Article about Art in Action Fest
Summer solidarity
Art in Action merges activism and aesthetics
Eve L. Ewing (May 25, 2006 Chicago Weekly in Features) 

.......to have a block party, you need a neighborhood, and that’s an area in which a lot of UofC students are woefully lacking. Many campus denizens feel little or no personal connection to the neighborhoods surrounding our dear alma mater; they feel like members of the UofC community, but not members of the South Side community. The Southside Solidarity Network aims to change that by bringing UofC students and members of the Hyde Park, Kenwood, and Woodlawn communities together over things they all love: music and free food.

On Saturday, May 27, the Southside Solidarity Network presents Art in Action, a good old fashioned block party with aspirations to bridge the gap between the town and the gown. The group is a student-run organization that “works to promote improved relations and a better understanding between the University community and the communities surrounding the University,” .. “And we hope to create a more connected community across traditional University boundaries.”

But the Art in Action organizers are perhaps most excited about the musical acts they’ve got lined up. Jazz/funk ensemble Zimprov will be the first to take the stage, led by Alabamaborn percussionist Zimbabu, or Zim, who has been called “the Bruce Lee of drums.” Zimbabu has been featured at the Chicago Jazz Festival and the Berlin Jazz Festival, and his influences run the gamut from John Coltrane to Jimi Hendrix. Zimprov says that their concept is “one that allows the inner spirit to speak harmoniously, melodically and in rhythm with the universe.” Their performance is co-sponsored by WHPK 88.5 FM.

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