BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Red Poppy Art House - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Red Poppy Art House REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211002T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211002T220000 DTSTAMP:20211103T162357Z CREATED:20210927T224907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211103T162357Z UID:13604-1633201200-1633212000@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:October 2nd MAPP (Online): Building Community Resilience Through the Arts DESCRIPTION:October 2nd @ 7:00 – 10:00 pm Free \nTune in 10 minutes before each event starts to test your devices for connection. \nThe event will be streamed live through the Red Poppy Art House Facebook page \n\n \n  \nClick here on the date of the event to see the live performance streaming on Facebook. \nDuring the last 18 months\, our goal has been to continue providing excellent and uplifting programs to our dedicated audiences. We are pleased to announce the next FREE MAPP program.  \nOur MAPP FESTIVAL program includes 4 performances on Oct 2nd\, live streamed from artists’ homes to your homes. Live streaming on Facebook \nPlease consider investing in the future of the Arts and the Artists and the important role of the live performing arts in our community.  \nMake a gift to the Red Poppy Art House today!  \nRed Poppy Art House Needs You \n  \nMISSION ARTS & PERFORMACE PROJECT (MAPP) \nLaunched in 2003\, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly\, multidisciplinary\, intercultural happening 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.  Due to COVID-19 we have temporarily changed this dynamic program from an onsite to an online series. Thanks to the mastery and innovation of the presenting artists and curatorial vision we are pleased that the kaleidoscope of cultural exchange continues to be an incredibly enriching experience for the presenter and the viewer. We look forward to the days that we can safely present at our neighborhood venue and we are grateful for everyone’s ingenuity in making the online presentations meaningful and unique experiences.   \nThis program is funded by California Arts Council Local Impact Grant and  Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Relief Fund and will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve. \nRED POPPY MAPP TEAM: \nCurator | Artistic Director | Managing Director: Dina Zarif  \nTech Support: Leeav Sofer \nPR and Digital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary \n  \nRPAH PROGRAM (ONLINE) SATURDAY\, OCTOBER 2nd \n\n\n\nSATURDAY OCTOBER 2ND\n\n\nTime\nPerformance/Event\nDescription\nArtists\n\n\n7:00 -7:05 pm\nIntroduction\, Artists meet and greet \n \n \n\n\n7:05 -7:45 pm\nAnais & Adrian\nBay Area Artists connected through music\, poetry and painting\nAdrian Arias – Visual Artist Anaís Azul – Singer-songwriter\, composer\n\n\n7:50 – 8:25  pm\nMy Americana soul\nSongs for my grandma Ruby and other Americana\nRen Geisick – Vocal \n\n\n8:30 – 9:05  pm\nBaroque to Contemporary\nA Modern Take on An Ancient Instrument \nAmelia Romano – Harp\n\n\n9:05  – 10:00 pm \nDan Cantrell and the Dainty Krakens \n“Smote by song”\nTraditional songs and music from the Middle East\, the Levant\, Balkan Folk tradition\, Romany Diaspora and Sephardic singing tradition    \nDan Cantrell – accordion\, piano and voice \nRachel Valfer Sills – oud and voice \nFaisal Zedan – percussion and voice \nElizabeth Strong – dance \n\n\n\n  \nPROGRAM (ONLINE) OCTOBER 2nd | 7 – 10 pm \n \nAnais & Adrian \nBay Area Artists connected through music\, poetry and painting \nDESCRIPTION:  \nPercussion often exists as part of a larger ensemble to create sonic texture and rhythmic energy\, but I enjoy the challenge of creating standalone musical statements as a percussion soloist. This is a collection of composed and improvised pieces for solo percussion.  \nFeaturing: \nAdrian Arias – Visual Artist  \nAnaís Azul – singer-songwriter\, composer \nABOUT THE ARTIST: \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 the BLM on the pavement of the Petaluma Regional Library\, the altar dedicated to George Floyd in Somarts\, among others. \nAdrian 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 currently Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution\, where 24 visual artists and 37 poets from the SF Bay Area have participated. \n“Adrian Arias\, the ever brilliantly inventive poet of the gesturing Word”. Jack Hirschman\, Emeritus Poet Laureate of San Francisco. \nPeruvian first generation immigrant Anaís Azul (they/them) is a California Based singer-songwriter\, composer\, and teaching artist. Described as “stunningly honest and vulnerable\,” their artistry engages with music as a tool for community building\, cross-genre collaboration\, and collective healing. \nAzul writes music that is in conversation with jazz harmony\, classical melodies\, and Latin American singer-songwriter traditions. Their songs are bilingual (Spanish and English) and about mental health\, queerness\, facing harsh realities and finding inner peace in spite of chaos. Press highlights include a feature on Remezcla\, NPR\, WBUR\, and Berkeleyside for their work not only as a performer\, but as a community arts organizer. \nClassically-trained with an experimental spirit\, Azul received their B.M in Music Composition and Theory from Boston University with a concentration in piano. Having composed and arranged for theatre and orchestra\, Azul composed the music for the award-winning Displaced: A Response to Qurban produced by the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Their current projects include serving as sound designer for Brandeis University’s production of “The Laramie Project” (Boston\, MA) and co-organizer of Weird Folk Fest (Boston\, MA). Outside of their performance life\, Anaís currently teaches private music lessons in Spanish at Escuela Bilingue Internacional (Emeryville\, CA) and is pursuing a Composer-Performer MFA at California Institute of the Arts. \n  \n \nMy Americana soul \nSongs for my grandma Ruby and other Americana \nFeaturing: \nRen Geisick- Vocal \nABOUT THE ARTIST: \nRen Geisick is a jazz singer turned singer/songwriter from Silicon Valley\, California. Her first album\, “Ren\, Love Song” produced by Jesse Harris\, was released in 2017 and\, since May 2019\, Ren has been releasing singles from her upcoming “Ruby EP” inspired by the life\, and catchphrases of her Grandma Ruby from Oklahoma. Borrowing elements of jazz\, blues\, country\, and soul\, Ren delivers heartfelt performances of original music and reimagined classics.   \n  \n \nBaroque to Contemporary \nA Modern Take on An Ancient Instrument \nDESCRIPTION:  \nPerforming baroque and contemporary works on lever harp\, Amelia is excited to share a program featuring the lever harp in the repertoire of the 18-19th century. \nFeaturing: \nAmelia Romano – Harp \nABOUT THE ARTIST: \nAn eclectic blend of austere serenity and kinetic vibrancy\, Amelia Romano takes what is known about conventional harp and surpasses it every time. Pulling from her roots in the cultural hotbed of San Francisco\, Amelia not only plays music from the repertoire but reprises them and creates originals. Latin American music\, jazz and classical are all genres that she touches but her music defines its own path. \nA San Francisco native\, she began her lessons on a lever harp\, at the age of 9\, with Diana Stork\, who inspired early compositions\, improvisation and playing in a variety of youth ensembles\, including the Bay Area Youth Harp Ensemble.  She graduated from the San Francisco School of the Arts High School\, performing Laura Zaerrs’ Celtic Concerto\, and releasing her first solo album\, Seeking Peace\, in her senior year.   \nAmelia earned a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Field Studies at U.C. Berkeley in 2010\, with a thesis examining the legacy of the South Africa apartheid.  She continued her harp studies while an undergraduate\, with Dr. Cheryl Ann Fulton.  She spent 2010-2011 at Ntonga Music School in Gugulethu Township\, Cape Town\, South Africa\, sponsored by the Playing for Change Foundation.  South Africa deeply shaped her musical creativity  and desire to re-conceive her sound. With her return to the S.F. Bay Area in 2011\, she took up the electric harp and formed StringQuake\, (2012) and Luminance\, (2016).  She released two full length albums with StringQuake: Take 15 and Cascade\, and two EP’s with the Luminance Ensemble. Luminance in 2018 and Late Dawn in 2021. \nCurrently pursuing an undergraduate and masters degree in classical lever harp performance at San Francisco State University\, studying with pedal harp instructor\, Karen Gottlieb\, she finds deep satisfaction composing and arranging for her chamber music ensembles – forging new sounds and directions in the global lever harp community. \n \nDan Cantrell and the Dainty Krakens \nSmote by song \nABOUT THE PROJECT: \nThe Dainty Krakens perform traditional songs and music from the Middle East\, the Levant\, Balkan Folk tradition\, Romany Diaspora and Sephardic singing tradition. Their original songs and music reflect the merging of ideas and cultures from their areas of study and mastery but also combine to form a new living tradition rich with reflections into the past but strong with hope for harmonious new blending. These humble monsters are always looking for the love\, beauty\, and fun in music\, and revel in the discovery of new crossroads that tie us all together in song and spirit. They will be joined by the cuddly Cthulhu of dancing\, Elizabeth Strong\, who’s deadly undulations smite the eyes and gently join the fight for beauty and harmonious exploration. \nFeaturing: \nDan Cantrell – accordion\, piano and voice \nRachel Valfer Sills – oud and voice \nFaisal Zedan – percussion and voice \nElizabeth Strong – dance \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nAccordionist/pianist/saw player Dan Cantrell is an Emmy winning composer known for his innovative and energetic approach to documentary film and television scoring. He can be heard on albums from Tom Waits\, Joanna Newsom\, the Toids\, Beats Antique\, as well as numerous self-produced albums. He was recently a featured soloist with the San Francisco Symphony and has performed with the Oakland Symphony\, Mike Marshall\, members of the Klezmatics\, Brave Old World\, and Fishbone.  \nDan composed music for three seasons of The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack on Cartoon Network and received an Emmy Award for his scoring work on the PBS documentary Home Front. Influenced by the music of Eastern Europe\, Early American Jazz and modern alternative rock\, His extensive scoring catalogue for film and television is described as “hauntingly beautiful…quirky and energetic” (SF Bay Guardian). Dan’s music spans a wide range of emotion and style\, rich with virtuosic performance\, lush acoustic orchestrations\, sonic textures resonant with sound design\, and strikingly innovative melodic themes.   \nRachel is a passionate vocalist and oudist (Middle Eastern lute) who brings depth of feeling to every song. Born to a family of esteemed musicians\, she began studying music at the age of 6. Upon arriving in Israel/ Palestine\, Rachel studied maqam and Persian dastgah modal systems for six years at the Center for Middle Eastern Music Studies\, with masters such as Eyhab Nimir\, Piris Eliyahu and Shlomo Takhalov. Over the years Rachel has performed with many ensembles in the Bay Area\, California\, and toured the country with the Qadim Ensemble. With vocals touted as ‘succulent’ by NPR\, and dubbed ‘the golden throated one” by fans\, Rachel is known both here in the Bay Area as well as in the Middle East for her authenticity in representing the vocal traditions\, from cultures spanning Central Asia\, the Balkans\, Caucauses\, Greece/Turkey and the Levant. She is known for keeping the beautiful Ladino song tradition alive and evolving. \nFaisal Zedan is a master percussionist in the Syrian classical tradition. He plays riqq (tambourine)\, derbakki (goblet drum)\, and tar (frame drum) with equal mastery. Born in 1972 in oum D’Baib\, Syria\, Faisal Zedan grew up impassioned with the derbakki. At the age of 15\, after intensive study with a local drummer\, Faisal began studies of the wide repertoire of Arabic music. Upon arriving in California in 1992\, he met UCLA’s noted professor of ethnomusicology\, Dr. Ali Jihad Racy\, and was invited to join the acclaimed UCLA Near East Music Ensemble. Faisal co-founded the Near East music group\, Kan Zaman\, in 1993. Faisal is on the faculty of the the Middle East Music Camp and the Kosmos Camp in Northern Califo \nElizabeth Strong is a Bay Area based dancer\, choreographer and dance ethnologist who is passionate about tradition and finding ways to relate these roots to our lives and art today. She currently teaches Turkish Roman dance\, finger cymbals and Folkloric Belly Dance and is loving learning more about Greek circle dance. You can study with Elizabeth weekly on Zoom or in Berkeley\, CA. \n  \n  \nPREVIEW THE PERFORMANCE  \nAnais & Adrian \n \n  \nRen Geisick  \n \n  \nAmelia Romano \n  \n \n  \nDan Cantrell and the Dainty Krakens \n  \n \n  \n  \nCURRENT WINDOW EXHIBITION\n \n  \nPortrait of Place | Lauren Bartone \nThe current exhibition on view in the windows of The Red Poppy Art House \nARTIST STATEMENT \nMaking art is how I raise a question or explore a problem. This means my work is often driven by subject matter that I have personal experience with; subjects from my daily life that challenge me. Paper trash\, found objects\, and site-specific materials become important in my work because of the experiences they reference. In public works\, I produce images with the materials brought to the project by participants\, and the result is the product of some form of dialogue. In my paintings and sculptures\, the materials are borrowed from everyday life and are transformed\, or are represented as subject matter. In either case\, I enjoy finding meaning in the little bits of refuse that are leftover from my daily life. \n  \nONLINE EVENT DETAILS \nTime: October 2nd\, 2021\, 7:00 pm -10:00 pm  \nAdmission: Free (donations are encouraged) \nTune in 10 minutes before each event starts to test your devices for connection. \nThe event will be streamed live through the Red Poppy Art House Facebook page \n\n \n  \nDONATE URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/mapp-20211002/ LOCATION:Online\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,MAPP,October ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/MAPP-Oct-2-WEB-poster-Template-5-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210605T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210605T220000 DTSTAMP:20210602T191335Z CREATED:20210602T165219Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210602T191335Z UID:13556-1622919600-1622930400@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:June 5th MAPP (Online): Building Community Resilience Through the Arts DESCRIPTION:June 5th @ 7:00 – 10:00 pm Free \nTune in 10 minutes before each event starts to test your devices for connection. \nThe event will be streamed live through the Red Poppy Art House Facebook page \n\n \n  \nClick here on the date of the event to see the live performance streaming on Facebook. \nDuring the last year\, our goal has been to continue providing excellent and uplifting programs to you and we are pleased to announce our seventh online FREE MAPP program.  \nOur MAPP FESTIVAL program includes 5 music performances on June 5th\, live-streamed from artists’ homes to your homes. Live streaming on Facebook \nNow\, more than ever\, we need your support to continue facilitating relationships between the artists and our community\, and building a sonic bridge between today’s challenging time and a brighter future. Please consider investing in the future of the artists and the important role of the live performing arts in our community.  \nMake a gift to the Red Poppy Art House today!  \nRed Poppy Art House Needs You \n  \nMISSION ARTS & PERFORMACE PROJECT (MAPP) \nLaunched in 2003\, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly\, multidisciplinary\, intercultural happening 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.  Due to COVID-19 we have temporarily changed this dynamic program from an onsite to an online series. Thanks to the mastery and innovation of the presenting artists and curatorial vision we are pleased that the kaleidoscope of cultural exchange continues to be an incredibly enriching experience for the presenter and the viewer. We look forward to the days that we can safely present at our neighborhood venue and we are grateful for everyone’s ingenuity in making the online presentations meaningful and unique experiences.   \nThis program is funded by California Arts Council Local Impact Grant and  Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Relief Fund and will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve. \nRED POPPY MAPP TEAM: \nCurator | Artistic Director | Interim managing director: Dina Zarif  \nTech support and moderator: Leeav Sofer \nPR and Digital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary \n  \nRPAH PROGRAM (ONLINE) SATURDAY JUNE 5th \n\n\n\nSATURDAY  JUNE 5TH\n\n\nTime\nPerformance/Event\nDescription\nArtists\n\n\n7:00 -7:05 pm\nIntroduction\, Artists meet and greet \nMC Leeav Sofer and Curator Dina Zarif will greet the Artists\, and present the performance program. \n \n\n\n7:05 -7:30 pm\nInner Dialogue\nA collection of solo percussion compositions and improvisations\nJames Yoshizawa – Percussion\n\n\n7:30 – 8:00 pm\nCross the line \nFolk music\, jazz harmonies and Afro-Puerto Rican rhythms\nPedro Pastrana – Puerto Rican cuatro \n\n\n8:00 – 8:30 pm\nJourney To A Mystical Realm\nEthno-Electro World Music from Arabia to India \nNarayan Sijan – Vocalist\, Instrumentalist\, Electronics\n\n\n8:30 – 9:15 pm\nCuarenTango \nThe voice of the heart Argentine tango                                                                    \nSumi Lee – Piano \nTeresa Tam – Vocal \nDaniel Fabricant – Bass\n\n\n9:15 -10:00 pm \n“Pastimes” \nQuinn Johnson Trio\nAfro Cuban\, Brazilian\, funk\, and jazz\nQuinn Johnson – piano \nChris Wabich – drums & percussion \nKevin Axt – bass\n\n\n\n  \nPROGRAM (ONLINE) JUNE 5th\n  \n \nInner Dialogue \nA collection of solo percussion compositions and improvisations. \nDESCRIPTION:  \nPercussion often exists as part of a larger ensemble to create sonic texture and rhythmic energy\, but I enjoy the challenge of creating standalone musical statements as a percussion soloist. This is a collection of composed and improvised pieces for solo percussion.  \nFeaturing: \nJames Yoshizawa- drum and percussion \nABOUT THE ARTIST: \nJames Yoshizawa is a versatile drummer\, percussionist and educator based in Los Angeles\, CA. As a drum set player\, he is most often involved in progressive\, original jazz ensembles such as the Nick Mancini Collective\, the Kim Project\, and Saga. He served as the bodhrán soloist and percussionist in the Broadway musical\, Come From Away in its 2016 run at Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC. in 2019\, he was invited to Ireland to compete in the All-Ireland International Bones Competition where he was awarded 2nd place. He has also been a guest artist at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival in Fairbanks\, AK since 2013.  \n  \n \n“Cross the line” \nFolk music\, jazz harmonies\, and Afro-Puerto Rican rhythms.  \nDESCRIPTION:  \n“Rough around the edges\, Pedro’s acoustic chugging and carefully-placed melodic intricacy invoke an earthy quality into his sound\, creating an (extra) ordinary future with an instrument from the past.”  \nThis solo act is a representation of hope and all we have to endure to reach our potential and find the things we want most in life. The music combines the melodic elements of folk music\, jazz harmonies\, and Afro-Puerto Rican rhythms.” \nFeaturing: \nPedro Pastrana –  Puerto Rican cuatro \nABOUT THE ARTIST: \nPedro José Pastrana grew up playing the national instrument “cuatro”. His passion for discovery got him to move out of his native Puerto Rico and travel to different countries allowing him to explore other musical cultures. After years as a sideman\, all of these collaborations have been the spark for this original project\, fusing all of his influences into one story. With a passion for genre-bending rooted in folk music\, Pedro brings his dynamism to the fore and shows the versatility of the instrument in popular and world music.”   \n  \n \nJourney To A Mystical Realm \nEthno-Electro World Music from Arabia to India \nFeaturing: \nNarayan Sijan- Composer\, Producer\, Vocalist\, Instrumentalist\, Electronics \nABOUT THE ARTIST: \nComposer\, producer\, multi-instrumentalist & vocalist Narayan Sijan lived on the Silk Road from 1994-2006\, learning & performing music with mystics\, masters & locals. He creates musical storytelling from original compositions & traditional melodies. Electronic music is created by two-time GRAMMY nominee producer & programmer Carmen Rizzo whose credits range from Seal\, Coldplay A.R. Rahman to co-founding the world/electronic act Niyaz. Karavan Sarai’s recent album ‘TORN IN LOVE’ was selected as #22 of the Best World Music Albums of 2020\, while spending over 12 weeks in the Top Ten world music charts (NACC). Debut album Woven Landscapes (2015) reached #6 on the world music charts (CMJ). Painted Sands (2018) peaked at #4\, with over 10 weeks in the top ten world music charts (NACC). This evocative visual and sonic journey carries listeners to a nighttime courtyard of a virtual Silk Road palace\, the Karavan Sarai that gave the project its name. \nPerforming at large festivals from Bali Spirit Festival in Indonesia\, Spirit of Tengri in Kazakhstan & Lighting in a Bottle (LIB) in California to cultural art centers such as Makan in Egypt & CoSM (Alex Grey) in New York. \n  \n \nCuarenTango \nThe voice of the heart – Argentine tango. \nDESCRIPTION:  \nCuarenTango presents traditional and contemporary vocal tango pieces written & arranged by world-renowned maestros from the mid 20th century to the current time. The program will include a variety of duo and trio pieces including a Piano-Bass tango piece and Voice-Bass jazz pieces to add North American flavor. \nFeaturing: \nSumi Lee- Piano  \nTeresa Tam- Vocal \nDaniel Fabricant- Bass \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nSumi Lee is a classically trained pianist who obtained a master’s degree in music\, piano performance\, from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She has also been professionally trained as a tango pianist from La Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce\, the most prestigious tango orchestra school in the world sponsored by the city government of Buenos Aires. Lee is a widely respected piano teacher and is on the Board of Directors for the San Francisco branch of the Music Teachers’ Association of California. While living in Buenos Aires\, she performed with living maestros and musical directors such as Víctor Lavallén\, Jose Pepe Colangelo\, Osvaldo Piro\, Roberto Alvarez\, Daniel Binelli\, Mauricio Marceli\, Nicolas Ledesma\, and many more. Her latest concert at Teatro General San Martin in Buenos Aires was sold out to a large audience and aired live via national radio 2*4 and TV. Since moving back to the Bay Area in 2018 after receiving her diploma\, she has performed Argentine tango music in the U.S. and Asia with her own group and produced her own contemporary tango music.  \nTeresa Tam grew up playing violin in orchestras and singing in choirs since her childhood in Taiwan. As an undergrad\, Teresa made her solo debut with the prestigious American Bach Soloists right here in the Bay Area performing the Magnificat in D Major BWV 243 by J.S. Bach. She has had the honor of performing as a soloist under the direction of conductors Jeffrey Thomas\, Joshua Rifkin\, and more. After receiving her M.M. in vocal performance from Boston University\, she then began collaborating in various duos with jazz guitarists and performed as a featured soloist with jazz bands around the Bay Area. She rediscovered Argentine Tango both as a dancer and vocalist in 2018 and was once again pulled into the mesmerizing world of Tango music. After attending the Tango for Musician program with Tango Sin Fin\, she continued to collaborate with Tango musicians and performed all over the SF Bay Area. In 2019\, the voice and guitar Duo Telar was born with Argentine tango guitarist\, arranger\, and musical director Maxi Larrea. Together\, they weave together different genres of music and breathe new life into beautiful familiar melodies with playful harmonies and arrangements. When she is not busy performing\, she is empowering others by working as a vocal coach and crafting custom modern portraitures as a photographer for clients worldwide. \nDaniel Fabricant may be the most versatile bassist in San Francisco—and the most in-demand. Playing upright or electric\, he adapts to a wide range of musical settings\, from intimate chamber groups to sprawling dance bands and Latin ensembles. Fabricant has performed internationally with Piaf! The Show\, Michael Feinstein\, Betty Buckley\, Joan Rivers\, Spencer Day\, Ann Hampton Callaway\, Petula Clark\, and Mary Wilson of the Supremes\, among others. In the Bay Area\, he regularly plays with Lavay Smith And Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers\, Rupa and the April Fishes\, and Redwood Tango Ensemble. He has appeared at A.C.T.\, SFJAZZ\, Yoshi’s\, The Freight and Salvage\, and Feinstein’s\, and New York City venues including Jazz at Lincoln Center\, Café Carlyle\, and Carnegie Hall. Fabricant is also an accomplished music instructor\, teaching orchestra\, guitar\, bass\, and ukulele to students of all ages in private and group settings. \n  \n \n“Pastimes (from times past)”  |  Quinn Johnson Trio \nAfro Cuban\, Brazilian\, funk\, and jazz. \nDESCRIPTION:  \nQuinn Johnson Trio will perform songs from the newly released album “Pastimes (from times past)”\, a collection of original music by Quinn Johnson which was recorded during the pandemic and released 3/1/2021. This album represents a cross-section of American and world music as filtered through the lens of the composer’s life.  \nFeaturing: \nQuinn Johnson – piano \nChris Wabich – drums and percussion \nKevin Axt – bass \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nPianist and composer Quinn Johnson has lived in four different countries on three different continents and has played music from around the world with Cuban\, Brasilian\, Persian\, African\, Middle Eastern\, and Chinese artists. Some of those he has had the pleasure of working with include Rod Stewart\, Diana Ross\, Rita Coolidge\, Martin Short\, Jack Sheldon\, Diane Schuur\, Tom Scott\, Richard Carpenter\, Judith Hill\, Poncho Sanchez\,  Flora Purim\, Wayne Brady\, John Densmore (of The Doors)\, Elba Ramalho\, Down to the Bone\, Jerry Seinfeld\,  Airto Moreira\, Francisco Aguabella\, Christopher Cross\, Alvaro Torres and Dancing with the Stars (US/Canada tour).  Quinn was the music director/pianist for American songbook singer Steve Tyrell for 16 years. He is currently the music director for pop singer Debby Boone\, as well as piano/keyboardist for the Clare Fischer Big Band\, which received the 2013 Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album. \nQuinn has performed at jazz festivals around the globe\, including places such as Montreux\, Bangkok\, Vienne\, Recife (Brasil)\, Detroit\, San Jose\, Capetown\, Vitoria (Spain)\, and Syracuse. \nHe has performed on many TV shows including The Tonight Show\, The David Letterman Show\, The Today Show\, The View\, the Emmys\, America’s Got Talent\, and his playing can be heard on many TV shows as well as feature films. One of his compositions can be heard on the Emmy award-winning show “Homeland”.  \nQuinn has released several CDs on different labels\, and currently composes\, arranges\, and produces music for artists in various genres. His last release “TRIO con CLAVE“\, an exciting blend of American standards and Cuban rhythms\, continues to get airplay 5 years after its release. The new release “Pastimes (from times past)”\, is a collection of original music that Quinn composed over the past couple of decades\, performed with a diverse group of old friends. \nFrom Los Angeles\, Chris Wabich is a well-known\, original voice on drumset\, steel drum\, and percussion. The variety of artists he works with reflects his versatility as both musician and producer. He is heard with Ludacris\, Sting\, Leonard Cohen\, Stanley Jordan\, Brian Johnson (AC/DC) Sheila E.\, Mark Murphy\, the Zappa Family\, Larry Koonse\, Billy Vera\, Turkish superstar Omar Faruk\, Boogsie Sharpe\, and Prog Rock legends Kevin Ayers (Soft Machine)\, and Richard Sinclair (Caravan). Soundtracks include “Malcolm in the Middle”\, “American Idol”\, “Better Homes and Gardens”\, “Wild California” IMAX\, and Lalo Shifrin’s “After The Sunset”. \nChris has been arranging and producing projects including 7 Billboard charting hits for Margo Rey/John Oats (of Hall and Oats) Jason Paige (of Pokemon fame)\, Katisse\, Allen Hinds\, and Omar Faruk Tekbilek.. Chris has 9 Grammy nominations and has been a featured artist at 27 PAS Day of Percussion events. Chris is sponsored by INNOVATIVE PERCUSSION sticks\, TYCOON percussion\, ROLAND electronics\, TURKISH cymbals\, CADESON drums\, and REMO drumheads \nKevin Axt was born in Burbank and has been a freelance musician in LA since 1982. He began studying classical guitar at the age of 13\, later adding tuba\, electric bass\, and finally string bass to his instrumental arsenal by his late teens. He attended USC on an orchestral scholarship studying string bass with LA Phil co-principal bassist\, Dennis Trembley. He has performed\, recorded and toured with artists as diverse as Natalie Cole\, Jack McDuff\, Jimmy Smith\, Hank Jones\, Phil Woods\, Lalo Schifrin\, Shelby Lynne\, Queen Latifah\, Placido Domingo\, Pat Williams\, Russell Watson\, Patti Austin\, Bobby Shew\, Chuck Mangione\, Bernadette Peters\, Cristian Castro\, Lea Salonga\, KD Lang\, Dave Koz\, The Tierney Sutton Band\, David Benoit\, Bob Florence\, Mitch Forman and Chuck Loeb\, Robben Ford\, Jack Sheldon\, Etta James\, James Moody\, Christopher Cross\, Cheryl Bentyne\, Alan and Marilyn Bergman\, Glenn Frey\, and Melissa Manchester to name just a few.  \nKevin has performed on over 150 albums and has performed bass in dozens of theater\, film and television productions including La La Land (2016)\,  Ford v Ferrari (2019)\, and Crazy Rich Asians (2018). Kevin has played on projects that have garnered a total of 12 Grammy nominations. \n  \nPREVIEW THE PERFORMANCE  \nJames Yoshizawa – Bodhrán Improvisation | Elevator Music \n \n  \nPedro Pastrana – Cuatro (Latin American string instrument)  \n \n  \nNarayan Sijan| Karavan Sarai live at Red Poppy Art House \n \n  \nTeresa Tam -Vocal | Corazón Tango at Red Poppy Art House \n \n  \nDaniel Fabricant- Bass | The Nice Guy Trio  \n \n  \nSumi Lee- Piano | Zamba de Usted \n \n  \nPastimes (from times past)| Promo for the new CD from Quinn Johnson \n \n  \nCURRENT WINDOW EXHIBITION\n  \n \n  \nPortrait of Place | Lauren Bartone \nThe current exhibition on view in the windows of The Red Poppy Art House \nARTIST STATEMENT \nMaking art is how I raise a question or explore a problem. This means my work is often driven by subject matter that I have personal experience with; subjects from my daily life that challenge me. Paper trash\, found objects\, and site-specific materials become important in my work because of the experiences they reference. In public works\, I produce images with the materials brought to the project by participants\, and the result is the product of some form of dialogue. In my paintings and sculptures\, the materials are borrowed from everyday life and are transformed\, or are represented as subject matter. In either case\, I enjoy finding meaning in the little bits of refuse that are leftover from my daily life. \n  \nONLINE EVENT DETAILS \nTime: June 5th\, 2021\, 7:00 pm -10:00 pm  \nAdmission: Free (donations are encouraged) \nTune in 10 minutes before each event starts to test your devices for connection. \nThe event will be streamed live through the Red Poppy Art House Facebook page \n\n \n  \nDONATE URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/mapp-20210605/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Events,June,MAPP,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/WEBSITE-MAPP-JUNE-5_21-poster-Template.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210529T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210529T200000 DTSTAMP:20211103T162303Z CREATED:20210528T183733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211103T162303Z UID:13534-1622314800-1622318400@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Celebrating CARNAVAL SAN FRANCISCO 2021 with Raizes do Choro e Samba (Online Premiere) DESCRIPTION:Date: Saturday\, May 29\, 2021\nTime: 7 pm- 8pm (Online Video Premiere)\nAdmission: Suggested donation of $5\nPaypal: donations@redpoppyarthouse.org\nWebsite: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/NjcwOQ== \nA Virtual presentation in celebration of CARNAVAL SAN FRANCISCO 2021! \nWith Raizes do Choro e Samba – a project between the Bay and Brasillllll!\n(Samba\, Choro\, Maxixe\, Samba de Raiz\, Brazilian Music) \nFEATURING: \nMusicians in Brazil:\n· Mayté Corrêa – Vocal (Niteroi/Rio)\n· Claudia Villela – Vocal (Santa Cruz\, CA)\n· Harvey Weinapel – Clarinet/Sax – (Berkeley\, CA)\n· Whatson Cardoso – Clarinet – Niteroi/Rio\n· Tiago Souza – (bandolim)\n· Ronaldo do Bandolim – (bandolim) Rio/Niteroi\n· Rogério Souza Violão 7 – cordas Rio/Niteroi – Production in Niteroi with Brazilian musicians in Brazil and arranger\n· Felipe Tauil engineer – Rio/Niteroi and afoxé on Pelo Telefone \nMusicians in EUA\n· Edinho Gerber – Violão 7-cordas Rio/Niteroi & Video edits\n· Claudia Villela – Vocal – (Santa Cruz\, CA)\n· Ami Molinelli – Percussion (pandeiro and percussion/producer – (San Francisco\, CA)\n· Vanessa Isaac – Dance – Santa Barbara (on Pandu-cada and Alfa-Zema\n· Dan Feiszli – Engineer\n· Celso Alberti – Engineer \nSPECIAL GUESTS\n· Jane Lenoir flute on De Mal a Pior – Berkeley\, CA\n· Brian Moran – Cavaco on Pelo Telefone – El Cerrito\, CA\n· Liza Wallace – Harp on “alfazema”\n· Clarice Cast – Percussino on “Alfazema” (Los Angeles\, CA)\n· Youth Ensemble led by Zack Pitt Smith: with Ananya Goenga and Zoe King \n  \nMusicians Ami Molinelli\, Rogerio Souza\, and Edinho Gerber\, (Duo Violão + 1) will expand the choro repertoire and further explore the roots and intersections of choro and samba featuring a virtual presentation of songs including musicians in Brazil and the US. The trio Duo Violão + 1 will expand to feature vocalist\, Claudia Villela\, and clarinetist\, Harvey Wainapel\, as well as a huge line-up of special guests like Ronaldo do Bandolim\, Whatson Cardoso (clarinet)\, Tiago Souza (mandolin)\, and Rio based vocalist Mayte Correira. Local guests include Jane Lenoir (flute) and Brian Moran (Cavaco). In addition\, a newly commissioned piece by Brazilian dancer Vanessa Isaac will premier with a 4-pandeiro composition by Ami Molinelli. This show will feature a blend of compositions to highlight the links between choro and urban samba as showcase a gender balance of choro and samba composers with compositions by Chiquinha Gonzaga and Dona Ivone Lara as well as original choro and 4 pandeiro piece for dance and feature “Pelo Telefone” the first official samba and showcase historical references that are lesser-known to Brazil’s musical history.\n_________________________\nThis event will be streamed live through the Red Poppy Art House‘s main Facebook page at\nhttps://www.facebook.com/RedPoppyArtHouse \nTune in 10 minutes before the event starts to test your devices for connection. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nAmi Molinelli is a professional percussionist and educator specializing in Brazilian and Latin percussion. Ami received her Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts. Her performance and recording credits include theater\, television (NBC). She is a freelance performing artist as well. She is endorsed by Latin Percussion (LP) and Rhythm Tech. \nHer last album\, História do Choro with Duo Violão Brasl + 1 was released in 2019 and was celebrated as one of the best jazz albums from the Bay Area for 2019. (Andy Gilbert\, San Jose Mercury News) She is a two-time San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Recipient 2018 and 2020. \nSaxophonist/clarinetist Harvey Wainapel has his feet firmly planted in two musical worlds. His jazz experience has led to performances and/or recordings with the likes of McCoy Tyner\, Kenny Barron\, Joe Henderson\, and the Metropole Orchestra. He has toured internationally with Ray Charles\, Joe Lovano\, and Airto Moreira/Flora Purim. \nClaudia Villela’s voice gets all the attention\, and it’s easy to understand why. Her glorious five-octave instrument is one of the wonders of jazz\, lithe and startlingly beautiful in every register. Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro\, she sings mostly in Portuguese\, interpreting lyrics with keen emotional insight and supple rhythmic command. A supremely inventive scat singer\, she has honed a vivid vocabulary of sounds that can evoke the hollow thump of a tabla drum\, the muted trumpet of Miles Davis\, the insistent twang of a berimbau\, the ethereal call of a flute\, or the distortion-laden Stratocaster licks of Jimi Hendrix. In recent years\, Villela’s international reputation as a performer and composer has continued to grow through appearances at the world’s most prestigious jazz festivals and clubs. \nA master of both 6 and 7 string guitars\, Rogério Souza is one of the foremost representatives of the music of Rio de Janeiro. Rogério is constantly producing and performing in concerts and events that showcase traditional Brazilian music\, especially Samba and Choro. He has worked with a multitude of world class Brazilian Musicians as musical director and producer for concerts\, TV shows\, CDs\, and DVDs. Some of these artists include: Baden Powell\, Paulinho da Viola\, Sivuca\, Ney Matogrosso\, Altamiro Carrilho\, João Bosco\, Paulo Moura\, Ivan Lins\, Guinga\, Turíbio Santos\, Rafael Rabello\, Cristovão Bastos\, Nó em Pingo D’agua\, Época de Ouro\, Elizeth Cardoso\, Elza Soares\, João Nogueira\, Dona Ivone Lara\, Nelson Cavaquinho\, Guilherme de Brito\, Delcio Carvalho\, Martinho da Vila\, and Zeca Pagodinho. \nEdinho Gerber possesses a rich musical vocabulary developed in the two countries where he was raised: the United States and Brazil. Navigating effortlessly between the genres of choro\, jazz\, samba\, and blues\, he is always in search of the intersection points within his dual cultural identity. A staple in the Chicago music scene for many years\, he was a highly in-demand sideman having played with countless U.S.-based Brazilian groups\, including Som Brasil\, Renato Anesi Trio\, A Cor do Brasil\, and led the samba-jazz group Zona Sul. \nDancer: Vanessa Agle Isaac is a performer\, choreographer\, dance educator\, producer\, and writer. She is the artistic director and choreographer for the Vanessa Isaac Dance Company. Her choreography finds inspiration in her homeland\, Brazil. In her work\, she fuses Contemporary dance with Samba and diverse Brazilian dances and rhythms.\nVanessa co-directed and co-produced the show “From Africa To The Americas”. Choreographed and danced for the show of “Raoni\, Um Tango a Brasiliera” music by Brazilian composer Paris Psaros. She has been a guest choreographer and performer for the Los Angeles International Jazz Festival\, Anatomy Riot Contemporary Dance Project in Los Angeles\, Heal the Ocean Organization\, and for the Santa Barbara Choreographers Forum.\nOther illustrious guests: Ronaldo do Bandolim (Mandolin)\, Whatson Cardoso (Clarinet)\, Tiago Souza (mandolin) Mayte Correia (vocals) Felipe Tauil (percussion)\, Jane Lenoir\, (Flute) Brian Moran (Cavaco/guitar) \, Zack Pitt-Smith (Reeds) and the youth choro-stra\, Clarice Cast (Brazilian percussionist in LA) and harpist Liza Wallace (LA) ”\n_______________________________\nLEARN MORE:\nwww.amimo.com FB: @amimolinellihart \n \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n \nTime: 7 – 8 pm\nAdmission: (Online) FREE  \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/carnaval-san-francisco-20210529/ LOCATION:Online\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,May,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/redpoppy-art-house.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210403T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210403T220000 DTSTAMP:20211103T162159Z CREATED:20210330T060302Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211103T162159Z UID:13466-1617447600-1617487200@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:April 3rd MAPP (Online): In solidarity with the Asian community DESCRIPTION:April 3rd @ 11am- 12:00 pm | Visual Art Workshop | Exhibition  \nApril 3rd @ 7:00- 10:00 pm |  Performances   \nClick here on the date of the event to see the live performance streaming on Facebook. \n  \nRed Poppy Art House’s April MAPP is dedicated to the victims and families of the Atlanta spa shootings. \n“In solidarity with the Asian community”  \nIn response to the senseless atrocities that occurred recently toward people of Asian descent\, the Red Poppy Art House stands in solidarity with the Asian community and any person on this planet who experiences racial injustice. It is clear there is much progress to be made as a society to create a more just and equitable world\, but we take comfort in knowing that our staff\, board members\, artists\, and community stand with us in denouncing all acts of hate and mistreatment. The Red Poppy’s greatest strength and the beating heart of our programming itself is a melting pot of cultures that delivers self-expression and education in its truest form. Without diverse voices and cultural expression\, we simply would not exist. Please join us at this moment and here forward to support our fellow Asians and Asian-Americans and take every opportunity to stand up for equality and the rights we all deserve\, as one community. \nDuring these challenging times\, it is our goal to continue providing uplifting programs to you and we are pleased to announce our sixth online FREE MAPP program. Our MAPP FESTIVAL program includes a Multimedia presentation and music performance\, honoring Asian American history and culture\, 4 music performances\, a shadow Puppet project\, and a visual art workshop and will be live-streamed from the artist’s homes to your homes. Live streaming on Facebook \nNow\, more than ever\, we need your support to continue facilitating relationships between the artists and our community window and building a sonic bridge between today’s challenging time and a brighter future. Please consider investing in the future of the artists and the important role of the live performing arts in our community.  \nMake a gift to Red Poppy Art House today!  \nRed Poppy Art House Needs You \nLaunched in 2003\, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly\, multidisciplinary\, intercultural happening 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.  Due to COVID-19\, we have temporarily changed this dynamic program from an onsite to an online series. Thanks to the mastery and innovation of the presenting artists and curatorial vision we are pleased that the kaleidoscope of cultural exchange continues to be an incredibly enriching experience for the presenter and the viewer. We look forward to the days that we can safely present at our neighborhood venue and we are grateful for everyone’s ingenuity in making the online presentations meaningful and unique experiences.   \nThis program is funded by the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Relief Fund and California Arts Council Local Impact Grant and will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve. \n  \nRED POPPY MAPP TEAM: \nCurator: Dina Zarif / Artistic Director  \nTech support and moderator: Leeav Sofer \nPR and Digital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary \n  \nRPAH PROGRAM (ONLINE) SATURDAY APRIL 3RD\n  \n\n\n\nTHE MORNING VISUAL ART WORKSHOP \n\n\nTime\nPerformance/Event\nDescription\nArtists\n\n\n11:00 -11:10 am\nIntroduction\, Artist meet and greet | RPAH window Exhibition\nCurator Dina Zarif will greet the Artist; Introduction about the current Window exhibition at RPAH: “Portrait of Place \nLauren Bartone –  Visual Artist \n\n\n11:10 am -12:00 pm\nCreative Map Making workshop \nUsing Found Materials to Create a Portrait of Place\nLauren Bartone –  Visual Artist \n\n\nTHE EVENING PROGRAM & PERFORMANCES \n\n\nTime\nPerformance/Event\nDescription\nArtists\n\n\n7:00- 7:05 pm\nIntroduction\, Artists meet and greet \nCurator Dina Zarif and MC Leeav Sofer will greet the Artists\, and present the \nperformance program \n \n\n\n7:05 – 7:35 pm\nHOME IN ASIAN AMERICA\nMultimedia + Live music honoring Asian American history\nKyoko Takenaka – Director\, musician\, filmmaker\, and actor\n\n\n7:35 – 8:00 pm\nA little bird\, a little light\nStories of spring sung with gayageum\, folky Korean tunes from China\nJoyce Kwon – voice & gayageum (traditional Korean instrument)\n\n\n8:00 – 8:30\nSongs from the Saint Joan Suite\nMusic and Shadow puppet performance\nAli Dineen – voice and piano and Shadow Puppet \n\n\n8:30 – 9:15 pm\nLouda y Los Bad Hombres\nMusic\, Art\, Activism\, Nuevo Latino Soul\nAlex Shapiro-romano – Drums \nDave Eagle – Percussion \nJeff Gomez – Percussion \nLeo Nava – Guitar \nMarley Edwards –  Bass \nLouda Laura Camacho – Vocals\n\n\n9:15 – 10 pm \nTRIO CAMINOS | Acoustic Rivers\nLatin\, Flamenco\, Jazz and Venezuelan Music (Joropo\, Vals\, Merengue)\nCarlos Caminos- Guitar \nSascha Jacobsen – Bass  \nMarlon Aldana- Percussion \n\n\n\n  \nWORKSHOP: SATURDAY  APRIL 3rd @ 11 am\nCreative Map Making | Lauren Bartone \nUsing Found Materials to Create a Portrait of Place \n \nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION \nUsing paint and collage materials found from our homes or local neighborhood\, we will make a creative map of our space. These collages will function as a kind of interpretive portrait of a place\, one that reflects the way we see it and use it. \nMATERIALS \n     \n  \nA printed map of your house\, block\, neighborhood or city\, glue stick\, or elmer’s glue\, scissors\, cardboard and/or drawing paper\, drawing pencil\, pens\, watercolors\, brushes\, and paper scraps such as paper bags\, receipts\, junk mail\, flyers\, clean food packaging. Anything you can think of. \n                 \nNext Level Materials  \nReady to go pro? Use an exacto knife and cutting mat instead of scissors. Use an illustration board instead of cardboard. Use PVA glue and a brush instead of a glue stick. \n \nARTIST BIO: \nLauren Bartone is grounded in an interdisciplinary balance of painting\, community dialogue\, and \ncollective work. After initially studying painting in Florence\, she completed a BA in fine art at UCLA in 2002. This was followed by an MA in Education at UC Berkeley in 2005 and an MFA at VCFA in 2012. In 2015 she produced her project A City in Maps as artist in residence at the deYoung Museum of Art in San Francisco\, and later created other interactive projects with the deYoung\, including Paradise and A Map for the Centennial of the Panama Pacific International Exposition. Additional artist residencies include Kala and Art Works Downtown. In 2016 she partnered with the San Francisco Arts Council to make SF New City Atlas for the Art on Market Street poster series\, and more recently she produced a series of paintings and small sculptures exploring the value of domestic labor for her solo show 16 Tons\, at the College of Marin Gallery. Her work has been generously supported with grants by the Pirkle Jones Foundation\, the Marin Arts Council\, and the VCFA Levin/Lutz Award. She currently lives with her partner and three children in downtown San Rafael. \nFor You \n\n \n  \nCURRENT WINDOW EXHIBITION: APRIL – JUNE\nPortrait of Place | Lauren Bartone \nThe current exhibition on view in the windows of The Red Poppy Art House \n \nARTIST STATEMENT \nMaking art is how I raise a question or explore a problem. This means my work is often driven by subject matter that I have personal experience with; subjects from my daily life that challenge me. Paper trash\, found objects\, and site-specific materials become important in my work because of the experiences they reference. In public works\, I produce images with the materials brought to the project by participants\, and the result is the product of some form of dialogue. In my paintings and sculptures\, the materials are borrowed from everyday life and are transformed\, or are represented as subject matter. In either case\, I enjoy finding meaning in the little bits of refuse that are leftover from my daily life. \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\nPROGRAM (ONLINE) APRIL 3rd\n \nVideo: “ASIAN AMERICAN BLUES” by Kyoko Takenaka \n“HOME IN ASIAN AMERICA” \nMultimedia + Live music + q&a from artist Kyoko Takenaka \nDirector\, musician\, filmmaker\, and actor Kyoko Takenaka will perform “If We All Wait\,” a powerful song about Asian American history; and share segments from their multimedia piece\, “HOME\,” and “Kung Flu Virus: Come Fly Me Away” followed by a short Q&A. \nArtist Statement \nAs a first generation Japanese-American artist living in Tongva Land\, I have found myself yearning to explore just what it means to “go back to your country” during the time of COVID-19—when Anti-Asian hate crimes continue to rise in America. I have never lived in Japan and grew up in the states all of my life. But this land\, Tongva land\, was never ours to claim and it feels Asian- Americans are constantly and starkly reminded that no matter our journey\, no matter how many decades or generations of pursuing the American dream\, we can always belong\, but rarely feel a complete belonging. \n        I compare my yearning to my parents: \n       What myths do we each hold about the promise of faraway places? \nDedicated to Vicha Ratanapakdee\, Soon Chung Park\, Hyun Jung Grant\, Suncha Kim\, Yong Yue\, Delaina Ashley Yaun\, Xiaojie Tan\, Daoyou Feng\, and all of our Asian-American elders who moved to America\, with this promise and hope of faraway places. \nVideo: KUNG FLU VIRUS: COME FLY ME AWAY \nWhy are you keeping me here? You said I don’t belong here – Kung flu Virus\, come fly me away.” \n “I feel like I’m exploring three sides of me here in Japan – \none that feels distinctly American\, that feels like a lucky giddy visitor taking it all in for the first time; one that deeply and ancestrally remembers the familiarity of this land and can finally breathe easier and tread lightly; \nand the curious non-binary Asian-American artist that holds both dualities\, and explores a new creative space where their art is no longer driven entirely by diasporic anger. \nBut it’s that same curiosity that is often met with this deep isolation and knowing—that no matter where I physically go\, I will never be separated from this rooted anger and grief\, or be able to escape the never-ending longing for home.” \nVideo: “Home” by Kyoko Takenaka Video info: “These are real-life audio recordings from men who came up to me in bars. I made this film\, HOME\, encapsulating over 7 years of recorded micro-aggressions. It’s a visual + sonic collage of my experiences growing up in America as an Asian-American femme.” – Kyoko Takenaka  \nIn “Home\,” artist and filmmaker Kyoko Takenaka unveil a visual and sonic portrait of belonging and memory in four chapters. Calling upon the experiences that underline their otherness as an Asian-American\, the film chronicles their contemplations through original song and poetry\, as well as video clips\, audio recordings\, and digital conversations captured from real-life experiences over the span of seven years. Through references to pop culture\, racist imitations of Asians\, and a defining return to their childhood home\, “Home” is a multimedia statement on how the affirmation of culture\, resistance\, and resilience can disrupt enduring myths and redeem our histories. \nABOUT THE ARTIST: \nKyoko Takenaka (they/them) is a multi-disciplinary performance artist\, actor\, musician\, filmmaker\, and movement facilitator based between Tongva land (L.A.)\, Tokyo\, and London. Their name Kyoko means “vibrations of sound child” in Japanese. Kyoko believes in artistic expression as a conduit for personal and collective liberation and is constantly exploring un-binary ways of thinking\, moving\, and creating. \nTakenaka’s multimedia piece\, “Home\,” has garnered much attention in the media this past week\, and has been recognized by the Japan Film Festival\, L.A. Shorts International Film Festival\, the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival\, and performed at the Japanese American National Museum and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. \nThey are also the guitarist/singer-songwriter of the queer multi- continental band\, ‘Wastewomxn’\, channeling diasporic experience and Afro-Asian unity and liberation through their work. \n____________________________________________________________________________ \n \nA little bird\, a little light \nStories of spring sung with gayageum \nA folky Korean tune from China\, a yearning waltz from Brazil\, and a midcentury ballad from the States\, plus Joyce’s original songs on gayageum  \nFeaturing: \nJoyce Kwon – voice & gayageum (traditional Korean instrument) \nABOUT THE ARTIST: \nJoyce Kwon is a singer\, composer\, and gayageum player making folk music for folks of the diaspora. She released her album “Dream of Home” for those who reside in between\, marginalized in their homeland and out of place in the motherland. A graduate of UC Berkeley\, Joyce is the eldest of three sister bears (go bears!) and got her master’s degree in jazz voice at the Manhattan School of Music\, before continuing her gayageum studies in Seoul. She now resides in Los Angeles\, looking forward to a future of sitting in cramped restaurants with friends and wearing shoes without holes. \n____________________________________________________________________________ \nAli Dineen \nSongs from the Saint Joan Suite \nAli Dineen will perform songs from the work in progress\, the Saint Joan Suite\, based on the life and transgender identity of the historical figure and Saint Joan of Arc. Ali began this project while in a residency in the winter of 2020 and has been developing it ever since. Ali will also perform a shadow puppet “cranky” based on a song from the Georgia Sea Islands. \nFeaturing: \nAli Dineen – voice and piano and Shadow Puppet  \nABOUT THE ARTIST: \nHailing from Queens NY\, Ali Dineen is an artist & teacher who has performed her original music regularly in New York City and across the so-called United States. Ali’s lyrics highlight the intersections between personal experience\, larger histories\, and systems of power. Ali has performed at the Museum of Art and Design\, the Caramoor American Roots Music Festival\, the Savannah Music Festival\, the American Folk Art Museum\, and the Brooklyn Folk Festival. Ali was awarded the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency in Taos\, New Mexico in the winter of 2020. Ali teaches voice and harmony at the Jalopy Theatre and School of Music\, works with local Brooklyn puppet troupe extraordinaire The Boxcutter Collective\, and performs in a duet with Feral Foster. Ali released her third album\, “Hold On\,”  in February of 2020.  \n__________________________________________________________________________ \n \nLouda y Los Bad Hombres \nMusic\, Art\, Activism\, Nuevo Latino Soul \nLouda y Los Bad Hombres are a paella of art\, music and activism surging from San Francisco. Including acoustic bass\, Latin\, and other eccentric percussions\, Louda y Los Bad Hombres house a signature bilingual sound blending Latin and American rhythms with performance excellence led by charismatic powerhouse vocalist\, Louda. Tune into this Nuevo Latino Soul group with original compositions and reimagined classics\, streaming everywhere. They were featured in the Bay Area’s Longest running bilingual newspaper\, El Tecolote\, for performing at The Chapel pre-pandemic\, December 2019. \nInstagram\, Facebook\, Spotify \nFeaturing: \nAlex Shapiro-romano – Drums \nDave Eagle – Percussion \nJeff Gomez – Art And Percussion \nLeo Nava – Guitar \nMarley Edwards –  Bass \nLouda Laura Camacho – Vocals \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nAlex Shapiro- Romano grew up in the Bay Area and has been playing drums since he was a boy. During high school\, he was the drummer in the Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble and won multiple awards. Alex graduated from the California Jazz Conservatory in 2019 with a B.M. in jazz studies. While going to CJC he met the Bad Hombres and Louda. In addition to playing drums\, Alex composes and produces music.  \nMarley Edwards is from Redwood City. He started playing electric bass about 15 years ago and then moved to stand-up bass not long after. He has studied Jazz music for 8 years\, first at the College of San Mateo\, and then at the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley where he received a B.M. in Jazz studies in May 2019. Marley is interested in playing different styles of music in an authentic way\, especially music from other countries. Hearing music from his mother’s home country of Nicaragua has no doubt led to this interest.  \nJeff Gomez is a graphic artist and musician living in San Francisco. He has been drawing since before he can walk. In high school\, he picked up guitar and drums to further his creative adventures. He left his Southern California home to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. His style in art\, music\, and life has always been influenced by the vibrant colors and melodies of his Mexican American upbringing\, and his curiosity and admiration of all cultures. \nLeo Nava‘s interest in music began at three years old in the backyard of Tia’s house warming party. A mariachi band had been hired to play\, and they found their biggest fan in little Leo\, who stood in front of them\, enamored\, through the whole party. Since then Leo has spent a lifetime studying\, composing\, teaching\, and playing music. He graduated from the California Jazz Conservatory in 2016 with a BM in Jazz Studies. Since then he has focused on teaching and composing and arranging music for Louda y Los Bad Hombres. His goal is to blend music from his Latinx heritage with modern jazz and hip-hop.  \nDave Eagle is a Berkeley native who has been playing percussion before he could walk. His musical abilities were greatly influenced by his father\, who is a conga drummer and a collector of world music\, and Capoeira Mestre who introduced him to Brazilian culture and music. Now you can find him in the community playing weekly at a church and at many senior centers throughout the Bay Area. He also plays most nights at local venues with different bands\, playing many styles and instruments; including New Orleans\, Boogie and Blues washboard\, Brazilian\, Latin\, Reggae\, and more. Dave lives his life trying to spread the love of music to make people happy and dance!  \nLaura Camacho\, a Chicago native\, has been creating in the Bay Area since 2017. Beginning her classical career at Jones College Prep\, she pursued a BA in Music at Northeastern Illinois University\, where she took part in classical\, theatrical\, and jazz ensembles. From 2011 to 2014\, she began her commercial assent into the music industry joining the Chicago ska band\, Run and Punch. Without haste\, she launched her solo career as LOUDA. Since 2017\, LOUDA y Los Bad Hombres has been a collaborative ensemble of Art\, Music\, and Activism. Switching stages\, Laura is also a music teacher and has been MC/host for local not-for-profit events. \n__________________________________________________________________________ \n \nTRIO CAMINOS \nAcoustic Rivers \nTRIO CAMINOS puts together a fun mix of rhythms\, grooves\, and musical styles including Latin\, Flamenco\, Jazz\, and Venezuelan Music (Joropo\, Vals\, Merengue). Lifelong performers are coming together on this occasion for some serious jamming to uplift our spirits. \nFeaturing: \nCarlos Caminos- Guitar \nSascha Jacobsen – Bass  \nMarlon Aldana- Percussion  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nMarlon Aldana\, Drummer and Percussionist born in Guadalajara\, Mexico. Aldana is a multi-genre accompanist and educator based in Berkeley California. As a young musician\, Aldana exposed himself to many styles\, and joined many groups\, from Cumbia and Salsa to Rock\, Funk\, and Metal.  Aldana has shared stage with renowned artists such as Flamenco guitarists and Grammy Award winner Antonio Rey\, Legendary Rumbero John Santos\, former Pedrito Martinez pianist Edgar Pantoja\, Jazz Mafia\, Jose Luis de La Paz\, Bay Area Bassist Jeff Chambers\, Flamenco Pianist Alex Conde\, Flamenco singers Mara Rey\, Jose Mendez\, Jesus Montoya\, Manuel Moreno Carrasco\, Flamenco Dancers Alfonso Losa\, Andres Peña\, Ivan Vargas\, Juan Ogalla\, Fanny Ara and may others. \nIn 2018 and 2019 Aldana collaborated and accompanied the Oakland Symphony led by Conductor Omid Zoufonoun. Thanks to his career trajectory Aldana was granted a scholarship at the California Jazz Conservatory where he currently studies. Aldana is now working on building an independent home studio and writing/composing some material of his own. \nSascha Jacobsen was born into a musical family\, going as far back as his great\, great\, great\, great-grandfather\, who was a bassist for the Moscow Opera. He completed a Master’s degree at the University of Southern California and has served on the faculty at The California Jazz Conservatory\, Humboldt State University\, Laney College\, Golden Gate Bass Camp\, and the Sequoia Chamber Music Festival. Sascha has performed with  Kronos Quartet\, Rita Moreno\, Hugh Jackman\, Martin Short\, Mandy Patinkin & Patti LuPone\, Marc Shaiman\, Bonnie Raitt\, Randy Newman\, Josh Groban\, Kristin Chenoweth\, Andrew Lippa\, and many others. He is the founder of the Musical Art Quintet which performs his original works. Strad Magazine says his music is “…Stylish and Vigorous…beautifully arranged”. SF Bay Guardian says “composer-bassist Sascha Jacobsen’s concoctions hop nimbly through a world of styles while impressing with ear-catching intricacy and handsome technique.”. East Bay Express says “Classical Music is sexy again”.  SF Weekly says: “Classical training and a taste for evocative melodies underpin this sound”. \nHe is in demand as a performer\, composer\, and arranger with commissions from the San Francisco Arts Council\, San Jose Chamber Orchestra\, San Jose Dance\, San Jose Youth Symphony\, Berkeley Youth Symphony\, and SF Friends of Chamber Music.   \nCarlos Caminos is a Venezuelan-American musician\, composer\, and performer with over 25 years of experience performing as a Guitarist. A long career has taken him on a journey of very diverse projects and collaborations. His project\, Caminos Music is the result of years developing a passion for learning: Flamenco (Bulerías\, Soleá por Bulería\, Alegrías\, Fandangos de Huelva\, among others)\, Latin Music (Salsa\, Bolero\, Son\, Tangos\, Cumbia\, and more)\, Venezuelan Music (Joropo\, Vals\, Merengue) and Latin Jazz. \nCarlos Caminos has co-founded several projects: Raíz de Agua\, a Live Music and Theatrical Dance group with choreographer Juliana Mendonca and music producer Jorge Espinoza; Latifonía\, a project of Latin American and European Music for Band and Symphonic Orchestra; A Tono Acústico\, contemporary Venezuelan Music; New Caminos Duo\, Piano – Guitar recitals with Classical Pianist Sebastian New; Trio Caminos\, Flamenco\, and Latin American Music acoustic music project. He has lived in different countries\, attaining musical experience from diverse sources. Growing up and performing in South America made Latin Music part of his musical heritage. Studying in Granada\, Spain\, with local Flamenco Guitar teachers allowed him to dive further into this unique guitar culture. Living in the U.S.A. has set the stage for interaction with great artists working for very diverse projects that include Physical Theater\, Contemporary Dance\, art shows\, Tango music\, Reggae\, Flamenco\, Electronic music\, and more. \n  \nPREVIEW THE PERFORMANCE  \nAsian American Blues by Kyoko Jinjabrew \n\n \n\nDream of home … but don’t go back there by Joyce Kwon \n\n \n\nlittle bird by Joyce Kwon \n\n \n\nI Know Moonlight\, I Know Starlight by Ali Dineen \n\n \n\n  \nLouda y Los Bad Hombres \n\n \n\nMARIA LAYA: New Caminos Duo \n\n \n\nTrio Caminos @RPAH \n\n \n\nACreative Map Making | Lauren Bartone \n\n \n\nONLINE EVENT DETAILS \nTime: June 5th\, 2021\, 7:00 pm -10:00 pm  \nAdmission: Free (donations are encouraged) \nTune in 10 minutes before each event starts to test your devices for connection. \nThe event will be streamed live through the Red Poppy Art House Facebook page URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/mapp-20210403/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:April,Events,MAPP,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pasted-image-0.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210207T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210207T160000 DTSTAMP:20210202T233159Z CREATED:20210202T094734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210202T233159Z UID:13365-1612710000-1612713600@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:February 7th MAPP (Online): Building Community Resilience Through the Arts | Workshop | Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Feb 7th @ 3:00-4:00 pm | Visual Art Workshop  \nFeb 6th @ 7:00- 10:00 pm | Performance  \nClick here on the date of the event to see the live performance streaming on Facebook. \nDuring these challenging times\, it is our goal to continue providing excellent and uplifting programs to you and we are pleased to announce our fifth online FREE MAPP program. Our TWO DAY MAPP FESTIVAL program includes 4 music performances on February 6th and a visual art workshop on February 7th and will be live-streamed from artists’ homes to your homes. Live streaming on Facebook \nPerformances on February 6th \nNow\, more than ever\, we need your support to continue facilitating relationships between the artists and our community\, and building a sonic bridge between today’s challenging time and a brighter future. Please consider investing in the future of the artists and the important role of the live performing arts in our community.  \nMake a gift to Red Poppy Art House today!  \nRed Poppy Art House Needs You \nLaunched in 2003\, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly\, multidisciplinary\, intercultural happening 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.  Due to COVID-19\, we have temporarily changed this dynamic program from an onsite to an online series. Thanks to the mastery and innovation of the presenting artists and curatorial vision we are pleased that the kaleidoscope of cultural exchange continues to be an incredibly enriching experience for the presenter and the viewer. We look forward to the days that we can safely present at our neighborhood venue and we are grateful for everyone’s ingenuity in making the online presentations meaningful and unique experiences.   \nThis program is funded by California Arts Council Local Impact Grant and  Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Relief Fund and will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve. \nRED POPPY MAPP TEAM: \nCurator: Dina Zarif / Artistic Director  \nTech support: Leeav Sofer \nPR and Digital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary \n  \nFEBRUARY  7TH  WORKSHOP \n\n\n\n\nSUNDAY\, FEBRUARY 7 TH  \n\n\n\nTime\nPerformance/Event\nDescription\nArtists\n\n\n3:00- 3:10 pm \nIntroduction\, Artist meet and greet | RPAH window Exhibition\nCurator Dina Zarif will greet the Artist\, Introduction about the current Window exhibition at RPAH: “Hold me in the Palm of your Hand” \nAndrea Guskin -Visual Artist\n\n\n3:10 – 4:00 pm\nWorkshop: Between the Palm Lines\, Layers of Home\nRubbings\, Transfers\, Tape and String: Using Everyday Objects to Create Meaningful Artworks \nAndrea Guskin -Visual Artist\n\n\n\n  \nCURRENT WINDOW EXHIBITION:  FEBRUARY – APRIL\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\nHold me in the Palm of your Hand | Andrea Guskin \nCurrent exhibition on view in the windows of The Red Poppy Art House \nARTIST STATEMENT \nUsing the everyday materials of mending\, my work explores the layers of social and emotional experience related to ancestry\, immigration\, and domestic life. Thread and cord are sewn\, tied and knotted: they speak of the tight ropes we all walk\, each step composed of mundane and extraordinary moments\, containing influences both known and unknown. The work is designed to move beyond the boundaries of the art object\, mapping paths that become routes of connection and experience.  \n \nHold me in the Palm of your Hand\, the current exhibition on view in the windows of The Red Poppy Art House\, began during the first two months of sheltering in place in 2020. Missing friends and family\,  I started asking them to send an image of their palm. Staring at the lines of their palm\, I began to sew them into the canvas: building the lines of my loved ones little by little\, piece by piece\, brought me closer to them in my mind. The paintings created alongside them speak of the water\, land\, and bridges that lie between the people represented as palm lines as well as the tangible absence and distance that exists between us.  