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SUMMARY:Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution | Created and Curated by Adrian Arias | October 30th Event (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Online Pre-Release Showcase Celebration \nOctober 30th @ 1:00 – 3:00 pm Free \n\n \n  \nCheck the facebook event page for more information about the live streaming. \nPresented in partnership with Red Poppy Art House\, Nomadic Press\, and Baldocchi Projects & Collaborations.   \nPlease join us for this free event celebrating the exquisite Tarot in Pandemic and Revolution deck curated by Adrian Arias who will take us on a beautiful multi-disciplinary journey with  poets\, visual artists\, musicians\, and dancers whose works are featured in the deck.  \nThis event will also feature an auction of one-of-a kind Tarot in Pandemic and Revolution prints and box sets created by Adrian Arias. \nThis is a fundraiser for Red Poppy Art House and Nomadic Press. \nDONATE to Red Poppy Art House and Nomadic Press today. \n  \nABOUT THE PROJECT\nTarot in Pandemic and Revolution\, inspired by Adrian Arias’ lucid dream of a fortune teller and cards embellished with images of viruses\, masks\, Black Lives Matter\, marches\, and protests\, is a unique 81-card Tarot deck. It is accompanied by an exquisite book of poetry\, created by 67 internationally-recognized artists and poets (24 visual artists\, 43 poets) with deep ties to the San Francisco Bay Area\, who span three generations. These award-winning poet laureates\, novelists\, authors\, muralists\, painters\, graphic artists\, performance artists\, composers\, musicians\, and dancers are each committed to social\, environmental\, food\, public health\, and climate justice\, and have used their powerful talents to create tarot images and poems in response to the critical times we are living in. This deck is a bold expression of hope\, resilience\, resistance\, and the courage to continue forging a path to justice and love. \nTarot in Pandemic and Revolution is available for purchase soon at www.nomadicpress.org.  \nWe want to thank all of the artists for their gracious generosity in contributing their passions and talents to Tarot in Pandemic and Revolution: \nAdrian Arias\, Agneta Falk\, Alejandro Murguía\, Allison Snopek\, Anaís Azul\, Anna Lisa Escobedo\, Arisa White\, Ayodele Nzinga\, Bobby Coleman\, Brett Cook\, CeCe Carpio\, Chun Yu\, Ph.D.\, Danica Conneely\, Daria Halprin\, devorah major Dr. Rupa Marya\, Emma Brown\, Guillermo Galindo\, Guillermo Gómez-Peña\, Hugh D’Andrade\, Jack Hirschman\, Jahan Khalighi\, Janice Mirikitani\, Jenna Frisch\, Jennifer Barone\, Jodie Kleeman\, John Curl\, José Galloso\, Justin Hoover\, KaliMa Amilak\, Karen Melander Magoon\, karin turner \, kata miletich\, Keith Hennessy\, Kim Shuck\, Kristi Williamson\, Lisbit Bailey\, Mahnaz Badihian\, Malik Seneferu\, Mara Lea Brown\, Marissa Arterberry\, Mark Eisner\, Maw Shein Win\, Michael Warr\, Mimi Cézanne Stoll\, MK Chavez\, Naomi Quiñonez\, Nancy Hom\, Nina Serrano\, Pancho Peskador\, Paul S. Flores\, Rafael Jesús González\, Robert Wyald\, Susan Matthews\, Susana Aragon\, Tania Esmeralda Padilla\,Tureeda Mikel\, Virginia Barrett\, Wanda Sabir\, William Brown\, Yolanda M. López\, Ytaelena Lopez. \n  \n\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n\n		\n	\n		View All \n	\n\n  \nABOUT THE CREATOR AND CURATOR\nAdrian Arias\, Is a visual artist\, poet\, performer\, curator\, activist\, and cultural promoter\, who brings together multidisciplinary artists to engage in community projects with messages of social justice\, racial equality\, climate change\, peace\, beauty\, health\, and hope in the San Francisco Bay Area. \nHe has participated in international poetry performances: The poetic Nights of Struga\, Macedonia\, winning the prize for the best poem of the festival\, and is one of the founders and creators of MAPP (Mission Arts Performance Project) and creator of festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area such as: VideoFest\, Luna Negra\, and ILLUSION show. \nIn Pandemic 2020-2021\, Adrian has been commissioned to create a series of pieces related to both BLM movement and his personal vision of freedom\, like BLM on the pavement of the Petaluma Regional Library\, the altar dedicated to George Floyd in Somarts\, among others. Adrian uses his dreams as