Dawayer Huda Asfour
2024-01-12 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
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Dawayer Huda Asfour
A solo for oud, looper, and voice
Huda’s latest solo project for oud, looper, and vocals. In this improvisation-based journey, Huda presents new and old songs and compositions, revisited after the pandemic, and more recently after the war in Gaza, through the lens of repetitions, exploring the concept of a loop and our perception of it. The project premiered in Alexandria Egypt in 2020 and has since been performed at theaters like the Kennedy Center, The Arabic Music Institute in Cairo, the Arab American National Museum in Michigan, the Oldtown School of Folk Music in Chicago, and the Brooklyn Museum in NY.
Featuring:
Huda Asfour – oud, looper, voice

Friday January 12th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Huda is a firm believer in transcending boundaries, evident in her roles as a musician and educator. A polymath with works in the fields of music, biomedical engineering, signal and image processing, and
social work, she is a natural storyteller whose music, through the tenderness of her oud and the lyricism of her compositions, challenges taboos, and stereotypes. Her musical journey began early in conservatories in Tunisia and Palestine, culminating in collaborations with artists spanning countries from the USA to China. Since the establishment of her first band with Tamer Abu Ghazaleh in 2003, Huda has released two studio albums; “Mars… Back and Forth” (2011) funded by The Culture Resource, and “Kouni” (2018), supported by a grant from the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture. Over the past 10 years, she has collaborated and performed with artists across the globe. She is the co-founder of the DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival and Mashriq Maghreb, LLC. In March 2019, she was nominated for the Aga Khan Music Awards for the Performance category. Huda has also composed music for film and multimedia projects and has collaborated and featured with musicians internationally. She is currently developing improvisation curricula for conducted improvisations with a keen focus on the intricate nuances of Arabic musical aesthetics and its interplay with language.
In addition to her work in music, Dr. Asfour is also a Biomedical Engineer with over 10 years of research and teaching experience.
https://www.hudaasfour.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/music.huda
Instagram: @hudasmusic

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EVENT DETAILS
Friday, January 12th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30
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Colin Cotter & Sumaia Jackson
2024-01-19 19:30 - 21:00
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Colin Cotter & Sumaia Jackson
Ripping Fiddle Tunes & Soulful Folk Songs
Sumaia Jackson (5-string fiddle) and Colin Cotter (guitar, vox) put their virtuosity to work in a performance featuring Sumaia’s original tunes, Colin’s original songs, and repertoire from the Americana & Celtic worlds. The duo masterfully moves from blazing fiddle tunes to beautiful slow songs, sings tight harmony vocals, pulls off tightly arranged pieces, and lets loose with improvised solos and arrangements, all the while highlighting the beauty of organic interplay between musicians playing live.
Featuring:
Colin Cotter – guitar & vocals
Sumaia Jackson – 5-string fiddle & vocals

Friday January 19th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

With a driving groove and a smooth, open sound, fiddler and tunestress Sumaia Jackson is a quintessential modern West Coast fiddler. Jackson weaves together various fiddle traditions with easy virtuosity and melodic elegance. Born and raised in Santa Cruz, Jackson spent years soaking up tunes and styles at vibrant fiddle camps. On a full scholarship, she holds a Bachelor’s degree from Berklee College of Music in the American Roots Music department.

Colin Cotter is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter who has performed from coast to coast in the USA and toured internationally in Canada, Ireland, and Spain. His current musical endeavors include duos with fiddlers Sumaia Jackson, Ryan McKasson (Old Growth Graveyard), and Adrianna Ciccone. He has released albums with the bands MAC (Perfectly Manufactured Reality, 2018) and A Thousand Years at Sea (4 releases between 2009 and 2014) and played guitar on several tracks for Sumaia’s 2019 record, Möbius: Trip.
As a duo, their performance includes many of Sumaia’s original tunes, Colin’s original songs, and repertoire from the Americana & Celtic worlds, featuring a great energy range from blazing fiddle tunes to beautiful slow songs, harmony vocals, tightly-arranged pieces, improvised solos and arrangements, and organic interplay between the musicians.
https://www.sumaiajacksonmusic.com/
https://colincotter.com/

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EVENT DETAILS
Friday January 19th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30
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Esotérica Tropical
2024-01-20 19:30 - 21:00
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Esotérica Tropical
Caribbean Music for Full Spectrum Healing/Harp, Electronics, and Afro-Puerto Rican Rhythms
Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Oakland’s Esotérica Tropical is a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner who knows that music is a potent force for full-spectrum healing. Steeped in the percussion-driven Afro-Puerto Rican tradition known as bomba, she presents her new musical project that blends Caribbean and Latin American electronic landscapes with bomba and folk harp, creating lush and propulsive settings for songs that are prayers to both our ancestors and our future selves.
Featuring:
María José Montio – harp
Denise Solis – drums
Sofía Magdalena – vocals and maraca

Saturday, January 20th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Esotérica Tropical, a queer Boricua bruja, shatters boundaries with her intuitive folk harp wizardry, Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba rhythms, and electronic innovation. Her music transcends mere auditory experience, leading listeners on a mystical journey through magical, decolonial, and transcendent realms.
https://www.esotericatropical.com/

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EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, January 20th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35
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(FREE) The Family Art Program (Arte entre familia)
2024-01-27 12:00 - 13:30
The Family Art Program
Arte entre familia

The Family Art Program at The Red Poppy Art House brings free access to quality art activities to neighboring families in the Mission district of San Francisco.

It is a safe and creative space for children, youth, and parents to explore art.

All ages are welcome and the program is bilingual.
This event is free to the public.

Please join us!

Saturday, January 27th, 2024
Time: 12:00-1:30 pm

Next Programs:
February 10th
March 9th

Admission: FREE

MEET THE INSTRUCTOR:

Sofia Elias (she/her/ella)

Sofia is a passionate educator and holistic community builder. She has been working with families in the Mission community since 2013. She is a Psychology graduate from SFSU, an artist/musician, and a holistic community organizer. She has always been an advocate for using art as a healing and transformative tool to support communities. She has worked as a bilingual early childhood/youth educator for over 5 years using play-based and child-guided teaching as a way to promote social-emotional learning and development. In her free time, she plays music, spends time at the Jardin Secreto tending to plantitas, and supports birthers in postpartum care ceremonies. Sofia is a bilingual radical musician, ready to share art with all of the community!

The Family Art Program
(Arte entre familia)
The Family Art program or Arte entre Familia has been bringing free quality art programming to families in the Mission district for over 10 years. The program engages the Red Poppy Art House’s surrounding neighborhood, contributing to its vibrancy by offering free programming to the public one Saturday of the month from 12:00-1:30 p.m. at 2698 Folsom.

An outdoor open forum, Family Art uses the exterior south wall of the Poppy and its wide adjacent sidewalk, where volunteers bring out an array of art supplies and organize a different activity for participants each week.

The art and community facilitator creates a safe and creative space for families of all backgrounds to participate in open-ended art projects. Art projects happen either indoors or outside on the sidewalk as a way to engage with neighborhood families. Family Art invites all families with children 0-5, youth, and adults to participate in community art exploration.

https://redpoppyarthouse.org/programs/family-art/

EVENT DETAILS

Saturday, January 27th, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Admission: FREE
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The SticklerPhonics & The Supplicants
2024-01-27 19:30 - 21:00
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The SticklerPhonics & The Supplicants
Composition meets improv
A night of improvised music by two interesting Bay Area ensembles. Get ready for a ride!
Featuring:
SticklerPhonics:
Scott Amendola – drums, percussion, electronics
Raffi Garabedian – tenor saxophone
Danny Lubin Laden – trombone
The Supplicants:
Sameer Gupta – Drums, Tabla, Percussion
David Ewell – Acoustic Bass
David Boyce – Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Bass clarinet, Percussion

Saturday, January 27th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

The Sticklerphonics: Scott Amendola, Raffi Garabedian, Danny Lubin-Laden: Drums, saxophone, and trombone, why not? With each player in The SticklerPhonics, the concept of working as a unit is crucial. Playing in the pocket, giving each other space, getting the audience to move… Like nothing you’ve heard. Let’s DO this.
The Supplicants remind us that we are more than human, that our collective consciousness speaks of the enlightenment of the cosmos. We are interstellar vibratory beings resonating with the essence of life, the sounds and frequencies of forces set into motion. Music will be our salvation and we must choose to embrace its magic and healing properties. Cultures from all over the world view music in this light.
www.sticklerphonics.com
Instagram: @sticklerphonics
Facebook: Sticklerphonics
https://sameergupta.bandcamp.com/album/balance

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EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, January 27th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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MAPP February 3rd, 2024
2024-02-03 19:00 - 22:00
MAPP February 3rd, 2024

Saturday, February 3rd, 2024 | 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Red Poppy Art House
2698 Folsom @23rd
Curator: Dina Zarif
Celebrating RPAH’s Window Altar installation:
“Fuego Creador” (Fire creator)
7:05 – 7:35 Steel & Hammers Duo (Piano, Vox, Cello & Drums)
7:50 – 8:20 Indian Drum Duet (Rohan & Nilan)
8:30 – 9:00 Classical Meets Classics (Harp & woodwinds)
9:15 – 10:00 Dos Bandoleros trío (Spanish Rumba / Latin fusion)
Altar installation “Fuego Creador” (Fire creator) by Arturo Méndez-Reyes
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. This program is funded by the California Arts Council Impact Project Grant.
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: Jennie D. Legary and Anjali Varma.
MAPP FEBRUARY 3RD, 2024 PROGRAM

Time
Performance/Event
Description
Artists

Celebrating Altar installation
“Fuego Creador” (Fire creator) by Arturo Méndez-Reyes

7:05 – 7:35 pm
Steel & Hammers Duo
Piano, Vox, Cello & Drums
Elyse Weakley – Piano and voice
Anton Estaniel – Drums, Cello

7:50 – 8:20 pm
Indian Drum Duet
Indian classical percussion duet featuring Carnatic (mridangam, ghatam, khanjira) & Hindustani (tabla) drums and vocal percussion
Rohan Krishnamurthy – mridangam, ghatam, khanjira, Vocal
Nilan Chaudhuri – tabla, Vocal

8:30 – 9:00 pm
Classical Meets Classics | With a touch of Latin Flare!
Strings & Woodwinds
Amelia Romano – Harp, vocals
Asaf Ophir – Saxophone, flute, vocals

9:15 – 10:00 pm
Dos Bandoleros trío
Spanish Rumba / Latin fusion
Alberto Gutiérrez – guitar and vocals
Raul Vargas – cajon and vocals
Javier Jiménez – Guirarrista and vocals

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Steel & Hammers Unplugged
Keys, Vox, Cello & Drums
Live music duo Steel&Hammers will play a mix of original music and re-imagined cover tunes but will leave the Nord at home in favor of the beautiful acoustic piano at Red Poppy.
Featuring:
Elyse Weakley, – Piano and voice
Anton Estaniel – Drums, Cello
Anton Estaniel (cello and drums) with Elyse Weakley (keyboard and voice) make up the cross-genre duo Steel & Hammers. Weakley and Estaniel, both classically trained, have taken part in a wide array of musical projects including Middle Eastern and Latin music, and currently work together in the Hurd Ensemble, recently featured at the Kennedy Center, and Redwood Tango Ensemble presenting contemporary tango music. Their recording projects include collaborations with acclaimed rapper MC Squadda B and Grammy award-winning composer Mason Bates.

