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Ale Russian

Artists go with the flow at Palmer Square taco Tuesday jam

Jugglers Austen Cloud, Josh Schilling and their friend Tor look for the perfect rhythm to juggle pins as Schilling stands atop Tor’s shoulders. (Ale Russian)

Venture out to Palmer Square on most any Tuesday night, and you’ll likely be distracted by a variety of objects — not to mention people — flying through the air. No, the circus isn’t in town: It’s the Taco Tuesday Flow Jam, a weekly gathering of jugglers, acrobats, fire-spinners and other eye-catching athletes, also known as flow artists.

The de facto organizer of this weekly potluck, 29-year-old Austen Cloud, says the whole thing started pretty effortlessly when a friend encouraged people to start meeting up in the park. That was seven years ago.

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