For more info please visit www.andreaguskin.com \nARTIST BIO: \nAndrea Guskin is a San Francisco Bay Area artist who was raised amongst the woods and college campuses of Wisconsin and Ohio. She began drawing by pillaging her father’s office supplies for fine tip pens and yellow pads\, filling them with costumed figures while lounging on a 1970’s shag carpet. \nAfter studying painting at Antioch college\, Andrea moved to NYC and became a part of the art and songwriter community on the Lower East Side\, joining a group of artists working without heat in an 1897 former school building (now known as The Clemente). It was here that the figures in her paintings began to deconstruct into minimal skeletal portraits in black and white\, which formed the bridge to her architectural tape drawings and her abstract explorations related to the home. \nSince moving to the Bay Area in 2003\, Andrea has expanded the materials and themes she works with–incorporating small ordinary objects and domestic mending materials such as thread\, burnt matches\, cotton rounds\, tape\, and rubber bands. She uses these objects to explore ideas related to domesticity\, refuge\, and ancestry. \nAndrea has recently added a participatory community aspect to her work\, merging her years in museum education (The Oakland Museum/The Contemporary Jewish Museum) and her art practice. One example is the ongoing From Where to Here Project\, a series of events in which participants are invited to reflect on their own and their families’ journeys to the Bay Area.  \nIn 2020\, Andrea founded Virtual Cultural Connections\, a Bay Area program designed to promote cultural awareness in schools and support local artists. She currently lives and works in San Leandro with her husband and two sons. \n  \nWORKSHOP: SUNDAY\, FEBRUARY  7TH\n \nBetween the Palm Lines\, Layers of Home | Andrea Guskin \nRubbings\, Transfers\, Tape\, and String: Using Everyday Objects to Create Meaningful Artworks  \nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION \nI often incorporate household fragments and objects in my work: using ubiquitous items such as used matches\, rubber bands\, and cotton rounds. In this workshop\, we will gather objects from home to create a texture and line board that can be used over and over\, transforming found everyday pieces into layered worlds on paper. This workshop is a chance to be playful and experiment with what’s around you–it’s meant for everyone and requires no previous art experience.  \nSince ancestry is an important part of my work\, I will show you how to use this process with a printed copy of a vintage family photograph and how to make a simple photo transfer using an inkjet printer and a piece of label paper.  Additionally\, I will demonstrate how I would integrate this drawing into the larger narrative of my work by finding a place for it in one of the wall installations currently unfolding in my studio.  \n Pencil rubbings have been used widely by artists to add additional layers of meaning and interest to drawings. Here is an example by Max Ernst\, who created many drawings using this technique\, also called frottage.  \nMax Ernst\, When Light Cartwheels 1925 \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nMATERIALS \nFor Rubbings (Frottage) \n\nScissors\nGlue stick\nCopy Paper: with or without printed image\nA piece of cardboard\, wood or heavy paper: this will be the base for the objects\nPencil: 2B will work but a softer pencil is ideal (4B or 6B)\nString (preferably thicker than standard thread\, yarn or cord will work well)\n\nHousehold objects:  I used playing cards (to cut into shapes)\, cotton rounds\, a key\, an earring\, a feather and a game board. Look for things with interesting shapes and cut-outs\, that are fairly flat.  \nOptional  \n\nColored Masking Tape\nBlack paper for the background\nA printed copy of a photograph of a family member or friend\nA picture of a palm\nColored pencils\nwoodless pencils\n\nFor photo transfers:  \n\nAn inkjet printer\nA sheet of printable label paper (I use Avery)\nPaper (any thickness)\n\nWORKSHOP INSTRUCTIONS \nStep one: Gathering \nThe Essentials: scissors\, glue\, lightweight paper\, string\, pencil\, and some kind of board for backing.   \nHousehold Objects: I found cards\, a feather\, an old Trouble game board\, a key\, a cotton round\, an earring\, and a wooden toy remnant. I printed out a photograph of my grandfather working in a chemistry lab and the palm of my nephew Ricardo who lives in Trinidad.  \n \nString drawing with Palm Lines: Who’s palm lines will you create? You can use your own or a picture of someone else’s palm.  \nCut at least three pieces of string\, one for each line of the main lines in the palm. I cut four for his palm\, as the line across the middle line was so strong.  \nArrange string on your board\, echoing as closely as possible the lines of the hand.  \nRun the string over the glue stick\, or add glue to the board–then adhere the string to the board (you will  need to wait for the glue to dry before rubbing) \nStep two: Arranging your household objects and shapes on the board \nGlue or tape objects onto your board. I taped everything but the string\, so I can move the objects around freely. One of the advantages of this technique is being able to repeat a shape/texture easily\, so choose shapes that fit in with any concepts or ideas you have for your project.   \n \nStep Three: Rubbing  \nStart with a Warm-up. Holding your paper firmly on top of the board\, rub back and forth using the side of your pencil until the lines and shapes appear. Shift the paper around to gather more rubbings.  \nAfter you complete your warm-up\, you will have an idea of which objects you prefer to use on your final piece. Here are some ways to add to your piece:  \nUse a printed copy of a photograph instead of a blank sheet of paper. It works best if it’s a light-colored photograph. Cut it out if desired and place it on black paper.  \nUse colored masking tape to make a design on paper before you start rubbing. Use the rubbings to fill in the negative spaces of the design. Find your favorite area of the page and cut it out.  \nPhoto Transfer Technique for Inkjet printer \nTake all the labels and sticky parts of a sheet of white address labels for inkjet printers  (Avery labels work well) \n \n\nPlace in your printer (in mine I have to place it upside down)\nPrint the photograph (it will print in reverse). Transfer immediately after printing\, while the ink is still very wet. Make sure to use a board or larger paper to protect the surface you are working on. \n\n– Lay a piece of paper (or wood)  down on top of the image. For this\, I only wanted to print a selection of the image.  \nPat the back firmly all around with your whole palm.   \nLift and see the image!  \nIt will most likely not be “perfect” but contain some spots that didn’t transfer completely. Personally\, I like this effect.   \nIf you like\, remove the ink by transferring the rest of the ink onto scrap paper and re-use the same sheet to transfer once again. It will dry in about an hour.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nImages from Past Exhibitions:   \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\nTime: Feb 6th\, 7:00 pm -10:00 pm (Performances)\,  Feb 7th\, 3:00 PM – 4:00pm (Visual Art Workshop | Exhibition) \nAdmission: Free (donations are encouraged) \nTune in 10 minutes before each event starts to test your devices for connection. \nThe event will be streamed live through the Red Poppy Art House Facebook page URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/mapp-20210207/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Events,February,MAPP,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/MAPP-Feb-7th-Andrea-G-Website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210206T220000 DTSTAMP:20210202T095637Z CREATED:20210202T073833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210202T095637Z UID:13343-1612638000-1612648800@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:February 6th MAPP (Online): Building Community Resilience Through the Arts | Performances DESCRIPTION:Feb 6th @ 7:00- 10:00 pm | Performances   \nFeb 7th @ 3:00- 4:00 pm | Visual Art Workshop | Exhibition  \nClick here on the date of the event to see the live performance streaming on Facebook. \nDuring these challenging times\, it is our goal to continue providing excellent and uplifting programs to you and we are pleased to announce our fifth online FREE MAPP program. Our TWO DAY MAPP FESTIVAL program includes 4 music performances on February 6th and a visual art workshop on February 7th and will be live-streamed from artists’ homes to your homes. Live streaming on Facebook \nVisual Art workshops on February 7th  \nNow\, more than ever\, we need your support to continue facilitating relationships between the artists and our community\, and building a sonic bridge between today’s challenging time and a brighter future. Please consider investing in the future of the artists and the important role of the live performing arts in our community.  \nMake a gift to Red Poppy Art House today!  \nRed Poppy Art House Needs You \nLaunched in 2003\, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly\, multidisciplinary\, intercultural happening 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.  Due to COVID-19\, we have temporarily changed this dynamic program from an onsite to an online series. Thanks to the mastery and innovation of the presenting artists and curatorial vision we are pleased that the kaleidoscope of cultural exchange continues to be an incredibly enriching experience for the presenter and the viewer. We look forward to the days that we can safely present at our neighborhood venue and we are grateful for everyone’s ingenuity in making the online presentations meaningful and unique experiences.   \nThis program is funded by California Arts Council Local Impact Grant and  Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Relief Fund and will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve. \nRED POPPY MAPP TEAM: \nCurator: Dina Zarif / Artistic Director  \nTech support: Leeav Sofer \nPR and Digital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary \n  \nRPAH PROGRAM (ONLINE) FEBRUARY  6TH & 7TH\n\n\n\n\nSATURDAY\,  FEBRUARY 6TH \n\n\n\nTime\nPerformance/Event\nDescription\nArtists\n\n\n7:00 -7:05 pm\nIntroduction\, Artists meet and greet \nCurator Dina Zarif will greet the Artists\, and present the \nperformance program. \n \n\n\n7:05 -7:10 pm\nAnnouncement\n“Urban Prophets” Announcement by Arturo Moh Mendez \n \n\n\n7:10 – 8:00 pm\nThe Anthony Blea Yelapa Trio | LIVE from Mexico \nLatin\, Jazz\, and imagination \nAnthony Blea – Violin \nLincoln Andrews – Bass \nKyle Madrigal – Guitar\n\n\n8:00 – 8:40 pm\n“All come to look for America”\nMusic for voice and piano guides us as we search for America together.” \nSimon Barrad – Voice\, Baritone \nKseniia Polstiankina Barrad – Piano\n\n\n8:40 – 9:15 pm\nMi Corazón\, Mi Canto\nTraditional and contemporary sounds of Latin America.\nMonica Maria – Voca\, Guitar \n\n\n9:15 -10:00 pm \n“Live from the Desert”\nKlezmer/Balkan DJ Set with Live Horns\nMayvn – DJ/Clarinet \nJoey Jay – Sax\n\n\nSUNDAY\, FEBRUARY 7 TH \n\n\nTime\nPerformance/Event\nDescription\nArtists\n\n\n3:00- 3:10 pm \nIntroduction\, Artist meet and greet | RPAH window Exhibition\nCurator Dina Zarif will greet the Artist\, Introduction about the current Window exhibition at RPAH: “Hold me in the Palm of Your Hand” \nAndrea Guskin -Visual Artist\n\n\n3:10 – 4:00 pm\nWorkshop: Between the Palm Lines\, Layers of Home\nRubbings\, Transfers\, Tape\, and String: Using Everyday Objects to Create Meaningful Artworks \nAndrea Guskin -Visual Artist\n\n\n\n  \nCURRENT WINDOW EXHIBITION:  FEBRUARY – APRIL\nHold me in the Palm of your Hand | Andrea Guskin \nCurrent exhibition on view in the windows of The Red Poppy Art House. \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\nWORKSHOP: SUNDAY  FEBRUARY  7TH\n \nBetween the Palm Lines\, Layers of Home \nRubbings\, Transfers\, Tape and String: Using Everyday Objects to Create Meaningful Artworks  \nPERFORMANCES (ONLINE) FEB 6TH\n \nThe Anthony Blea Yelapa Trio \nLatin\, Jazz\,and imagination  \nThe Anthony Blea Yelapa Trio has taken this time to hunker down and rehearse in the isolated beach/jungle town of Yelapa in the State of Jalisco Mexico.  \nFeaturing: \nAnthony Blea – Violin \nLincoln Andrews – Bass \nKyle Madrigal – Guitar \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nAnthony Blea was born and raised in San Francisco. He started playing the violin at age eight in public schools and he was accepted to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music at age eleven as a full scholarship student. Anthony went on to receive a Bachelor’s Degree from the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Raphael Bronstein and a Masters Degree from the San Francisco Conservatory where he majored in String Quartet performance. Having played with Afro-Cuban bands in San Francisco and New York City\, Anthony continues to play a wide variety of music in the Bay Area and internationally. He has played and recorded with artists such as Israel Lopez “Cachao”\, Ray Charles\, S.F. Opera Orchestra\, John Santos Ensemble\, Jazz Mafia\, Anthony Blea y su Charanga\, Charanga 76\, Orquesta Broadway and many more. \nAnthony is also a professor of Music at the San Francisco City College where he teaches Orchestra\, Violin and Community Choir. \nLincoln Andrews is a musician and sound engineer\, born and raised in the mountains of Northern California. Learning to play the bass and produce music at the age of 10\, Lincoln went on to study sound engineering and music theory at Ex’pression College for Digital Arts. After graduation\, Lincoln began touring in a jazz/rock fusion band with this older brother\, Blue Luke. Lincoln also became the head engineer at Russian River Records\, producing albums for local artists out of Mendocino County.  Eventually Lincoln moved back to the bay area where he became an instructor at the Academy of Art University\, a sound engineer at the SFJAZZ Center\, and a City College of San Francisco alumni from performing in Anthony Blea’s Charanga Orchestra for 3 years. Lincoln then moved to New York City where he focused on his bass performance while studying under the great John Benitez and performing in jazz jam sessions.  Now relocated back to Northern California\, Lincoln is in the process of building his own professional music studio\, and performing as much as possible during these pandemic times. \nKyle Madrigal is a California boy that’s always been fascinated by fluctuating frequencies in air. Tickling tympanic membranes with artists like Charley Crockett and Dirt Floor Band\, sharing the stage with Willy Nelson and George Clinton. Kyle is most at home in the murky depths of sludgy sound and finding a polished pearl to aurally impart to your ears. \n \n“All come to look for America” \nA musical journey through the possibilities and empty promises of what America is\, and what it hopes to be. Music for voice and piano guides us as we search for America together.”  \nFeaturing: \nSimon Barrad – Voice\, Baritone \nKseniia Polstiankina Barrad – Piano \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nThe versatility of Grammy-nominated baritone\, Simon Barrad\, has been heard across the United States and Europe in opera\, Lieder\, and oratorio concerts. Features in recent seasons in the United States include performances at Cincinnati Opera\, the Art of the Piano Festival\, the Ravinia Festival\, the Token Creek Festival\, and the Marlboro Music Festival. However\, the 2015/16 Fulbright scholar to Finland has also headlined concerts across the Atlantic at venues including Helsinki’s Musiikkitalo\, Finland’s National Opera House\, and the Berlin Philharmonie. Highlights of upcoming seasons include Mr. Barrad’s Wigmore Hall and Philadelphia Chamber Music Society debut recitals\, as well as Bay Area engagements including Inspector Kildare in Kevin Puts’ Elizabeth Cree with West Edge Opera\, and a virtual Passover celebration – Dayenu with Taste of Talent.     \nUkraine native Kseniia Polstiankina Barrad is an active pianist and collaborator on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Before graduating with honors from the Special Music School in Kyiv\, she won top prizes at various international piano and chamber music competitions\, including the Prokofiev International Competition for Young Pianists (Donetsk\, Ukraine)\, the International Competition for Young Pianists (Belgrade\, Serbia)\, and the International Chamber Ensemble Competition (St. Petersburg\, Russia). Barrad also enjoys a vibrant collaborative career spanning opera\, choral music\, vocal recitals\, and chamber music\, and she recently held the position of principal coach with Queen City Opera in Cincinnati. Recent summer festivals include Songfest and the prestigious Merola Opera Program in San Francisco. Kseniia currently resides in San Francisco\, where she is a pianist and vocal coach in the Adler Fellowship at San Francisco Opera. She graduated with her master’s degree in Collaborative Piano from the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati where she recently completed her DMA in Piano Performance. \n  \n \nMonica Maria – Mi Corazón\, Mi Canto \nMonica Maria will be playing original music and a few of her favorite covers in celebration of her mom’s birthday. \nA vocalist\, multi-instrumentalist and composer\, her music reflects her Californian roots mixed with traditional and contemporary sounds of Latin America. \nABOUT THE ARTIST: \nMonica Maria is a songwriter\, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. She has been a performing musician for over 18 years and recently released her debut album in 2020 called “Nuevos Caminos.”  Combining the sounds of her Californian roots with traditional instruments and rhythms of Latin America\, “Nuevos Caminos” is musically innovative while expressing themes of holding love\, compassion and appreciation for self\, others and the earth \nMonica has a BA in Vocal Jazz and World Music from San Francisco State University.  Along with her original music project\, she is the musical director\, vocalist and instrumentalist of La Mezcla’s “Pachuquismo.”  Monica has performed with many bands and artists such as La Gente\, Laura Rebolloso\, Rumbaché\, John Calloway\, Jesus Diaz y Su QBA and others.   \n \n“Live from the Desert” \nKlezmer/Balkan DJ Set with Live Horns \nFeaturing: \nMayvn – DJ/Clarinet \nJoey Jay – Sax \nABOUT THE ARTIST: \nUnder the name “Mayvn”\, Morgan Nilsen has been acquiring new skills during the pandemic while hunkering down in the ‘Land of Enchantment’\, New Mexico. MAPP is her favorite part of the San Francisco community\, and she can’t wait to share an experience of live horns (featuring Joey Jay Friedman on Sax) accompanied by electronic beats with the familia. Inspired daily by her surroundings of vast\, remote desert beauty\, this set is created specifically for MAPP to bring friends together on a journey during a time we can not travel. Instagram. \nJoey Jay Friedman has performed music his whole life\, following his passion for folk music from Klezmer to the Balkans\, Turkey\, the Arabic Peninsula and North Africa. He has accompanied Morgan in several Bay Area ensembles including MWE\, Istanbul Connection\, and Inspector Gadje. While enjoying a more solitary quarantine in New Mexico\, he still feels a strong desire to connect musically & virtually with the Bay Area arts environment.  \nPREVIEW THE MUSIC\n  \nAnthony Blea with LaTiDo at the Ramp \n \n  \nSimon & Kseniia\, “Francis Poulenc: Chansons villageoises – C’est le joli printemps” \n \n  \nSimon & Kseniia\, “Another reason why I don’t keep a gun in the house – Tom Cipullo” \n \n  \n“Mayvn”\, Morgan Nilsen\, “Desert DJ Series: White Sands” \n \n  \nMónica María Fimbrez\, “Nuevos Caminos” \n \n  \n  \nONLINE EVENT DETAILS\n  \nTime: Feb 6th\, 7:00 pm -10:00 pm (Performances)\,  Feb 7th\, 3:00 – 4:00pm (Visual Art Workshop | Exhibition) \nAdmission: Free (donations are encouraged) \nTune in 10 minutes before each event starts to test your devices for connection. \nThe event will be streamed live through the Red Poppy Art House Facebook page URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/mapp-20210206/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Events,February,MAPP,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/MAPP-FEB-6-Web-poster-Template-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201205T220000 DTSTAMP:20201201T090030Z CREATED:20201201T065518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201201T090030Z UID:13305-1607194800-1607205600@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:December 5th MAPP (Online): Building Community Resilience Through the Arts DESCRIPTION:Click here on the date of the event to see the live performance streaming Live on Facebook. \nDuring these challenging times\, it is our goal to continue providing excellent and uplifting programs to you and we are pleased to announce our fourth online FREE  MAPP program.  This program which includes a visual art workshop and music + dance performances will be streamed from artists homes to your homes on Saturday\, December 5\, 2020 \nNow\, more than ever\, we need your support to continue facilitating relationships between the artists and our community and building a sonic bridge between today’s challenging time and a brighter future. Please consider investing in the future of the artists and the important role of the live performing arts in our community.  \nMake a gift to Red Poppy Art House today!  \nRed Poppy Art House Needs You \nLaunched in 2003\, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly\, multidisciplinary\, intercultural happening 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.  Due to COVID-19\, we have temporarily changed this dynamic program from an onsite to an online series. Thanks to the mastery and innovation of the presenting artists and curatorial vision we are pleased that the kaleidoscope of cultural exchange continues to be an incredibly enriching experience for the presenter and the viewer. We look forward to the days that we can safely present at our neighborhood venue and we are grateful for everyone’s ingenuity in making the online presentations meaningful and unique experiences.   \nThis program is funded by the California Arts Council Local Impact Grant.  \nWe are also excited and grateful to announce that we have received three amazing grants\, the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Relief Fund and the Zellerbach family “Community Arts COVID Response Grant” and  Grants for the Arts and will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve. \n  \nRED POPPY MAPP TEAM: \nCurator: Dina Zarif / Artistic Director  \nTech support: Leeav Sofer \nPR and Digital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary \nRPAH PROGRAM (ONLINE) DECEMBER  5TH\n\n\n\n\nSATURDAY  DECEMBER  5TH  \n\n\n\n\nVisual Art   \n\n\n\nTime\nPerformance/Event\nDescription\nArtists/ Presenter\n\n\n7:00- 7:05 pm \nIntroduction\, Artist meet and greet\nCurator Dina Zarif will greet the artist and presenter\n \n\n\n7:05-8:05 pm \nCollage Workshop in times of pandemic and social changes \nAdrian will be accompanied by guest artist Kristi Williamson for the demonstration\nAdrian Arias /  Visual Artist  \nKristi Williamson / poet\, dancer\, singer\, healer\n\n\n\nPerforming Art  \n\n\n\n8:10- 8:45 pm\nDarren Johnston &  Justin Dawson Duo\nOriginal Songs and Compositions\, Classic Jazz Standards\, and Beyond\nDarren Johnston /  trumpet\, voice \nJustin Dawson / upright bass\n\n\n8:50 – 9:25 pm\nSongs\, Tales and dance from Danistan \n \nOriginal music inspired and informed by the confluence of cultures and diasporic sounds of the Balkans\nDan Cantrell /  accordion and voice \nElizabeth Strong / dance\n\n\n9:25 – 10:00 pm\n“Musical Musings”\nMiddle eastern and Celtic inspired compositions for violin\nBriana Di Mara / violin \nFaisal Zedan /  percussion\n\n\n\n  \n7:05 pm – 8:05 PM\, SATURDAY  DECEMBER  5TH\nCollage in Times of Pandemic and Social Changes / Workshop by Adrian Arias \nAdrian will be accompanied by guest artist Kristi Williamson. A poet\, dancer\, singer\, healer \n \nAdrian Arian is a poet\, visual artist\, performer\, art teacher\, and South American cultural activist based in the Bay Area for two decades. His poetry and visual art have won awards and local and international recognition. His work has been presented at the Young Museum\, San Marcos Museum\, Poetic Nights of Struga\, Macedonia\, Benamil Residence in Spain\, Venice Biennale\, Latin American Biennial of Lima\, etc. Creator of the multidisciplinary event Illusion Show\, and the Poem of the Day. \n          \nARTIST STATEMENT: \nAdrián believes that poetry is in constant motion\, and that feeds on each discipline to continue among us. Sometimes it is a photograph of a feather lying on the shore\, sometimes a book-object that seems to tell us the future\, sometimes the body moving slowly between blue lights to go dancing with paper and umbrellas\, without rain. \nThe absurd\, the light\, the sensual\, the shadow\, the dreams\, are often elements in the daily life of Adrian\, who in addition to declaring himself a Poet in motion\, is an art teacher and a cultural organizer of events.  \nWORKSHOP: \nAdrian’s Collage workshop is open to a personal exploration of what we are experiencing in times of pandemic and social change. We will explore forms of composition\, cut\, a combination of images\, colors\, and texture. We will use magazines\, solid-colored papers\, acrylic paints or those that we have at home\, sharpies\, glue\, scissors\, and a hard surface that can be the cardboard of a box or thick cardboard. \n \n\n Adrian-Collage-1\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Image 1 of 5 \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \nKristi Williamson is an interdisciplinary teacher\, artist\, and healer who explores consciousness in the body. Her work in yoga\, dance\, movement-based expressive arts\, transformational ritual theater\, and voice; promote a holistic ethic that is alive in her offerings. She is dedicated to bridging the disciplines of creative and healing arts. She has studied and worked extensively with healing movement pioneers Anna and Dari Halprin from Tamalpa Institute\, Kundalini Yoga Teacher and Artist\, Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa\, and Brazilian Modern Dance Teacher\, Rosangela Silvestre. These women have deeply shaped Kristi’s journey interweaving spirituality\, embodiment\, creativity\, ritual\, and healing through the arts. Kristi is originally from the coast of Maine and dances between the east and west coast. She weaves her love of nature\, beauty making\, and devotion into all her creations.  \nPERFORMANCES (ONLINE) DEC 5TH\n  \n \nTrumpet and Bass Duos with Darren Johnston and Justin Dawson \nOriginal Songs and Compositions\, Classic Jazz Standards\, and Beyond \nFeaturing: \nDarren Johnston – trumpet\, voice \nJustin Dawson – upright bass \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nDarren has led groups such as Nice Guy Trio\, Broken Shadows Family Band\, Darren Johnston Quintet\, and many others. He’s played with local treasures such as Marcus Shelby\, Electric Squeezebox Orchestra\, Meklit\, ROVA Sax Quartet\, Fred Frith\, Brass Menazeri\, Lisa Mezzacappa\, and many more. After 22 years in San Francisco\, the winds of Covid have blown trumpeter\, composer\, and long-time Red Poppy/MAPP veteran Darren Johnston to Cincinnati Ohio for the next few months.  During his time in the Bay Area  \nHe’ll be teaming up in Dave’s garage\, just outside of Cincinnati\, with one of the Natti’s most in-demand young bassists\, Justin Dawson.  Among many others\, Justin is a current member of the JD Allen Trio. \n  \n \nSongs\,Tales and dance from Danistan \nOriginal music inspired and informed by the confluence of cultures and diasporic sounds of the Balkans. Dance performance by Elizabeth Strong.   \n  \nFeaturing: \nDan Cantrell – accordion and voice \nElizabeth Strong – dance \n  \nABOUT THE PROJECT: \nDan Cantrell’s music is influenced by deep study and respectful appreciation of traditions found in the Balkans\, Turkey and the Middle East.   His original music is rooted in classical compositional forms and modern songwriting\, but through respectful application of the scales\, rhythms and musical gestalts from folk and urban Balkan music he creates a unique fusion.   He aspires to find the meeting point where music is moving\, engaging\, and profoundly beautiful\, across geopolitical boundaries and cultural borders.   What happens when you create a goth-industrial Turkish Roman musical Fusion?  What about Delta Blues in Greek Miroloi vocal dirges?   You can find out when you listen to Danistani traditional folk music presented and performed by Dan Cantrell.    \nDan is joined for a song or two by his delightful wife Elizabeth Strong. Elizabeth’s vast range of study and breadth of international performances lead her to be aptly fit for presenting the folk dance traditions of Danistan with grace and accuracy.   She is\, in fact\, a royal ambassador to the nation of Danistan\, earning the accurate acronym of RAD\, which she embodies so well with her scintillating dancing.  \n  \nABOUT THE ARTIST: \nAccordionist/pianist/saw player Dan Cantrell is an Emmy winning composer known for his innovative and energetic approach to documentary film and television scoring. He can be heard on albums from Tom Waits\, Joanna Newsom\, the Toids\, Beats Antique\, as well as numerous self-produced albums. He was recently a featured soloist with the San Francisco Symphony and has performed with the Oakland Symphony\, Mike Marshall\, members of the Klezmatics\, Brave Old World\, and Fishbone.  \nDan composed music for three seasons of The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack on Cartoon Network and received an Emmy Award for his scoring work on the PBS documentary Home Front.   \nInfluenced by the music of Eastern Europe\, Early American Jazz and modern alternative rock\, His extensive scoring catalogue for film and television is described as “hauntingly beautiful…quirky and energetic” (SF Bay Guardian). Dan’s music spans a wide range of emotion and style\, rich with virtuosic performance\, lush acoustic orchestrations\, sonic textures resonant with sound design\, and strikingly innovative melodic themes.   \n  \nElizabeth Strong is a San Francisco Bay Area dancer\, choreographer\, and teacher whose work focuses on the integrity and spirit of traditional dance forms inside of a contemporary framework. Elizabeth was a touring member of Bellydance Superstars\, and was a founding member of Bellydance Evolution and of Beats Antique’s dance company with Zoe Jakes. A former principal member of Katarina Burda’s Aywah! Ethnic Dance Company\, Elizabeth has traveled to Egypt\, Turkey\, Tunisia\, Morocco\, Greece and Bulgaria to study closely at the source and is now considered one of the leading experts in the form. She performs with live music groups including Kugelplex\, Inspector Gadje\, and Fishtank Ensemble\, and renowned world musicians including Faisal Zeidan and Rumen Sali Shopov. \nElizabeth has had original choreographies commissioned by Jill Parker and Jillina Carlano\, and has received grants from Zellerbach Foundation and from Bill Graham Presents Foundation. Her Turkish Roman instructional DVD was released in 2011. Elizabeth currently teaches and performs internationally and she teaches weekly online from Berkeley\, CA.  \n \n“Musical Musings” \nMiddle eastern and Celtic inspired compositions for violin \n  \nFeaturing: \nBriana Di Mara – violin \nFaisal Zedan – percussion\, vocals \n  \nABOUT THE ARTIST: \nEclectic Bay Area violinist Briana Di Mara brings her love of the instrument and its soulful expression to every performance. She was trained in western classical music as a child and has since gone on to study and perform a wide variety of traditional styles including Celtic\, Balkan\, Turkish\, and Arabic. She harmoniously weaves these influences into her own unique sound and compositions. She is known for her evocative improvisations and skillful ability to play a broad range of genres from many different cultures. \nShe has performed and recorded with numerous artists\, some of whom include Stellamara\, the Ali Paris Project\, Beats Antique\, Darioush Sami\, Dan Cantrell\, Moh Alileche\, Sweet Moments of Confusion\, Lounès Kheloui\, La Ruya\, and many more! She has also collaborated with well-known dancers such as Zoe Jakes\, Rachel Brice\, Miriam Peretz\, and Jill Parker. These projects have led her to perform in a wide variety of venues\, theaters\, and festivals around the globe\, inspiring audiences with her expansive interpretation of world music and exciting interaction with dancers. \nHer award-winning debut album\, “Haven”\, has earned rave reviews and reflects the dynamic collaborations that she has built around her original compositions.  \n  \nPREVIEW THE MUSIC\nDarren Johnston  \n \n  \nDan Cantrell & Elizabeth Strong  \n \n  \nElizabeth Strong  \n \n  \nBriana Di Mara \n \n  \nFaisal Zedan \n \n  \nONGOING: “Red Poppy’s Window Exhibition”\nWorks by Jennifer Bloomer\, Megan Wilson & Ronni Goodman at the “Window Exhibition at RPAH”. \n Building Community Resilience Through the Arts | “Red Poppy’s Window Exhibition” October – December\n“The Stains and Misdirections of Manifest Destiny” \nMegan Wilson \nGrowing up as a fifth-generation Montanan\, Megan Wilson was surrounded by the mythology and iconography of the American West\, and specifically that of the cowboy. Images of rugged men with their code of stoic endurance\, self-reliance\, loyalty\, courage\, and camaraderie\, on horseback riding across the plains\, wrangling cattle and spitting chew were everywhere – from the paintings of Charles M. Russell\, Frederick Remington\, and Will James to the landscape itself. However\, the reality is the painful and violent history of manifest destiny that annihilated much of the indigenous peoples and wildlife of the West. The 19th century doctrine gave American settlers the rationale of a ‘God-given destiny’ to expand westward across North America and beyond. Framed in the context of morality\, divinity\, freedom\, and the presumed greatness of a white America\, the ideology was used to justify the forced removal of Native Americans from their land\, the subsequent genocide of their people\, and later\, claims to Pacific islands. The mass migration also served industrialists who benefited from the labor force that established in the west to build the railroads\, work the land\, build the cities\, and mine the natural resources.  \nWilson’s latest body of work\, The Stains and Misdirections of Manifest Destiny explores and calls attention to the painful history of manifest destiny and its lasting racist\, imperialist influence on American social and political ideology today.  \nThe Stains series uses the traditional craft of quilling (paper filigree) to create intricate drawings that evoke 19th century quilt patterns set against a stained foundation. The handicrafts of quilling and quilting spread from England to the American colonies and then to the American West. Wilson began quilling as a child when her grandmother passed on the fashionable craft of her childhood to her granddaughter.  \nThe Misdirections series counters the glorification of the west using revisions of existing historical texts branded into leather hides and stretched over wood placards to create new narratives and new directions for moving forward from a past rooted in the arrogance of manifest destiny.  \nKemp-Greene-Wilson-Metzner is a series of suede works with narratives and ornamentation from Wilson’s ancestral history of pioneer families who migrated from Wisconsin\, Illinois\, and Iowa to Utah\, Idaho\, and Montana in the 19th century as a protestant\, Mormon\, and Jewish settlers\, homesteaders\, miners\, and railway workers. \nMegan Wilson’s quilling drawings at Red Poppy Art House are part of the Stains series. \n \n\n Stain3\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Image 1 of 3 \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n  \nRonnie Goodman was a self-taught homeless artist and former distance runner living in San Francisco. He was inspired by the beauty of this city and its diversity\, balanced with the struggles of human despair. With his brush\, Ronnie tried to capture these raw emotions in painted images. Rest in Power Ronnie. \n  \n  \n  \n \n\n hands-up-dont-shoot-goodman\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Image 1 of 2 \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\nPosters for Change \nJennifer Bloomer \nJen is an artist\, facilitator and the founder of Radici Studios in San Francisco. For the past two decades\, she has painted and taught art in Guatemala\, India\, Italy\, Colorado\, Eritrea\, Thailand\, Kenya and California. Jen has a BA in Latin American Studies\, a Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Painting\, and a Masters Degree in Expressive Arts Therapy. She has created art with people aged 1 to 81 giving space for them to find their unique creative voice in the world through the arts. Jen’s own activist art can be seen in local murals\, at marches for social justice across the country\, and across social media. Her work has been shown internationally by Amplifier Art\, and is included in the Library of Congress archive. Jen believes that the intersection of creativity\, connection and community holds the answer to our personal and collective healing. \n \n\n actionis-CAN\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Image 1 of 13 \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\nONLINE EVENT DETAILS\nTime: Dec 5th\, 7:00 pm – 8:05 pm  (Visual Art)\,  8:10 pm- 10 pm (Performances)  \nAdmission: Free (donations are encouraged) \nTune in 10 minutes before each event starts to test your devices for connection. \nThe event will be streamed live through Red Poppy Art House Facebook page \nTune in 10 minutes before each event starts to test your devices for connection.\nThe event will be streamed live through the Red Poppy Art House Facebook page\n \n  \n  \nDonate URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/mapp-20201205/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:December,Events,MAPP,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/MAPP-DEC-poster-Template-FB-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201003T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201003T220000 DTSTAMP:20201002T214832Z CREATED:20200929T045545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201002T214832Z UID:13226-1601722800-1601762400@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:October 3rd MAPP (Online): Building Community Resilience Through the Arts DESCRIPTION:Click here on the date of the event to see the live performance streaming Live on Facebook. \nLaunched in 2003\, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly\, multidisciplinary\, intercultural happening 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. This program is funded by the California Arts Council Local Impact Grant. We are excited and grateful to continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve. \nIn an effort to continue presenting this deeply important program\, Red Poppy Art House is presenting our third online MAPP. Visual Art workshop and performances live stream from artist’s homes to your homes on October 3rd\, 2020. \nNow\, more than ever\, we need your support to continue facilitating relationships between the artists and our community\, and building a sonic bridge between today’s challenging time and a brighter future. Please consider investing in the future of the artists and the important role of the live performing arts in our community.\nMake a gift to Red Poppy Art House today! \nRed Poppy Art House Needs You \nTEAM: \nCurator and Moderator:  Dina Zarif / Artistic Director  \nSpecial guest and presenter: Jennifer Friedenbach / Executive Director of Coalition On Homelessness \nTech support: Leeav Sofer \nPR and Digital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary \n  \nRPAH PROGRAM (ONLINE) October 3rd\n  \n\n\n\n\nSATURDAY\,  OCTOBER 3RD  \n\n\n\n\nVisual Art | The Window Exhibition at RPAH | COH Art Auction \n\n\n\nTime\nPerformance/Event\nDescription\nArtists/ Presenter\n\n\n11:00 -11:05 am \nIntroduction\, Artist meet and greet\nCurator Dina Zarif will greet the artists and presenters\n \n\n\n11:05- 11:25\n“Art Auction” by Coalition On Homelessness \n|  The window exhibition at RPAH\nPresentation about Coalition On Homelessness SF and the Art Auction\nJennifer Friedenbach  Executive Director of Coalition On Homelessness\n\n\n11:30 am-12:30 pm\n“Posters for Change”  Workshop by Jennifer Bloomer\nCreate our own posters with messages of change we wish to see in our communities and out in the world\nJennifer Bloomer /  Visual Artist \n\n\n\nPerforming Art  \n\n\n\n7:00 -7:10 pm\nIntroduction\, Artists meet and greet\nCurator Dina Zarif will greet the Artists and present the performance program\n \n\n\n\n7:10 – 7:50 pm\nNatalie Cressman and Ian Faquini duo\nMusic of Brazil\, Impressionism\, and the Great American Songbook\nNatalie Cressman/Trombone \nIan Faquini / guitar\n\n\n7:55 – 8:30 pm\nAya Safiya and Tano Brock\nTraditional music from Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean\nAya / Vocals\, violin\, laouto Tano /Vocals\, clarinet\, laouto\n\n\n8:35 – 9:15 pm\nStrings of the Near East with Gari & Elana \nCompositions inspired by the traditional music of Greece and Turkey \nElana Brutman / Lyra with Sympathetic Strings \nGari Hagedus  / Oud\, Saz \n\n\n9:20 -10:00 pm\nPower Rumba | Dos BandOLEros \n“Struggle Makes Our Music Stronger”\nMixing Spanish covers and original compositions for a danceable fun show\nAlberto Gutierrez / Guitar\, Vocals \nRaúl Vargas / Cajón\, percussion\, Vocals\n\n\n\n  \n“ART INTO AUCTION” BY COH (ONLINE)\n11:00 – 11:30 am\, SATURDAY  OCTOBER  3rd\n  \n“Art into Auction” by the SF Coalition On Homelessness \nJennifer Friedenbach\, Executive Director of Coalition On Homelessness will present the Art Auction \nRed Poppy Art House is honored to join SF Coalition on Homelessness for their 20th annual Art Auction and Exhibition and Art walk to feature some of the auction artworks to preview in-person at the “Red Poppy’s Window Exhibition”. \nThe “Window Exhibition at RPAH” will preview works by Jennifer Bloomer\, Megan Wilson & Ronni Goodman. \nThe SF Coalition on Homelessness Art Auction and Exhibition will be a week-long online art auction event\, with all artwork available to preview online and featured artwork available to preview in-person in some local venues at the SF Mission District!  \nFor more information check the Art Auction website at here \n \n  \nCOALITION ON HOMELESSNESS \nThe Coalition on Homelessness organizes unhoused people and front line service providers to create permanent solutions to homelessness while protecting the human rights of those forced to remain on the streets.  The organization has a 30 year history of winning tangible change for our unhoused neighbors\, including thousands of units of housing\, jobs\, treatment\, and human rights utilizing a variety of tactics from protest\, legislation\, ballot initiatives\, creative media to legal action.  \n \nJennifer Friedenbach / Executive Director of Coalition On Homelessness \nCommitted to a struggle to end mass homelessness by addressing the structural causes and crafting permanent fixes. Her work is about developing consensus on solutions to the homeless crisis centered on the experience and expertise of those who have survived or are still living without housing. Excellent meeting facilitation\, policy development\, messaging expertise\, and unsticking ambivalence and entrenched mindsets. Jennifer is always learning from the brilliance around me and knows how to stay positive. Adept at moving controversy to collective problem-solving. Working in collaboration with many others has led to literally thousands of people in SF stabilizing in housing\, rising out of poverty\, averting homelessness\, and addressing the many side effects of homelessness in order to flourish. However\, due to rising rents\, alongside immoral inaction on the part of policymakers\, her work has a long way to go. Urgent meaningful action is what she works for. \n  \nONLINE AUCTION\n \nArt Auction 20\, Transforming Art into Action will feature over 100 pieces of art\, taking place online starting October 1st and ending October 8th.  Many of the art pieces will be displayed in storefronts in the Mission District\, and supporters can do their own art walks at any time convenient to them.  This is a major annual fundraiser for the Coalition on Homelessness and is deeply connected with our use of art to communicate complex social problems\, whether that be through printing posters with unique art or the production of our twice-monthly street newspaper Street Sheet.  The newspaper serves as a creative outlet for unhoused community members through artwork\, poetry\, creative writing\, and journalism.  The newspaper is sold by impoverished vendors who keep 100% of the proceeds and ensures San Franciscans can hear directly from those who are so personally standing at the intersection of the housing crisis\, racism\, and the deep structural inequities that drive homelessness.   \nView the Art Auction 20 Art Walk Venue Map here \nAll artwork will be available for preview online \n  \n“Red Poppy’s Window Exhibition” October thru December \nThe “Window Exhibition at RPAH” will preview works by Jennifer Bloomer\, Megan Wilson & Ronni Goodman. This exhibition is a part of the Art Auction by COH.