Indian Drum Duet
Rohan Krishnamurthy + Nilan Chaudhuri

Indian classical percussion duet featuring Carnatic (mridangam, ghatam, khanjira) & Hindustani (tabla) drums and vocal percussion.
Featuring:
Rohan Krishnamurthy – mridangam, ghatam, khanjira, Vocal
Nilan Chaudhuri – tabla, Vocal
Rohan Krishnamurthy, Indian-American percussionist, composer, and educator Dr. Rohan Krishnamurthy is one of the leading voices of Indian classical and cross-genre music in the South Asian diaspora. Acclaimed as a “musical ambassador” by The Times of India, he received mridangam training from the legendary maestro, Sri. Guruvayur Dorai. Distinguished as a soloist, composer, and collaborator, Rohan performed with legendary Indian classical musicians and Grammy Award-winning global artists. Rohan leads The Alaya Project, an Indo-jazz-funk collective featuring celebrated saxophonist Prasant Radhakrishnan and keyboardist Colin Hogan. The group’s recently released debut album has been praised by Jazziz Magazine, NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, and more. Rohan holds a Ph.D. in musicology from the Eastman School of Music and directs the RohanRhythm Percussion Studio with students from across the globe. Rohan is the recipient of international awards and grants including commissions from the San Francisco Arts Commission, Zellerbach Foundation, and Goethe Institute (Germany). He has taught at renowned institutions and his patented RohanRhythm drum tuning system is available worldwide.
Nilan Chaudhuri has spent his life immersed in the tradition of Indian classical percussion. Initiated into Tabla studies at the age of five by his father, Pt. Swapan Chaudhuri, Nilan has performed as a Tabla soloist and accompanist for over two decades. He’s shared the stage with some of Indian Classical Music’s most celebrated artists at venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Fillmore, Fox Theater, and San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center, and The Kennedy Center. In addition to maintaining a busy performing schedule, Nilan has dedicated his life to teaching Tabla worldwide privately and as a faculty member at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael and Chitresh Das Institute in San Mateo, California.

Classical Meets Classics | Strings & Woodwinds
With a touch of Latin Flare!
A celebration of strings and woodwinds in classical and Latin American traditions.
Drawing on their roots in folk, jazz, and classical music, Amelia Romano and Asaf Ophir present a program of music adapted for harp and woodwinds which both honors these traditions and celebrates their diverse upbringings.
Featuring:
Amelia Romano – Harp, vocals
Asaf Ophir – Saxophone, flute, vocals
Asaf Ophir began his professional career in musical theaters in Israel, on some of Israel’s most distinguished stages. Having moved to the United States in 2014, Ophir can most often be seen in world music projects on Jewish, Arabic, and Balkan stages. Throughout his career, he has shared the stage with artists such as Miri Mesika, Avi Kushnir, Galit Giat, David De’or, Rana Farhan, and Barbara Streisand. The San Francisco Chronicle writes: “Asaf Ophir gives the clarinet the timbre of a trumpet, then a violin, then a raspy scream… the instrument’s wail almost becomes too plaintive and beautiful to bear.”
Amelia Romano (harp, voice) is a concertizing lever harpist, programming classical re-imaginations alongside original works. She received her master’s in classical lever harp performance at San Francisco State University under the tutelage of Karen Gottlieb, retired second harpist of the San Francisco Symphony. Her latest album, “Levers Engaged: Classical Works Re-imaged for Harp ” and the sheet music collection “Classical Re-imaginations,” present the instrument as a valid voice in classical music. A composer, arranger, and trailblazer in the lever harp world, she is equally at home writing Latin America-inspired works for solo harp as she is adapting classical pieces for chamber collaborations.

Dos Bandoleros ft. Javier Jimenez
Spanish Rumba / Latin fusion

Feel the heat with this Spanish duo as they bring back their fiery flamenco rumba sounds, infused with a Latin twist. It’s an authentic, pulse-pounding performance that redefines traditional rhythms.
Featuring:
Alberto Gutiérrez – guitar and vocals
Raul Vargas – cajon and vocals
Javier Jiménez – Guirarrista and vocals
Dos Bandoleros is a flamenco rumba/Latin fusion duo formed by two people from Madrid: Raúl Vargas and Muchacho Mandanga.
Raúl Vargas is the biggest bandit, he sings and is in charge of percussion, he’s a great guy, he writes songs almost without breaking a sweat. Only his concerns are comparable to his ideals and only his creativity is comparable to his talent, which on the other hand is not bigger than his soul. He will never have enough space in this world because he has a heart that does not fit in his chest.
El Muchacho Mandanga is the minor bandit, he plays guitar and sings, although he is not great, he often verges on genius, always unintentionally, of course, and even aware of the effect that music has on people, he continues to write songs oblivious to the impact or the repercussion that this may cause in society.
Together they waste talent, they save effort, they are pure mathematics. They form a perfect duo, indivisible, without cracks or ties. They are capable of conquering the world with the simple melodies that they feel and arrive late but always on time to the hearts of the people.
WINDOW INSTALLATION: ‘Fuego Creador’ (Fire creator)

‘Fuego Creador’ (Fire creator), is a multidisciplinary altar installation of Indigenous Futurism.
This magic-totemic altar intends to connect our modern lives to our ancestral lineage through education, ritual, and song.
Its primary aesthetic and narrative are rooted in Otomí and Nahuatl cosmovision and the tradition of the Day of the Dead altars in Huaquechula, Puebla, and Tenango, Hidalgo.
This is a sacred altar found hidden in nature and represents an interdimensional portal to reconnect with the ancestors. In the tradition of the four directions, is understood that through practicing sacred ritual we open a portal in space and time that connects us with those who have engaged in this ritual before us for thousands of years, imbuing us with their love, and wisdom, and above all, the hope that they had for the future world. Our ancestors cared for us.

‘THE FIRE IS ON, KEEP HOPE ALIVE’
That is the message that the central figure of the piece, the Hummingbird is delivering to us, its figure represents the messenger between the dimensions, communicating the voices of our ancestors, and inviting us to be the bridge between those who practiced this ritual before us, and those who will in the future. This ‘Hope’ is the Fire Creator, the inspiration for us as future ancestors, to create the world that we’re leaving to our future generations.
As we fight against colonization and cultural erasure I am reminded that there is no wrong way to reconnect with our heritage, we have to follow our intuition and trust the guidance of our ancestors.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Arturo Méndez-Reyes (he/they), is a cultural producer, curator, visual artist, musician, and community organizer, advancing cultural equity in SF. Founder of community empowering projects including Arts.Co.Lab, La Diáspora Festival, and Urban Prophets Illustrated and a producer for the Mission Arts and Performance Project (MAPP) since 2016.
He has curated shows for the Exploratorium, Harvard and Cornell University, and the United Nations, recipient of the CALI Catalyst Grant from CCI, the Cultural Equity Initiatives Grant by the SFAC, and fellowships with the Intercultural Leadership Institute ‘22, and the Emerging Arts Professionals SF/BA ‘19.
His work strives to create generative narratives to empower people through arts and culture for collective joy and liberation, and to advocate for institutional policies and practices that center the voices of people from the most vulnerable communities.
“Culture is an essential tool to pursue dignity for all people”.

MAPP GENERAL PROGRAM
Join us in MAPP at all other spaces throughout the Mission District.

PREVIEW THE PERFORMERS
First Act:
Steel & Hammers Unplugged
Keys, Vox, Cello & Drums

Indian Percussion Solo
Rohan Krishnamurthy

Tabla solo
Nilan Chaudhuri

Classical Meets Classics | Strings & Woodwinds
Amelia and Asaf

LastAct:
Dos Bandoleros
Spanish Rumba / Latin fusion

IN PERSON EVENT DETAILS
Time: February 3rd, 2024, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.(IN-PERSON)
Admission: Free!

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(FREE) The Family Art Program (Arte entre familia)
2024-02-10 12:00 - 13:30
The Family Art Program
Arte entre familia

The Family Art Program at The Red Poppy Art House brings free access to quality art activities to neighboring families in the Mission district of San Francisco.

It is a safe and creative space for children, youth, and parents to explore art.

All ages are welcome and the program is bilingual.
This event is free to the public.

Please join us!

Saturday, February 10th, 2024
Time: 12:00-1:30 pm

Next Programs:
March 9th

Admission: FREE

MEET THE INSTRUCTOR:

Sofia Elias (she/her/ella)

Sofia is a passionate educator and holistic community builder. She has been working with families in the Mission community since 2013. She is a Psychology graduate from SFSU, an artist/musician, and a holistic community organizer. She has always been an advocate for using art as a healing and transformative tool to support communities. She has worked as a bilingual early childhood/youth educator for over 5 years using play-based and child-guided teaching as a way to promote social-emotional learning and development. In her free time, she plays music, spends time at the Jardin Secreto tending to plantitas, and supports birthers in postpartum care ceremonies. Sofia is a bilingual radical musician, ready to share art with all of the community!

The Family Art Program
(Arte entre familia)
The Family Art program or Arte entre Familia has been bringing free quality art programming to families in the Mission district for over 10 years. The program engages the Red Poppy Art House’s surrounding neighborhood, contributing to its vibrancy by offering free programming to the public one Saturday of the month from 12:00-1:30 p.m. at 2698 Folsom.

An outdoor open forum, Family Art uses the exterior south wall of the Poppy and its wide adjacent sidewalk, where volunteers bring out an array of art supplies and organize a different activity for participants each week.

The art and community facilitator creates a safe and creative space for families of all backgrounds to participate in open-ended art projects. Art projects happen either indoors or outside on the sidewalk as a way to engage with neighborhood families. Family Art invites all families with children 0-5, youth, and adults to participate in community art exploration.

https://redpoppyarthouse.org/programs/family-art/

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, February 10th, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Admission: FREE
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POSTPONED - Amadeus Never Gives Me The Blues
2024-02-16 19:30 - 21:00
Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online, tickets will not be available at the door.

Amadeus Never Gives Me The Blues
A Tour de Force of Singing and Storytelling
AMADEUS NEVER GIVES ME THE BLUES is an original staged play written and performed by Amy Bouchard with songs from opera, Broadway, and the Great American Song Book. Amy is an up-and-coming opera singer, torn between equal desires for career and family. She meets and falls in love with Luis just as her career is taking off, forcing her to make choices in situations she doesn’t know how to handle. A second narrator, Amy’s grandmother, Colleen, is a young woman with a national singing career, which she abandons to marry a Navy pilot when the United States joins World War II. When things go wrong with Luis and the instability of a performer’s life hits home, Amy looks to her grandmother’s life for answers.
Featuring:
Amy Bouchard – Writer/Singer/Actor
Daniel Lockert – Pianist

POSTPONED: TBD
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Amy Bouchard won a 2021 TITAN Award from Theatre Bay Area and a “Best Up and Coming” award at The Marsh International Solo Festival 2022 for her performance of an excerpt from AMADEUS NEVER GIVES ME THE BLUES. She has performed at The Marsh, Solo Sundays, Tell It On Tuesday. As an opera singer Amy has performed lead and supporting roles with Opera Santa Barbara, West Bay Opera, and Livermore Valley Opera among others. Recent theatre credits include Jack’s Mother/Cinderella’s Mother/Granny (INTO THE WOODS) with Berkeley Playhouse and Claudia (NINE) with San Jose Playhouse.
Website: www.amybouchard.net

EVENT DETAILS
POSTPONED: TBD
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
Purchase advance tickets for this event
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Sudamericanto Romántico
2024-02-17 19:30 - 21:00
Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online, tickets will not be available at the door.

Sudamericanto Romántico
Traditions from South America and the Caribbean fusion with a Brazilian jazz twist
Sudamericanto’s unique brand of Latin-american and Caribbean music takes audiences along a journey through traditions from South America and the Caribbean fusion with a Brazilian jazz twist.
Featuring:
Madeleine Zayas – vocals and hand percussion
Marcos Silva – keyboard
David Pinto – bass
Michaelle Goerlitz – percussion

Saturday, February 17th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Their eclectic repertoire is inspired by the Nueva Cancion/Nueva Trova tradition of celebrating Latin American poetry and rhythms while educating about culture and pressing social issues. Featuring multi-faceted Puerto Rican vocalist/interpreter Madeleine Zayas and high caliber Bay Area musicians/educators natives from Puerto Rico, Perú, Brazil, Chile, and the US coming together to play original compositions and innovative arrangements of carefully selected classics from the Latin American/Caribbean songbook.
Their very ecclectic repertoire is influenced by Afro-Peruvian rhythms such as landó, zamacueca and festejo, marinera, Chilean cueca, Brazilian samba and maracatú, Argentinian sambas and chamamés, stylized plena, bomba and guaracha Puertorriqueña, son Cubano and boleros, all tied together with rhythmic precision and intertwined with jazzy flavors.

