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February 1st MAPP
February 1 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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February 1st MAPP
Saturday, February 1st, 2025 | 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Red Poppy Art House
2698 Folsom @23rd
Curator: Dina Zarif
Doors open at 7:00 pm
7:15 – 8:00 pm: The Shadow Band (Funky Arabi Jazz)
8:15 – 9:00 pm: Louda y Los Bad Hombres (Latin and Jazz Rhythmics)
9:15 -10:00 pm: Diaspora Ensemble (Music of the Mediterranean)
Exhibit: CORAZONES / HEARTS by Adrian Arias
THIS IS A FREE EVENT
MAPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project)
Launched in 2003, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly, multidisciplinary, intercultural event that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces, such as private garages, gardens, living rooms, studios, street corners, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kaleidoscope of individuals and communities.
We will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve.
RED POPPY MAPP TEAM:
Artistic Director | Managing Director: Dina Zarif
PR and Digital Marketing: Anjali Varma
MAPP FEBRUARY 1st, 2025 PROGRAM
Time | Performance/Event | Description | Artists |
Exhibit: CORAZONES / HEARTS by Adrian Arias | |||
7:15 – 8:00 pm: | The Shadow Band | Funky Arabi Jazz | Tarik “Excentrik” Kazaleh – oud, guitars, and his handcrafted instruments Naima Shalhoub – keys, vocals, and acoustic guitar Chris Trinidad – bass guitar and synth Aaron Kierbel – drums and percussion. |
8:15 – 9:00 pm | Louda y Los Bad Hombres | Latin and Jazz Rhythmics | Leo Nava – Guitar and Tres Marley Edwards – Upright Dave Eagle – Percussion Laura Camacho – Vocals and Percussion |
9:15 -10:00 pm | Diaspora Ensemble | Music of the Mediterranean | Leah Sirkin – violin, vocals Tano Brock – clarinet, guitar, vocals Steven Brock – tabla, kanjira, frame drum Joe Rosato – stand-up bass. |
ABOUT THE PERFORMING ARTISTS
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The Shadow Band
Funky Arabi Jazz
Funky Arabi Jazz quartet featuring Tarik “Excentrik” Kazaleh, Naima Shalhoub, Chris Trinidad and Aaron Kierbel. The Shadowband is fueled by the spirit of improvisation as an ode to liberation.
Featuring:
Tarik “Excentrik” Kazaleh – oud, guitars, and his handcrafted instruments
Naima Shalhoub – keys, vocals, and acoustic guitar
Chris Trinidad – bass guitar and synth
Aaron Kierbel – drums and percussion.
IG- @shadowbandsfbay
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Louda y Los Bad Hombres
Latin and Jazz Rhythmics Bilingual Spanish Vocals
Featuring original music and reimagined Pop and Afro-Latin covers, LBH seamlessly blends their jazz studies, international influence, and open hearts through their instruments to your seat, to your moving feet.
Featuring:
Leo Nava – Guitar and Tres
Marley Edwards – Upright
Dave Eagle – Percussion
Laura Camacho – Vocals and Percussion
Louda y Los Bad Hombres came to life during the Revolution Cafe days of the Mission District. Since 2018, this group has played large, small, new, and retired venues throughout the Bay Area.
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Diaspora Ensemble
Music of the Mediterranean
Diaspora plays music of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean. The soulful and lively Sefardic songs in varied meters are sung in Ladino. Diaspora also plays music from Greece, Turkey, the Balkans, and Afghanistan.
Leah Sirkin (violin, vocals) Tano Brock (clarinet, laouto, guitar, vocals), and Steven Brock (tabla, kanjira, frame drum) are the core members of this family band from Bernal Heights. Diaspora has been performing at venues and events in the Bay Area and beyond since 2010. They are pleased to play at the Red Poppy for the first MAPP of 2025.
Featuring:
Leah Sirkin – violin, vocals
Tano Brock – clarinet, guitar, vocals
Steven Brock – tabla, kanjira, frame drum
Joe Rosato – stand-up bass.
Leah Sirkin was raised in a singing, music-loving family and started playing violin at age eleven. She became more passionate about playing music as an adult and owes her inspiration to music camps she has been attending since 2000, notably the Middle East & Balkan Camps in Mendocino. Leah has performed with the Aswat Arabic Ensemble, Helm, and the Silk Road Caravan.
Leah is also a playwright and songwriter and has recently written a musical based on the life of Mirabai.
Tano Brock is a multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, and producer. Born with a sixth sense for rhythm, he grew up attending music camps and began playing darbuka and piano at age seven. Tano’s current main instruments are clarinet and sax. He founded the Sarma Brass Band on the east coast. A Berklee College of Music graduate, Tano is based in LA, where he produces music for a wide range of artists. He performs regularly with Inspector Gadje, La Doña, and directs the kids’ band at the Mendocino Balkan Camp.
Steve Brock has been playing tabla for over 30 years, studying with the master Swapan Chaudhury at the Ali Akbar College of Music. He has been playing and studying kanjira with two South Indian master musicians for over a decade. Steve is also a professional photographer and bookmaker.
Joe Rosato Jr. is a Bay Area upright bassist and songwriter who has played with numerous musical luminaries including Lowell Fulson, Ron Thompson, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Tim Weed, and the Turkish band Lars and In Charge. In a career spanning four decades he’s proven himself a versatile sideman adeptly playing everything from bluegrass to jazz to Balkan. Rosato has also released two albums; The Downtown Church and Compass and Sparrow featuring his solo compositions.
CORAZONES / HEARTS by Adrian Arias
This exhibition by Adrian Arias explores the symbolic meaning and form of the Heart, navigating themes of passion and heartbreak, both socially and personally. The heart is depicted as a dream, a labyrinth, and a space for connection and separation, delving into the pain and hope tied to the organ that continuously beats like music within us.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Adrian Arias (American born in Mochica Land in Peru)
Adrian Arias is an international multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of visual arts, poetry, performance, and social justice. A descendant of the Mochica culture of ancient Peru, he embraces his culture’s use of dreams as a transformative catalyst between reality and imagination. Arias has created large-scale murals for public and private businesses such as Google and a three-story mural at the corner of Turk and Hyde in San Francisco, commissioned by the Luggage Store. He has recently created murals for Magic Theater, Freight & Salvage and Red Poppy Art House. Is the co-founder of Mission Arts Performance Project MAPP.
A MAP for a MAPP
Join us in MAPP at all other spaces throughout the Mission District.
IN PERSON EVENT DETAILS
Time: February 1st, 2025, 7pm- 10pm (IN-PERSON)
Admission: Free!