at the Lily Pad with an evening hailed to
be Cambridge's musical orientation to springtime. Local musicians will
perform and improvise various notable and original works that will serve
to help you with your own personal thaw, to fill your ears and heart
springtime. Special community guests will also give brief tips on how one can
really get the most out of this season, such as through nature walks and
gardening. This time spring is really happening and we want you to help
welcome it with us. After this night, you won't just think spring… You'll be
able to THANK spring, too!
Sincerely
Junk Kitchen
Concert Series
The Lily Pad
1353 Cambridge
Street
INMAN SQ
Cambridge MA
Juliet Olivier
Martin Rohrmeier
Tony Leva
Alfred Marra
Brigham Hall
Esther Kurtz
Ben Dicke