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EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, February 17th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30
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Ensamble A Contratiempo
2024-02-23 19:30 - 21:00
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Ensamble A Contratiempo
Afro Venezuelan Jazz
ENSAMBLE A CONTRATIEMPO – AFRO VENEZUELAN JAZZ is one of the most versatile jazz bands on the scene today. They fuses a wide range of jazz, world music, and electronic elements with his native Afro-Venezuelan roots to create a fresh and original urban sound, all with a Latin jazz heart. This Band uses conventional instruments in unconventional forms of music, a spirit of beauty, spontaneity, and jazz improvisation. Afro-Venezuelan Harp, Cuatro (Guitar from Venezuela), Violin, Bass, and Afro-Venezuelan Percussion will be an unforgettable experience.
Featuring:
Angel Tolosa – Venezuelan Harp
Luis Tolosa – Venezuelan Cuatro
Margaret Gonzalez – Violin
Guests:
Amelia Romano – Electric Harp
Jacky Rago – Afrovenezuelan Drums

Friday, February 23rd, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Angel Tolosa / Luis Tolosa
Renowned Musicians, Educators & Researchers
Prolific Explorers of Venezuelan, World, and Classical Music
Angel and Luis Tolosa are widely considered by many industry leaders to be two of the most prolific, trailblazers and arts entrepreneurs of their generation. They are Venezuelan Harp and Venezuelan Cuatro virtuosos with world-class credentials respectively, very well-schooled in the history of the harp and guitars in the Americas.
Angel Tolosa is leading together with Luis Tolosa on Venezuelan Harp and Venezuelan Cuatro the internationally-renowned Ensamble A Contratiempo Band, which provides superior musicianship and an unforgettable experience.
Hailed for their spirited performances and their masterly connection between Venezuelan music, classical, contemporary urban sounds, and world music as well as their unparalleled creativity with an artistic output that is simply staggering. From straight ahead to avant-garde, Venezuelan music to fusion, children’s songs to chamber music, along with some far-reaching forays into symphonic works, the Tolosa Brothers have touched an astonishing number of musical bases in their illustrious career while maintaining a standard of excellence that is awe-inspiring. A tirelessly creative spirit, Angel and Luis Tolosa continue to forge ahead, continually reinventing themselves in the process.
They are the Founder, CEO, and Artistic Director at International Harp Fest in Venezuela, Mexico, and New York City respectively, they have presented many concerts, workshops, and conferences in more than 30 countries such as the United States of America, France, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Spain, Belgium, Trinidad and Tobago, El Salvador, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Czech Republic, Paraguay, United Kingdom, Ecuador, Brazil, Italy, Venezuela, Austria, Croatia.
Innovators and Pioneers
Since embarking on a solo career in 1994, Angel and Jose Luis Tolosa have been at the forefront of Venezuelan music, both as a renowned Harpist and Cuatrist forging new ground with their acoustic bands and as an innovative electro/acoustic “Ensamble A Contratiempo”, besides Tolosa Brother’s have contributed in building an essential vocabulary to learn the Latin Harp – Guitar and the redesign of the Venezuelan Harp.
Their extensive discography boasts three foremost albums, beginning with their 2007 classic Album “Katuketi” 2007, and a couple of exclusive recordings “Venezuelan Sounds” to Radio France – Czech National Radio 2011, and “Ancient Roots” to Universal Studios 2020.
*Venezuelan Cuatro (small guitar four-stringed from Venezuela)
Website: https://626447fadc8bf.site123.me/

EVENT DETAILS
Friday, February 23rd, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35
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Mostly Kosher
2024-02-24 19:30 - 21:00
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Mostly Kosher
Klezmer Rock Music
MOSTLY KOSHER, the acclaimed Klezmer/Rock band, radically reconstructs Judaic and American cultural music through ravenous klezmer beats and arresting Yiddish refrains. Mostly Kosher is a musical feast that explodes into a global food-fight of Jazz, Latin, Rock, and Folk. In response to the poetry and folk music of Judaic roots, their original voice resounds with themes of social justice, human dignity, and mutual understanding. Led by frontman Leeav Sofer, one of Jewish Journal’s “30 under 30” most accomplished professionals in the Los Angeles Jewish diaspora, Mostly Kosher is comprised of some of the highest regarded Los Angeles musicians: violinist Janice Mautner Markham, drummer Eric Hagstrom, bassist Adam Levy, accordionists Gee Rabe and Nigel Wilson, trombonist Bob Lawrence, and Ben Tevik on clarinet and sax. Longtime collaborators also include Aníbal Seminario, Taylor Covey and Will Brahm.
Featuring:
Leeav Sofer – vocals
Janice Mautner Markham – violin
Adam Levy – bass
Bob Lawrence – trombone
Ben Tevik – clarinet

Friday, February 24th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Mostly Kosher is a fixture at renowned California stages such as the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Skirball Cultural Center, Torrance Center for the Arts, and Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center. They have also graced the stage of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for a live television broadcast to over half a million viewers in 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2021. The ensemble has headlined multiple summer festivals including the Silicon Valley Jewish Music Festival and Claremont Folk Festival. Mostly Kosher had the honor of being the first Jewish music ensemble at the Disney parks with 2022 marking their sixth season performing during the 2-month long Festival of Holidays. Mostly Kosher was credited for “stealing the Festival of Holidays Show” by the acclaimed Fresh Baked Disney podcast. For the 2017 holiday season, Mostly Kosher added Epcot Center in Florida to their list of holiday performance venues, becoming Disney’s first Jewish cultural music performed on both coasts.

Staying true to giving back to the community, Mostly Kosher is proud to be teaching artists for Urban Voices Project, performing and educating in underserved areas in and around Southern California including prisons, community clinics and shelters serving men and women suffering from homelessness. Mostly Kosher is also a mentor ensemble to the Jewish Youth Orchestra, a project of the Jewish Federation of San Gabriel Valley, offering performance opportunities and ongoing workshops for middle school and high school musicians.

The band’s self-titled debut album has won international acclaim by World Music Network, Songlines Magazine, and BBC radio. The first track, Ikh Hob Dikh Tsufil Lib (I Love You Much Too Much), was recognized as one of World Music Network’s Top 6 Songs of 2014. Mostly Kosher’s music videos have been garnering accolades on the film festival circuit, receiving two nominations at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema and Best Music Video at the Glendale International Film Festival. 2021 will mark the indie film debut of Mostly Kosher, as they will be featured in the wedding scene of the upcoming feature film, “The Accursed”, starring Izabela Vidovic and Melora Walters.

Mostly Kosher kicked off their 2022 live performance schedule with a long-anticipated record release of “This World is Yours” on February 24th at the Skirball Museum, and a tour of Arizona beginning with the magnificent Chandler Performing Arts Center. Other performances in the 2022-2023 season include the debut of the Mostly Kosher family show, “Roots and Wings”, headlining the Ashkenaz Music Festival in Toronto, the largest Jewish & Eastern European event in the western hemisphere, and performing for “Sunday Funday” at the Wallis Annenberg Theatre. Mostly Kosher was honored to be included in the flagship series, “Secret Chord”, a live concert taping sponsored by the UCLA Department of Music and the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia.

mostlykosher.com
@mostlykosher

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EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, February 24th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35
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The Lunar New Year Story by ShadowLight Productions
2024-02-25 13:00 - 15:30
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The Lunar New Year Story by ShadowLight Productions
FREE Live shadow play performance by ShadowLight artists for children and families followed by hands-on workshop
Come and celebrate The Lunar New Year at Red Poppy Art House!
ShadowLight teaching artists, Jessica Nguyen and Fred C. Riley III will perform a short shadow puppet play about Lunar New Year. After the performance, take a tour backstage, learn about how to transform a children’s story into a shadow play and make your own dragon puppet. (templates and other supplies provided).
This program is a part of ShadowLight artists in residence at Red Poppy Art House, Free Monthly program with hands on workshop activities for families.
Featuring Artists:
Fred C. Riley III – puppeteer
Jessica Nguyen – puppeteer

Sunday, February 25th, 2024
Time: 1:00pm – 3:30pm
Admission: FREE
This event is free to the public.
This event is appropriate for children ages 3 to 12.
Admission on first come, first served basis.
Due to limited capacity, RSVP is strongly recommended.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

Red Poppy Art House has partnered up with Shadow Light Productions for a Live shadow play performance by ShadowLight artists for children and families followed by hands-on workshop. With instruction and guidance by ShadowLight teaching artists, attendees will be given the opportunity to make a shadow puppet, learn performance techniques, and use our screen and lights to perform their own short plays. This event is appropriate for children ages 3 to 12.
This FREE event creates an opportunity for youth in our neighborhood (Mission), who may otherwise not be able to attend such an event for lack of funds, to have access to art education with high caliber teaching artists. By providing an opportunity to watch, interact and play, we are encouraging participation and engagement with a vital storytelling art form. Storytelling is an important skill; it helps us to understand ourselves and one another, encouraging empathy.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
ShadowLight Productions. ShadowLight was founded in 1972 by filmmaker/theatre director/shadow artist Larry Reed. We have served San Francisco as a non profit theater company for nearly 30 years.
The mission of ShadowLight Productions is to expose the general public to the art of Shadow Theater. The means of providing such exposure includes but is not limited to live theater, film and other media. We strive to preserve indigenous shadow theater traditions, and to explore and expand the possibilities of the shadow theater medium by creating innovative interdisciplinary, multicultural works.
Website: https://www.shadowlight.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShadowLightProductions
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shadowlightproductions/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shadowlightproductions

EVENT DETAILS
Sunday, February 25th, 2024
Time: 1:00pm – 3:30pm
Admission: FREE
Note: A limited number of seats are available for this event. Reserving a ticket guarantees admission, but does not guarantee seats. Seating is first come, first served.
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(FREE) The Family Art Program (Arte entre familia)
2024-03-09 12:00 - 13:30
The Family Art Program
Arte entre familia

The Family Art Program at The Red Poppy Art House brings free access to quality art activities to neighboring families in the Mission district of San Francisco.

It is a safe and creative space for children, youth, and parents to explore art.

All ages are welcome and the program is bilingual.
This event is free to the public.

Please join us!

Saturday, March 9th, 2024
Time: 12:00-1:30 pm

Admission: FREE

MEET THE INSTRUCTOR:

Sofia Elias (she/her/ella)

Sofia is a passionate educator and holistic community builder. She has been working with families in the Mission community since 2013. She is a Psychology graduate from SFSU, an artist/musician, and a holistic community organizer. She has always been an advocate for using art as a healing and transformative tool to support communities. She has worked as a bilingual early childhood/youth educator for over 5 years using play-based and child-guided teaching as a way to promote social-emotional learning and development. In her free time, she plays music, spends time at the Jardin Secreto tending to plantitas, and supports birthers in postpartum care ceremonies. Sofia is a bilingual radical musician, ready to share art with all of the community!

The Family Art Program
(Arte entre familia)
The Family Art program or Arte entre Familia has been bringing free quality art programming to families in the Mission district for over 10 years. The program engages the Red Poppy Art House’s surrounding neighborhood, contributing to its vibrancy by offering free programming to the public one Saturday of the month from 12:00-1:30 p.m. at 2698 Folsom.

An outdoor open forum, Family Art uses the exterior south wall of the Poppy and its wide adjacent sidewalk, where volunteers bring out an array of art supplies and organize a different activity for participants each week.

