Nato Green

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Advance tickets are available online. You are advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. Nato Green In the Darkest Hour: The Most Political ComedySan Francisco-based political comedian Nato Green brings a residency to the Red Poppy for one night only, with a work-in-progress show of the most political comedy to get us through this, the hour of darkness.Featuring:Nato Green with guests TBDSaturday, March 15th, 2025 Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm...
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Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet

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Advance tickets are available online. You are advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet Contemporary TangoBandoneonist and composer Charles Gorczynski returns to the Bay Area, for the first time with his acclaimed Minneapolis quartet: pianist Alex Woods, violinist Devan Moran, and bassist Sarah Lahasky. The quartet is touring to support their new album Dead Stars (Caverns Records 2025), a set of original and contemporary tangos t...
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Grupo Falso Baiano (trio) ft. Catiá Lund

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Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. Grupo Falso Baiano (trio) ft. Catiá Lund Roots Samba, Bossa Nova, and Brazilian ChoroGrupo Falso Baiano will feature Brazilian vocalist, Catiá Lund to present wonderful instrumental Brazilan samba classics, Samba-Choros, and Bossa Nova in an evening of intimate music featuring percussion, guitar, and clarinet. From the nightclub district in Lapa of Rio de Janeiro to our own cul...
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ShadowLight Productions

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 Lunar New Year Shadow Play WorkshopCelebrate the Lunar New Year with an enchanting and interactive Shadow Play Workshop, hosted at the cozy and creative Red Poppy Art House. This free event invites children, families, and community members to dive into the magical world of shadow puppetry. Together, we will explore the art of storytelling and puppet-making, culminating in a collaborative shadow theater performance.Featuring:Jessica Nguyen - Puppeteer Ya Wen Chien -...
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February 1st MAPP

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  February 1st MAPP    Saturday, February 1st, 2025 | 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom @23rd Curator: Dina ZarifDoors open at 7:00 pm7:15 – 8:00 pm: The Shadow Band (Funky Arabi Jazz) 8:15 – 9:00 pm: Louda y Los Bad Hombres (Latin and Jazz Rhythmics) 9:15 -10:00 pm: Diaspora Ensemble (Music of the Mediterranean)Exhibit: CORAZONES / HEARTS by Adrian AriasTHIS IS A FREE EVENT MAPP (Mission Arts & Performance Pr...
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LIONESS: A Short Film Fundraiser

 LIONESS: A Short Film Fundraiser A Fundraising Event for a compelling film about courage and resilienceJoin Us for the LIONESS Film Fundraiser Event sponsored by Aviva Arts! Set in 1977 Morocco, LIONESS tells the story of a young woman who coaches the town's first girls' soccer team, challenging tradition and inspiring her players to dream beyond their limits. This film is a powerful exploration of resilience, courage, and the transformative power of representation.T...
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Party of Hearts: Exhibition Closing Reception

Party of Hearts Exhibition Closing Reception: CORAZONES / HEARTS by Adrian Arias THIS IS A FREE EVENT (Donation is encouraged)Party of Hearts is a time to gather as a community and reflect on the power of art as a means of change in our society, in these difficult times of political transition. A renewed collection of CORAZONES / HEARTS by Adrian Arias, some of these works have been exhibited at the California Museum in Sacramento.Saturday, January 18th, 2024 Time: 6:30 PM ...
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Love Songs for the Soul: Amelia Romano & Asaf Ophir

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Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. Love Songs for the Soul: Amelia Romano & Asaf Ophir A Take on Popular Love SongsLooking for something fun to do around Valentine's Day? Love Songs for the Soul presents an evening of popular love songs, poems, and stories, arranged for harp, voice, woodwinds, and guitar. From Norah Jones to Bob Marley and everything in between, there is room for everybody. If you are lookin...
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Sudamericanto

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Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. Sudamericanto Latin American folk-jazz fusionOur unique brand of Latin-American music takes audiences along a journey through South America and the Caribbean traditions with a Brazilian jazz twist. Featuring multi-faceted Puerto Rican vocalist/interpreter Madeleine Zayas and high caliber Bay Area musicians/educators natives from Peru, Brazil, Puerto Rico, and the US coming toge...
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Ana Vieira: Contemporary Fado artist

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Advance tickets are available online. You are advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. Ana Vieira: Contemporary Fado artist  Exploring the music of the legendary Fado artist out of Portugal, Amalia Rodrigues, and beyond.This music is sometimes called “Portuguese Blues.” Ana's work captures the essence of Fado from her parents' homeland and well beyond. She performs and records music that ranges from the soulful, haunting ballads and catchy, playful songs o...
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Sibarg Ensemble

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Advance tickets are available online. You are advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. Sibarg Ensemble Persian/Jazz ImprovisationThe Sibarg Ensemble explores creative intercultural music-making by combining the sounds of Persian music, jazz, and free improvisation. Through original compositions, arrangements of classical melodies and folksongs, and improvisations, ensemble members draw on their distinct musical backgrounds while creating a unique dialogue with ...
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The Red Poppy and Family Art Needs Us!

The Red Poppy and Family Art needs you! Have an extra flash drive, camera, or laptop collecting dust in your closet? Consider offering for a good cause to the Red Poppy Art House!Operating on a tiny budget and the generosity of hundreds of volunteers, the Poppy requires the above equipment to keep our information organized and provide the tools we need to write grants, sustain ourselves and document our great programming. Help us continue to serve our community better.Don't ...
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Mijo de la Palma: A Ray of Caribbean Light Over This (Other) Great City by the Sea

 Being Puerto Rican, a recent arrival to San Francisco and being thousands of miles away from the Isla del Encanto, Borikén, Puerto Rico (it has so many names to those who know of it and its rich history) I fell into absolute nostalgia when I first heard Mijo de la Palma, a musical act that I had not encountered while I was living in San Juan, a city that like San Francisco lies by the sea. His sounds are remittent to nova trova, rock del patio, música jíbara and all the music made ...
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AMALGAMATION: A Project About Networks, Systems and Communities – Summer 2012 Artistic Residency

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    From May 31-August 2, 2012 at the Red Poppy Art HouseThanks for the participation of those who left their mark on the grid!The Project's Thesis  This project seeks to integrate the residency of artist Ralph Vázquez-Concepción at the Red Poppy Art House, the Family Arts Program of the Poppy, local residents and artists as well as invited artists from abroad to participate in a dialogue about what the terms ‘networks’, ‘systems’, and ‘community’ mean to...
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Steam & Ice: The Recent Work of Hiroyo Kaneko

Currently on view at the Red Poppy Art House is the work of photographer Hiroyo Kaneko (b.  Aomori, Japan) which explores the relationship between her subjects and the element of water in two very poetic contexts, in the steamy bathhouse and the outdoors as an accumulation of snow. The exhibition showcases two parallel series of photography, selected by Exhibitions Director Marisa Aragona, based on the poetic relationship of the subjects in Kaneko’s photographs and the mutable element of water. ...
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Alexis Amann: Meanwhile. . .

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Exhibition of paintings at The Red Poppy Art House
Artist reception: Thursday, September 29, 6-9pmThe Red Poppy Art House is excited to present Meanwhile. . ., an exhibition of Alexis Amann’s recent paintings exploring monster women, demons, Ophelia, witches, baby belugas, fish-headed persons, and the complications of having too many or not enough eyes. Amann’s acrylic gouache paintings and installations on cut paper contain layers of worlds populated...
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