creative initiatives\, which he makes come true in performances and community projects\, such as his multimedia shows called DREAMS\, or most recently Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution\, where 24 visual artists and 43 poets from the SF Bay Area have participated. “Adrian Arias\, the ever brilliantly inventive poet of the gesturing Word”. Jack Hirschman\, Emeritus Poet Laureate of San Francisco. \nLearn more at www.adrianarias.com \nPROGRAM TEAM:\nCreator & Curator: Adrian Arias\nCollaborators: Nomadic Press\, Baldocchi Projects & Collaborations\, Red Poppy Art House\nEmcee/Announcer: Nazelah Jamison\nTech support: Tula Biederman\nRPAH’s Artistic & Managing Director: Dina Zarif\nDigital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary \n  \n\n\n\nSATURDAY OCTOBER 30th\n\n\nTime\nTitle \nArtists\n\n\n1:00-1:10 pm\nIntroductions\nJ. K. Fowler; Reneé Baldocchi\, Adrian Arias\, and Dina Zarif  \nEmcee/Announcer: Nazelah Jamison\n\n\n1:15-35 pm\nX Espadas/X Swords;  \nLa Madre/The Mother; \nEl Corazon/The Heart\nRupa Marya  \nAdrian Arias \nTarot Reading by Tania Esmeralda Padilla\n\n\n1:40-2:00 pm\nEl Ermitaño/The Hermit; \nVII Copas/VII Cups;  \nIX Bastos/IX Wands; \nAs de Oros/Ace of Pentacles\nPancho Peskador  \nJodie Kleeman  \nRobert Wyald \nMara Lee Brown\n\n\n2:05 – 2:25 pm\nAs de Bastos/Ace of Wands; \nEl Mundo/The World; \nAs de Espadas/Ace of Swords\nPaul Flores  \nMark Eisner  \nKim Shuck \n\n\n2:30 – 2:45 pm \nII Copas/II Cups; \nEl Juicio/The Judgement\, \nX Oros/X Pentacles\nGuillermo Galindo \nSusana Aragon \nTania Esmeralda Padilla\n\n\n2:45 – 3:00 pm\nAuction Results\,  \nAltar Installation. Announcements\nEmcee/Announcer: Nazelah Jamison \nAdrian Arias\n\n\n\nTAROT IN PANDEMIC & REVOLUTION\n \nEmcee/Announcer  \nNazelah Jamison is a Bay Area-based performance poet\, author\, actor\, vocalist and emcee. Her first book of poetry\, Evolutionary Heart\, was released on Nomadic Press in 2016. Her work can also be found in Culture Counts Magazine (2021)\, The Racket Journal : Issue Fifteen (2020) and others. In her spare time\, Nazelah enjoys writing horror screenplays and saving the day. She hosts the Nomadic Press Virtual Open Mic every Friday on zoom\, and gives the best hugs in the Bay Area. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nX Espadas/X Swords | La Madre/The Mother | El Corazon/The Heart\n \nFeaturing: Rupa Marya and Ramaytush Ohlone Land Acknowledgement and performance\, Adrian Arias\, and a card reading by Tania Esmeralda Padilla  \n  \nDr. Rupa Marya is a physician\, an activist\, a mother\, and a composer. She is an associate professor of medicine at the University of California\, San Francisco\, where she practices and teaches internal medicine. She is a cofounder of the Do No Harm Coalition\, a collective of health workers committed to addressing disease through structural change. At the invitation of Lakhóta health leaders\, she is helping to set up the Mni Wiconi Clinic and Farm at Standing Rock to decolonize medicine and food. She is a cofounder of the Deep Medicine Circle\, an organization committed to healing the wounds of colonialism through food\, medicine\, story\, and learning. Working with her husband\, the agroecological farmer Benjamin Fahrer\, and the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone\, she is a part of the Farming Is Medicine project\, where farmers are recast as ecological stewards of rematriated land and food is liberated from the market economy. She has toured twenty-nine countries with her band\, Rupa and the April Fishes\, whose music was described by the legend Gil Scott-Heron as “Liberation Music.” www.rupamarya.org \n  \nEl Ermitaño/The Hermit; VII Copas/VII Cups; IX Bastos/IX Wands/​​ As de Oros/Ace of Pentacles\n \nFeaturing: Pancho Peskador\, Jodie Kleeman\, Robert Wyald\, and Mara Lea Brown \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nPeskador is a visual artist and muralist from Chile. He attended Escuela de Bellas Artes in Valparaíso and Viña del Mar\, where he was introduced to printmaking and other mediums. Due to his interest in printmaking\, in 1995\, he joined a cooperative of printmakers\, Taller de Artes Visuales (TAV)\, in Santiago\, Chile. He was quickly identified by senior artists\, Carlos Donaire and Guillermo Frommer\, who invited him to participate in shows in Chile and abroad. In 