Sudamericanto

Posted on January 3, 2025 by Jennie Legary

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...

Ana Vieira: Contemporary Fado artist

Posted on January 2, 2025January 2, 2025 by Jennie Legary

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...

Sibarg Ensemble

Posted on January 2, 2025February 11, 2025 by Jennie Legary

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 ...

The Red Poppy and Family Art Needs Us!

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Red Poppy

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 ...

Mijo de la Palma: A Ray of Caribbean Light Over This (Other) Great City by the Sea

Posted on July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 by Red Poppy

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 ...

AMALGAMATION: A Project About Networks, Systems and Communities – Summer 2012 Artistic Residency

Posted on May 29, 2012September 19, 2012 by Red Poppy

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...