Loe & the Nastys' original music fuses the improvisation of jazz, the structure of popular music, and the conversation of group interplay. They draw their influence from Roy Hargrove, Thelonious Monk, Gretchen Parlato, and Jobim. Featured on youtube.com and Yahoo!News as soundtracks for Grammy artist Phil Hanson, the group was also named Editor's Pick on CDBaby.com.Joe Costantini: bass
Eli Wallace: keys
Loe Lee: vocals/guitar/keys
John Swick: drums
Brendon Liu (trumpet)"Equal par...
Read MoreCelebrando El Dia de la Tierra y El Dia Internacional de los Trabajadores / Celebrating Earth Day and International Workers Day
Celebrando abril 22 * El Dia de la TierraCelebrating Earth Day on April 22ndSPECIAL GUEST TBAActividad: Musica de la Tierra!Activity: Earth Music! Celebrando 1ro de Mayo * El Dia Internacional de los Trabajadores/Celebrating May 1st International Workers Day Actividad:Agradeciendo a los trabajadores! Tarjetas de agradecimiento para los trabajadores en nuestros barrios y familias! Activity:Thanki...
Read MoreCelebrando el 19 de abril dia del Indigena en Brasil / Celebrating April 19th Indigenous Day in Brazil
Celebrando el 19 de abril dia del Indigena en Brasil
Celebrating April 19th Indigenous Day in Brazil
Actividad: Joyeria al estilo pataxo
Activity: Crafting Jewelry Pataxo Style
ALSO...
*Ven por tu gorra de pato gratis!* (de Pascua)
*Easter duck hats for free!*
All Activities are FREE!!
Art material and monetary donations are welcomed to help sustain the program but volunteers are extremely encouraged!!!
Read MoreWE ARE=MOVEMENT, “Embody Your Goals: What You Want and Who You Are Today.” Workshop led by Leeann Mallorie
The Family Arts Youth and Volunteer Development Program presents...
"Embody Your Goals: What You Want and Who You Are Today"
Workshop led by Leeann Mallorie
10am-12:30noon
Part of the WE ARE = MOVEMENT event at:
3344 24th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
24TH ST @ BARLETT (Between Mission & Valencia)
Find more information on Facebook, Yelp, and SFGate!RSVP johanna@redpoppyarthouse.orgFree for volunteers of the Red Poppy Art House
Read MoreFamily Art – Celebrando Marzo 31 el dia de Cesar Chavez / Cesar Chavez Day March 31st
Celebrando Marzo 31 el dia de Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez Day March 31st.
Actividad: Si Se Puede! * Activity: Yes We Can!
Read MoreScreening of Esperando el Tsunami (Waiting for the Tsunami). A film by Vincent Moon. An album by LULACRUZA.
Artist Salon
Free/Gratis
6:30pm – 9pm *
Film Starts 7pm Screening of Esperando el Tsunami
(Waiting for the Tsunami)
A film by Vincent Moon. An album by LULACRUZA.A traveling visual album that lies in between music and cinema.
*Bring food & drinks to share!
Read MoreAprende a hacer un libro / Book Making
Trae un libro para regalarle a un niño!
Bring a book to give away to a child!
Actividad: Aprende a hacer un libro
Activity: Book Making.
All Activities are FREE!!
Art material and monetary donations are welcomed to help sustain the program but volunteers are extremely encouraged!!!
Read MoreDia Mundial de La Salud / World Health Day
Celebrando el dia mundial de la salud.Celebrating World Health Day.Actividad: Feliz y Saludable!Activity: Happy and Healthy! * Ven por frutitas gratis! *Come get your fruit on!
All Activities are FREE!!Art material and monetary donations are welcomed to help sustain the program but volunteers are extremely encouraged!!
Read MoreEl dia de Cesar Chavez / Cesar Chavez commemoration – Si se puede!
Celebrando el dia de Cesar Chavez
Cezar Chavez CommemorationActividad: Si se puede!
Activity: Yes we can!All Activities are FREE!
Art material and monetary donations are welcomed to help sustain the program but volunteers are extremely encouraged!!!
Read MoreMoyurbando: The Recent Work of Maykel Vargas
Currently on view at the Red Poppy Art House is a collection of recent paintings by Maykel Vargas (b. 1977, Cuba) which explores the arcane language of the primitive and the shamanistic. His works are of an Expressionist nature, which explores themes of the mystical and ancestral forces in nature as were represented and worshiped by our indigenous ancestry, or even the African deities, also carried over by our ancestry, which laid the laws that governed the natural world. The paintings are a win...
Read MoreArte y Tapas Performance Series feat. Classical Revolution
Red Poppy Art House presents"Arte y Tapas Performance Series" featuring Classical RevolutionThe "Arte y Tapas" performance series features live music, visual art, and artisan tapas, showcasing local musicians, artists and chefs. The opening event on Valentine's Day featured a Tango performance by Trio Garufa, The Artists of EDELO "Where the United Nations Used To Be" as well as delicious seasonal tapas by Lovage Cooking.