1995\, Pescador immigrated to the Bay Area and it is here where he developed a passion for street art. Soon after\, he began to work on public art projects\, primarily through murals. In 2003\, Pescador and other Chilean artists and intellectuals from the Bay Area found the 9-11 Squared Collective\, a group dedicated to raising awareness about the complex relationships between. @panchopescador \n  \nJodie Kleeman (also known as Jójø Wildeflèür) channels Lady Dosis\, and is the co-writer of Poetry Nap. Jodie has been participating in performance art since she was 8 years old. She loves the funny\, queer\, fabulous\, grounded\, real and surreal\, and is a self-taught\, self-identified curious and hilarious woman. www.poetrynap.com \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nRobert Wyald—like you\, every moment a coordination of many efforts throughout time\, including trees\, algae\, sunlight\, plants\, and humans—has moments as a producer\, director\, actor\, artist\, writer\, guide and multicellular organism symbiotic with plants and microorganisms. His most recent work includes the podcast and live show\, Poetry Nap\, La décadanse\, and Knights of Revery. www.wyald.com \n  \n  \n  \nMara Lea Brown explores human singularity and relationships through charcoal drawing\, painting and mixed media with elements from nature. In her portraiture Mara enjoys the process of learning from the individual as well as from a phenomenological exploration of the human form. The search for connection and belonging are often subtly present in her work. Website: www.maraleabrown.com \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAs de Bastos/Ace of Wands; El Mundo/The World; As de Espadas/Ace of Swords\n \nFeaturing: Paul Flores\, Mark Eisner\, and Kim Shuck \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nPaul S. Flores creates plays\, oral narratives\, and spoken word works about transnationality and citizenship that spur and support societal movements that lead to change. As a San Francisco artist of Mexican and Cuban-American heritage\, Paul S. Flores has built a national reputation for interview-based theater. He integrates Latino and indigenous healing practices to tell the stories of real people impacted by immigration and systemic inequalities. From “Along the Border Lies\,” “Brown Dreams\,” to “Representa!\,” “YOU’RE GONNA CRY\,” “PLACAS\,” “ON THE HILL: I AM ALEX NIETO\,” to “We Have Iré\,” his most recent play\, Flores dives deep into his themes. Website: www.paulsfloresart.com \n  \n  \nMark Eisner is the author of Neruda: The Biography of a Poet (Ecco)\, a finalist for the 2019 PEN/ Bograd Weld Prize in Biography. It caps off a series project on the poet that began with City Lights’ 2004 Essential Neruda: Selected Poems\, which he edited and was a contributing translator. Most recently\, Mark co-edited the anthology Resistencia: Poems of Protest and Revolution\, published by Tin House in 2020. Website: www.markeisner.net \n  \n  \n  \nKim Shuck is a complex protein. Both a bead artist and a poet\, Shuck served as San Francisco’s 7th Poet Laureate and her work is danced in ceremony across the Northern parts of the Western Hemisphere. www.kimshuck.com \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nII Copas/II Cups; El Juicio/The Judgement\, X Oros/X Pentacles\n  \n \nFeaturing: Guillermo Galindo\, Susana Aragon\, and Tania Padilla \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nGuillermo Galindo | Post-Mexican composer/artist/ Jungian Tarotist\nThe extent of the work of experimental composer\, sonic architect\, performance artist and visual media artist Guillermo Galindo\, redefines the conventional limits between music\, the art of music composition and the intersections between art disciplines\, politics\, humanitarian issues\, spirituality and social awareness. www.galindog.com \n  \n  \n  \nSusana Aragon is a multidisciplinary artist and educator. She works with paint\, print\, video poetry\,poetry\, video installation\,costume design and education. Aragon has shown her work internationally. Currently the pandemic has shown how interconnected we are as human beings and how art can help to connect\, process and imagine our spiritual world. Website: www.susanaaragon.art \n  \n  \n  \nTania Esmeralda Padilla is a visual artist working in watercolor\, ink\, graphite\, and digital media. Her work