Family Art takes place every Saturday afternoon. Time: 1pm-4pm Feb. 22nd- Sock Puppets with Theatre/ Títeres con Teatro Using white socks, googly eyes, bon bons, and yarn all kids are invited to create a sock puppet. It can be an animal, a self portrait, or a make-believe character. Volunteers of Family Art will present a finished wooden theatre that has been a work in progress for the Family Art community. All Activities are FREE unless otherwise listed. Todas las actividades d...

Family Art takes place every Saturday afternoon. Time: 1pm-4pm Feb 15th- Family Art Clay Day/ Dia de Plastelina Various colors of clay will be used to create hearts and flowers inspired by February, the month of love. Kids can make a heart, flower, or any inspired clay creation to give to someone they love as a gift.  All Activities are FREE unless otherwise listed. Todas las actividades del programa de Arte en Familia son GRATIS a menos que esté indicado en el calendario. Calend...

Family Art takes place every Saturday afternoon. Time: 1pm-4pm Feb 8th - Family Art/ Familia Entre Arte We will have a special guest leading an art project.  All Activities are FREE unless otherwise listed. Todas las actividades del programa de Arte en Familia son GRATIS a menos que esté indicado en el calendario. Calendar activities are subject to change. Check website for updates. Las actividades están sujetas a cambio. Revise la página web.

Family Art takes place every Saturday afternoon. Time: 1pm-4pm Feb. 1st- Family Art MAPP: Vegetable printing, NO on GMO! Fresh vegetables and fruits such as carrots, celery sticks, and oranges are provided to dip in paint and print onto paper. The natural design of the fruit or veggie leaves an imprint that a child can use for a grand creation of art!  All Activities are FREE unless otherwise listed. Todas las actividades del programa de Arte en Familia son GRATIS a menos que est...

  Family Art takes place every Saturday afternoon. Time: 1pm-4pm  All Activities are FREE unless otherwise listed. Todas las actividades del programa de Arte en Familia son GRATIS a menos que esté indicado en el calendario. Calendar activities are subject to change. Check website for updates. Las actividades están sujetas a cambio. Revise la página web.

Música Esotérica Tropical María José’s life changed in 2009 on a beach in her native Puerto Rico, where a friend gave her a used Celtic harp. She began writing hypnotic, haunting songs for harp and voice that incorporate her eclectic musical interests. María José’s songs grow out of an intuitive process of deep listening and the condition of being fully human in a confusing world. Her lyrics speak of paradoxes: mystery and certainty; doubt and faith; love and solitude; sorrow and connection; e...

Sariyah Idan, an internationally touring vocalist, songwriter and actor, is jazz trained, hip-hop educated and influenced by music of her Jewish roots. She blends musical styles into an alternative sound seasoned with soul and passionately hopeful longing while riffing on topics ranging from romance to politics. Akin to Nneka and Amy Winehouse, Sariyah takes inspiration from a across the musical spectrum and has shared stages with notable Bay Area artists Aima the Dreamer, La Gente, Jordan and t...

Nylon with Tabla and Guitar with Flute: Two Duos Exploring the Art of Genre Blending Therianthrope is the musical duo led by nylon string guitarist, Dusty Brough and tabla artist, Miles Shrewsbery. The wide spectrum of sounds presented by Therianthrope are inspired by their diverse backgrounds in flamenco, Balkan, Indian classical, jazz, Persian and pop, to name just a few. They unabashedly break down genre barriers while reinterpreting the sounds of today’s jazz and other traditional music. Th...

Janam blends Balkan, Near Eastern, and American roots with original music, creating rapturous acoustic textures, whirling rhythms and stunning vocal harmonies. Led by Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble veteran Juliana Graffagna, Janam unites some of the San Francisco Bay Area's most imaginative and devoted practitioners of Balkan and Near Eastern music. These artists weave together Eastern exoticism, gritty Appalachian folk melodies and their own inspired compositions. The resulting music is trans...

