It is an honor and pleasure for us to be able to host local and touring acts. While the pictures don't do it justice, you just have to take my word for it that it was an awesome night. Music, Limbo, Dancing, Roller Skating, and Memory Making. The photos being bad only reflects how totally engaged I was. I didn't want to miss a valuable moment of experiencing the band, to fiddle with my phone.
Future Ex-Youth teamed up with Wonderground on October 6th to bring you an enchanting night of Electronic Music with DJ sets from Etheral Jack, Elli500, and friends.
Our Wonderground event space is back and better then ever. You may remember it from previous meal distributions from M.O.R. and School supply giveaways with Unity Baton Rouge. Once upon a time we were only able to host musical performances with generators and portapotties. But now we have power and water! No small accomplishment! With the new collaboration with Ruby and Riddley Dean, we have ushered in a new energy with many new exciting acts to come. Here is a few scenes from the last event featuring Device Operator and Mind Kontrol. What a great time it was.
In case you don't already know, Wonderground is a place where all genders, races, and sexual orientations can feel free to express themselves, be supported and find community. If you have ever felt like an outsider, this may just be the place for you. Bring your good attitude and you will certainly fit in here.
Its been a long journey, and its been wonderful to see the support and progress in becoming Baton Rouge's premiere Off Grid Art and Community Space. A huge thank you to everyone who has been a part of the process. (Pictured below Otis "Dude" Forbes, Cindy Wonderful, Will Smeltzer, Ellen Ogden, Erin Elliat, Ari Jewell)
For those of you have been following the progress of our Wonderground location, you may have heard that in the early stages of Covid, while everyone was supposed to be on lockdown, someone used that opportunity to unlawfully dump over 300 tires in our driveway. Since then we have been trying to repurpose them, the give them away, to lawfully dispose them as time, and budget allows. (You can only take 5 a day to the processing plant, only when they are open. Being that we are grass roots, volunteer run, most of us have day jobs the same hours they are open. Organizing a one time pick up would've been over $1000 dollars. ). While we did manage to reduce the pile to just over 200 tires.
It has been a long, slow process. I have contacted numerous folks in the BRPD, DEQ, Matt Watson, and more. Wonderground had even been featured on WAFB about those tires, still no avail, so when my church friend Lura Allen told me that she knew someone who could help, I have to admit I was skeptical. But low and behold this angel and Community Activist Matt Thomas said he could help, and he delivered! He helped me personally move over 200 tires to the street for pick up, and with a helping hand from council woman Carolyn Coleman, I am happy to report those tires are GONE FOREVER from Wonderground. (though you may still see some repurposed tires in the community garden).
This makes over 2,000 discarded tires that Matt Thomas has personally been responsible for cleaning up. This many is a true local hero. THANK YOU MATT THOMAS!
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