explores themes of introspective awareness\, nature\, mythology and the impacts of technology. Currently\, she is based out of Santa Fe\, New Mexico creating new bodies of work in illustration\, animation\, and interactive code based art. She received her B.F.A. at California Institute of the Arts in Experimental Animation and 2 Single Subject Teaching Credentials in Art and Computer Science from SF State University. www.Taniapadilla.com \n  \n  \n  \nABOUT THE COLLABORATORS  \n  \n  \n  \nNomadic Press  \nThrough publications\, events\, and active community participation\, Nomadic Press collectively weaves together platforms for intentionally marginalized voices to take their rightful place within the world of the written and spoken word. Through its limited means\, we are simply attempting to help right the centuries’ old violence and silencing that should never have occurred in the first place and build alliances and community partnerships with others who share a collective vision for a future far better than today. \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \nBaldocchi Projects and Collaborations  \nBaldocchi Projects and Collaborations partners with San Francisco Bay Area artists and organizations focused on social justice\, public health\, sustainable living practices\,and hope-inspired visions by providing curatorial\, exhibition/performance programming\, art consultation\, and grant-writing expertise. Baldocchi Projects and Collaborations is a fiscally sponsored project of Intersection for the Arts  \n  \n \n  \nRed Poppy Art House  \nThe Red Poppy Art House is a neighborhood center for the intersection of cultural and inter-generational artistic engagement located in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District. The Poppy is an artist-driven organization that seeks to empower and transform society by addressing current social issues that impact our community and society at large through creative processes. \n  \n  \nONLINE EVENT DETAILS \nTime: October 30th\, 2021\, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm  \nAdmission: Free (donations are encouraged) \nThe event will be streamed live through https://www.facebook.com/NomadicPress/ \n\n \n  \nDONATE
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LOCATION:Online\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:All,Events,October,Performing Arts,Workshops, Discussions, and Films
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SUMMARY:The Supplicants: Freedom Sounds for the Liberated (TWO SHOWS)
DESCRIPTION:Advance tickets are available online for both shows. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online\, tickets will not be available at the door. \nFreedom Sounds for the Liberated \nThis music is celebratory\, exultant\, joyous\, urgent. In the moment compositions\, as rarefied as air or the thoughts of those in communion with spirits up above. Listen to your life reflected in color frequency vibrations\, low end theoretics and multi-directional polyrhythms. \nFEATURING: \nSameer Gupta – Drumset\, Tabla\nDavid Boyce – Sax\, Bass Clarinet\nDavid Ewell – Acoustic Bass\nRichard Howell – Sax\, Percussion\, Woodwinds \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE PROJECT: \nFeaturing talented and experienced Bay Area improvisers (David Boyce\, Richard Howell\, David Ewell and Sameer Gupta) impressively\, everything in the music is uncharted each time The Supplicants perform. They preconceive nothing\, except their collective approach to making music. The music of The Supplicants is entirely accessible and rhythmically swinging. Although the ensemble does not have a designated leader\, their musical explorations\, passing from one musician to another and through the entire ensemble\, develop ideas collectively and are expressed through group interplay\, rather than only in the lead instrument. \nPreview the music:  \n \nLearn more: Website | YouTube  \n  \nCOVID-19 PRECAUTIONS\n\nWe are requiring proof of full vaccination and a photo ID at the door. Face coverings are required inside AT ALL TIMES.  \nWe have missed our packed events\, but due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic and with respect to the safety of our staff\, volunteers & artists\, we must operate at a limited capacity. \nWe can only accommodate 25 guests per show. Please purchase your tickets soon.   \nPlease be advised that no concessions will be served during the event. \n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nTime: (First Show) 5:30 pm doors\, 6:00 pm show / (Second Show) 7:30 pm doors\, 7:45 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $25-30 / (Door) $35 general\, $30 student & senior with valid ID\nNote: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT. \nAdvance tickets are available online for both shows. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online\, tickets will not be available at the door. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event!
URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/the-supplicants-freedom-sounds-for-the-liberated-two-shows/
LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:All,Artist Salons,Events,June
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SUMMARY:Mark Coggins in Conversation with Randal Brandt: Geisha Confidential
DESCRIPTION:Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online\, tickets will not be available at the door.  \n\n\n\n\nMark Coggins in Conversation with Randal Brandt: Geisha Confidential\nJoin us for an intimate Q&A event with award-winning author Mark Coggins\, in conversation with Randal Brandt\, discussing ‘Geisha Confidential\,’ a Tokyo Crime Fiction novel.\nMark Coggins is the Choctaw and American author of the August Riordan series. His work has been nominated for the Shamus and Barry crime fiction awards and selected for best-of-the-year lists compiled by the San Francisco Chronicle\, the Detroit Free Press\, and Amazon.com\, among others. \nFeaturing: \nMark Coggins – Author \nChoctaw and American author of a series of novels featuring private eye protagonist August Riordan. \nRandal Brandt – Interviewer \nRandal Brandt is a librarian at the University of California\, Berkeley\, where he catalogs rare books and is the curator of the Bancroft Library’s California Detective Fiction Collection. \n\n\n\nSunday\, March 10th\, 2024\nTime: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm \nAdmission: FREE \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR: \n\nMark Coggins \nBorn in the Four Corners region of New Mexico\, Mark Coggins is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation. He earned two degrees and a Phi Beta Kappa Key from Stanford University and has worked for a number of Silicon Valley computer and venture capital firms\, including Netscape Communications and Hewlett Packard Company. \nWhile at Stanford\, he studied literature and creative writing with Tobias Wolff\, N. Scott Momaday and Ron Hansen and wrote the first story featuring his series character August Riordan in a class taught by Hansen. This story\, “There’s No Such Thing as Private Eyes\,” was later published in The New Black Mask\, vol. 4\, Harcourt\, Brace Jovanovich. \nHis books have been nominated for the Shamus and the Barry crime fiction awards and have been selected for best of the year lists compiled by the San Francisco Chronicle\, the Detroit Free Press and Amazon.com\, among others. \nRunoff and The Big Wake-Up won the Next Generation Indie Book Award and the Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) respectively\, both in the crime fiction category. The Immortal Game was optioned for a film. \nCoggins has published short fiction in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and the anthology Masters of Technique\, as well as nonfiction in View Camera and Distributed Object Computing magazines. \nHe is also a photographer. He works with a range of subjects\, but focuses on candid\, black and white images taken in public—aka “street photography.” He has won numerous awards and competitions\, including being shortlisted in the 2023 Photo Review Competition\, receiving an award of excellence by the All-Japan Association of Photographic Societies and winning first place in the 2023 Ribbet Emerging Photographer Competition. \nHis work has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the United States and Europe and has been featured in a variety of on-line and print publications\, including cover images for both fiction and nonfiction books. His own photography monograph\, Street Stories\, was published by Poltroon Press in 2021. \nRandal S. Brandt \nHe is Head of Cataloging at The Bancroft Library\, University of California\, Berkeley. Prior to joining Bancroft in 