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52 Sumner has already hosted several events and has many more on the calendar.
they have two members of their band who are backup band members for Jose Feliciano,” McKellick said, adding that this performance will follow a salsa instructor, and there will be Lati- no-themed finger foods.
“When you come out and buy a ticket, you’re not just seeing a band, having a couple of drinks, and going,” he said. “You’ll have the opportunity, in this case, to immerse yourself in the culture and connect a little more with that culture.”
Meanwhile, these acts will provide working capital to the agency, said McKellick, adding that the proceeds will be used to bring community program- ming to the venue, such as per- formances for young people, art lessons, drama workshops, pot- tery lessons, and more.
This is part of the mission and a big part of what makes this venue and what’s happening there
unique, said Park, adding that the agency is “trying to let out line slow,” as she put it, while putting together a slate of performances and drawing people from across the 413, and well beyond, to a very different kind of performance venue.
“There are a lot of people who want to get involved and have things here,” she said, adding that there is a high level of anticipa- tion about what this venue can become in the years to come.
For this issue and its focus on the creative economy, we’ll look at how 52 Sumner came to be, how it plans to carry out its unique mission, and why it is a provocative addition to the cultural land- scape in the region — for many different reasons.
“When you come out and buy a ticket, you’re not just seeing a band, having a couple of drinks, and going. You’ll have the opportunity, in this case, to immerse yourself in the culture and connect a little more with that culture.”
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mances; we look forward to being able to host everything from act- ing clubs — there are many drama clubs around — to different types of music. I like to say that we’re providing an experience.”
As was the case late last month, when the Irish band the Screaming Orphans gave a performance at the venue, along with students from a local Irish step-dance school as an opening act.
And later this month, a Latin Fusion band called DAR & the Rebel Monks, based in Hartford, Conn., will be performing.
“They have a Grammy Award-winning artist in their band, and
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