Brava! For Women in the Arts announces:   ~Our Mission: No Eviction! A community action to benefit Rene Yañez & Yolanda López~   In solidarity with this important event held at Brava Theater, The Red Poppy Art House has canceled it's evening programming to support the efforts of this fundraiser and tribute to longtime Mission district residents and artists: Rene Yañez & Yolanda López.   Featuring: Culture Clash, Marga Gomez, Guillermo Gomez-Peña, Las Bomber...

  Come and enjoy a night of short LOVE poems and performances with specialists and experienced artists in the matter of love and other crisis.   Poets: Jack Hirschman, Nina Serrano, Jennifer Barone, Adrian Arias, and direct from Argentina Teresa Palazzo Conti & Salomé Audisio releasing their new book "A Woman's Plea", under the local new publishing house "Mariposa Blanca" SF-Oakland.   Performers: Mamacoatl & La Tania   With the admission you wi...

  Litquake 2013 will present more than 800 authors and journalists in more than 160 events over 9 days, culminating with with the closing event, Lit Crawl on Saturday, October 19th. Spread over three hours, the LitCrawl hosts live readings of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and more in bookstores, bars, art galleries, restaurants, stores, cafés, laundromats, community spaces… even a police station and beekeeping supply store. More at: litcrawl.org   The Red Poppy will celebr...

  Tito will be playing all of the famous rhythms that has made Cuban music popular...Rumba, Guaracha, Son and of cause romantic boleros. Tito's plays high energy authentic Cuban music.   Tito Gonzalez - Lead singer, tres guitar and minor percussion David Frazier - Congas Tony Garcia - Bass Rubin Hurtado - Piano Miguel Martinez - Flute   Admission: $15-20. Doors at 7:00 Show at 7:30.   Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive...

  Storytelling, Workshop, and Ancestral Tradiciones   Local healers and spoken word artists come together to share their "brujerias." The suggested donation will include medicinal herbs to take home.  

  An evening of Classical Royal Court Music with Persian Starr     Shirzad Sharif (Persian Starr) is the inventor of a custom built Persian-Electric Acoustic instrument & creator of many Middle Eastern cross genre musical projects ranging from World Music collaborations, Avant Garde Persian Music, Persian Electronica, Persian Gothik & other forms of Persian Music.   Shirzad Sharif will be performing on his custom built lute which is a hybrid combination...

  Irish Fission Irish-born violinist and former Red Poppy Resident Artist,  Colm Ó Riain and some highly select friends mix the music of Ireland with rhythms and melodies from all over the musical world – jazz, blues, Roma (gipsy), India, Cuba, Brazil and many more.   An accomplished and fiery improviser in many genres, Colm has performed in festivals and venues throughout the world—from Argentina and Brazil to Sweden and Vietnam — while also thrilling audiences at festivals ...

  The MAPP is a homegrown, intercultural, multidisciplinary neighborhood event that takes place the first Saturday every two months in the Mission District. This months's MAPP features more than 15 venues—garages, cafés,  studios, gardens, street corners—which artists transform into makeshift venues for the intimate experience of people and culture. Endeavoring to bridge the cultural divides of our communities, the MAPP gives space and voice to the multiplicity of perspectives and ex...

  Music, Art and City Light   Eve Fleishman serves up an “old soul” sound, weaving together elements of jazz, motowny pop, showtunes and even a dab of country folk to create a unique listening experience. Eve’s original music has been played on stations world-wide and she has appeared live on both TV and radio. She recently toured with her project, Peace or Drama, A Journey Through Music and Art, featuring 13 original songs and paintings. This experiment of “art inspires art” re...

Sol Tevél integrates sounds, rhythms, and multi-lingual lyrics from around the globe in order to advocate building a strong, conscious and united community worldwide. Led by Israeli-born singer and guitarist, Lior Ben-Hur, Sol Tevél is a San Francisco-based band that focuses on connecting Hebrew roots while engaging world cultures. In October 2012 Sol Tevél released their debut album, World Light, which aims to shed a new light and contemporary interpretation on old Jewish texts, ideals and my...

  Winner of the SF Weekly award for Best Jazz Artist, guitarist Terrence Brewer is "a melodic improviser with an exquisite tone and abundance of soul" (JazzTimes). A veteran of the San Francisco, Russian River and Monterey jazz festivals, Brewer has topped the jazz radio charts nationally.   Guest flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny, an honors graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and the Berklee College of Music, was introduced to audiences in the 1990s as the protégé of Art Fa...