The Red Poppy Art House invites you to celebrate love, music and all things Poppy at their February benefit show with two stellar San Francisco-based musical groups:  Makrú and Sol Tevél. Doors open at 6pm for a Happy Hour and a rare opportunity to listen in on the the artists' sound check. Admission is $10-100 sliding scale. Advanced tickets will be sold through Brown Paper Tickets. Sol Tevél will begin the evening at 7pm. All ages are welcome. Two awe-inspiring musical groups, both Makrú and ...

Duo boldly goes where no pair has gone before Wil Blades and Scott Amendola conjure various sonic deities though only a duo. Their live shows have been generating a buzz around the Bay Area. The two got their start when Scott had the vision of performing Duke Ellington’s “Far East Suite” in duo with Wil; a challenging task as the suite was originally written for a big band. With Wil’s knowledge of this tradition, Scott’s desire to push boundaries and utilizing the Hammond organ to emulate the s...

Come celebrate the opening reception of the Red Poppy's current art installations. This reception is free and open to all ages.  PROGRAM:  3PM - 4PM: Join the kids and parents at Family Art as we will decorate a few hopeful "sky-houses" by artist Mission Condition artist Dustin Fosnot and launch them into the sky! 4PM - 7PM: Opening Reception for 3 installations:  "The Mission Condition: Outwardly Mobile," a mural and assemblage collaboration by Mona Caron and Dustin Fosnot. The piece ...

A merging of classical and jazz with poetic undertones After 12 years of performances throughout the US, Canada and South America, Quijeremá returns to the Poppy for a night of retrospection and celebration, featuring new work from their upcoming project "El Viaje/The Journey". Their music features traditional instruments and vocal poetry to create a unique style that merges jazz, classical and world idioms. Quijeremá is a 2012-13 California Arts Council grantee, performs worldwide, including s...

  Fast forward with the new sound of Latin Alternative music Bang Data was created in early 2008, bringing you a mix of slick and melodic guitar, gritty synth & bass, over banging electro-acoustic rhythms; making this the perfect canvas for Deuce Eclipse’s bilingual rhymes and melodies. Bang Data’s sound is a mash-up of styles combining hints of latin, reggae, hip-hop & rock triggering memories of music we once grew up with yet offering a futuristic vision of latin alternative mus...

A dance between popular music and classical tradition! A compelling brew of back beat rhythm, multicultural groove, and modern classical, Squid Inc  is made up of a group of Bay Area's fiercest string players advocating for classical instruments  and classical music. The group creates both original works and unique adaptations of  mainstream alternative and rock music, which is sure to be an unusual experience! For a portion of this special evening Squid will be joined by Carrie Katz (Rosin Cov...

  Broken Shadows Family Band is comprised of an all-star cast of musicians from diverse backgrounds; Western European to Arabic classical music, slavic choral music to Americana, classic jazz to the sounds of Macedonia and beyond. They’ve created a truly unique sound, balancing the old with the new, and telling human anecdotes that are ready to be danced to. Originals by trumpeter/composer Darren Johnston are extremely unique and integrate selections of recorded interviews and letters by...

Vocalist, composer, and Los Angeles native Tiffany Austin possesses a soulful and subtle delivery, that has placed her onstage and onscreen with artists such as Roy Ayers and Marcus Shelby. A  friend of the Red Poppy, The Tiffany Austin Quartet will be gracing the Red Poppy with their presence for a night of smooth sensual vocals and invigorating swing music. Tiffany Austin is a vocalist, song writer, and Los Angeles native whose soul, subtlety and versatility has brought her work to Europe a...

Traveling in Black Colors  featuring PitchBlackGold, Holly Saucy & J. Mitchell  Ka Mau, also known as Pitch Black Gold, along with Holly Saucy and J.Mitchell will be taking audiences on Africlectic journeys through poetry, genre bending sound and visual experiments. For the last ten years Ka Mau has lived in Bali, Indonesia using the art of poetry, rap and dance to connect cultures, inspire creative thought and action and motivate youth to use their creativity as a means of personal and col...

In this workshop, we will share public health research that shows that recent Latino/a immigrants have better health than their American-born children. We will discuss the need for decolonizing our diets through reclaiming ancestral foods, recipes, cooking techniques, and remedios. Our ancestors ate a plant-based diet, with a heavy reliance on nixtamal corn, beans, wild greens, nopales, and other healthy vegetables. They used herbal teas and medicines to cure ailments. They ate in community and ...

