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On December 1st most street performers will be banned from the Boston subways!
As those of you who live here know, street performing, or “busking” has long been a tradition here in Boston and has helped to launch the careers of many artists such as Tracy Chapman, John Mayer and Martin Sexton. I moved to Boston a year ago and have spent many a wonderful hour playing under the city. Many artists, myself included, count on performing to put food on the table while we get our careers off the ground. The authorities cite “Homeland Security” as their reason for putting an end to eighteen years of music here. We musicians are devastated and feel that this will be a great loss not only to us but to the community and to the future of the arts here in Boston.
Please take two minutes to sign our on-line petition. http://www.petitiononline.com/Tmusic
What can I do?
If you are interested in getting involved I’m also including a list of five things you can do to help:
1. Sign the petition AND call the MBTA, your state legislators, and the Governor.
- Governor & Legislature, State House, Boston, MA 02133. 617-722-2828
- Governor's telephone (617) 725-4005 and email: GOffice@state.ma.us
- Citizen's info website to determine your legislator: http://www.state.ma.us/legis/legis.htm
- MBTA Advisory Board, 177 Tremont St., Boston, MA 02111. (617) 426-6054. advbrd@erols.com
- MBTA General Manager Michael Mulhern, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116. gm@mbta.com
2. Volunteer to help save the Subway Artist from the MBTA's oppressive new policy.
3. Attend Open Public Meeting, Wednesday, February 19, 2003, 3 PM Middle East Restaurant, 472 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA
4. Contribute monies to pay for the expenses of this fight.
5. Visit the web site to download the petition, letters, guidelines, articles and updates.
http://communityartsadvocates.org/saa-mbta-subway.html
I am helping Meg Hutchinson coordinate the Media Campaign so please e-mail me directly michelle@rachelmccartney.com with suggestions, media contacts etc…
Please spread the word, and keep Boston "real"...
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