\n \n  \n“The Stains and Misdirections of Manifest Destiny” \nMegan Wilson \nGrowing up as a fifth-generation Montanan\, Megan Wilson was surrounded by the mythology and iconography of the American West\, and specifically that of the cowboy. Images of rugged men with their code of stoic endurance\, self-reliance\, loyalty\, courage\, and camaraderie\, on horseback riding across the plains\, wrangling cattle and spitting chew were everywhere – from the paintings of Charles M. Russell\, Frederick Remington\, and Will James to the landscape itself. However\, the reality is the painful and violent history of manifest destiny that annihilated much of the indigenous peoples and wildlife of the West. The 19th-century doctrine gave American settlers the rationale of a ‘God-given destiny’ to expand westward across North America and beyond. Framed in the context of morality\, divinity\, freedom\, and the presumed greatness of a white America\, the ideology was used to justify the forced removal of Native Americans from their land\, the subsequent genocide of their people\, and later\, claims to Pacific islands. The mass migration also served industrialists who benefited from the labor force that established in the west to build the railroads\, work the land\, build the cities\, and mine the natural resources.  \nWilson’s latest body of work\, The Stains and Misdirections of Manifest Destiny explores and calls attention to the painful history of manifest destiny and its lasting racist\, imperialist influence on American social and political ideology today.  \nThe Stains series uses the traditional craft of quilling (paper filigree) to create intricate drawings that evoke 19th-century quilt patterns set against a stained foundation. The handicrafts of quilling and quilting spread from England to the American colonies and then to the American West. Wilson began quilling as a child when her grandmother passed on the fashionable craft of her childhood to her granddaughter.  \nThe Misdirections series counters the glorification of the west using revisions of existing historical texts branded into leather hides and stretched over wood placards to create new narratives and new directions for moving forward from a past rooted in the arrogance of manifest destiny.  \nKemp-Greene-Wilson-Metzner is a series of suede works with narratives and ornamentation from Wilson’s ancestral history of pioneer families who migrated from Wisconsin\, Illinois\, and Iowa to Utah\, Idaho\, and Montana in the 19th century as a protestant\, Mormon\, and Jewish settlers\, homesteaders\, miners\, and railway workers. \nMegan Wilson’s quilling drawings at Red Poppy Art House are part of the Stains series. \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\nRonnie Goodman was a self-taught homeless artist and former distance runner living in San Francisco. He was inspired by the beauty of this city and its diversity\, balanced with the struggles of human despair. With his brush\, Ronnie tried to capture these raw emotions in painted images. Rest in Power Ronnie. \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\nPosters for Change  \nJennifer Bloomer \nJen is an artist\, facilitator\, and founder of Radici Studios in San Francisco. For the past two decades\, she has painted and taught art in Guatemala\, India\, Italy\, Colorado\, Eritrea\, Thailand\, Kenya\, and California. Jen has a BA in Latin American Studies\, a Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Painting\, and a Masters Degree in Expressive Arts Therapy. She has created art with people aged 1 to 81 giving space for them to find their unique creative voice in the world through the arts. Jen’s own activist art can be seen in local murals\, at marches for social justice across the country\, and across social media. Her work has been shown internationally by Amplifier Art and is included in the Library of Congress archive. Jen believes that the intersection of creativity\, connection\, and community holds the answer to our personal and collective healing. \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\n \n\n \n \n [Show thumbnails]\n \n\n\n  \n11:00 am – 12:30 pm\, SATURDAY  OCTOBER  3rd\n\nPosters for Change / Workshop by Jennifer Bloomer \nCreate our own posters with simple materials with messages of change we wish to see in our communities and out in the world \nARTIST STATEMENT: \nI believe in the power of creativity to create tangible\, powerful\, change in the world. Art has the ability to go beyond words and move hearts and change minds. My art and workshops aim to energize individuals and communities to reflect\, listen deeply to one another and come together as a community to rally for justice\, respect\, and love. \nWORKSHOP: \nIn this art workshop\, we’ll be making posters with messages of change we wish to see in our communities and out in the world. I will share my own brainstorming process and walk you through how to come up with your own images and words to invigorate others about issues you care about. We’ll create our own posters with simple materials you might have around your house. No experience art-making- all are welcome! \nMaterials:  \n\nPiece of Cardboard (15″ x 20″ or bigger) \nAcrylic paint\nPaintbrushes\nSharpies or Markers\n\n  \nPERFORMANCES (ONLINE) OCT. 3RD\n  \nNatalie Cressman and Ian Faquini\nA uniquely intimate duo featuring original material in three languages\, drawing from the music of Brazil\, Impressionism\, and the Great American Songbook.\nFeaturing: \nNatalie Cressman – Trombone \nIan Faquini – guitar \nTrombonist and singer/songwriter Natalie Cressman and Brazilian composer\, guitarist\, and singer Ian Faquini have created a uniquely intimate collaboration\, drawing from impressionism\, jazz\, and the great Brazilian songwriting tradition. The duo’s global take on music is largely expressed through the distinct compositional voice of Faquini\, with occasional lyrics penned by Cressman. Their original material features songs in three different languages and encompasses a vast spectrum of musical ground. With the warm instrumentation of acoustic guitar and trombone and two-part vocal harmonies hugging the Brazilian-accented Portuguese\, Cressman & Faquini weave their musical voices together to create a fully orchestrated sound befitting a much larger ensemble. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nNatalie Cressman has spent the past ten years touring the jam band circuit as a horn player and vocalist with Phish’s Trey Anastasio\, while also collaborating with many illustrious figures on the New York City jazz scene. When she’s not performing her own music\, Cressman can be found collaborating with some of the most illustrious figures in rock\, funk\, jazz and beyond\, which have included Phish\, Big Gigantic\, Carlos Santana\, Escort\, Wycliffe Gordon\, Nicholas Payton\, Anat Cohen\, The Motet\, and Umphrey’s McGee. \nBorn in Brasília and raised in Berkeley\, Ian Faquini was a member of the renowned Berkeley High School Jazz program before going on to study at the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley and\, immediately after graduating\, joined the faculty there. He has performed throughout Europe\, Japan\, Brazil and the United States and has shared the stage and recording studio with such names as Guinga\, Brad Mehldau\, Chris Potter\, Spok\, Lee Konitz\, Fleurine\, among many others. \n \nAya Safiya and Tano Brock\nTraditional music from Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean\nFeaturing: \nAya Safiya – vocals\, violin\, laouto  \nTano Brock – vocals\, clarinet\, laouto \nABOUT THE PROJECT: \nAya Safiya and Tano Brock have been musical collaborators for over a decade. They met at a music camp in their teenage years\, and began playing Greek and Balkan music together. In 2014\, along with Cecilia Peña-Govea and Miguel León\, they formed Taraf de Locos\, a SF Bay Area group that created a unique blend of Balkan and Afro-Latin music styles. Following an album release and tour with Taraf de Locos\, Aya and Tano traveled to Eastern Europe together to discover and study music. They have since been collaborating on a regular basis; continuing to play Greek and Balkan traditional styles\, as well as contemporary original music. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic\, Aya and Tano have been frequently performing live-stream concerts from their home studio\, both independently and as a part of larger concerts/festivals.  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nWith strong messages and emotional vulnerability\, Bay Area raised artist Aya Safiya reveals her diverse and complex identity in her singing and songwriting. Her first EP “Aya Safiya\,” released in 2018\, was a transitional introduction to her electronic singer-songwriter career initiated after decades of working as a Greek/Mediterranean/Balkan-music singer and violinist. Aya was 15 when she first started performing and has since gone on to perform at Greek festivals in the US and in Greece\, as well as at venues such as The Great American Music Hall in SF\, the Grand Prospect Hall in NYC\, and the House of Blues in Boston. She has also taught classes in regional Greek violin and Greek/Balkan singing at community-based music schools such as The Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley\, the Sierra Music and Arts Institute in Central California\, and Apapachoa in Nicaragua. In July 2020 she released her 2nd EP\, “My Other Half.” While the new EP is a continuation of her singer-songwriter project\, through it she explores new grounds\, incorporating her Japanese-American roots and writing all lyrics in Japanese. Although Aya’s music “lives between the lines of genre and culture\,” (Jocelle Koh\, Asian Pop Weekly) and “defies standard categorization\,” (Mitch Mosk\, Atwood Magazine) her intimate\, nostalgia evoking songwriting\, ethereal singing\, and hazy production with help from producer Tano Brock\, distinctly conquers a vibe. \nTano Brock is a 24-year-old musician\, songwriter\, producer\, and engineer. Born and raised in San Francisco\, CA\, Tano began studying and performing music at a young age and had an almost supernatural knack for it ever since he began banging on a drum at only a few months old. Throughout his childhood\, Tano accompanied his family to various music camps in California where he was exposed to music from all over the world. At 6 years old\, he began studying darbuka\, a Middle Eastern drum. He then started studying piano at age 7\, and at 12 began teaching himself guitar. In his early teens\, he started playing saxophone/clarinet\, as well as exploring the world of digital recording and production. At age 18\, he released his self-produced debut solo album “Bandit” (2014) – which garnered significant success and launched his career as a composer for synch licensing. In 2019\, Tano graduated from Berklee College of Music with a degree focused on performance and music production & engineering. During his time at Berklee\, he explored his deep affinity with world music traditions\, traveling to Turkey to study with master musicians\, and to Cuba for recording sessions in Havana. He is currently producing and mixing for various artists of different styles such as: reggaetón artist La Doña\, Indie/J-Pop artist Aya Safiya\, pop artist Liv Young\, multi-percussionist/vocalist Miguelito Leon\, and Ecuadorian vocalist Gerson Eguiguren. \n  \nStrings of the Near East with Gari & Elana \nCompositions inspired by the traditional music of Greece and Turkey\nFeaturing: \nElana Brutman —Lyra with Sympathetic Strings \nGari Hagedus — Oud\, Saz & more…  \nABOUT THE PROJECT: \nGari and Elana will play original compositions inspired by the traditional music of Greece and Turkey and influenced by their own cultural understanding of music. Their repertoire is rooted in sentiment\, contemplation and a deep respect and love for distant parts of the world.   \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nGari Hegedus plays violin\, viola\, and a variety of lutes from Greece and Turkey\, including laouto\, oud\, and saz. Along with playing in Teslim\, he also performs with global music group Stellamara\, as well as Bay Area groups Janam and The Helladelics. Hegedus has studied with oud master Naseer Shamma and has studied\, recorded\, and performed with Ross Daly and Kelly Thoma. He has toured with the Mevlevi Dervish Order of America and continues to participate in Turkish ceremonial and devotional gatherings around the country. In addition to being a composer and performer\, Hegedus is a talented luthier\, repairing stringed instruments of every variety; coaxing sound from sazes\, violins\, and rebabs; restoring lutes and lyras; making bows; and finding ingenious ways to allow the true voice of an instrument to come forth. \nElana Brutman has dedicated the recent years of her life to the intensive study of the lyra with sympathetic strings\, an instrument whose design is based on the traditional Cretan lyra and incorporates elements of the Byzantine lyra and Indian sarangi. She has spent countless hours in deep study with her teacher\, Kelly Thoma\, in Crete\, and has spent many summers in Greece studying with master musicians from Greece\, Turkey and Iran. \n  \n \n  \nPower Rumba | Dos BandOLEros\nStruggle Makes Our Music Stronger \nFeaturing: \nAlberto Gutierrez – Guitar\, Vocals \nRaúl Vargas – Cajón\, percussion\, Vocals \nABOUT THE PROJECT: \nDos BandOLEros is a Spanish Rumba Duo founded by Raul Vargas (Makrú) and Muchacho Mandanga in the Bay Area. Mixing Spanish covers and original compositions\, Dos BandOLEros offers a really danceable fun show\, full of energy and positive messages. \n  \nPREVIEW THE MUSIC\n  \nNatalie Cressman and Ian Faquini \n \n  \nAya Safiya and Tano Brock \n \n  \nGari Hagedus  \n \n  \nPower Rumba | Dos BandOLEros  \nhttps://www.facebook.com/dosbandOLErossf/videos/3245185558868276 \n  \n  \nONLINE EVENT DETAILS\n \nTime: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Visual Art Workshop / 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm performances\nAdmission: Free (donations welcome) \nTune in 10 minutes before each event starts to test your devices for connection.\nThe event will be streamed live through the Red Poppy Art House Facebook page\n \n  \n  \nDonate\n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/mapp-20201003/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Events,MAPP,October,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MAPP-oct-3-Web-poster-Template-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200524T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200524T170000 DTSTAMP:20200422T011942Z CREATED:20200309T034844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200422T011942Z UID:12839-1590328800-1590339600@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:CANCELED:: Rumberos de Radio Habana: Monthly Community Rumba DESCRIPTION:Rumba music originated in the Afro-Cuban neighborhoods of Havana and Matanzas as the soundtrack to community\, partnered dancing and get-togethers as a means of cultural expression. Its global diaspora means rumba rhythms have found their way into other genres of music such as country\, rock\, and blues\, and continue to impact the genres of today. Rumberos de Radio Habana bring their own contribution to the Red Poppy on the fourth Sunday of each month for a free afternoon of beat-making\, hip-shaking\, and good company. \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n \nTime: 2:00pm event\nAdmission: Free; donations accepted for musicians ($5-10) \nVolunteer for this event!\n\n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/rumberos-20200524/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:May,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/RumberosdeRadioHabana-e1475529430647.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200328T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200328T220000 DTSTAMP:20200314T233648Z CREATED:20200130T063640Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200314T233648Z UID:12738-1585423800-1585432800@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:CANCELED: Jessica Fichot: French Chanson & Shanghai Jazz DESCRIPTION:COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS UPDATE\nOut of an abundance of caution and to align with current public health\nrecommendations regarding COVID-19\, we’ve made the difficult decision to\ncancel all programs and performances at Red Poppy Art House through\nApril 15. We will be in touch with anyone who has purchased tickets and we will\nrefund you. \nThis is a very difficult time for many so let us all make sure to share\nkindness and a smile and take good care of each other. \nThis link is insightful and shares much needed information about the virus.\nFeel free to share with others as the author has given permission to do so.\nCoronavirus: Why You Must Act Now \nWarmest regards\,\nRed Poppy Art House \nAccompanied by her accordion\, toy piano\, and fiery band\, Los Angeles-based chanteuse and songwriter Jessica Fichot draws from her multi-ethnic French/Chinese/American heritage to create an intoxicating multilingual blend of original French chanson\, 1940s Shanghai jazz\, gypsy swing and international folk. (Photo by Nicolas Kaviani)\n \nFEATURING:\nTBA\n \nABOUT THE ARTIST:\nBLos Angeles-based chanteuse/songwriter Jessica Fichot is a lot like her hometown of Paris; French at heart\, but with a soul that’s truly international. Drawing from her multi-ethnic French/Chinese/American upbringing\, her music takes the listener on a twisting journey out of the French chanson tradition\, into the land of 1940’s Shanghai jazz\, gypsy swing\, international folk\, and into the wilderness of her imagination. \nWith 3 acclaimed albums under her belt\, Jessica has charmed audiences around the world – performing her lively songs at concert halls\, festivals and clubs in China\, Mexico\, Canada and across the US and western Europe. Featuring scorching performances from her bandmates on clarinet/sax\, upright bass and guitar\, as well as her own beautiful\, clear vocals in French\, Mandarin Chinese\, Spanish and English\, Fichot’s music is truly a dazzling trans-world journey. \nFichot is also an active composer\, who has written hundreds of children’s songs for various educational programs\, as well as music for many independent video games. \n“Brings an art-song sensibility to delightfully catchy tunes.” – LA Times \n“Enchantingly original.” – LA Weekly \n“A delicious blend of acoustic styles” – San Francisco Chronicle \n“A mélange of multicultural inspiration as rich and nuanced as her gorgeous expressive singing voice.” – Seven Days Vermont \nLearn more: Website | Facebook | Instagram\n  \nEVENT DETAILS\nTime: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20-25 / (Door) $25 general\, $20 student & senior with valid ID\nNote: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door.\n \nPurchase advance tickets for this event:\n \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event!\n\n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/jessica-fichot-20200328/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:March,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/JessicaFichot_PC-NicolasKaviani_March2020.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200319T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200319T220000 DTSTAMP:20200314T233439Z CREATED:20200126T043104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200314T233439Z UID:12704-1584646200-1584655200@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:CANCELED: Levoná Ensemble: Flamenco\, Arabic & Jewish Music & Stories DESCRIPTION:COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS UPDATE\nOut of an abundance of caution and to align with current public health\nrecommendations regarding COVID-19\, we’ve made the difficult decision to\ncancel all programs and performances at Red Poppy Art House through\nApril 15. We will be in touch with anyone who has purchased tickets and we will\nrefund you. \nThis is a very difficult time for many so let us all make sure to share\nkindness and a smile and take good care of each other. \nThis link is insightful and shares much needed information about the virus.\nFeel free to share with others as the author has given permission to do so.\nCoronavirus: Why You Must Act Now \nWarmest regards\,\nRed Poppy Art House \nCombining flamenco guitar\, ethnic percussion\, klezmer clarinet\, and folk songs from the Middle East\, Levoná Ensemble follows melodies and styles that traveled from one side of the ancient world to the other\, bringing them together to explore new possibilities. This celebration of sounds is intermingled with storytelling\, drawing from folk traditions as well as original stories.\n \nFEATURING:\nFaisal Zedan – percussion\, vocals\nJosh Mellinger – percussion\nDavid McLean – flamenco guitar\nAsaf Ophir – woodwinds\, vocals\nTravis Hendrix – bass\n \nABOUT THE ARTIST:\nLevoná began as the band for the highly acclaimed Bay Area musical Love Sick \, winning the Theatre Bay Area Award for Best Ensemble in 2017 along with the cast. Love Sick  went on to receive the prestigious Glickman Award for Best New Play in 2018\, and audiences and critics alike praised its vibrant music as the heart of the play’s energy and wide appeal. Levoná have since continued to perform as an independent group\, keeping that same energy alive in both dance and concert halls. \nLearn more: Website | Facebook | YouTube \n \n \n \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\nTime: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20-25 / (Door) $25 general\, $20 student & senior with valid ID\nNote: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door.\n \nPurchase advance tickets for this event:\n \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event!\n\n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/levona-20200319/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:March,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/LevonaEnsemble_June2019-e1557209808555.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200307T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200307T220000 DTSTAMP:20200302T032014Z CREATED:20200130T050848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200302T032014Z UID:12731-1583609400-1583618400@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Lior Ben-Hur & Sol Tevél: bringing it back to the roots DESCRIPTION:Lior Ben-Hur & Sol Tevél\, with their positive message\, uplifting melodies and a distinctive approach this San Francisco-based band represents a new generation of reggae music.