The art and community facilitator creates a safe and creative space for families of all backgrounds to participate in open-ended art projects. Art projects happen either indoors or outside on the sidewalk as a way to engage with neighborhood families. Family Art invites all families with children 0-5, youth, and adults to participate in community art exploration.

https://redpoppyarthouse.org/programs/family-art/

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, March 9th, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Admission: FREE
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Ramana Vieira: Contemporary Fado
2024-03-09 19:30 - 21:00
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Ramana Vieira: Contemporary Fado
Exploring the music of the legendary Fado artist out of Portugal, Amalia Rodrigues and beyond.
This music is sometimes called “Portuguese Blues”. Ramana’s work captures the essence of Fado and well beyond. She performs and records music that ranges from the soulful haunting ballads and catchy playful songs of Fado, to her own original compositions.
Fado is a performance genre incorporating music and poetry. In 2011 Fado became a part of UNESCO World Heritage. Ramana is an internationally acclaimed recording artist and a northern California native of Portuguese descent. She also is a stunning vocalist, a proficient pianist, and a gifted songwriter who has composed, performed, and recorded many of her own original Fados which have been nominated for best Fado performance with the International Portuguese Music Awards.
Featuring:
Ramana Vieira – Voice
Jeff Furtado – guitar
David Parker – bass
Vincent Tolliver – violin/viola/Portuguese Mandolin

Saturday, March 9th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30/ (Door) $25-$35

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Ramana is an internationally acclaimed recording artist and a northern California native of Portuguese descent. She also is a stunning vocalist, a proficient pianist, and a gifted songwriter who has composed, performed, and recorded many of her own original Fados. Several of these have been nominated at the largest Portuguese music awards organization: the International Portuguese Music Awards (IPMA). She has performed throughout California, San Francisco, Los Angeles, the Central Valley, SLO, Portugal, Macau, China, East Coast including New York, Hawaii, Florida the Pacific Northwest, and Mexico. Ramana just returned this summer of 2023 headlining in her parents’ homeland of Madeira, Portugal at the Art’Camacha festival. She was also featured on the RTP international network while in Madeira.
Over the course of her 20-plus-year musical career and five album releases, she has opened for Mariza and headlined at several World Music festivals. Performed for the President of the Azores, Portugal at the invitation of Congressman Jim Costa. Her original composition, “Unido Para Amar,” was played at the awards ceremony for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. Her music has been chosen to be featured on TAP Airlines, the flag carrier of Portugal with over 2500 nights per week to 34 countries. Her new album, Tudo De Mim will be out in early spring of 2023. Most recently her new single, Fado La La La, ranked #4 for song and her latest new video ranked 3# in North America on the Ethnocloud music platform.
The critics have heaped praise upon Ramana. The San Francisco Chronicle said “Ramana is the rising star in World Music” and “No one in the United States is doing more to breathe new life into Fado than Ramana Vieira, a sultry dramatic singer.” Andrew Gilbert of The Boston Globe said “Raman Vieira deserves a prominent place in the front rank of today’s Fado singers” Vieira was born in San Leandro, California with the beat of Portuguese rhythms coursing through her veins. Her parents had immigrated to the United States from Portugal, where her grandfather was a well-known musician and composer from Madeira Island. She grew up listening to American pop, alongside traditional Portuguese music. “During my childhood, I sang with my mother to Amália Rodgrigues and other fabulous fadistas that were part of her special record collection,” said Vieira.
Early in life, it was apparent that Vieira possessed exceptional musical talent and went on to study at The American Conservatory Theatre. However, a spontaneous trip to Portugal shifted her professional vision and catalyzed an exploration deep into the world of fado.
In Portugal, Vieira connected with her roots and found that fado ignited her spirit and set her soul aflame. She began to study intensively with local fado musicians and had the opportunity to perform. She was loved by her fans in Portugal; her authentic and individual style was refreshing and well-received.
Vieira’s brilliant musicality and colorful heritage appeal to a global audience. In addition to the traditional fados, and her masterful original compositions, Vieira has now compiled a synergetic repertoire that reflects the full scope of her identity by incorporating her background of American theater, blues, and soulful classics into her sets. Through this multifaceted fusion, Vieira has finally fulfilled her fado, fate.
In her own words, “I love being Portuguese and singing my roots. I just feel now is the time for Ramana to embrace “all of me”–my American and Portuguese heritage. I am sitting at the precipice of something amazing and excited to see where this is going to take me and my group. Yes, it’s time.”
She is joined by a very talented cast of musicians: Jeff Furtado, a Portuguese American guitarist and singer/songwriter who lives in California. His mother is from Madeira and his father is from San Miguel. David Parker on bass, Vincent Tolliver on violin/viola/Portuguese Mandolin who taught the famous Zendaya music while teaching in Oakland, and Joe Sam on percussion.
Website: http://ramanavieira.net

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EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, March 9th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30/ (Door) $25-$35
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Mark Coggins in Conversation with Randal Brandt: Geisha Confidential
2024-03-10 14:00 - 16:00
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Mark Coggins in Conversation with Randal Brandt: Geisha Confidential
Join us for an intimate Q&A event with award-winning author Mark Coggins, in conversation with Randal Brandt, discussing ‘Geisha Confidential,’ a Tokyo Crime Fiction novel.
Mark Coggins is the Choctaw and American author of the August Riordan series. His work has been nominated for the Shamus and Barry crime fiction awards and selected for best-of-the-year lists compiled by the San Francisco Chronicle, the Detroit Free Press, and Amazon.com, among others.
Featuring:
Mark Coggins – Author
Choctaw and American author of a series of novels featuring private eye protagonist August Riordan.
Randal Brandt – Interviewer
Randal Brandt is a librarian at the University of California, Berkeley, where he catalogs rare books and is the curator of the Bancroft Library’s California Detective Fiction Collection.

Sunday, March 10th, 2024
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Admission: FREE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Mark Coggins
Born in the Four Corners region of New Mexico, Mark Coggins is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation. He earned two degrees and a Phi Beta Kappa Key from Stanford University and has worked for a number of Silicon Valley computer and venture capital firms, including Netscape Communications and Hewlett Packard Company.
While at Stanford, he studied literature and creative writing with Tobias Wolff, N. Scott Momaday and Ron Hansen and wrote the first story featuring his series character August Riordan in a class taught by Hansen. This story, “There’s No Such Thing as Private Eyes,” was later published in The New Black Mask, vol. 4, Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich.
His books have been nominated for the Shamus and the Barry crime fiction awards and have been selected for best of the year lists compiled by the San Francisco Chronicle, the Detroit Free Press and Amazon.com, among others.
Runoff and The Big Wake-Up won the Next Generation Indie Book Award and the Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) respectively, both in the crime fiction category. The Immortal Game was optioned for a film.
Coggins has published short fiction in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and the anthology Masters of Technique, as well as nonfiction in View Camera and Distributed Object Computing magazines.
He is also a photographer. He works with a range of subjects, but focuses on candid, black and white images taken in public—aka “street photography.” He has won numerous awards and competitions, including being shortlisted in the 2023 Photo Review Competition, receiving an award of excellence by the All-Japan Association of Photographic Societies and winning first place in the 2023 Ribbet Emerging Photographer Competition.
His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the United States and Europe and has been featured in a variety of on-line and print publications, including cover images for both fiction and nonfiction books. His own photography monograph, Street Stories, was published by Poltroon Press in 2021.
Randal S. Brandt
He is Head of Cataloging at The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining Bancroft in 2001, he held a variety of special collections cataloging positions on the Berkeley campus: Water Resources Center Archives (1994-2001); California Indian Library Collections, Hearst Museum of Anthropology (1992-1994); and, the California Maps Project (1991-1992).
He has been an active member of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries since 2003, serving as Chair of the Bibliographic Standards Committee (2007-2009). He also served as one of the editors of Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Serials), published by the Library of Congress in 2008, and Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Cartographic), published by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section in 2016.
Randal Brandt received a B.A. in English (1987) from California State University, Fresno and a M.L.I.S. (1990) from the University of California, Berkeley.

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EVENT DETAILS
Sunday, March 10th, 2024
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Admission: FREE
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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The Butterfly Effect (Free) ShadowLight Residency
2024-03-24 13:00 - 15:30
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The Butterfly Effect by ShadowLight Residency
Free Live shadow play & workshop by visual artist and part-time entomologist Jessica Nguyen, for children and families
Join us for our monthly ShadowLight program at Red Poppy Art House with Jessica Nguyen’s performance of The Butterfly Effect!
The Butterfly Effect is a collection of shadow puppet ponderings on the magnificent local insects found in the Bay Area with a nod to our relationships to these local and endangered species. This is a short shadow play performance created and performed by visual artist and part-time entomologist, Jessica Nguyen. Sponsored by ShadowLight Productions and Red Poppy Art House. Following the performance, Jessica will talk about some of our Bay Area insects and their habitats. A hands-on insect shadow puppet-making workshop will follow the performance.
Appropriate for children and families. Puppet-making supplies and instruction will be provided by ShadowLight.
This program is part of ShadowLight artists in residence at Red Poppy Art House. It is a Free Monthly program with hands-on workshop activities for families on the fourth Sunday of each month.
Featuring Artists:
Jessica Nguyen – puppeteer

Sunday, March 24th, 2024
Time: 1:00pm – 3:30pm
Admission: FREE and Donation
This event is appropriate for children ages 3 and up.
Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.
This event is free to the public.
Due to limited capacity, RSVP is strongly recommended.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

Red Poppy Art House has partnered up with ShadowLight Productions for free monthly programs by ShadowLight artists for children and families. With instruction and guidance by ShadowLight teaching artists, attendees will be given the opportunity to make a shadow puppet, learn performance techniques, and use our screen and lights to perform their own short plays. This event is appropriate for children ages 3 to 12.
This FREE event creates an opportunity for youth in our neighborhood (Mission), who may otherwise not be able to attend such an event for lack of funds, to have access to art education with high-caliber teaching artists. By providing an opportunity to watch, interact, and play, we are encouraging participation and engagement with a vital storytelling art form. Storytelling is an important skill; it helps us to understand ourselves and one another, encouraging empathy.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Jessica Nguyen is a science illustrator, educator, dancer, shadow puppeteer, and circus artist turned to the dark side. Her favorite medium is mischief and punnery but confesses that a bit of paper and ink will always lift the spirits. She currently works and lurks in the East Bay, and loves waxing poetic about flora and fauna and bones and stones over a warm cup of tea.
Jessica is a frequent collaborator with ShadowLight Productions.
Website: https://bcrqt.com/
ShadowLight Productions was founded in 1972 by filmmaker/theatre director/shadow artist Larry Reed. We have served San Francisco as a nonprofit theater company for nearly 30 years.
The mission of ShadowLight Productions is to expose the general public to the art of Shadow Theater. The means of providing such exposure includes but is not limited to live theater, film, and other media. We strive to preserve indigenous shadow theater traditions and to explore and expand the possibilities of the shadow theater medium by creating innovative interdisciplinary, multicultural works.
Website: https://www.shadowlight.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShadowLightProductions
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shadowlightproductions/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shadowlightproductions

EVENT DETAILS
Sunday, March 24th, 2024
Time: 1:00pm – 3:30pm
Admission: FREE and Donation
Note: A limited number of seats are available for this event. Reserving a ticket guarantees admission, but does not guarantee seats. Seating is first come, first served.
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The Family Art Program (Arte entre familia) - Eclipse Adventure: Discovering Science through Art
2024-04-06 12:00 - 13:45
The Family Art Program
Eclipse Adventure: Discovering Science through Art

The Family Art Program at The Red Poppy Art House brings free access to quality art activities to neighboring families in the Mission district of San Francisco.

For this Family Art class, join Luana, a NASA Solar Eclipse Ambassador, for an immersive journey in preparation for the upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8th. Through bilingual presentations blending science, cultural astronomy, and poetry, we’ll explore the wonders of solar eclipses. Dive into diverse cultural interpretations, uncover the science behind the phenomenon, and engage in interactive activities. Let’s celebrate the art and science of eclipses together!

The Family Art Program is a safe and creative space for children, youth, and parents to explore art.
All ages are welcome and the program is bilingual.
This event is free to the public.