On March 21st "Arte y Tapas" coincides with the 327th birthda...
Read MoreCharming Hostess: An Homage to Radical Diva Adrienne Cooper
Charming Hostess is a music ensemble at the intersection of voice, text and Diaspora consciousness. Our mission is to make lovely noise about complex ideas. We draw sonically from the sounding body – voices and winds, handclaps and heartbeats, sex-breath and silence. Individual voices and experiences come together to create a dialogic, multi-faceted whole. ChoHo’s music has been curated into the Prague Bienalle and the Museum of Peace in Uzbekistan, as well as YBCA and the Contemporary Jewish Mu...
Read MoreQuijeremá: The African Roots of Andean Music
To understand the music of Quijerema is similar to learning the meaning of the name of the group itself. At first glance, the name might seem to be a locale, or a meaningful word in another language, but it is really the abbreviated combination of the names of the three founders of the group; “Qui” is for guitarist/flutist/singer Quique Cruz. “Jere” stands for Jeremy Allen the bassist/percussionist of the group, and “Ma” is percussionist/cuatro/vocalist Maria Fernanda. The layering of differe...
Read MoreRiffat Sultana: Sufi, Folk And Love Songs
Riffat Sultana channels the musical wisdom of 500 years and eleven generations of master vocalists from India and Pakistan. She is the daughter of the late Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, who is universally recognized as the finest Pakistani Classical singer of his time, and is the first woman from her family’s musical lineage to publicly perform in the West. Riffat’s stunning vocals have been recorded for numerous labels including Ark 21/Universal, Triloka/Mercury, Hearts of Space, City of Tribes, and...
Read MoreThe Family Art Youth and Volunteer artistic development program presents… Navigating to light
The Family Art Youth and Volunteer artistic development program presents...
Navigating to light
an artistic workshop by current visual art exhibitor
Maykel Vargas
Saturday March 17th
10am-12:30noonNavigating to light
The essence of living is so simple and we make it so complicated. Lost in desire and fixated only on what we want, Ego's darkness block our feelings. Let us navigate together the wide seas of love, truth, harmony, and light to be a conscious creatures of acti...
Read MoreVolunteer Orientation and Salon
Presentacion Artistica*Orientacion para voluntarios
Artist Salon*Volunteer Orientation
Read MoreSoupSF
Come check out the first ever SoupSF... at the Red Poppy Art House!Designed to use community-driven financial support to democratically fund new and emerging projects, SoupSF is inspired by successful precursors such as Chicago INCUBATE’s Sunday Soup and Brooklyn’s FEAST.The idea: 1) $15 donation gets you soup and a vote. 2) Three teams present projects to benefit the community. 3) Attendees vote to grant the proceeds from the meal to the most inspiring and promising project.Maybe yo...
Read MoreWater Color Woman / Mujer de Color Con Agua
Celebrando el 1ro de Marzo el dia Internacional de la Mujer de Color /
International Women of Color Day - March 1stActividad: Mujer de Color con agua / Activity: Water Color Woman** Become involved by Donating Materials! crayons, watercolor, paint brushes, paper, salt, water cups
Read MoreTODD SICKAFOOSE & KANE MATHIS duo plus Ara Anderson and Matthew Szemela
Bassist/composer Todd Sickafoose is a marvel of musical cross-breeding, pairing indie rock muscle and whimsy with extended forms, timbres, and sophistication of a Jazz orchestra. His band's newest recording "Tiny Resistors" (Cryptogramophone) has been called "thoroughly original, endlessly creative...one of the year's most compelling listens" (JazzTimes), "stunningly brilliant...a modern Jazz masterpiece" (Bassplayer), and "a one-disc explanation of why today's Brooklyn Jazz scene is so exciting...
Read MoreTHE SESHEN: Electro-Acoustic Music
The Seshen Bay Area-based group is an Electropop band that draws influences from an eclectic range of artists. Their music fuses Hip-hop, Soul, Pop and Electronica, producing an original sound that is not bound to any particular genre. Songs are created and performed by bassist/producer Aki Ehara, drummer Julian Pont, keyboardist Mahesh Rao, percussionist Mirza Kopelman and synchronizer/sampler Kumar Butler. Driving beats laced with Afro-Caribbean percussion, thick bass lines, rich keyboards a...
Read MorePisco Cocktails Class
Celebrate the oldest distilled spirit in the Americas in this hands-on Pisco Cocktails Class at the Red Poppy. Learn about the history of Pisco in Peru and its connection to San Francisco. From the classic Pisco Sour, to San Francisco's Pisco Punch, you'll learn the skills to prepare Pisco cocktails at home. Bring a small mason jar to take home a special Pisco infusion you'll be making in class. This class will be lead by Nico Vera, the Peruvian chef, mixologist, and writer for Pisco Trail....
