{"id":4650,"date":"2011-07-01T20:54:19","date_gmt":"2011-07-02T01:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/?p=4650"},"modified":"2011-07-19T04:47:55","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T09:47:55","slug":"the-infractions-funky-music-fills-the-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2011\/07\/01\/arts-culture\/the-infractions-funky-music-fills-the-common\/","title":{"rendered":"The Infractions Funky Music Fills the Common"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FRAMINGHAM, MA<\/strong> - <em>The Infractions<\/em> packed the house in a July 1st, 2011 performance at the Framingham \"Concerts on the Green\".<\/p>\n<p>Due to rain last week, this was the first night a band played this year in the free summer concert series that's been running on the Framingham Centre Common every year since 1996.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 8px auto; width: 520px; border: 2px solid black; background: #f4f4f4; text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FRAMINGHAM, MA - The Infractions &quot;Play That Funky Music&quot;, July 1, 2011\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tm7PUpOBZmQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Infractions \"Play That Funky Music\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This was also the first time a new stage, built by students from Keefe Tech was used.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the music, the crowd was also treated to<!--more--> a mini art show by the <strong>Framingham Artists Guild<\/strong> with artists <strong>Tobi Hoffman<\/strong> and <strong>Charles Holt,<\/strong> <em>(Vice President of the Guild)<\/em>,\u00a0 <strong> <\/strong> who were displaying their work and promoting the organization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Curtis<\/strong> owner of the <strong>Eagles All American Grill<\/strong> was on hand flipping burgers and serving hot dogs, sausage sandwiches, clam <em>chowdah<\/em>, cold drinks and snacks from the concession stand.<\/p>\n<p>Vendor tables and information booths were setup on the Edgell Road side of the common including the perennial favorite \"<strong>Concert Cookies<\/strong>\" -- a table full of fresh baked treats from the Plymouth Church. Members of the <strong>Framingham Town Democratic Committee<\/strong> manned their booth as did other civic groups and a few commercial sponsors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FPAC-TV<\/strong> was also on hand recording the entire concert from their mobile studio truck.\u00a0 For those who missed the live show, you'll want to catch The Infractions on your public access channel when it's aired -- if the music is even half as good on t.v., you won't be disappointed!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4677\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-infractions-wide.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4677\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4677\" title=\"The Infractions at Framingham Concert on the Green, (July 1, 2011)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-infractions-wide.jpg\" alt=\"The Infractions at Framingham Concert on the Green, (July 1, 2011)\" width=\"600\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-infractions-wide.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-infractions-wide-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Infractions at Framingham Concert on the Green, (July 1, 2011)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Click on first photo below<\/span> to see a slideshow of enlarged images!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4650 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-mark-curtis-eagles-grill.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-mark-curtis-eagles-grill-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mark Curtis of Eagles All American Grill -- he just flipped me a burger!\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4663\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4663'>\n\t\t\t\tMark Curtis of Eagles All American Grill &#8212; he just flipped me a burger!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-artist-charles-holt-01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-artist-charles-holt-01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Charles Holt, Framingham, MA Artist Guild Vice President, with some of his portrait work\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4664\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4664'>\n\t\t\t\tCharles Holt, Framingham, MA Artist Guild Vice President, with some of his portrait work\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-artist-charles-holt-02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-artist-charles-holt-02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Snow Scene by Charles Holt, (Framingham, MA - Artist Guild Vice President)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4665\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4665'>\n\t\t\t\tSnow Scene by Charles Holt, (Framingham, MA &#8211; Artist Guild Vice President)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-artist-charles-holt-04.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-artist-charles-holt-04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Old Grist Mill in Winter by Charles Holt, (Framingham, MA - Artist Guild Vice President)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4666\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4666'>\n\t\t\t\tOld Grist Mill in Winter by Charles Holt, (Framingham, MA &#8211; Artist Guild Vice President)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-concert-cookies.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-concert-cookies-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Concert Cookies (from Plymouth Church, Framingham, MA)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4667\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4667'>\n\t\t\t\tConcert Cookies freshly baked from Plymouth Church!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-crowd-001.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-crowd-001-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Some of the crowd at Fraimingham, MA - Concert on the Green, July 1, 2011\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4668\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4668'>\n\t\t\t\tSome of the crowd at Fraimingham, MA &#8211; Concert on the Green, July 1, 2011\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-crowd-002.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-crowd-002-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Crowd in front of Village Hall at Concert on the Green, July 1, 2011\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4669\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4669'>\n\t\t\t\tCrowd in front of Village Hall at Concert on the Green, July 1, 2011\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-fiber-artist-tobi-hoffman-01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-fiber-artist-tobi-hoffman-01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Tobi Hoffman and her Fiber Art\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4670\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4670'>\n\t\t\t\tTobi Hoffman and her Fiber Art\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-fiber-artist-tobi-hoffman-02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-fiber-artist-tobi-hoffman-02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Fiber Art by Tobi Hoffman\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4671\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4671'>\n\t\t\t\tFiber Art by Tobi Hoffman\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-fiber-artist-tobi-hoffman-03.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-fiber-artist-tobi-hoffman-03-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Fiber Art by Tobi Hoffman\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4672\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4672'>\n\t\t\t\tFiber Art by Tobi Hoffman\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-fpac-park-rec.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-fpac-park-rec-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"FPAC-TV Mobile Studio and Framigham Park &amp; Rec Staff\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4673\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4673'>\n\t\t\t\tFPAC-TV Mobile Studio and Framigham Park &#038; Rec Staff\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-infractions-horns.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-infractions-horns-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Infractions (horns section)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4674\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4674'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Infractions (horns section)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-infractions-wide.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110701-infractions-wide-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Infractions at Framingham Concert on the Green, (July 1, 2011)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4677\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4677'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Infractions at Framingham Concert on the Green, (July 1, 2011)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/infractions-175x105.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/infractions-175x105-150x105.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Infractions, July 1, 2011 - Concerts on the Green, Framingham, MA\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/infractions-175x105.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4680\" title=\"The Infractions, July 1, 2011 - Concerts on the Green, Framingham, MA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/infractions-175x105.jpg\" alt=\"The Infractions, July 1, 2011 - Concerts on the Green, Framingham, MA\" width=\"175\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRAMINGHAM, MA &#8211; The Infractions packed the house in a July 1st, 2011 performance at the Framingham &#8220;Concerts on the Green&#8221;. Due to rain last week, this was the first night a band played this year in the free summer concert series that&#8217;s been running on the Framingham Centre Common every year since 1996. The Infractions &#8220;Play&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2011\/07\/01\/arts-culture\/the-infractions-funky-music-fills-the-common\/\">[read more]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[682,2280,913,2281,2278,318,2277,1975,381,555,1431,1378,141,317,1978,2279,2239],"class_list":["post-4650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-culture","tag-centre-common","tag-charles-holt","tag-concerts-on-the-green","tag-democrats","tag-eagles-all-american-grill","tag-fpac-tv","tag-framingham-artists-guild","tag-framingham-concerts","tag-jim-egan","tag-keefe-tech","tag-live-music","tag-mark-curtis","tag-music","tag-public-access","tag-the-infractions","tag-tobi-hoffman","tag-village-green"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4650"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5063,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4650\/revisions\/5063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}