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England London
Tower of London to serve as backdrop
for second annual summer music festival
The Tower of London, the much-photographed fortress that is a World Heritage Site and popular attraction and has dominated the landscape of London for nearly a millennium, for the second year will be the unique backdrop for a music festival. The Tower of London Summer Music Festival from Wednesday through July 14 will host Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings, James Brown, Jeff Beck & Buddy Guy and Al Jarreau, while guests have the chance to picnic on the lawns of the Moat below the stages each night. VIP corporate packages also can be purchased, which allow ticketholders to dine in historic interiors such as the Medieval Palace, the 11th-century White Tower and the Salt Tower. $64-$120; see websites for tickets and updated concerts. Tower of London Music Festival, www.seetickets.com (for tickets); towermusicfestival.co.uk (for performers and schedules).
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
Headlights on the Mother Road part
of Route 66’s 80th anniversary celebration
A second part of the Route 66 80th anniversary celebration, the Headlights on the Mother Road Car and Motorcycle Event will be held Friday through July 2 at Expo New Mexico, home of the State Fair in Albuquerque. Classic cars will cruise into town after a visit to Acoma Pueblo, and a concert by New Mexico’s Fireballs will be held in conjunction with the event at the historic KiMo Theatre downtown. Headlights on the Mother Road at Expo New Mexico, 300 San Pedro NE, 505-265-1791 or headlightsonthemotherroad.com.
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San Francisco, California
“The Quilts of Gee’s Bend” displays blankets
from four generations of African-Americans
After three years of traveling the country, “The Quilts of Gee’s Bend” will reach its final venue July 15, when the de Young museum displays the 60 quilts pieced by four generations of African-American women from a small, historically all-black community in rural southern Alabama. The quilts, made by 42 women between 1930 and 2000 and praised by The New York Times as “some of the most miraculous works of art America has produced,” were made from everyday scraps such as cotton sheeting, corduroy and denim. But they are remarkable for their dramatic shifts in scale and color and improvisational approach, drawing comparisons to the rhythms of jazz and African art.. Through Nov. 26. $10 ($6 children 13-17). de Young, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, 415-750-3614 or thinker.org.
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New York, New York
“No Limits, Just Edges” features Pollock’s
talents on display using paint and paper
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is exhibiting “No Limits, Just Edges: Jackson Pollock Paintings on Paper” through Sept. 29, a show of 65 works featuring the artist’s smaller-
scale endeavors. The exhibit can be loosely grouped into four categories, including Pollock’s figures of human and imaginary beings from 1935 to 1941; his body of fully mature works associated with Peggy Guggenheim’s Art of This Century from 1942 to 1947; his breakthrough works from 1947 to 1950; and the refinement of his pouring techniques from 1950 until his death in 1956. $18 (children under 12 free). Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Ave., 212-423-3500 or guggenheim.com.
– Denver Post staff and wire reports