2001\, he held a variety of special collections cataloging positions on the Berkeley campus: Water Resources Center Archives (1994-2001); California Indian Library Collections\, Hearst Museum of Anthropology (1992-1994); and\, the California Maps Project (1991-1992). \nHe has been an active member of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries since 2003\, serving as Chair of the Bibliographic Standards Committee (2007-2009). He also served as one of the editors of Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Serials)\, published by the Library of Congress in 2008\, and Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Cartographic)\, published by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section in 2016. \nRandal Brandt received a B.A. in English (1987) from California State University\, Fresno and a M.L.I.S. (1990) from the University of California\, Berkeley. \n\n\n\nHome \n \nRandal S. Brandt \n \n\n\n\n \n \nEVENT DETAILS\nSunday\, March 10th\, 2024\nTime: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm \nAdmission: FREE \nNote: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT. \nReserve your advance ticket for this event \nNote: Acquiring an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event!
URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/mark-coggins-in-conversation-with-randal-brandt-geisha-confidential/
LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:All,Events,Exhibitions and Receptions,March
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SUMMARY:August 1st MAPP
DESCRIPTION:August 1st MAPP: Songs Across the World\n \n  \n  \nTHIS IS A FREE EVENT \nSaturday\, August 1st\, 2026 | 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.\nJoin us for an evening that celebrates the richness of our global musical landscape. Songs Across the World brings together four distinct performances that span continents\, traditions\, and contemporary expressions\, offering a journey from intimate storytelling to joyful celebration.\nRed Poppy Art House \nMAPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project)\n2698 23rd @ Folsom\nCurator: Dina Zarif \n7:00 pm- 7:35 pm\nLibres (songs for the heart)\nMónica María (Jarana and voice) \n7:50 pm – 8:40 pm\nKaimera (Balkan\, Greek\, Turkish)\nRyan Feldthouse (oud\, bouzouki and violin)\nJesse Torre (flamenco guitar) \n9:00 PM – 10:00 PM\nLA GENTE SF (Cumbia\, Salsa\, Reggaeton)\nRafa Sarria Bustamante (vocals\, guitar)\nDiana Rivera (vocals\, percussion)\nJesse Weber (percussion\, Vocals)\nMonica Maria (bass\, vocals) \nMAPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project)\nLaunched in 2003\, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly\, multidisciplinary\, intercultural event that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year\, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces\, such as private garages\, gardens\, living rooms\, studios\, street corners\, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kaleidoscope of individuals and communities.  \nRED POPPY MAPP TEAM: \nArtistic Director | Managing Director: Dina Zarif \nContent manager: Jennie Legary\nHost: Verda Bursal  \nABOUT THE PERFORMING ARTISTS\n\nLibres\nSongs for the Heart \nMónica María – Jarana and voice \nMonica María’s music reflects her Californian roots mixed with traditional and contemporary sounds of Latin America. Her songs are innovative and expressive of a world where cultures coexist\, where fear is transformed by compassion\, where we learn to truly love ourselves\, and where we view the world from an empathetic and holistic state of mind.  A vocalist\, multi instrumentalist and composer\, she’s a graduate of San Francisco State University who has spent more than half her life songwriting and performing various genres such as Son Jarocho\, Son Cubano\, Salsa\, Folk and Jazz.  \n\n\nKaimera\nContemporary World Fusion \nRyan Feldthouse – oud\, bouzouki and violin\nJesse Torre – lamenco guitar \nKaimera is a thoughtfully crafted ensemble\, led by Ryan Feldthouse on oud\, bouzouki and violin\, and Jesse Torre on flamenco guitar. Their music is a fusion of Balkan\, Flamenco\, Greek\, and Turkish influences\, creating a layered and beautiful soundscape. With a balance of precision and spontaneity\, Kaimera offers an immersive musical experience – perfect for special events\, where their performance invites the audience to listen closely and connect. \n\n\n\n \n\n\nLA GENTE SF \nCumbia\, Salsa\, Reggaeton  \nRafa Sarria Bustamante – vocals\, guitar\nDiana Rivera  – vocals\, percussion\nJesse Weber – percussion\, Vocals\nMonica Maria – bass\, vocals \nLA GENTE SF was born in the Mission District of San Francisco\, California. The group is led by Rafa Sarria Bustamante: singer-songwriter and voting member of the Recording Academy/Grammy’s. LA GENTE SF has created their own unique blend of Cumbia\, Salsa\, and Reggaeton. Their music and live shows fuse together rhythms\, dances and cultural influences from all over Latino America and the Caribbean with a distinct San Francisco flavor\, to create an infectious\, high energy dance party. LA GENTE SF have just released “Llama Cumbia”\, their second single and music video from their 5th studio album “Entre 2 Mundos.” The Band is currently on their 2026 World Tour with dates in the USA\, Colombia\, Mexico & more. \n\n\nPreview the Artists\nMónica María \n \nLA GENTE SF  \n \nMAPP GENERAL PROGRAM\nJoin us in MAPP at all other spaces throughout the Mission District. \n\n  \n\nIN PERSON EVENT DETAILS\nTime: August 1st\, 2026\, 7pm- 10pm (IN-PERSON) \nAdmission: Free! \n\n \n  \nBECOME A PATRON
URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/august-1st-mapp/
LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:All,MAPP,Performing Arts
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SUMMARY:'The Human Experience' - by Ramya Shankar's Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Advance tickets are available online. You are advised to purchase advance tickets for this event.  \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n‘The Human Experience’ – by Ramya Shankar’s Ensemble\nExploring Our Human Experience Through Jazz\, Raga & Poetry \nThe Human Experience is an interactive performance exploring what it means to be human through jazz standards\, Carnatic motifs\, ancient Tamil poetry\, and original compositions. Moving through emotions such as grief\, love\, nostalgia\, and presence\, the music invites audiences to listen inward and connect with one another.\n \nFeaturing: \nRamya Shankar – Vocals\, Uke\, Sound Artistry\nPrasant Radhakrishnan – Saxophone\nPeter Barshay – Bass\nZach Mondlick – Percussion and Drums\nVarun Pattabhiraman – Mridangam / Kanjira\n \nSaturday October 17\, 2026Time: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm showAdmission: (Online) $25 Students & Seniors – $29 Early Bird – $35 General / $40 Door\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nABOUT THE ARTISTS:\n\nThe Human Experience was created and conceptualized by Ramya Shankar\, an Indian-born international vocalist\, sound artist\, composer\, and producer whose cross-genre work moves between Carnatic music\, jazz\, global traditions\, and contemporary sound. A Recording Academy member\, Ramya has contributed to a GRAMMY-nominated album and creates work centered on emotion\, consciousness\, and human connection. \nFor The Human Experience\, she collaborates with Prasant Radhakrishnan\, a masterful Carnatic-jazz saxophonist and disciple of the legendary Dr. Kadri Gopalnath\, and Peter Barshay\, a veteran jazz bassist\, composer\, and longtime touring musician. Together with her ensemble\, Ramya creates an immersive musical language where traditions\, improvisation\, poetry\, and lived human emotion meet. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n		\n			\n			\n		\n\n		\n\n		\n	\n		[Show thumbnails]\n	\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtist Links\n \nWebsites: https://www.facebook.com/ramyashankarInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ramyashankarmusic/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ramyashankarYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9y4Mod3XSM\n \n \nEVENT DETAILS\nSaturday October 17\, 2026Time: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm showAdmission: (Online) $25 Students & Seniors – $29 Early Bird – $35 General / $40 Door \nNote: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event!                            
URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/the-human-experience-by-ramya-shankars-ensemble/
LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:All,Events,October,Performing Arts
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