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"To me, Juneteenth is a reminder of freedom."

“If you live through this with me, I swear that I would die for you,” bellows Courtney Love on her seminal track “Asking for It” from her 1994 album: Live

The “Boogie Shakedown,” which started in 1998 as a backyard music festival to kick off the summer, has become an annual tradition celebrated by local musicians, their friends and families. When last year’s “Boogie” was canceled at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the State Theatre of Ithaca decided to organize a virtual alternative. Even though the event takes place in a different setting, the goal remains the same — to bring people together through music.  �...