Red Reels Presents: 'Blood Brother' and the installation Florecer, Blossoming and Living with HIV: Overcoming Stigma Through Art.   'Blood Brother' tells the story of Rocky Braat, a young man from a fractured family and a troubled past who met a group of HIV positive children living in an orphanage while traveling through India without a plan. There Rocky witnessed the kids endure disease, abject poverty, and death. However, in the midst of these troubles, Rocky also saw the their deep joy...

Gautam Tehas Ganeshan sings classical Carnatic music with distinction, innovation, and an inimitable personal style. A member of the first group of resident performing artists at the Red Poppy back in 2007, Gautam has galvanized the local scene as the director of the Sangati Center and as a musician with his ear to the ground. He has performed at the SFMOMA, Palace of Fine Arts, SFJAZZ, Freight & Salvage, Yoshi's, and Zellerbach Playhouse, and has led workshops at the Asian Art Museum, SF Co...

 The Adam Shulman Quintet presents “Strays” The Music of Billy Strayhorn   Adam Shulman has been a staple of the San Francisco Jazz scene since he moved to the city in 2002. Before the move, Shulman was a student at UC Santa Cruz where he studied with the great Smith Dobson and the trumpeter/arranger Ray Brown. He received his degree in classical performance under the tutelage of the Russian pianist Maria Ezerova.   Currently, Shulman plays regularly with Marcus Shelby in l...

An Evening with Yumi Tomsha, mezzo soprano   Mezzo soprano Yumi Tomsha gave her New York debut recital in 2008 at Bargemusic, the magical 'floating concert hall.’ As an oratorio soloist, she has been featured in works including Bach’s St. John Passion and Mass in b minor, and Vivaldi’s third Dixit Dominus and Gloria. Yumi is currently working on a solo album that will include the premiere of a song cycle featuring poetry by Japanese and Japanese American women.   Yumi’s progr...

Join us in a Mission Community Celebration of the Posadas, a cultural tradition with a theme of seeking shelter, which speaks to our ongoing struggles in the Mission. The procession will start at 6pm on the corner of 24th and South Van Ness and ends at the Poppy where we will come together for performances, speakers, food, and drink. Candles will be provided. Please bring percussion instruments for the procession. If you are familiar with Posadas, and you would like a more active role, please co...

The Red Poppy Art House is pleased to announce a special line-up featuring two groups of top-notch tango innovators, The Redwood Tango Ensemble and Trio Zincalo. The Redwood Tango Ensemble is one of the Bay Area's busiest tango ensembles, renowned among the dance community for their live performances at milongas (tango dance parties) and concerts. This all-star quintet's sound ranges from traditional tango of the 40's and 50's to original compositions and compelling instrumentation from the more...

The Red Poppy Art House is humbled by the opportunity to being able to offer two seventy-minute shows from Fishtank Ensemble in one night.  Doors will open for the first show at 6:30pm, the performance will start at 7pm. For the second performance, doors will open at 8:20pm, and the performance will start at approximately 8:40pm. Whether it's for the early show, or the later one, make sure you don't miss this spectacular troupe! Formed in 2005 and playing everywhere from the hippest LA clubs ...

The Sophisticated Ladies features Emilie Clamée and Rachael Magidson. Emilie mastered the flute and bansuri, and has performed throughout Asia, India, Europe and in the US. Lead vocalist Rachael Magidson also shines on percussion and the trumpet. Having grown up in a family of musicians, naturally music became Magidson's preferred language of expression. Two local pearls from Bay Area will be joining this pair this evening: Carlay Kay, an upright bass player from New Orleans, and Maya Kronfle...

  Since 2003, Mission Arts and Performance Project (MAPP) has produced 63 neighborhood pop-up art happenings of intimate spaces, all without ever formalizing into a non-profit organization, seeking funding, nor establishing a formal staff structure. Across these 10 years, the MAPP has featured thousands of artists, helping to cross-pollinate ideas and launch careers of artists engaged in social issues. It is a kind of otherworldly art walk, not centered on commercial corridors but within...