Kero-whack Drum Installation

Idea:

Install some kid friendly outdoor percussion instruments (drums or chimes). Such as: https://strictlyforkidsstore.com/OutdoorInstruments. With or without snarky Kero-whack sign to encourage folks to play.

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Location:

Kerouac, OldIdea.

Kerouac Corn Hole

Idea:

Kerouac CornHole Game – Use concrete corn hole game board already installed in the park, temporarily paint or install portrait of Jack Kerouac’s face on surface, and create bean bags that are books, quotes, or Jack’s influences that can be tossed into his head

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Location:

Kerouac, OldIdea.

Kerouac Park Haikus

Idea:

Jack wanted more people to express themselves, so my idea is for an installation that the public can use to create Kerouac-American-Haikus. It may be difficult to pull off, but what I’m imagining is similar to those installations which are common in playgrounds that have plastic letters you can spin to create simple three letter [Read more…]

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Location:

Kerouac, OldIdea.

Kerouac Park Jazz

Idea:

A day of music, jazz,Open pianos and open micsPoets and priests alikeA reading of the golden eternity by Kerouac at the end by candlelight silence ,

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Location:

Kerouac, OldIdea.

Kids Dance Club with Juice

Idea:

We rent, borrow, occupy an empty space once a week or every two weeks. We play a variety of popular music. Families can come and grade-schoolers and middle schoolers dance just for fun and show off their moves. Juice and water are sold. A dance instructor and DJ make sure everyone’s having a good time.

Benefit:

Adults can go to dance clubs, but kids don't have a space to dance just for fun. If we provide that space, kids can learn from one another, and maybe this could even be a gateway into starting lessons for dance, music production, or other creative arts. Judgement free zone [Read more…]

Location:

Acre, Downtown / JAM, OldIdea.

Kids’ Painting Day

Idea:

Invite artists and kids to paint together in a park or on a plaza. The artists would give kids tips on how to paint or could even paint together. Later the paintings could be used as public art or the kids could keep the paintings. Kids would get smocks. It would be free.

Benefit:

Painting is fun. Kids would learn a lot from artists.

Location:

Don't Know, OldIdea.

Kid’s Peace Rally

Idea:

We should have an event where kids get to show videos, artwork, or things they wrote about how they feel about peace and safety in the community. The videos could be shared on youtube.

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Stealing is bad, so if we stop stealing, no one will ever lose their stuff. Like, for example, some people get arrested for stealing. There could be less guns–maybe there should be no guns except in the army and police. I hope there will be no kidnapping.

Location:

Don't Know, OldIdea.

http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2013/09/kittredge-park-lowell-ma.html

Kittredge Park Festival

Idea:

A festival to highlight the absurd idea that widening Nesmith St next to Kittredge Park will make the area safer or reduce congestion. Food trucks or other vendors could be invited. A live band could play music in the gazebo. Educate people that street widening makes motorists drive faster and crashes become more violent. About [Read more…]

Benefit:

Folks from Lower Belvidere use the park a lot and crossing Nesmith by foot is already dangerous enough. Nesmith St is a key corridor to downtown, where congestion is a major issue. Infrastructure projects meant to ease congestion by widening streets typically backfires because more folks choose to drive when [Read more…]

Location:

Belvidere, OldIdea.

Kratom the Key!

Idea:

Kratom is a southeast Asian tropical evergreen tree. It is not an opiate but binds to opioid receptors in the brain to cause a myriad of health benefits but most importantly to stop withdrawal symptoms. Kratom is a popular and safe alternative to methadone, a pharmaceutical drug that is used to help with withdrawal symptoms [Read more…]

Benefit:

Making a hip hop group only with selfless musicians to help promote Kratom can promote a better attitude for the youth and community. Promoting positivity and kratom with my talented friends and our powerful music may show that being egotistical is nothing compared to the development of art and love [Read more…]

Location:

Downtown / JAM, OldIdea.

Life drawing in the park

Idea:

A very basic, easy idea. Once or maybe once a week for a month, costumed models come to a park. Props may also be used. Novice and expert artists are invited to draw, paint, or photograph the models.

Benefit:

Bring extra activity to a park, provide interest to artists, perhaps create promotion for the arts, bring novice and expert artists together.

Location:

Don't Know, OldIdea.