Please join us!

Saturday, April 6th, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:45 pm

Admission: FREE

MEET THE INSTRUCTORS:

Luana Melnek dos Anjos, a planetarium presenter at Morrison Planetarium, blends her passion for astronomy with community engagement as a Solar Eclipse Ambassador with NASA. While pursuing her studies in astrophysics at San Francisco State University, she actively contributes to social causes, embracing the intersection of art, mindfulness, and science. Luana seeks to ignite curiosity and foster connections across diverse backgrounds. https://linktr.ee/astrolatinx

Sofia Elias (she/her/ella) is a passionate educator and holistic community builder. She has been working with families in the Mission community since 2013. She is a Psychology graduate from SFSU, an artist/musician, and a holistic community organizer. She has always been an advocate for using art as a healing and transformative tool to support communities. She has worked as a bilingual early childhood/youth educator for over 5 years using play-based and child-guided teaching as a way to promote social-emotional learning and development. In her free time, she plays music, spends time at the Jardin Secreto tending to plantitas, and supports birthers in postpartum care ceremonies. Sofia is a bilingual radical musician, ready to share art with all of the community!

The Family Art Program
(Arte entre familia)
The Family Art program or Arte entre Familia has been bringing free quality art programming to families in the Mission district for over 10 years. The program engages the Red Poppy Art House’s surrounding neighborhood, contributing to its vibrancy by offering free programming to the public one Saturday of the month from 12:00-1:30 p.m. at 2698 Folsom.

An outdoor open forum, Family Art uses the exterior south wall of the Poppy and its wide adjacent sidewalk, where volunteers bring out an array of art supplies and organize a different activity for participants each week.

The art and community facilitator creates a safe and creative space for families of all backgrounds to participate in open-ended art projects. Art projects happen either indoors or outside on the sidewalk as a way to engage with neighborhood families. Family Art invites all families with children 0-5, youth, and adults to participate in community art exploration.

https://redpoppyarthouse.org/programs/family-art/

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, April 6th, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Admission: FREE
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Interior Mural Closing Reception | “SAY HER NAME” by Mara Lea Brown and Emma Timberlea Brown
2024-04-06 18:30 - 19:45
“SAY HER NAME”
by Mara Lea Brown and Emma Timberlea Brown
THIS IS A FREE EVENT
(Donation is encouraged)
Join us in celebrating the mural, “SAY HER NAME” on the RPAH’s interior walls at its closing reception with introductions and an interactive dance performance by Aisan Hoss, followed by more MAPP performances.
This event is a part of MAPP (Mission Art Performance Project)
Saturday, April 6th, 2024
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:45 pm
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Red Poppy Art House
2698 Folsom @23rd
Curator: Dina Zarif
Closing reception: Interior mural “SAY HER NAME” by Mara Lea Brown and Emma Timberlea Brown
6:30 – 7:45 “SAY HER NAME” closing reception
7:15- 7:30 Interactive dance performance by Aisan Hoss
MAPP program to follow afterwards:
7:45 – 8:05 The Butterfly Effect (Shadow puppet short play)
8:20 – 9:00 Diaspora Ensemble (Music of Mediterranean & beyond)
9:15 – 10:00 LOUDA MUSIC
Interior mural “SAY HER NAME”, by Mara Lea Brown
Interior mural “SAY HER NAME” | Mara Lea Brown & Emma Timberlea Brown
“Women, Life, Freedom”

She rises…
her hair flying in the wind…
her voice lifting to the sky…
her being becoming the fire that melts the frozen grounds of time…
SAY HER NAME…
say it loud…
Mahsa Amini the 22-year-old Iranian female whose death enflamed thousands of women and men to rise up. For, the future is female…
A monumental uprising for feminism and women’s rights, against police brutality and oppression is happening in Iran right now…
Say Her Name…
Be the voice of the voiceless…
#MahsaAmini

Mara Lea Brown is a Bay Area Artist. Her work explores human singularity and relationships through realistic charcoal drawing and mixed media with elements from nature. Having been born in California and grown up in Southern Spain, diversity and a search for connection are always subtly present in her work. In her portraiture, Mara enjoys the process of learning from the individual as well as from a phenomenological exploration of the human form. Recently Mara has been working on a series examining human relationships to ancestry, immigration, travel and belonging. She uses motifs, such as roots and wings, to illustrate the beauty and struggle of this search for the self. For her work on the interior mural “SAY HER NAME” she collaborated with her daughter Emma Timberlea Brown at Red Poppy Art House.

ABOUT THE MURALIST

Mara Lea Brown is a Bay Area Artist. Her work explores human singularity and relationships through charcoal drawing, painting, and mixed media with elements from nature. Mara was born in California, grew up in Southern Spain, and moved back to the USA as an adult. Incommensurability and a search for connection are always subtly present in her work. In her portraiture, Mara enjoys the process of learning from the individual as well as from a phenomenological exploration of the human form. Recently Mara has been working on a series of drawings reflecting on the effects of the pandemic on her community.
www.maraleabrown.com

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Aisan Hoss
Interactive dance
Aisan Hoss is a dancer and choreographer from Tehran, Iran. She started studying and performing Iranian dances at the age of twelve and teaching at the age of eighteen. While doing her BS in Business Management at Azad University in Tehran, Aisan attended a study-abroad English language program in London where she first encountered contemporary dance. She became drawn to the form’s unlimited possibilities for individual self-expression and experimentation of form and content. After graduating, she moved to London to pursue contemporary dance as her career. At the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Contemporary Dance in London, Aisan completed a one-year diploma in dance followed by a BA in Dance Theatre. At Trinity Laban, she found her passion in choreography and dance pedagogy, which inspired her to spend one year teaching contemporary dance in Iran and to then pursue her MFA in Dance and Choreography at Mills College in Oakland, California. While at Mills, she received an Innovator Award sponsored by the E.L. Wiegand Foundation. For Aisan, her passion for dance and choreography has been a means for gaining insight into her identity as an Iranian living outside of her home country. Specifically, several of her choreographies have explored the ways in which having physical distance from her home country provides a deeper sense of intimacy with its cultural essence. Aisan uses movement as a tool to find beauty in her history and identity. Inspired by modern Iranian culture, she aims to give voice to the quietest elements of her culture through choreography.
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. Due to COVID-19, we had 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 were pleased that the kaleidoscope of cultural exchange continued to be an incredibly enriching experience for the presenter and the viewer. We are glad that the days that we can safely present at our neighborhood venue have finally arrived and we are grateful for everyone’s ingenuity in making the online presentations meaningful and unique experiences.
This program is funded by the California Arts Council Impact Project Grant.
We will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve.
RED POPPY MAPP TEAM:
Curator | Artistic Director | Managing Director: Dina Zarif
PR and Digital Marketing: Anjali Varma

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, April 6th, 2023
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:45 pm
Note: Seating is first come, first served.
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Volunteer for this event!

April 6th MAPP
2024-04-06 18:30 - 22:00
April 6th MAPP
Closing Reception for the Red Poppy Art House’s Interior Mural
“SAY HER NAME” by Mara Lea Brown and Emma Timberlea Brown

Saturday, April 6th, 2024 | 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Mural Closing Reception 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Join us in celebrating the mural, “SAY HER NAME” by Mara Lea Brown and Emma Timberlea Brown, on the RPAH’s interior walls at its closing reception with introductions and an interactive dance performance by Aisan Hoss, followed by more MAPP performances.
The program is as follows:
Red Poppy Art House
2698 Folsom @23rd
Curator: Dina Zarif
Closing reception: Interior mural “SAY HER NAME” byMara Lea Brown and Emma Timberlea Brown
6:30 – 7:45 “SAY HER NAME” closing reception
7:15- 7:30 Interactive dance performance by Aisan Hoss
7:45 – 8:05 The Butterfly Effect (Shadow puppet short play)
8:20 – 9:00 Diaspora Ensemble (Music of Mediterranean & beyond)
9:15 – 10:00 LOUDA MUSIC
Interior mural “SAY HER NAME”, by Mara Lea Brown and Emma Timberlea Brown
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. Due to COVID-19, we had 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 were pleased that the kaleidoscope of cultural exchange continued to be an incredibly enriching experience for the presenter and the viewer. We are glad that the days that we can safely present at our neighborhood venue have finally arrived and we are grateful for everyone’s ingenuity in making the online presentations meaningful and unique experiences.
This program is funded by the California Arts Council Impact Project Grant.
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 APRIL 6TH, 2024 PROGRAM

Time
Performance/Event
Description
Artists

Closing Reception:
“SAY HER NAME” by Mara Lea Brown and Emma Timberlea Brown

6:30 – 7:45 pm
Closing Reception
“SAY HER NAME”, a mural on Mahsa Amini the 22-year-old Iranian female whose death inflamed thousands of women and men to rise against police brutality and oppression in Iran.
Mara Lea Brown and Emma Timberlea Brown

7:15- 7:30 pm
Interactive dance performance
Interactive dance performance by dancer and choreographer from Tehran, Iran
Aisan Hoss

7:45 – 8:05 pm
The Butterfly Effect
Shadow puppet short play on the magnificent local insects
ShadowLight Productions
Jessica Nguyen – Entomologist, puppeteer

8:20 – 9:00 pm
Diaspora Ensemble
Music of the Mediterranean & beyond
Leah Sirkin – Violin and vocals
Tano Brock – Clarinet and vocals
Steven Brock – Tabla and kanjira

9:15 – 10:00 pm
LOUDA MUSIC
Intimate and acoustic Nuevo Latin Soul originals and standards
Dave Eagle – Percussion
Leo Nava – GuitarMarley
Edwards – BassLaura
Camacho – Vocals

Interior mural “SAY HER NAME” | Mara Lea Brown & Emma Timberlea Brown
“Women, Life, Freedom”

She rises…
her hair flying in the wind…
her voice lifting to the sky…
her being becoming the fire that melts the frozen grounds of time…
SAY HER NAME…
say it loud…
Mahsa Amini the 22-year-old Iranian female whose death enflamed thousands of women and men to rise up. For, the future is female…
A monumental uprising for feminism and women’s rights, against police brutality and oppression is happening in Iran right now…
Say Her Name…
Be the voice of the voiceless…
#MahsaAmini

Mara Lea Brown is a Bay Area Artist. Her work explores human singularity and relationships through realistic charcoal drawing and mixed media with elements from nature. Having been born in California and grown up in Southern Spain, diversity and a search for connection are always subtly present in her work. In her portraiture, Mara enjoys the process of learning from the individual as well as from a phenomenological exploration of the human form. Recently Mara has been working on a series examining human relationships to ancestry, immigration, travel and belonging. She uses motifs, such as roots and wings, to illustrate the beauty and struggle of this search for the self. For her work on the interior mural “SAY HER NAME” she collaborated with her daughter Emma Timberlea Brown at Red Poppy Art House.

ABOUT THE MURALIST

Mara Lea Brown is a Bay Area Artist. Her work explores human singularity and relationships through charcoal drawing, painting, and mixed media with elements from nature. Mara was born in California, grew up in Southern Spain, and moved back to the USA as an adult. Incommensurability and a search for connection are always subtly present in her work. In her portraiture, Mara enjoys the process of learning from the individual as well as from a phenomenological exploration of the human form. Recently Mara has been working on a series of drawings reflecting on the effects of the pandemic on her community.
www.maraleabrown.com

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Aisan Hoss
Interactive dance
Aisan Hoss is a dancer and choreographer from Tehran, Iran. She started studying and performing Iranian dances at the age of twelve and teaching at the age of eighteen. While doing her BS in Business Management at Azad University in Tehran, Aisan attended a study-abroad English language program in London where she first encountered contemporary dance. She became drawn to the form’s unlimited possibilities for individual self-expression and experimentation of form and content. After graduating, she moved to London to pursue contemporary dance as her career. At the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Contemporary Dance in London, Aisan completed a one-year diploma in dance followed by a BA in Dance Theatre. At Trinity Laban, she found her passion in choreography and dance pedagogy, which inspired her to spend one year teaching contemporary dance in Iran and to then pursue her MFA in Dance and Choreography at Mills College in Oakland, California. While at Mills, she received an Innovator Award sponsored by the E.L. Wiegand Foundation. For Aisan, her passion for dance and choreography has been a means for gaining insight into her identity as an Iranian living outside of her home country. Specifically, several of her choreographies have explored the ways in which having physical distance from her home country provides a deeper sense of intimacy with its cultural essence. Aisan uses movement as a tool to find beauty in her history and identity. Inspired by modern Iranian culture, she aims to give voice to the quietest elements of her culture through choreography.

