BEAUTIFUL EVENTS NOW: 07.05.13
This week, groove to the 47th Montreux Jazz Festival, or find yourself in an edible garden fantasy. Maybe dance in the park with world class partners, or catch the buzz at the preeminent experimental music showcase. Whatever you pick, a beautiful summer keeps rolling along.
47th Montreux Jazz Festival
July 5 - 20, 2013
Montreux, Switzerland
Considered by many to be the best two weeks in live music every year, the Montreux Jazz Festival opens tonight, July 5, 2013. Montreux is a passion for both musicians and audience alike for its unparalleled array of musical acts from virtually every genre, and its exceptional mix of old-fave and ripping-new talent. And this year’s line up won’t sully it’s reputation. You might choose among Leonard Cohen, Wyclef Jean, Bonnie Raitt, Prince, Green Day, Ben Harper, Joe Cocker, and a boatload of others.
Photo: Fantake
Another reason people love Montreux is for its setting along Lake Geneva. This year, the lakefront has been completely redesigned with a new neon-lit Jazz Strip with bits of homage to the origins of jazz, lovely waterfront restaurants, and bars.
Dozens of acts will make this town hop, from a collection of both closed and open air stages, and some can entertain you on jazz boats that cruise the lake.
The Montreux Jazz Festival was founded in 1967 by Claude Nobs, Géo Voumard, and René Langel, supported largely by the Ertegüns of Atlantic Records. The Montreux Jazz Festival has always been a pinnacle international draw. All the greats you can imagine have played here.
Kew Garden’s IncrEdibles Festival
London, England
Now through November 3, 2013
Across the globe, there is thought to be 70,000 to 80,000 kinds of edible fruit. Have you tried the notoriously stinky durian? How about an atemoya pitabu? BeautifulNow favorite, Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, is throwing a summer long exhibition dedicated to those little known fruits called “IncrEdibles: A Voyage through Surprising Edible Plants.”
“Architectural foodsmiths,” Bompas & Parr, have transformed the Kew’s Palm House Pond into a floating fruit salad. At the center is Pineapple Island, accessible by hiring a Tutti Frutti boat and entering via a secret Banana Grotto beneath the island. Incidentally, definitely take a boat ride while you can—this is the first time pleasure boating was allowed on the pond since 1755!
Visitors can also wander through the Rose Garden Tea Party (created by Kristi Davies & Giles Thaxton) where an enormous variety of edible plants have taken root in teapots, cups, and platters. Or hop from one carrot to another in the surreal Bouncy Carrot Patch.
Photo courtesy: Notcot
“IncrEdibles” runs through Sunday November 3rd (the Tutti Frutti Boating Experience ends September 1st). Visit their website for more information.
Dancing in the Park
New York, NY
July 6, 2013
Feel the grass between your toes and the sun on your shoulders as you jeté with some of the best dancers in the world! The legendary José Limón Dance Foundation (founded in 1946) is giving us mere mortals a chance to dance alongside of them.
Photo: Courtesy of Limon Dance Company
The former and current Limón dancers will be holding open, free modern dance classes in the middle of New York this summer. The classes are open to all ages and will occur Saturdays throughout the summer in Bryant Park. This weekend’s class takes place on Saturday July 6th, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. Come out for a twirl around the park before an al fresco summer brunch!
MoMA PS1: Warm Up
New York, NY
Now through September 7, 2013
MoMA PS1 presents Warm Up 2013, the best in experimental live music, sound, and DJs—both local and international—across a range of genres. Warm Up offers a platform that enables experimentation and provides a space for collaboration. The annual series is held in MoMA PS1's courtyard, which this year will feature a temporary urban landscape by CODA called Party Wall, the winning design of the 14th annual Young Architects Program.
Photo: Courtesy of the Burren College of Art
Art, Memory & The Burren - Summer School 2013
The Burren, Ireland
July 13th - August 10th, 2013
This course for artists and students is engaged with themes of place and memory in exploring identity. You can choose a study emphasis in either photography/lens-based media or drawing & painting.
This Summer School is taught within the unique context of the Burren, located in the West of Ireland, and will draw resource from the rich heritage of the area. Through extended field trips to a local archeological dig and Charleville Forest Castle in nearby Co. Offaly, you will learn how history, archaeology and anthropology can enrich artistic interpretations of place and its embedded memories.
Get out and experience a beautiful week ahead! We hope to see you at one of these extraordinary events. And stay tuned each week this summer as we bring you more beautiful places and times to enjoy.