Read MoreMOYURBANDO – Paintings by Maykel Vargas: Artist Reception
Moyurbando references the Afro-Cuban religious mythology and practices, that inspire this new
collection of oil-paintings by Cuban-born artist Maykel Vargas. Vargasʼs paintings call on ancient symbolism to
express a spiritual path unique to todayʼs uncertain times. Out of the darkness, imagery appears from a base of abstract shape and color to reveal both the symbolic, as well as, the everyday in his recollections of life in the streets of Havana, Oakland and beyond.Maykel Vargas was born ...
Read MoreMOYURBANDO – Paintings by Maykel Vargas
Moyurbando references the Afro-Cuban religious mythology and practices, that inspire this new
collection of oil-paintings by Cuban-born artist Maykel Vargas. Vargasʼs paintings call on ancient symbolism to
express a spiritual path unique to todayʼs uncertain times. Out of the darkness, imagery appears from a base of abstract shape and color to reveal both the symbolic, as well as, the everyday in his recollections of life in the streets of Havana, Oakland and beyond.Maykel Vargas was born ...
Read MoreACTA Presents: How do I know what is beautiful?
In coordination with the Red Poppy Art House, the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) presents:La Mesa: “How do I know what is beautiful? An Exploration of Differing Aesthetics from the Traditional Arts Point of View”What is necessary to understand about culturally specific forms to appreciate them? What is valued as beauty in form? Smooth lines over rough texture? Color choices? Flat feet vs. pointed toe? Falsetto singing? Three artists/organizations will share their art fo...
Read MoreLA MIXTA CRIOLLA: AfroTaíno
La Mixta’s diverse repertoire of originals and funky renditions of traditional tunes features a variety of swinging Latin Caribbean grooves, from Plena, Bomba, Guaracha Jíbara, Seis, and Aguinaldo, to Merengue, Son, Rumba, Cumbia and Salsa. But the band is as comfortable, and passionate, playing a Bolero, a slow Seis con Décimas, or a classic Danza. This evening the band will present music from its recently released debut CD AfroTaíno, which has been receiving outstanding reviews by DJs, dance...
Read MoreMiguelito Martinez & Corazon Sur Quartet: Del Corazon Al Son
Corazón Sur's director, Miguel Martínez (Mexico), has brought together the innovative sounds of Latin Jazz and traditional Cuban and Mexican Son with the distinctive Jarocho style of Veracruz. In the process, Martinez has formed a collaboration with some of the best musicians in the Bay Area. Tonight they will produce an evening filled with original compositions and musical arrangements that promise to create a coastal ambiance. The flute and percussions of Corazón Sur create a costal ambiance, ...
Read MorePATRICK WOLFF SEXTET PLUS SPECIAL GUEST DIANA GAMEROS: Record Release Show For “Noose Of Light”
Saxophonist Patrick Wolff has performed with a wide range of musicians, including Indie Rock giants Calexico, Avant-Garde experimentalists Kayo Dot, Afro-Pop greats Asiko, and Fuji music legend Adewale Ayuba. During his eleven years in New York City, Wolff led his trio at Jazz clubs, bars, subway stations, and (less frequently) Mets Stadium and Gracie Mansion. Since moving to San Francisco from New York in 2009, he has become an integral part of the Bay Area's Jazz scene through his work as a ba...
Read MoreLa Ruya: An Evening Of Near East Flamenco
La Ruya - Andalusia meets the Near East and Black Sea, sprinkled lightly with a hint of Piazzolla and Kafka - or something like that. Newcomer Bay Area septet La Ruya strives to capture a sound so obvious that it has yet to be heard. A meeting of flamenco modes and Arabic makam, darbuka and cajon, 12/8, 10/8 and 9/8… rhythms, chants and tonalities far flung in space and time that still somehow recognize each other. Who can accurately trace the gypsy music of East and West back to their commo...
Read MoreColm Ó Riain: Irish Fission
This St. Patrick's Day weekend, Irish-born violinist and 2010 Red Poppy Resident Artist, Colm Ó Riain and his trigger-happy band, mix the ancient beat 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 and ...
Read MoreWORLD BLUES BAND: Acoustic West African Caribbean Blues
Abu Djigo is a world-class, Jazz guitarist who tours Europe and Africa regularly, playing Jazz and African music. He writes original songs with Gary Nelson and Deborah Barer, who appear on the upcoming World Blues CD by Abu Gary, recorded in Guediawaye, Senegal with kora master Baboulaye Cissokho and other top musicians. Mamadou Sidibe was one of the first to play the Malian harp called the kamale ngoni, a smaller version of the traditional Wasalu sacred hunter's harp the doson ngoni. Mamadou wa...
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