\n \nFEATURING:\nLior Ben-Hur – lead vocal\, guitar\nYoel Bibas – drums\nBrett Cavanaugh – percussion\nJenevieve Francisco – vocals\nRebecca Nobel – vocals\nLuis Mayorga – bass\n \nABOUT THE ARTIST:\nBorn in Jerusalem\, Israel with Greek and Iraqi roots\, Lior Ben-Hur has traveled to over a dozen countries where he spent time learning\, performing and sharing experiences with musicians and artists around the globe. Since 2004\, Lior has made his home in San Francisco\, CA. He formed his band in 2011\, which in 2012 released an eclectic music album under the name Sol Tevél. The album sheds new light with contemporary interpretations of old jewish texts\, ideals and mysticism. \nAlong with his 8-piece band\, Lior Ben-Hur continues to focus on his passion for reggae music\, which has been a key inspiration on his music\, creativity and spirituality. In June 2015\, the band released their self-titled reggae EP\, and have since shared the stage with legendary roots reggae artists such as Stephen Marley\, Black Uhuru\, Tarrus Riley\, Groundation\, Richie Spice\, Israel Vibration and Don Carlos. In February 2017\, Lior Ben-Hur and his San Francisco-based band\, Sol Tevél\, released a full-length album titled\, So I Wander. The album debuted at #14 on billboard charts for top reggae albums. \nProduced by Marcus Urani (of Groundation)\, So I Wander features leading artists such as; Kumar Bent (of Raging Fyah)\, Jah Levi\, Yossi Fine\, Iraqi-Israeli world music expert Yair Dalal\, and Palestinian rapper\, Saz. The album reveals Lior Ben-Hur deep passion for reggae\, and demonstrates the band’s ability to perform high-energy roots music. \nLearn more: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube \n \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\nTime: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20-25 / (Door) $25 general\, $20 student & senior with valid ID\nNote: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door.\n \nPurchase advance tickets for this event:\n \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event!\n\n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/liorben-hur-20200307/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:March,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/LiorBenHurt_March2020.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200229T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200229T220000 DTSTAMP:20200126T030402Z CREATED:20200126T024955Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200126T030402Z UID:12695-1583004600-1583013600@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Proteus Trio: Classical Piano Trio Playing Electric Originals DESCRIPTION:“A string-centric power trio that brings together three of the most versatile and adventurous musicians in the Bay Area. Proteus Trio doesn’t so much ignore genre conventions as embrace every musical practice. Steeped in clave and capable of swinging with authority\, this triumvirate has honed a repertoire that includes delicate chamber pieces and shredding rockers.”— Andrew Gilbert\, East Bay Express \nFEATURING:\nJonathan Alford – piano\nEvan Price – violin\nLewis Patzner – cello\n \nABOUT THE ARTIST:\nViolinist Evan Price earned two Grammy Awards during his decade-long run with Turtle Island Quartet and continues his two-decade-plus tenure in the pioneering Hot Club of San Francisco. Peabody Institute-trained cellist Lewis Patzner is best known as a prolific studio musician sought out by rock and pop acts\, and for leading his instrumental metal band Judgment Day. Pianist Jonathan Alford has earned a sterling reputation as an accompanist for some of the region’s finest jazz vocalists and Latin bands. \nLearn more: Website\n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n \nTime: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20-25 / (Door) $25 general\, $20 student & senior with valid ID\nNote: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event:\nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee seats. Seating is first come\, first served.\n \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event!\n\n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/proteus-20200229/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:February,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ProteusTrio_Feb2020.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200228T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200228T220000 DTSTAMP:20200125T221135Z CREATED:20200124T211113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200125T221135Z UID:12662-1582918200-1582927200@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Ramana Vieira & Ensemble Presents: A Night in Portugal DESCRIPTION:Take a journey to the world of fado\, often described as the Portuguese version of the blues. Following her recent performance of the TAP Airlines inaugural flight out of SFO\, Ramana Vieira’s performance will reflect her original compositions along with beautiful Fado pieces by Amalia Rodrigues the legendary fado singer from Portugal.\n \nFEATURING:\nRamana Vieira – vocals\nStephen La Porta – percussion\nDan Keller – bass\nJeff Furtado – guitar\n \nABOUT THE ARTIST:\nRamana Vieira\, a Northern California native of Portuguese descent\, has been described by The New York Times as an American at the forefront of the fado resurgence. The San Francisco Examiner calls her “the Rising Star in World Music.” Her authentic and individual style\, brilliant musicality\, and colorful heritage appeals to a wide audience. \nLearn more: Website\n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n \nTime: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $25-30 / (Door) $30 general\, $25 student & senior with valid ID\nNote: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event:\nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee seats. Seating is first come\, first served.\n \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event!\n\n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/ramana-vieira-20200228/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:February,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/RamanaVieira_Feb2020.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141012T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141012T180000 DTSTAMP:20140930T013332Z CREATED:20140917T021425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140930T013332Z UID:5742-1413126000-1413136800@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Los Cenzontles: Mexican American roots ensemble DESCRIPTION:The Red Poppy Art House is thrilled to present an evening of music and film collaboration featuring the vocal talents of Los Cenzontles and animated short film\, Tata’s Gift\, in a special matinee performance. \nLos Cenzontles (Nahuatl for “The Mockingbirds”) dig deep into Mexico’s diverse cultural traditions while creating a vibrant\, contemporary sound infused with the gusty soul of their rural roots. Los Cenzontles (senn-SONT-less) has released 21 albums and performed across the U.S.\, Europe\, the Dominican Republic\, and throughout Mexico. They have collaborated with numerous master folk arists as well as renowned musicians including Linda Ronstadt\, Jackson Browne\, The Chieftains\, Los Lobos\, Los Tigres del Norte\, Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal\, among others. Commited to cultural promotion\, Los Cenzontles have trained neighborhood youth at their Cultural Arts Academy in San Pablo\, California since 1994. \nLos Cenzontles\, in collaboration with animator Dionisio Cebellos and artisan Marie-Astrid Do-Rodriguez\, have created a short\, animated film\, titled Tata’s Gift. Using original digital animation\, folk art\, and music\, Tata’s Gift tells the story of a boy who finds strength and resilience in his family’s cultural heritage as he struggles with cyber bullying in the digital age. The band will perform live along with this film and other short videos for a fun\, multi-scensory show for the whole family. \n“[Los Cenzontles] both honors and upends traditional Mexican music\, tapping deep roots as it flowers into something completely new\, and distincly American.” – The New York Times \n“Los Cenzontles’ gusty rhythms and delightful voices reinvigorated my love of Mexican music.” – Linda Ronstadt \nLearn more about Los Cenzontles here: http://www.loscenzontles.com/band \nAdmission: $10-20. Doors open at 2:30pm. Show at 3:00pm. All ages welcome. \nTickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/los-cenzontles/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Los-Cenzontles-Event-e1410931613472.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141003T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141003T220000 DTSTAMP:20140922T211936Z CREATED:20140916T201953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140922T211936Z UID:5722-1412364600-1412373600@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Tangonero: An Argentine Tango Quartet DESCRIPTION:An Argentine Tango Quartet \nTangonero is a San Francisco based ensemble dedicated to preserving the tradition of Argentine Tango. From the folk styling of Roberto Grela to the jazz infused grandeur of Astor Piazzolla\, their arrangements cover the broad scope of tango history. Overflowing with intense passion\, lust and sorrow\, their performance will capture the fire of the dance and the essence of a culture. \nMichèle Walther – violin\nI-Yun Chung – piano\nRichard Duke – double bass\nAlex Roitman – bandoneon \nVisit Tangonero online and join the official Facebook event! \nAdmission: $10-20. Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome. \nTickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/tangonero/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/tangonero-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140928T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140928T220000 DTSTAMP:20140924T021213Z CREATED:20140828T011849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140924T021213Z UID:5656-1411930800-1411941600@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Pollination V PART TWO: Mugwumpin and four dancers\, Amara Tabor-Smith\, Jennifer Gwirtz\, Christine Germain and Kerry Mehling DESCRIPTION:The Red Poppy Art House PresentsThe First Annual Cross Pollination People & Performance Festival September 24th-28th\, 2014Curated by lu-Hui Chua\, Todd Thomas Brown\, and Melody Wang \nThis September\, the Red Poppy Art House is producing a new festival aimed at bringing together artists and audiences from different communities and artistic disciplines. It’s all about creating a space of intersection between the different worlds we inhabit; our social spheres\, our work life\, and our personal paths. Each evening features a mash-up of different aesthetics that highlight the audiences attending as well as the artists presenting. Come experience a weekend of people and performance\, magic and medicine\, and the space between. \nPollination V: Sunday\, September 28\, 2014\nTime: Doors open at 7:00\, Show begins at 7:30pm\nAdmission: $15-25 \nAll seating is general admission. Please select the admission price you’re most comfortable with within this range. Your additional support is greatly appreciated! \nAdvanced tickets available here: http://pollination5parttwo.bpt.me\nHalf of available tickets will be available for purchase at the door. \n  \n\nMugwumpin presents material in development drawn from the Bay Area’s lost and hidden stories\, from personal anecdotes to fairy tales for the ages. Through music\, physicality and audience interaction\, the company traverses both darkness and whimsy\, through tales we might–or might not–have heard as children\, asking audiences to consider what folklore is in the here and now. Mugwumpin’s accomplishments begin in 2008 and span all the way to their current performance installation in conjunction with the Asian Art Museum/SFMOMA exhibit Gorgeous.  \n \nKerry Mehling will present Who Here Thinks They’re a Fish\, a one woman’s journey through her once vital life\, acceptance of her mortality and her heroic ascension into the unknown. Mehling has performed and toured with many renowned companies including of Deborah Slater Dance Theater\, Sideshow Physical Theatre\, Della Davidson Dance Theatre and Ririe Woodbury Dance Company. \n \nChristine Germain\, will present Corps Étranger\, a piece that explores “otherness” and the way people adapt to a new life and identity. A movement explorer and Feldenkrais instructor\, Germain honors include the Most Promising Choreographer Award at the 2012 Montreal Fringe Festival\, a DAAD scholarship and a CA$H Grant Award from the Dancers’ Group and Bay Area theater.  \n \nJennifer Gwirtz will perform her original solo piece\, Migration. With her group Right Brain Performance Lab\, formed in 1998 and dedicated to experimentation in performance\, she creates theatrical\, movement-based work that challenge how viewers engage with performance in a variety of settings.  \n \nAmara Tabor-Smith will present a work in progress excerpt from a new work inspired by the life and work of Ana Mendieta. Dancer\, choreographer\, San Francisco native and Oakland resident\, Tabor-Smith is the artistic director of Deep Waters Dance Theater\, which draws upon influences of traditional rituals to depict modern realities of environmental justice. Tabor-Smith is currently an artist in residence at ODC Theater and teaches dance on faculty at UC Berkeley. \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/pollination-v-part-two-mugwumpin-and-four-dancers-amara-tabor-smith-jennifer-gwirtz-christine-germain-and-kerry-mehling/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Cross-Pollination-WEB-Square-3-2-e1409423228239.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140928T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140928T150000 DTSTAMP:20140924T020502Z CREATED:20140828T011102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140924T020502Z UID:5653-1411905600-1411916400@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Pollination V PART ONE: TangoCeviche Workshop DESCRIPTION:The Red Poppy Art House PresentsThe First Annual Cross Pollination People & Performance Festival September 24th-28th\, 2014Curated by lu-Hui Chua\, Todd Thomas Brown\, and Melody Wang \nThis September\, the Red Poppy Art House is producing a new festival aimed at bringing together artists and audiences from different communities and artistic disciplines. It’s all about creating a space of intersection between the different worlds we inhabit; our social spheres\, our work life\, and our personal paths. Each evening features a mash-up of different aesthetics that highlight the audiences attending as well as the artists presenting. Come experience a weekend of people and performance\, magic and medicine\, and the space between. \nPollination V Workshop: Sunday\, September 28\, 2014\nRaw Fish Meets the the infamous Port-City Dance of Buenos Aires \nWith Adrian Arias & Todd Thomas Brown\nTime: Noon-3:00PM\nAdmission: $30 per person (includes dance instruction and 3 servings of ceviche!) \nPre-registration required and space is limited. for more information Contact: todd@redpoppyarthouse.org\nAdvance tickets available here: http://pollination5partone.bpt.me \n  \n\n \nOne of the Poppy’s all-time favorite workshops is back! After more than a 6-yr hiatus\, multi-disciplinary artists Adrian Arias and Todd Thomas Brown are reviving the one and only TangoCeviche experience. \nThe first hour of the workshop Todd will teach the fundamentals of Argentine Tango; the tango embrace\, basic steps and figures. In the second hour\, Adrian will “performance-teach” how to prepare three variations of Peruvian ceviche. The last hour is dedicated to eating\, drinking\, and dancing\, in the spirit of a Sunday afternoon milonga. Viva raw fish and tango! \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/pollination-v-part-one-tangoceviche-workshop/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Cross-Pollination-WEB-Square-3-2-e1409423228239.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140925T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140925T220000 DTSTAMP:20140924T015745Z CREATED:20140828T004530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140924T015745Z UID:5637-1411671600-1411682400@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Pollination II: Marcus Shelby Trio\, Byb Chanel Bibene\, Embodiment Project and Indira Allegra DESCRIPTION:The Red Poppy Art House PresentsThe First Annual Cross Pollination People & Performance Festival September 24th-28th\, 2014Curated by lu-Hui Chua\, Todd Thomas Brown\, and Melody Wang \nThis September\, the Red Poppy Art House is producing a new festival aimed at bringing together artists and audiences from different communities and artistic disciplines. It’s all about creating a space of intersection between the different worlds we inhabit; our social spheres\, our work life\, and our personal paths. Each evening features a mash-up of different aesthetics that highlight the audiences attending as well as the artists presenting. Come experience a weekend of people and performance\, magic and medicine\, and the space between. \nPollination II: Thursday\, September 25\, 2014\nTime: Doors open at 7:00\, Show begins at 7:30pm\nAdmission: $15-25 \nAll seating is general admission. Please select the admission price you’re most comfortable with within this range. Your additional support is greatly appreciated! \nAdvanced tickets available here: http://pollination2.bpt.me.\nHalf of available tickets will be available for purchase at the door. \n\nMarcus Anthony Shelby is an accomplished teacher\, composer\, arranger\, and bassist\, and has received a number of recognitions and awards in the past 24 years\, including “Top Ten Most Influential African Americans in the Bay Area” on City Flight Magazine 2005. Currently\, Shelby is an artist in residence with the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival\, and working with playwright and actress Anna Deveare Smith on her new work “Pipeline to Prison”.  \n\nByb Chanel Bibene will perform a complex piece that examines the relationship between the inside and the outside of the body\, while exploring the intrinsic emotions and how they are channeled out to relate with the environment around us. Choreographer and performer working in both theatre and dance\, Bibene’s technical and aesthetic sensibility is rooted in the culture and dances of his country of origin\, the Republic of Congo. \n\n\nEmbodiment Project is a San Francisco-based urban dance theater company that was founded in 2008 by Artistic Director Nicole Klaymoon. Comprising ten dancers and a live vocal ensemble\, led by EP musical director\, Valerie Troutt\, the company’s mission is to promote appreciation and understanding of various street dance traditions by presenting original\, multi-media works to diverse audiences while challenging traditional approaches to concert dance. With emotionally transparent\, autobiographical narratives\, and joyous\, energetic movement\, EP’s work reflects the company’s pursuit of how dance can “speak” and language can “move” – and how this unique form of storytelling can thrive in a rapidly changing world. \n\n\nIndira Allegra is a poet and artist exploring intimacy\, intertextuality\, affect and endurance through performance\, video works and handwoven textiles. Indira’s experimental “videopoems” Blue Covers and Weep Willow: The Blues for Lady Day have screened at film festivals such as MIX NYC\, Perlen Hannover LGBT Festival\, Visible Verse Festival and Fusion. In the Bay Area\, Allegra has performed with Queer Rebels of the Harlem Renaissance\, Mangos with Chili and Peacock Rebellion. She is currently completing her first collection of poems entitled Indigo Season. \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/pollination-ii-marcus-shelby-trio-byb-chanel-bibene-embodiment-project-and-indira-allegra/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Cross-Pollination-WEB-Square-3-2-e1409423228239.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140924T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140924T220000 DTSTAMP:20140924T015559Z CREATED:20140828T003525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140924T015559Z UID:5634-1411585200-1411596000@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Pollination I: Opening night of the Cross Pollination Festival DESCRIPTION:The Red Poppy Art House PresentsThe First Annual Cross Pollination People & Performance Festival September 24th-28th\, 2014Curated by lu-Hui Chua\, Todd Thomas Brown\, and Melody Wang \nThis September\, the Red Poppy Art House is producing a new festival aimed at bringing together artists and audiences from different communities and artistic disciplines. It’s all about creating a space of intersection between the different worlds we inhabit; our social spheres\, our work life\, and our personal paths. Each evening features a mash-up of different aesthetics that highlight the audiences attending as well as the artists presenting. Come experience a weekend of people and performance\, magic and medicine\, and the space between. \nPollination I: Wednesday September 24\, 2014 \nFor the opening night of the Cross Pollination Festival\, we are pleased to present an evening of short films. The second half of the evening will be in conjunction with the sixth annual Cine+Más San Francisco Latino Film Festival\, followed by an Q&A. \nTime: Doors open at 7:00\, Show begins at 7:30pm\nAdmission: $12 \nAdvanced tickets available here: http://pollination1.bpt.me\nHalf of available tickets will be available for purchase at the door. \n \n  \nCine+Más San Francisco Latino Film FestivalSFLFF is a volunteer-produced program whose mission is to increase cultural opportunities for the Latino community by showcasing and promoting the work of emerging and established filmmakers from the US\, Latin America\, and the Iberian Peninsula and by creating a cultural dialogue between Latinos and non-Latinos to discuss universal cross-cultural experiences. For the Cross-Pollination Festival\, the following five short films will be presented at Red Poppy Art House: \nWho Asked for it?\n Dir: Rajendra Serber \nSidewalk: Featuring Cielo Vertical Arts\n Dir: Lindsay Gauthier \nTengo Talento: Julio Padrón y El Nino Jesus (Cuban Jazz)\nDir: Eli & Kahlil Jacobs-Fantauzzi \nBeep\n Dir: Ivan Iturriaga \nEyes That Do Not See/ Ojos que no Ven\n Dir: Patricia C. Ovando \nAlma & Esperanza\n Dir: Itandehui Jansen \nFrontera! Revolt and Rebellion on the Rio Grande\n Dir: John Jota Leaños \nVisit www.sflatinofilmfestival.org for more detailed film synopses\, full festival schedule\, and ticketing information. \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/pollination-i-opening-night-of-the-cross-pollination-festival/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Cross-Pollination-WEB-Square-3-2-e1409423228239.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140920T063000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140920T220000 DTSTAMP:20140920T003307Z CREATED:20140819T002459Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140920T003307Z UID:5613-1411194600-1411250400@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Somi: The Lagos Salon Tour; Sept 19-20\, Two Evenings\, Four Shows DESCRIPTION:Intimate Songs from a Lagos Sojourn \nThe Red Poppy Art House is very excited to announce a special two-night\, four show engagement with critically-acclaimed vocalist and songwriter Somi.  These two evenings of music are part of  the artist’s Salon Tour\, promoting the release of her lastest album\, The Lagos Music Salon. \nIn late 2011\, acclaimed East African vocalist & songwriter Somi decided to move from New York City to Lagos\, Nigeria for 18 months in search of new inspiration. The result: a new album she calls The Lagos Music Salon released summer 2014 as her major label debut on Sony Music/Okeh. The album which features special guests Angelique Kidjo and Common draws it material from the tropical city’s boastful cosmopolitanism\, urgent inspiration\, and giant spirit – straddling the worlds of African jazz\, soul\, and pop with a newfound ease and a voice that Vogue Magazine simply calls “Superb!” \n“A New High Priestess of Soul!” – The Huffington Post \nPraised for both her musical and scholarly achievements\, Somi has made a powerful impression on audiences internationally.  