Unsilent Night

Join the Contemporary Arts Center for a new holiday tradition in OTR. Start the night around the fire pits of Washington Park’s Porch. Drink some hot chocolate, create some wearable art for a procession or grab a more adult beverage. Then join a caroling procession that doesn’t require your voice or even the ability to play an instrument —just the use of your phone! At 6:00 pm everyone will press play on their phones or boom boxes and meander through the park and nearby business district. The event will end just in time for you to enjoy Saengerfest or grab dinner with your new friends or family.

What do you need to know?
• There is easy parking under Washington Park where you'll begin and end the 45 min walk.
• Make sure to dress appropriately as you will be outside and walking for 45 min.
• The Porch will be open and selling hot beverages, alcohol and snacks.
• There will be a fun wearable project for you to make.
• This event is great for all ages.
• Please download or record music in advance.
• Being a phone, your boom box or anything that can amplify music with.

Want to know more about the music?
Unsilent Night is an original composition by Phil Kline, written specifically to be heard outdoors in the month of December. It takes the form of a street promenade in which the audience becomes the performer. Each participant gets one of four tracks of music in the form of a cassette, CD, or Mp3. Together all four tracks comprise Unsilent Night. The fact that the participants play different "parts" simultaneously helps create the special sound of the piece.

"Phil Kline's postmodern boombox caroling walk is more than just performance art: It's a demonstration of community" - Time Out New York

"Unsilent Night immerses the listener in suspended wonderment, as if time itself had paused inside a string of jingle bells" - The New York Times

Partnership with Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce and Saengerfest.

http://unsilentnight.com/participate.html
Rain date: Saturday, December 7
FREE