  Claudio Santome is a musician with diverse experience in both classical and popular music. He has performed Italian, German French, and Spanish operas. Claudio has sung  with Ariel Ramirez's Misa Criolla in and toured with J.P Gaffney in Swizterland and Italy. His vast vocal range has allowed him to sing Orff's Carmina Burana with Berkeley's Community Chorus both in baritone and tenor as well as Verdi's Traviata and Macbeth Puccini's Tosca with other local companies. Claudio is now e...

 Classical Revolution presents Dúo del Sol: Rock / Classical / Flamenco Firestorm, High energy original music from LA Classical Revolution presents the 2nd Annual Bay Area Chamber Music Festival, with concerts throughout the month of September in venues around the Bay Area. For tonight's concert at the Red Poppy, we are thrilled to present the enormously enjoyable Dúo del Sol, on tour from Los Angeles. It is hard to imagine when you hear the duo that its only two musicians playing - they...

 The pickPocket ensemble - new music for the world cafe. Inspired by many world musical traditions, the pickPocket ensemble inhabit a country all their own. Original, fresh and engaging, the pickPocket ensemble create a contemporary chamber café music that moves both body and soul. Chloe Allen - violin Rick Corrigan -  accordion and composition Yates Brown - guitar John Slattery - percussion With special guests Doralice “Their combined talents generate vivid imagery and infectious tune...

    An intimate journey through the song book of the classic ranchero and the timeless tango themes that make up our sentimental common ground, while defying the politics of passion and cross pollinating our vernacular. This intelligent, irreverent, apocalyptic repertoire explores the tragic humor of the 20th century; its lost love and its revolutions in a uniquely "Barrio Mission" experience. With MamaCoatl on vocals, Damian Nuñez on piano plus special musical guests on violi...

  We hope you'll join us for an informal community gathering on Friday, September 20th for Poppy Day from 6-10pm at the Red Poppy Art House. Bring your favorite food, poetry, instrument, or music to share and enjoy some good conversation! All ages welcome. This is a free event.  

Sita is a Hindu goddess, the leading lady of India’s epic the Ramayana and a dutiful wife who follows her husband Rama on a 14 year exile to a forest, only to be kidnapped by an evil king from Sri Lanka. Despite remaining faithful to her husband, Sita is put through many tests. Nina (the filmmaker Nina Paley herself) is an artist who finds parallels in Sita’s life when her husband – in India on a work project - decides to break up their marriage and dump her via email. Three hilarious Indonesian...

 Las Bomberas de la Bahia was founded in November 2007, under the direction of Denise Solis and Sarazeta Ragazzi, and is one of only a handful of all-women’s Bomba ensembles to exist internationally. The group is composed of San Francisco Bay Area artists, educators, and activists dedicated to expanding the tradition of this living cultural form by highlighting the important role women play in supporting our communities while continuing the legacy of resistance that was born in the sugarcane p...

  A unique performer, Eva McGowan has created her own, distinct style. She has a captivating honesty that enthralls audiences, entwining her rich storytelling and love of traditional blues, jazz and folk.   Her songs have been described as witty, poignant and sultry; she explores the world around her, with all it has to offer. Combined with accomplished guitar skills and interesting noting, she is sure to impress.   More about Eva: evamcgowan.com.au  ...

Former San Franciscan and current New York pianist, keyboardist, composer, and producer Michael Gallant returns to the Bay area to celebrate his critically acclaimed new trio album, Completely. The music draws from jazz and grunge rock, tango and swaggering funk, showcasing what Jazziz describes as “strong melodies and intense musicianship across several genres.” Gallant will appear with Andrew Higgins (bass) and Eric Garland (drums). "★ ★ ★ ★. . . infectious and captivating." —DownBeat  "...

  Lulacruza is an electronic folk duo at the junction of the hypermodern and the ancient. Their music weaves together hypnotic female singing, South American instruments, found sound objects, field recordings, and electronic manipulation. The result is cross-genre music unfolding with mesmerizing vocals, aquatic textures and up-tempo, handcrafted South American rhythms.   Alejandra Ortiz- voice, cuatro, shruti box, tar and kalimba. Luis Maurette- electronics, bomba leguero, cha...

Eduardo Arocho, award-winning Boricua poet direct from Chicago, will be promoting his latest chapbook, "Hot Wings", a collection of English, Spanish and Spanglish poems with themes of gentrification, urban violence, colonialism, and a few love poems.   This event is a first in many ways! It will be Eduardo's first time to the Bay Area to promote his works, the first father/son reunion in the Bay Area since 1993 for Luis and Ramiro while Luis was promoting the paperback of his bestsell...