The Butterfly Effect
Shadow puppet short play on the magnificent local insects
Collection of shadow puppet ponderings on the magnificent local insects found in the Bay Area with a nod to our relationships to these local and endangered species. This is a short shadow play performance created and performed by visual artist and part-time entomologist, Jessica Nguyen. Following the performance, Jessica will talk about some of our Bay Area insects and their habitats.
Featuring:
Jessica Nguyen – Entomologist, puppeteer
Jessica Nguyen is a science illustrator, educator, dancer, shadow puppeteer, and circus artist turned to the dark side. Her favorite medium is mischief and punnery but confesses that a bit of paper and ink will always lift the spirits. She currently works and lurks in the East Bay, and loves waxing poetic about flora and fauna and bones and stones over a warm cup of tea.
Jessica is a frequent collaborator with ShadowLight Productions.
ShadowLight Productions was founded in 1972 by filmmaker/theatre director/shadow artist Larry Reed. We have served San Francisco as a nonprofit theater company for nearly 30 years.
The mission of ShadowLight Productions is to expose the general public to the art of Shadow Theater. The means of providing such exposure includes but is not limited to live theater, film, and other media. We strive to preserve indigenous shadow theater traditions and to explore and expand the possibilities of the shadow theater medium by creating innovative interdisciplinary, multicultural works.

Diaspora Ensemble
Music from the Mediterranean and beyond
Diaspora plays music of the Eastern Mediterranean region. The Sefardic songs they cover have roots in the musical traditions of Medieval Spain. The soulful and lively songs in varied meters are sung in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish). Diaspora also plays music from Greece, Turkey, the Balkans, and Afghanistan.
Featuring:
Leah Sirkin – Violin and vocals
Tano Brock – Clarinet, laouto, guitar, and vocals
Steven Brock – Tabla, frame drum and kanjira
Leah Sirkin, Tano Brock, and Steven Brock 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 had their Red Poppy debut in 2018 and are excited to return for Spring 2024 MAPP.
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 while in school on the East Coast and he co-leads Kali Orkestar in San Francisco. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Tano is based in LA, where he produces music for a wide range of artists. He performs regularly with 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 the last decade. Steve is also a professional photographer and bookmaker.

Louda y Los Bad Hombres
Intimate and acoustic Nuevo Latin Soul originals and standards
Collaborating since 2017, Laura, Leo, and Jeff have organized over 200 performances including community havens, private events, street and seasonal festivals, local restaurants, elementary schools, and on tour at known venues across California, Illinois, and Oregon. Their inspiration to write and perform original music comes from their mix of cultures as young Latinx kids growing up in the 90s in San Diego, Hemet, and Chicago, and their experiences as friends and artists in the Bay Area.
Featuring:
Dave Eagle – Percussion
Leo Nava – Guitar
Marley Edwards – Bass
Laura Camacho – Vocals
Their last two studio releases, Deja Que Baila and Dejanos en Paz, Capitalist debuted shortly after shelter-in-place. Lyrics and songs circulate themes of human empowerment and social justice as well as more personal moments of a child struggling to focus during remote learning, expressing a need to move and dance instead and lamenting cumbias that speak to the struggles of desperation from overworking without proper compensation, nations being denied vaccination, children and families separated.
Newly written and unreleased are two singles, Que Sera and Maldita Palomita – just as raw as their previous compositions. Que Sera questions; what will happen when the sun weakens, who taught you to build mansions, who is accepting of police brutality, and who is willing to come together to create joyful spaces to survive? Maldita Palomita is about the love/hate dependence of in a car-centric society. Is it a place to live, a work tool, a luxury? Additional originals come from LOUDA’s pop and R&B catalog rearranged by the musicians. Supported by hits made famous by Celia Cruz, Edyie Gorme, and Selena – this group will keep you in motion and leaning in to listen with your heart.
https://loudamusic.com/losbadhombres

Leo Nava is from San Diego. He 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. After finishing his Masters of Jazz Guitar Performance from San Francisco State University, his goal is to continue blendling music from his Latinx heritage with modern jazz and hip-hop.
Marley Edwards is from Redwood City. He has studied Jazz music for 10 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.
Laura Camacho, Chicago native, has been creating in the Bay Area since 2017. Since co-producing Los Bad Hombres, and enduring the pandemic, Laura has been expanding alongside artists in both cities. Her network is a testimony to her enthusiasm for working on stage and dedication behind the scenes. She is returning from a hiatus of performing, due to teaching credential coursework to be a K – 12 music teacher. Hurray for teachers! She plans on releasing Louda and Los Bad Hombres new music later this year.
Dave Eagle is a Berkeley native 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!

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Aisan Hoss

Diaspora Ensemble

Louda y Los Bad Hombres

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IN PERSON EVENT DETAILS
Time: April 6th, 2024, 6:30pm- 10pm (IN-PERSON)
Admission: Free!

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Jason Yeager & Doug Pet Duo
2024-04-11 19:30 - 21:00
Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online, tickets will not be available at the door.

Jason Yeager & Doug Pet Duo
Modern and traditional jazz traversing global folk traditions
Dynamic duo improvisations featuring a range of jazz, classical, and folk traditions
New York pianist/composer Jason Yeager and Bay Area saxophonist/composer Doug Pet rekindle their longstanding collaboration with an evening of chamber jazz duets. The music features spontaneous interplay, Latin rhythms, original compositions, and American Songbook standards. This reunion marks Yeager & Pet’s first public performance as a duo in more than a decade, and builds on over 18 years of playing each other’s music in a variety of settings.
Featuring:
Doug Pet – tenor and soprano saxophones
Jason Yeager – piano

Thursday, April 11th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $25-$35

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
What do Kurt Vonnegut, Thelonious Monk, and Latin American folk music have in common? All find their way into the music of award-winning New York-based pianist/composer Jason Yeager. Having recorded seven acclaimed albums as a leader, including Unstuck in Time and Hand in Hand (with Julie Benko), Yeager will release Sanctuary (Sunnyside Records) with violinist Jason Anick this October. An Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music, Yeager has worked with such luminaries as Miguel Zenón, Sean Jones, and Luciana Souza.
Acclaimed SF-based saxophonist/composer Doug Pet has been a vital member of a number of Bay Area bands, including The Sam Chase and the Untraditional and the Alchemist Quintet. A board-certified neurologist, Dr. Pet currently serves as Assistant Professor of Neurology at UCSF. Prior to his medical training, Dr. Pet graduated from the Tufts/New England Conservatory Double Degree Program alongside dear friend and colleague Jason Yeager.
www.jasonyeager.com
Socials (Instagram, tik tok, Facebook): @jyeagermusic

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EVENT DETAILS
Thursday, April 11th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $25-$35
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet West
2024-04-12 20:00 - 21:30
Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online, tickets will not be available at the door.

Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet West
Contemporary Tango Music
Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet West plays contemporary and original tango music. Featuring tango classics by Osvaldo Pugliese and Astor Piazzolla, as well as completely new material featured on the groups 2023 release “The Conservatory”, the quartet presents the visceral and imaginative cutting edge of tango music today.
Featuring:
Charles Gorczynski – Bandoneon
Basma Edrees – Violin
Elyse Weakley – Piano
Sascha Jacobsen – Contrabass

Friday, April 12th, 2024
Time: 7:30 pm doors, 8:00 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30/ (Door) $30-$35

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Minneapolis-based composer and bandoneonist Charles Gorczynski works in contemporary tango, new music, and studio production. He leads the acclaimed modern tango outfits Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet and Redwood Tango Ensemble, and is the director of the Twin Cities Tango Collective.
Charles is a deeply established musician and community organizer with a distinct voice in creative new music, stemming from his upbringing in jazz/improvised music and decades of tango composition and performance. His projects Redwood Tango Ensemble and Colorlist have toured North America and Europe extensively, playing hundreds of performances annually and producing four albums of original contemporary tango music. Charles has premiered his compositions with Chamber Music Northwest Festival and the San Francisco International Arts Festival, worked with the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Chorale, the California Symphony, Vocal Essence at Orchestra Hall, Mason Bates’ Mercury Soul Orchestra, and many other orchestral and chamber music organizations. Charles has recorded and toured with international tango projects, including Mariano Barreiro Tango Trio, Tango BC Quartet, Alejandro Ziegler Cuarteto, Maxi Larrea Trio, Maldito Tango, and Los Tangueros Del Oeste.
https://www.charlesgorczynski.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCslBNz49Qa3lK_Ktk-25W1A
https://www.instagram.com/redwoodtango/
https://www.facebook.com/charles.gorczynski

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EVENT DETAILS
Friday, April 12th, 2024
Time: 7:30 pm doors, 8:00 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30/ (Door) $30-$35
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Mónica María Fimbrez ft. Jose Roberto Hernandez
2024-04-20 19:30 - 21:00
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Mónica María Fimbrez featuring Jose Roberto Hernandez
Boleros, rancheras, sones jarochos, musica original y más
Mónica María Fimbrez y Jose Roberto Hernandez perform together for the first time, presenting boleros, rancheras, sones, original music y más. This will be a night of intimate vocals, colorful harmonies, and nourishing rhythms. While Monica often focuses on her original music, tonight she will be accompanied on guitar and vocals by the masterful Jose Roberto, offering a spectrum of songs that have deeply influenced her over the years. Two powerful solo artists performing as one, we can’t wait to share this evening with you.
Featuring:
Monica Maria Fimbrez – lead voice, jarana, leoncita, guiro
Jose Roberto Hernandez – guitarra, voice

Saturday, April 20th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Mónica María Fimbrez is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist (jarana, leona, guitar, bass, minor percussion) from Modesto, CA. She holds a BA in music from SFSU, has been performing in the Bay Area for over 20 years, and regularly spends time in Mexico performing, studying, and collaborating. Monica released her debut album “Nuevos Caminos” in 2020 which includes original music and spoken word, and is currently in the works to record and release more music. Son jarocho, son cubano, boleros y rancheras are some of her favorite genres to perform as well as some of the music that has most influenced her compositions. Monica has had the honor to work with musicians such as Laura Rebolloso, John Calloway, Jesus Diaz, Anthony Blea, Jackeline Rago, Sinuhe Padilla Isunza, Arancha, Helio Martin del Campo and Jeronimo Gonzalez.
http://monicamariamusic.com
https://www.instagram.com/thisismonicamaria/
Jose Roberto Hernandez Is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, arranger, producer, musical educator, and ethnomusicologist. In the San Francisco Bay Area, where he resides, he is one of the most respected exponents of folkloric music.
Born in the city of Cardenas, Tabasco, Mexico, his musical career began in Tabasco and continues in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico City, and the United States. Surrounded by master folklorists, he roots his career in traditional music and discovers that this is his greatest passion. Jose Roberto has worked and recorded with renowned masters and prestigious institutions like Orestes Vilato, John Santos, Jesus Diaz, Bobi Cespedes, Marina Lavalle, Lalo Izquierdo, Kat Parra, Edgardo Gambon, Carlos Caro, David Pinto, and many more.

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, April 20th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol feat. NEA Jazz Master Billy Hart
2024-04-27 19:30 - 21:00
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The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol feat. NEA Jazz Master Billy Hart
All-Star Assembly of Jazz Masters
Join legendary vocalist The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol and this all-star band of giants for an evening across the musical spectrum. Featuring some of the greatest musicians of our time including legendary drummer and NEA Jazz Master Billy Hart, renowned bassist Tarus Mateen, and pianist Joe Warner this once-in-a-lifetime combination of heavy-hitters is sure to swing you from here to the cosmos.
Featuring:
Faye Carol – vocals
Billy Hart – drums
Tarus Mateen – bass
Joe Warner – piano

Saturday, April 27th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30/ (Door) $25-$35

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol is known as an icon in the Bay Area and beyond, highly regarded for her powerful voice, astonishing versatility, and gift of connecting with her audience. Over a 60-year career in music, this living legend has developed her own unique authentic sound and style in Black Music – drawing from funk, blues, gospel, and straight ahead swingin’ – and cultivated an audience that remains as diverse as her uplifting music. She has maintained a high level of musicianship in her groups, mentoring some of the Bay Area’s brightest young talent including pianist Benny Green, bassist/composer Marcus Shelby, and her daughter, pianist/compser Kito Kamili. Her vocal proteges include international superstars Kehlani and Ledisi. Miss Faye has shared the stage with Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Pharaoh Sanders, Joan Baez, Billy Higgins, Albert King, Bobby Hutcherson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Buster Williams, Dennis Chambers, Bernard Purdie, Robert Randolph, Mistah F.A.B., Gary Bartz, Cedar Walton, Ledisi, Philly Joe Jones, Dorothy Donegan, Pete Escovedo, David Murray, Charles Brown, and Eddie ‘Cleanhead’ Vinson, among others.
www.fayecarol.com

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EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, April 27th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30/ (Door) $25-$35
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Facing West Shadows(Free) ShadowLight residency at Red Poppy Art House
2024-04-28 18:00 - 19:30
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Facing West Shadows(Free) ShadowLight residency at Red Poppy Art House
Free Live shadow play by Lydia Greer’s performance of Facing West Shadows: The Endless End
Join us for our monthly ShadowLight program at Red Poppy Art House with Lydia Greer’s performance of Facing West Shadows: The Endless End!
Lydia Greer will demonstrate a short segment of the extended cinema performance version of Facing West Shadows: The Endless End, demonstrating shadow and mirror puppetry (phantasmagoria) and guiding audiences to create their own shadow puppets inspired by the local Bay Area natural world.
Appropriate for children and families. Puppet-making supplies and instruction will be provided by ShadowLight.
This program is part of ShadowLight artists in residence at Red Poppy Art House. It is a Free Monthly program with hands-on workshop activities for families on the fourth Sunday of each month.
Featuring Artists:
Lydia Greer

Sunday, April 28th, 2024
Time: 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Admission: FREE and Donation
This event is appropriate for both children and adults.
Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.
This event is free to the public.
Due to limited capacity, RSVP is strongly recommended.

ABOUT FACING WEST SHADOWS:
Facing West Shadows: The Endless End is a cinematic, sculptural installation also performed as extended cinema that illuminates the perpetuation of extinction and survival; the disrupted life cycles of native plants and animals, aquatic systems, and fire ecologies as affected by anthropogenic climate change. The viewer’s attention is guided through projected moving images, hand-made animation, and cast shadows with a multi-dimensional soundscape. Collapsing and expanding time, species will live and die over the span of an hour of looping overlapping, multichannel, and multidirectional projection. In a sculptural environment, our role as animals within a system and as the planet’s apex predator is illuminated.
As in proto-cinematic cave paintings and ancient shadow theatre storytelling traditions, Facing West Shadows seeks to understand non-human species and our relationships with them. Among their inspirations are the Bay Area’s own precarious and diverse ecologies and Eadweard Muybridge’s electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements. By weaving multiple moving images of Bay Area ecologies, mycorrhizal networks, fire, and water, Facing West Shadows: The Endless End takes the viewer on a time-based and immersive journey through cycles of ecological and species extinction and sometimes, survival.
Facing West Shadows principal members: Lydia Greer (artistic director) and Caryl Kientz (theatrical director) in collaboration with artist Ya Wen Chien is a collective of artists, puppeteers, filmmakers, and musicians hybridizing art forms to create magical acts of rebellion as experimental art that is sustainable in the current gold rush climate of the Bay Area.
Facing West Shadows combines analog shadow theatre with original animation, video projection of found footage, and sometimes Opera performed live. Expanding into film, theatre, and installation, Facing West Shadows depicts stories re-imagined with unique visual storytelling to create surprising experiences for the audience by seamlessly combining old and new technologies and art forms.
For more information, visit the project website https://www.facingwestshadows.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CCGu1LZhFrE/

ABOUT THE FEATURED ARTIST:
Lydia Greer is a widely exhibiting interdisciplinary visual artist, filmmaker, animator, and the artistic director of Facing West Shadows, a Lumia arts collective working with shadow casting/ hybridizing art forms to create magical acts of rebellion as experimental art in the gold rush climate of the San Francisco Bay Area. Expanding into film/animation, theater/opera, puppetry, and sculptural installation, Facing West Shadows creates surprising experiences for the audience by seamlessly combining old and new technologies and art forms. Her layered, mixed media work includes sculptural and video installation, hand-made stop motion animation, single and multiple channel video, puppet theater, and works with paper.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

Red Poppy Art House has partnered up with ShadowLight Productions for free monthly programs by ShadowLight artists for children and families. With instruction and guidance by ShadowLight teaching artists, attendees will be given the opportunity to make a shadow puppet, learn performance techniques, and use our screen and lights to perform their own short plays. This event is appropriate for children ages 3 to 12.
This FREE event creates an opportunity for youth in our neighborhood (Mission), who may otherwise not be able to attend such an event for lack of funds, to have access to art education with high-caliber teaching artists. By providing an opportunity to watch, interact, and play, we are encouraging participation and engagement with a vital storytelling art form. Storytelling is an important skill; it helps us to understand ourselves and one another, encouraging empathy.

ShadowLight Productions was founded in 1972 by filmmaker/theatre director/shadow artist Larry Reed. We have served San Francisco as a nonprofit theater company for nearly 30 years.
The mission of ShadowLight Productions is to expose the general public to the art of Shadow Theater. The means of providing such exposure includes but is not limited to live theater, film, and other media. We strive to preserve indigenous shadow theater traditions and to explore and expand the possibilities of the shadow theater medium by creating innovative interdisciplinary, multicultural works.
Website: https://www.shadowlight.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShadowLightProductions
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shadowlightproductions/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shadowlightproductions

EVENT DETAILS
Sunday, April 28th, 2024
Time: 1:00pm – 3:30pm
Admission: FREE and Donation
Note: A limited number of seats are available for this event. Reserving a ticket guarantees admission, but does not guarantee seats. Seating is first come, first served.
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SFIAF - West Oakland to West Africa
2024-05-04 11:00 - 13:00
Early Bird tickets are available on the festival website. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online, tickets will not be available at the door.

West Oakland to West Africa
Lake Walking, Revolutionary Talking (2024, Preview)
Lake Walking, Revolutionary Talking is an interactive, experimental performance including a live and virtual cast of spoken word artists from Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, and the U.S. Set in Oakland’s Lake Merritt, lost children of the African diaspora wander in an imaginary desert in hopes of discovering untainted water that will cleanse their spirit. This journey through space and time celebrates the power of imagination and connection. Featuring Ayodele Nzinga, Karla Brundage, Duana Fullwiley, David Odiase, Sir Black, Rameses Setekh, Kevin Dublin, Wanda Sabir, Gemini, Amos White, Godfrey-Elvis Odianose, Zakiyyah G.E. Capehart, Joey Korgan, Loice Mwita.
Featuring:
Artistic Director: Karla Brundage
Playwright: Allison Francis
Video Design: Kevin Lo
Co-Producer: Kevin Dublin
Actors
Majick: Ayodele Nzinga
Sand to Water: Duana Fullwiley
Conductor: Rameses Setekh
Poet: Zakiyyah G.E. Capehard

Saturday, May 4th, 2024
Time: Doors & Brunch 11:00 am, Performance 11:30 am
Admission: Early Bird: $20 / Advance: $25 / Door: $28 (Brunch included with ticket purchase)

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
West Oakland to West Africa
In 2013, West Oakland to West Africa (WO2WA) originated when Karla Brundage taught English in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire, inspired by Ghana’s spoken word scene. Partnering with Ehalakasa, the Ghanaian initiative aimed at a poetic exchange, it draws from griot tradition and hip-hop to educate youth on their African heritage. Launched in 2016 with support from the Mills College Community Engagement Fellowship, WO2WA made a profound impact. The 2018 publication, “Our Spirits Carry Our Voices,” led the poets to Ghana for a slam. Since then, WO2WA conducted exchanges in Kenya and Nigeria, featuring over 100 pan-African poets.
https://westoaklandtowestafrica.com
https://www.facebook.com/WO2WA/
Karla Brundage
Karla Brundage is a Bay Area-based poet, activist, and educator with a passion for social justice. She believes that in order to restore balance and reclaim our humanity as Black people, racist structures that uphold this belief, must be dismantled. Her writing is primarily for Black women and people disenfranchised by poverty, abuse, neglect, or violence. She is the founder of West Oakland to West Africa.
Ayodela Nzinga (Majick)
Nzinga, MFA, PhD is an author, director, producer, thespian, dramaturge, member of Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame, and the inaugural Poet Laureate of Oakland. Ayodele is the Lead Curator of BAM House Black Cultural Center in Oakland; founding director of the Lower Bottom Playaz; founding director of the Black Arts Movement Business District, Community Development Corporation of Oakland; producer of BAMBDFEST International; a YBCA Creative Corps Fellow; and a California Arts Council Legacy Fellow. Ayodele is the author of Performing Literacy, The Horse Eaters, SorrowLand Oracle, and Incandescent. Ayodele Nzinga hosts Winter in America: The SpeakEasy.
Duana Fullwiley (Sand to Water)
Duana Fullwiley is a literary anthropologist of science and medicine whose fieldwork with scientists, patients, and the larger public explores the interplay of genetics, health, and cultural politics in Senegal, France, and the United States. She is the author of The Enculturated Gene: Sickle Cell Health Politics and Biological Difference in West Africa as well as numerous articles on ancestry genetics in the United States. The larger themes of her work have also inspired her poetic engagements with medical power, scientific legacies, and the human animal’s place in nature. She has received awards from the Fulbright Scholars Program to Senegal, the National Science Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. She teaches at Stanford University.

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SAN FRANSISCO INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL (SFIAF):

SFIAF celebrates the arts by bringing together a global community of artists and audiences. SFIAF presents innovative projects that focus on increasing awareness and understanding within and across cultures. Their core values are based on principles of cultural and economic equity and coordinating the shared resources of multiple organizations in order to reach mutually beneficial goals.
SFIAF presents the work of innovative artists from the Bay Area and around the world; many of the international artists make their US debut at the Festival. From 2003-23, SFIAF and more than 100 presenting partners have coordinated, presented, and/or produced performances by over 600 arts ensembles from California and 60 other countries, and presented hundreds of educational and community engagement activities with diverse communities.
In addition to working with larger institutions, SFIAF places a high priority on the participation of culturally diverse and smaller entities—in particular, communities whose histories have been marginalized or left out of the prevailing American narrative. Activating and supporting relationships between such organizations and artists is a key component of SFIAF.

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, May 4th, 2024
Time: Doors & Brunch 11:00 am, Performance 11:30 am
Admission: Early Bird: $20 / Advance: $25 / Door: $28 (Brunch included with ticket purchase)
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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SFIAF - Music in-Takht
2024-05-04 19:00 - 20:15
Early Bird tickets are available on the festival website. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online, tickets will not be available at the door.

Music in-Takht
Beyond Lyrics: Egypt’s Legacy of Instrumental Music
Embark on a captivating musical journey as the all-Egyptian ensemble “Music in-Takht,” led by Egyptian-American violinist Basma Edrees, takes center stage. Deviating from the vocal-dominated landscape of typical Egyptian concerts, this event offers a unique exploration of instrumental finesse, resurrecting Egypt’s instrumental musical tradition and highlighting contemporary instrumental works. Against the backdrop of current global affairs, the concert pays tribute to the struggle of the Palestinian people (with whom Egyptians share a musical tradition), presenting two pieces by Palestinian composers. Join us for an evening where music becomes a powerful narrative beyond words.
إنطلقوا معنا فى رحلة موسيقية ساحرة مع فرقة “ميوزيك إن-تخت” بقيادة عازفة الكمان المصرية بسمة إدريس. يتميز الحفل بالإبتعاد عن النمط الغنائي المتداول في الموسيقى العربية، مقدما استكشافا فريدا للآلات الموسيقية بدون غناء. تسعى الفرقة لإحياء تراث الموسيقى الآلية المصرية، مع التركيز على جمال و قدرات الآلات الموسيقية و مهارة عازفيها.
يأتي الحفل في ظل الأحداث المأساوية في غزة، مع تقديم عملين لمؤلفين فلسطينيين معاصريين- نسيم دكور و نسيم الأطرش – في محاولة و لو بسيطة لإلقاء الضوء على إسهام المؤلفين الفلسطينيين فى التراث الموسيقى الإنسانى و مقاومة الدعايا العنصرية التى تحاول تجريد الشعب الفلسطينى من إنسانيته.
Featuring:
Bandleader: Basma Edrees
Musicians: Moe Elshazly, Amr Toppozada, Mohamed Abdelradi (AKA Radi)

Saturday, May 4th, 2024
Time: Doors 6:30 pm, Performance 7:00 pm
Admission: Early Bird: $20 / Advance: $25 / Door: $30

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Music in-Takht is an instrumental ensemble dedicated to sharing and preserving Egyptian musical heritage within the San Francisco Bay Area. We are committed to serving the San Francisco Bay Area community with the highest professional standard of musical performance. The ensemble members are devoted musicians who value the mission of this ensemble and with humility, hard work, and confidence in their abilities they take the responsibility of being among the “Keepers” of Egyptian musical culture within the SF Bay Area.

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SAN FRANSISCO INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL (SFIAF):

SFIAF celebrates the arts by bringing together a global community of artists and audiences. SFIAF presents innovative projects that focus on increasing awareness and understanding within and across cultures. Their core values are based on principles of cultural and economic equity and coordinating the shared resources of multiple organizations in order to reach mutually beneficial goals.
SFIAF presents the work of innovative artists from the Bay Area and around the world; many of the international artists make their US debut at the Festival. From 2003-23, SFIAF and more than 100 presenting partners have coordinated, presented, and/or produced performances by over 600 arts ensembles from California and 60 other countries, and presented hundreds of educational and community engagement activities with diverse communities.
In addition to working with larger institutions, SFIAF places a high priority on the participation of culturally diverse and smaller entities—in particular, communities whose histories have been marginalized or left out of the prevailing American narrative. Activating and supporting relationships between such organizations and artists is a key component of SFIAF.

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, May 4th, 2024
Time: Doors 6:30 pm, Performance 7:00 pm
Admission: Early Bird: $20 / Advance: $25 / Door: $30
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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SFIAF - Amelia Romano
2024-05-11 14:30 - 15:45
Early Bird tickets are available on the festival website. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online, tickets will not be available at the door.

Amelia Romano
Modern Minds
The compositions in this program were originally written for the lever harp, the primary instrument of the composers featured on this program. Arranged for lever harp, violin and cello, these works present the lever harp as a cross-genre voice in classic, contemporary, jazz, and folk settings, showcasing its versatility and vibrancy.
Featuring:
Director, Lever Harp: Amelia Romano
Violin: Basma Edrees
Cello: Stephanie Boivin-Blandino

Saturday, May 11th, 2024
Time: Doors 2:00 pm, Performance 2:30 pm
Admission: Early Bird: $20 / Advance: $25 / Door: $28

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Amelia Romano (harp, voice) is a concertizing lever harpist, programming classical re-imaginations alongside original works. She received her master’s in classical lever harp performance at San Francisco State University under the tutelage of Karen Gottlieb, retired second harpist of the San Francisco Symphony. Her latest album, “Levers Engaged: Classical Works Re-imaged for Harp ” and sheet music collection “Classical Re-imaginations,” present the instrument as a valid voice in classical music. A composer, arranger and trailblazer in the lever harp world, she is equally at home writing Latin America inspired works for solo harp as she is adapting classical pieces for chamber collaborations.
www.ameliaromano.com
https://www.instagram.com/electricharp/
Basma Edrees is a violinist based in the San Francisco Bay area. Basma has served as Associate Concertmaster of the Oakland Symphony, and has performed with the SF Ballet Orchestra, SF Opera Orchestra, Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra, San Jose Opera and San Jose Chamber Orchestra. Trained in the Western Classical Musical tradition and growing up in Egypt surrounded by a rich Arab musical tradition, Basma specializes in both Western and Arab styles of violin playing. A graduate of The Juilliard School and Mannes School of Music in NY, Basma currently serves on the violin faculty at Santa Clara University.

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SAN FRANSISCO INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL (SFIAF):

SFIAF celebrates the arts by bringing together a global community of artists and audiences. SFIAF presents innovative projects that focus on increasing awareness and understanding within and across cultures. Their core values are based on principles of cultural and economic equity and coordinating the shared resources of multiple organizations in order to reach mutually beneficial goals.
SFIAF presents the work of innovative artists from the Bay Area and around the world; many of the international artists make their US debut at the Festival. From 2003-23, SFIAF and more than 100 presenting partners have coordinated, presented, and/or produced performances by over 600 arts ensembles from California and 60 other countries, and presented hundreds of educational and community engagement activities with diverse communities.
In addition to working with larger institutions, SFIAF places a high priority on the participation of culturally diverse and smaller entities—in particular, communities whose histories have been marginalized or left out of the prevailing American narrative. Activating and supporting relationships between such organizations and artists is a key component of SFIAF.

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, May 11th, 2024
Time: Doors 2:00 pm, Performance 2:30 pm
Admission: Early Bird: $20 / Advance: $25 / Door: $28
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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SFIAF - The Flex Duo
2024-05-11 19:30 - 20:45
Early Bird tickets are available on the festival website. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online, tickets will not be available at the door.

The Flex Duo
Interactive Music
Music is an interactive medium – The Flex Duo is Bryan Dyer and David Worm – two musicians utilizing their versatility to create songs with the aid of loopers, percussion and other instruments including their voices to create a listening and interactive experience the listener can be part of – and immersed in. The art of Circlesinging – made popular by Bobby McFerrin will also be employed where attendees will have the opportunity to sing along and be part of the creative process.
Featuring:
Vocals & Multiple Instruments: Bryan S. Dyer
Vocals & Multiple Instruments: David Worm

Saturday, May 11th, 2024
Time: Doors 7:00 pm, Performance 7:30 pm
Admission: Early Bird: $20 / Advance: $25 / Door: $28

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Bryan S. Dyer
Bryan Dyer is a musician with more than 30 years of professional experience. He’s a versatile multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who performs many styles of music from classical and avant-garde to rock, jazz, and blues. Music has taken Bryan around the world to perform in many countries including Japan, Switzerland, Indonesia, and Jamaica, and alongside such artists as Huey Lewis and The News, Michael McDonald, and Carlos Santana. Some of the groups he currently performs with include SoVoSo, Keith Terry & Crosspulse, The Funk Revival Orchestra, Chelle! & Friends, and Bobby McFerrin & MOTION.
www.bryandyer.com
https://www.instagram.com/bassmanbd/
David Worm
Oakland native, David Worm, began his singing career in 1985 with the Bay Area groups Jazz Mouth and Vocal Front. In 1989 he became a founding member of Bobby McFerrin’s Voicestra ensemble and has remained a regular performer with McFerrin, being featured on recordings, including Medicine Music and Vocabularies and touring with McFerrin’s Hard Choral and improvisational group Gimme 5. Currently, Dave is part of McFerrin’s latest project, Bobby McFerrin & MOTION. David is also one of the original founding members of the a-cappella group, SoVoSo, an internationally acclaimed vocal ensemble which has released 6 albums and tours worldwide.

SAN FRANSISCO INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL (SFIAF):

SFIAF celebrates the arts by bringing together a global community of artists and audiences. SFIAF presents innovative projects that focus on increasing awareness and understanding within and across cultures. Their core values are based on principles of cultural and economic equity and coordinating the shared resources of multiple organizations in order to reach mutually beneficial goals.
SFIAF presents the work of innovative artists from the Bay Area and around the world; many of the international artists make their US debut at the Festival. From 2003-23, SFIAF and more than 100 presenting partners have coordinated, presented, and/or produced performances by over 600 arts ensembles from California and 60 other countries, and presented hundreds of educational and community engagement activities with diverse communities.
In addition to working with larger institutions, SFIAF places a high priority on the participation of culturally diverse and smaller entities—in particular, communities whose histories have been marginalized or left out of the prevailing American narrative. Activating and supporting relationships between such organizations and artists is a key component of SFIAF.

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, May 11th, 2024
Time: Doors 7:00 pm, Performance 7:30 pm
Admission: Early Bird: $20 / Advance: $25 / Door: $28
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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Story Circle - 11Reflections: San Francisco
2024-05-16 17:30 - 20:30
Story Circle – 11Reflections: San Francisco
Community Story Circle @ Red Poppy
This Story Circles workshop, facilitated by Andrea Assaf, is part of a series inviting Southwest/Central Asian and North African (SWANA), Middle Eastern/North African/South Asian (MENASA), and Muslim American artists, BIPOC artists and allies, and impacted communities in the Bay Area to participate in workshops, creative writing, and theatre-making in response to the question: What has the impact of the post-9/11 era been in your city, and how does it connect to what’s happening today in Palestine?
This FREE workshop is offered in conjunction with a new project, 11Reflections: San Francisco, devised and directed by Andrea Assaf, featuring Syrian vocalist Lubana Al Quntar and Turkish violinist Eylem Basaldi, premiering October 4-5, 2024 at Brava Theatre. This project is the second in a new national series of performance works, Eleven Reflections on the Nation. In each participating city, the project engages local artists and community members who have been affected by post-9/11 policies to contribute their stories, illuminating our collective experiences since 2001—from the fall of the Twin Towers, to the U.S. wars on Iraq and Afghanistan, to the Muslim Ban, to the funding of genocide in Palestine.
11Reflections: San Francisco is co-produced by Golden Thread Productions, BRAVA! for Women in the Arts, and Art2Action, in collaboration with Aviva Arts and Red Poppy Art House.

REGISTER here to participate in the Story Circle at Red Poppy.
Save the Dates: Oct 4-5 & GET YOUR TICKETS for the show!
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EVENT DETAILS
Thursday, May 16th, 2024
Time: 5:30pm – 8:30pm
Admission: FREE
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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Huarango
2024-05-18 19:30 - 21:00
Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online, tickets will not be available at the door.

Huarango
Afro-Peruvian Rhythms
Huarango is a contemporary proposal of Afro-Peruvian music. Anchored in the strong presence of Afro-Peruvian percussion: Cajon, Cajita and Quijada de Burro (donkey’s jawbone); instruments that are part of the history of this population and have manifested themselves as symbols of resistance for African descendants in Peru.
Featuring:
Pierr Padilla (Peru) – musician, dancer and actor
Javier Trujillo (Peru) – guitar
Kyla Danysh (USA) – violin
Pedro Rosales (Peru) – percussion
Alex Farrell (USA) – bass guitar & double bass.

Saturday, May 18th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30/ (Door) $30

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Huarango is a musical project born in the city of Oakland, California based in Afro-Peruvian musical roots and the cultural heritage of its people. Huarango has the purpose of being an agent of diffusion of Afro-Peruvian culture in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in all the spaces where we can take our music.
https://youtube.com/@huarango8912

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, May 18th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30/ (Door) $30
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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