Musically\, she draws inspiration from many lands\, but her connection to Africa is at the heart of her creative expression.  She weaves together velvety\, African-tinged jazz textures\, soul-driven vocal styling\, and compassionate\, socially conscious lyrics.  Somi has been compared to her venerable vocal “fore-mothers” Miriam Makeba and Nina Simone\, both of whom strived for a music-making tradition of entertaining listeners and mobilizing the collective social conscience. Her work honors the tradition of African narratives told through song\, and attempts to shed light on the modern African experience by telling the stories of individuals she encounters as well as her own experience of being an African woman. In addition to singing and writing songs\, Somi is a TED Fellow\, an inaugural Association of Performing Arts Presenters Fellow\, a 2013 Park Avenue Armory Artist-in-Residence\, and the founder of New Africa Live\, a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating  ​ contemporary African artists working in the performance\, visual\, and literary arts. \nThe Lagos Music Salon is an ode to the Nigerian metropolis\, where she spent an 18-month creative sabbatical in 2011\,  absorbing the city’s expansive urbanism\, cultural power\, and enormous spirit.  This very personal album is the accumulation of months of writing songs in response to her experiences of the unique social climate of Lagos\, collaborating with local musicians\, and previewing her works-in-progress before small audiences.  In particular\, the Salon Tour is devoted to the idea of encouraging greater artist-to-audience engagement and closer connection to the music by performing intimate concerts reminiscent fo the shows she played while in Lagos.  The Red Poppy Art House has long strived to provide this kind of experience for musicians near and far\, and is very honored to have the opportunity to be graced by her talents. \nSomi – voice\nLiberty Ellman – guitar\nToru Dodo – piano\nBen Williams – bass\nOtis Brown III – drums\nCheck out Somi’s website here and a preview of her new album!\n Also\, please join the official Facebook event here\, and invite all your friends! \n\nPlease choose from one of the following performances to attend*: \nFriday Sept 19\, 2014: Doors open at 6:30pm. Shows at 7:00pm and 8:30pm.\nSaturday Sept 20\, 2014: Doors open at 6:30pm. Shows at 7:00pm and 8:30pm. \nAdmission is $25 in advance\, $30 at the door. Buy your ticket today! http://thelagossalontour.bpt.me \nADVANCE TICKET SALES HAVE ENDED. Half of available tickets for each show will be available for purchase at the door. \n*For Somi’s performances\, we have made half of the tickets available in advance at a discounted price\, so buy your tickets now! The remaining tickets will be available at the door. \n\n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/somi-the-salon-tour-sept-19-20-two-evenings-four-shows-2/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Sept-19-20-Somi--e1410411183479.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140919T063000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140919T220000 DTSTAMP:20140920T003108Z CREATED:20140819T002315Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140920T003108Z UID:5611-1411108200-1411164000@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Somi: The Lagos Salon Tour; Sept 19-20\, Two Evenings\, Four Shows DESCRIPTION:Intimate Songs from a Lagos Sojourn \nThe Red Poppy Art House is very excited to announce a special two-night\, four show engagement with critically-acclaimed vocalist and songwriter Somi.  These two evenings of music are part of  the artist’s Salon Tour\, promoting the release of her lastest album\, The Lagos Music Salon. \nIn late 2011\, acclaimed East African vocalist & songwriter Somi decided to move from New York City to Lagos\, Nigeria for 18 months in search of new inspiration. The result: a new album she calls The Lagos Music Salon released summer 2014 as her major label debut on Sony Music/Okeh. The album which features special guests Angelique Kidjo and Common draws it material from the tropical city’s boastful cosmopolitanism\, urgent inspiration\, and giant spirit – straddling the worlds of African jazz\, soul\, and pop with a newfound ease and a voice that Vogue Magazine simply calls “Superb!” \n“A New High Priestess of Soul!” – The Huffington Post \nPraised for both her musical and scholarly achievements\, Somi has made a powerful impression on audiences internationally.  Musically\, she draws inspiration from many lands\, but her connection to Africa is at the heart of her creative expression.  She weaves together velvety\, African-tinged jazz textures\, soul-driven vocal styling\, and compassionate\, socially conscious lyrics.  Somi has been compared to her venerable vocal “fore-mothers” Miriam Makeba and Nina Simone\, both of whom strived for a music-making tradition of entertaining listeners and mobilizing the collective social conscience. Her work honors the tradition of African narratives told through song\, and attempts to shed light on the modern African experience by telling the stories of individuals she encounters as well as her own experience of being an African woman. In addition to singing and writing songs\, Somi is a TED Fellow\, an inaugural Association of Performing Arts Presenters Fellow\, a 2013 Park Avenue Armory Artist-in-Residence\, and the founder of New Africa Live\, a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating  ​ contemporary African artists working in the performance\, visual\, and literary arts. \nThe Lagos Music Salon is an ode to the Nigerian metropolis\, where she spent an 18-month creative sabbatical in 2011\,  absorbing the city’s expansive urbanism\, cultural power\, and enormous spirit.  This very personal album is the accumulation of months of writing songs in response to her experiences of the unique social climate of Lagos\, collaborating with local musicians\, and previewing her works-in-progress before small audiences.  In particular\, the Salon Tour is devoted to the idea of encouraging greater artist-to-audience engagement and closer connection to the music by performing intimate concerts reminiscent fo the shows she played while in Lagos.  The Red Poppy Art House has long strived to provide this kind of experience for musicians near and far\, and is very honored to have the opportunity to be graced by her talents. \nSomi – voice\nLiberty Ellman – guitar\nToru Dodo – piano\nBen Williams – bass\nOtis Brown III – drums\nCheck out Somi’s website here and a preview of her new album!\n Also\, please join the official Facebook event here\, and invite all your friends! \nPlease choose from one of the following performances to attend*: \nFriday Sept 19\, 2014: Doors open at 6:30pm. Shows at 7:00pm and 8:30pm.\nSaturday Sept 20\, 2014: Doors open at 6:30pm. Shows at 7:00pm and 8:30pm. \nAdmission is $25 in advance\, $30 at the door. Buy your ticket today! http://thelagossalontour.bpt.me \nADVANCE TICKET SALES HAVE ENDED. Half of available tickets for each show will be available for purchase at the door. \n*For Somi’s performances\, we have made half of the tickets available in advance at a discounted price\, so buy your tickets now! The remaining tickets will be available at the door. \n  \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/somi-the-salon-tour-sept-19-20-two-evenings-four-shows/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Sept-19-20-Somi--e1410411183479.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140913T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140913T220000 DTSTAMP:20140916T204158Z CREATED:20140718T200633Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140916T204158Z UID:5460-1410636600-1410645600@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Broken Shadows Family Band DESCRIPTION:Different Roots from a Single Tree \nLed by long-time Poppy performer Darren Johnston\, this all-star cast of musicians has come together to produce wide-ranging music including raucous violins and exciting trumpet solos. \nWith an emphasis on lyrics and song-writing\, Broken Shadows Family Band is far from lacking in producing a variety of creative sounds – ranging from Western European to Arabic Classical\, Slavic choral to Americana and classic jazz and R&B\, as well as sounds from Macedonia and Ethiopia. All of these and more make up the eclectic ingredients that add to their family recipe. With rhythms that beg to be danced to\, the music of Broken Shadows Family Band focuses on telling stories. \nCollectively\, the band has played with Meklit Hadero\, Kitka\, Quartet San Francisco\, Incognito Express\, Qadim Ensemble\, Fanfare Zambaleta\, The Nice Guy Trio\, Inspector Gadje\, and more. \nBand Members include:\nDarren Johnston – trumpet & vocals\nAlisa Rose– violin\nCorinne Sykes – tambura\, hi-hat & vocals\nDoug Stuart – bass & vocals\nFaisal Zedan – riqq\, derbekki & vocals\nMarco Peris – tupan\nMorgan Nilsen – clarinet \nFor more information on the band visit their website\, and listen to a sneak peak here!\nDon’t forget to join Red Poppy’s Facebook event. \nAdmission: $10-15. Doors at 7:00pm Show at 7:30. \nTickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. \n  \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/broken-shadows-family-band-september-13/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Broken_Shadows_Family_Band-e1405714110292.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140912T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140912T220000 DTSTAMP:20140911T175944Z CREATED:20140805T005726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140911T175944Z UID:5577-1410550200-1410559200@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Gonzalo Bergara: Leading figure of Gypsy Jazz DESCRIPTION:Born in Buenos Aires\, Argentina\, guitarist Gonzalo Bergara arrived in the States in 2000\, and rapidly became one of the lead figures in the style of guitarist Django Reinhardt\, Gypsy Jazz. The most important Django Reinhardt festival\,  DR Samois Sur Seine\, named Bergara “the best thing to happen to Gypsy Jazz in the last 20 years.” He remains to be one of the most important composers in the genre today. For this special night at the Poppy\, Bergara will be performing music from his 3 critically acclaimed albums in addition to new material\, music of Django Reinhardt\, and the American songbook. \nGonzalo Bergara – guitar\nOther musicians are TBA \n Join the official Facebook event here. Experience the Gonzalo Bergara Quartet’s sound. \nAdmission: $15-20. Doors at 7:00pm Show at 7:30. \nTickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/gonzalo-bergara-quartet/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/G2-e1410458264346.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140911T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140911T220000 DTSTAMP:20140718T195653Z CREATED:20140715T191533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140718T195653Z UID:5428-1410463800-1410472800@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Patchy Sanders DESCRIPTION:7-Piece Neo-Folk Revival Orchestra \nPatchy Sanders is a 7-piece folk orchestra which goes beyond categorization. Some have hesitantly distinguished their sound as alternative\, noir-grass\, or perhaps neo-folk. Either way\, this tight-knit group of extremely talented musicians take pride in their ability to pursue the broader folk revival in order to produce a new\, but familiar sound. Guided by famed producer Sylvia Massey\, Patchy Sander’s debut album is titled “& The Wild Peach Forest” and has been an immediate hit since its release. The record breathes with true acoustic instrumentation from the traditional banjo\, guitar\, and mandolin\, to more mystical instruments like harp\, pedal organ\, and nyckel harpa. These instruments provide a masterful foundation to the strong lyrical and vocal essence which characterizes Patchy Sanders’ versatility. \n  \n“Great musicianship\, harmonies and feel. A really warm vibe that makes wherever you are standing feel like the center of a gypsy caravan.” –Mason Jennings \n  \nDani Aubert– Banjo\, Harp\, Bouzouki\, Vocals\nJacqueline Aubert– Vocals\nEric Jones– Upright Bass\, Vocals\nDan Sherrill- Guitar\, Mandolin\, Banjo\, Vocals\nIan Van Ornum– Mandolin\, Guitar\, Bouzouki\, Vocals\nSara Wilbur– Violin\, Viola\, Vocals\nTBD- Drums and Percussion \npatchysanders.com\nfacebook.com/PatchySanders \nAdmission: $10-15. Doors at 7:00 Show at 7:30. \nTickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/patchy-sanders/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/patchy_sanders-e1405451622249.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140906T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140906T220000 DTSTAMP:20140723T165616Z CREATED:20140723T165335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140723T165616Z UID:5490-1410031800-1410040800@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:TITO Y SU SON DE CUBA DESCRIPTION:A HOT NIGHT IN OLD HAVANA \nBringing their own blend of traditional sounds to The Red Poppy Art House\, Tito y Su Son de Cuba will take you back to the old Cuba\, interpreting and redefining classic Cuban son at its best! Son\, a translation for rhythm\, is the most popular style of music to come out of Cuba and is the primary contributor to today’s salsa music. Tito y Su Son de Cuba blends traditional Cuban music: chachacha; son montuno; guaracha; bolero and danzon with many other styles like bossa nova and latin jazz\, resulting in a sometimes relaxing\, sometimes energizing vibe but always moving the beat as the ambience demands. The inclusion of the Cuban tres guitar\, a specialized rhythmic string instrument\, makes the traditional Cuban son come to life! \nTito Gonzalez – lead vocal\, tres guitar\, acoustic guitar and minor percussion\nMiguel Martinez – flute\nDavid Frazier – congas\nRubin Hurtado – piano\nTony Garcia – stand-up bass \nVisit the band online and join the Facebook event \nAdmission: $15-20. Doors at 7:00 Show at 7:30. \nTickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/tito-y-su-son-de-cuba/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Tito_Gonzalez_red_poppy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140905T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140905T220000 DTSTAMP:20140827T175453Z CREATED:20140726T204756Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140827T175453Z UID:5516-1409945400-1409954400@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:David Correa & Cascada DESCRIPTION:The Fresh Sound of Blended Folk & Rumba Flamenco \nEntertaining audiences since 1999\, David’s music combines Latin folk and rumba flamenco rhythms with a hint of middle eastern melodies\, creating a distinctive style. Cascada’s rich musical experience lends depth to their unique sound\, garnering wide acclaim in the Bay Area\, the North and Southwest\, and Southern California. Cascada was named Best Latin Band in the North Bay from 2005-2007. In 2006\, David signed with prestigious Southern California BAJA/TSR Records and released the highly acclaimed ”Rumba de la Selva” a year later. In 2009\, The Best of New Flamenco compilation CD “Gypsy Spice” was released\, featuring known artists such as Ottmar Liebert\, Jesse Cook\, Luis Villegas\, Govi\, Behzad and others. \n  \n“This Bay Area band lives up to its name as a ‘waterfall’ of exuberant influences – Nuevo Flamenco\, Latin folk\, Afro-Cuban and Middle Eastern melodies with spicy Gypsy guitar solos and foot and soul moving Latin Rhythms”\n-Georgeanne Lees – Music Under the Stars – Ventura\, CA\, 2010 \n  \nDavid Correa– Spanish guitar\nBrad Duran– Spanish guitar\nCarrie Jahde– drums \nCheck out their website by following this link\, or hit up their Facebook page.\nSnap a musical preview Here!\nJoin the official Facebook event. \nAdmission: $15-20. Doors at 7:00 Show at 7:30. \nTickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/david-correa-cascada/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/David-Correa.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140904T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140904T220000 DTSTAMP:20140822T034441Z CREATED:20140822T034041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140822T034441Z UID:5615-1409857200-1409868000@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Red Reels Presents: La Salsa Cubana DESCRIPTION:La Salsa Cubana: Film Screening\, Q&A\, Dance Lesson & Dance Party \nThe Red Poppy’s interdisciplinary film series\, Red Reels\, presents a screening of the exuberant dance documentary\, La Salsa Cubana. The evening will also include a Q&A with the film’s Director Eric Joseph Johnson\, a dance lesson taught by Sidney Weaverling and Ryan Mead of ODC Dance\, followed by a salsa dance party! \nStep into a world filled with vibrant dancing\, fascinating relationships\, terrific music\, and sumptuous Cuban imagery shot on location in Havana. With a soundtrack that features music from some of Cuba’s all-time greatest musical legends\, licensed from the state-run music company catalogs of EGREM and BIS Music\, this film is an insider’s look into the contemporary salsa dance scene in Havana rarely seen outside of Cuba. La Salsa Cubana is the first feature film to explore and explain Cuba’s de facto national dance\, known as “casino” or Cuban salsa\, since it appeared in Havana social clubs during the 1950s. \nIn 2003\, Director Eric Joseph Johnson quit his corporate job to study dance and live in Cuba. Director Sarita Streng initiated the film project and the filmmakers obtained a rare license from the US Department of Treasury as well as journalistic visas from the Cuban government allowing a crew to travel to Cuba to make the film. The filmmakers have spent extensive time in Cuba cultivating connections and building the inside knowledge of Cuban culture that made this film possible. \n \nSidney Weaverling has been teaching Cuban dance since 1996\, and Ryan Mead began teaching in 2005. In 2007 they created Rueda Con Ritmo\, a dance school and performing group dedicated to spreading the joy of Cuban dance and music. To date they have taught and performed across the United States\, and internationally in Cuba\, Mexico\, Canada\, and New Zealand. Learn more about them at RuedaConRitmo.com catch their classes on Friday nights and Sunday afternoons at the ODC Dance Commons in the Mission on Shotwell Street\, and Monday evenings at In The Groove on Grand Avenue in Oakland. \nRed Reels films highlight the work of local and emerging filmmakers and expose audiences to diverse global traditions. Screenings explore a unique interdisciplinary approach by incorporating real-time collaborations with artists from varying mediums like dance\, painting\, and live music. \nJoin the La Salsa Cubana community on Facebook here \nAdmission: $10-20. Doors at 7:00 Show at 7:30. \nTickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/red-reels-presents-la-salsa-cubana/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/La-Salsa-Cubana-e1408678778121.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140830T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140830T220000 DTSTAMP:20140827T173612Z CREATED:20140713T025200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140827T173612Z UID:5403-1409423400-1409436000@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Lavay Smith Sings tunes from the Sarah Vaughan Song Book: Double Show! DESCRIPTION:Lavay Smith promises to re-imagine the 1920s by performing her favorite pieces within the songbook of classic jazz artist; Sarah Vaughan. \nLavay Smith is the vocalist and bandleader of the Red Hot Skillet Lickers\, one of the top swingin’ Jazz and Blues bands in San Francisco. Lavay grew up in Southern California and the Philippines and has become an internationally recognized Diva of Jazz and Blues\, with a singing style influenced by legendary greats such as: Billie Holiday\, Dinah Washington\, Bessie Smith\, Little Esther Phillips\, and Sarah Vaughan. Whether singing her own compositions or drawing on a large repertoire of classics\, Lavay Smith bakes up an instant recipe for dancing and good times. \nFor this double show\, Smith provides a delightful romp through the songbook of the iconic jazz vocalist Sarah Vaughan. Nicknamed “Sassy” for her exuberant and at times volatile personality\, Vaughan was championed by Earl “Fatha” Hines and Billy Eckstine and began an unparalleled solo career in the mid 1940s. She had inspiring hits throughout her career which included\, “How Important Can It Be\,” and “Whatever Lola Wants”. \nFirst show door opens at 6:30pm\nShow begins at 7:00pm\nSecond show doors reopen at 8:20pm\nShow begins at 8:40pm\nEach show will be 70-mins with no intermission. \nAdmission: $15-20 for each performance. \nJoin the Facebook Event and invite your friends.\nLavay Smith on the web \nTickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/lavay-smith-august-30/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/LavaySmith_rpah.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140829T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140829T220000 DTSTAMP:20140818T195953Z CREATED:20140718T202240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140818T195953Z UID:5462-1409340600-1409349600@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:The Tiffany Austin Quintet DESCRIPTION:Creole\, Swing & Soul Unite \nTiffany Austin\, current artist resident at the Red Poppy\, will perform her Creole Music Project\, mixing swing\, blues\, soul and hip-hop. Performing in French Creole and English with an all-star lineup of players\, Austin will explore the intersections between swing\, soul\, and creole music. Her unique\, soulful sound draws upon the ground-breaking work of Creole accordionist Amede Ardoin and other songs from the blues tradition. This performance will be a culmination of her work from her year-long residency at the Poppy. \nHer vocal approach has not only drawn her into numerous jazz projects\, but has also led to collaborations on contemporary music recordings\, including a national tour with funk group Orgone\, and recording for UnderCover’s Sly and the Family Stone tribute. For three consecutive years\, she received a full scholarship to study at the Berkeley Jazz School\, and in 2012\, was a finalist in the Jazz Search West competition. \nThe Tiffany Austin Quintet includes:\nTiffany Austin – lead vocals\nHoward Wiley – tenor sax\nRon Belcher – bass\nSly Randolph – drums \nCheck out Tiffany’s website\, and listen to a sneak peak of her music here.\nJoin Red Poppy’s Facebook event. \nLearn more about Tiffany on our Red Poppy Blog via her recent talk with Running The Voodoo Down Podcast. \nAdmission: $15-20. Doors at 7:00pm Show at 7:30. \nTickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/the-tiffany-austin-quintet/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/The-Tiffany-Austin-Quintet-Creole-Swing-Soul-Unite-e1405714931183.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR