Red Poppy Art House

Brother Spellbinder / Wolf & Crow: Cinematic Folk Cabaret
2018-03-03 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Brother Spellbinder blends elements of folk, chamber pop, and global music through original songs that are both melodic and theatrical. With Instrumentation that includes cello, ukulele, violin, guitar, and three-part harmonies, their performance also features multimedia with live-projected handmade film collages and the release of a new music video.
Wolf & Crow then interweaves sweetly chilling harmonies, woody folk-guitar picking, and their trademark rustic slide guitar to form a haunting and beautiful American-Primitive landscape. They’ve branded their sound as “cinematic folk” for its western film-score instrumentation and sweetly vivid lyrical narrative.

FEATURING:
Brother Spellbinder
Alzara Getz – vocals, ukulele, harmonica
Jamie Wilson – guitar, vocals
Helena Tietze – cello, vocals
Zoe Atlas – violin
Sean Griffin – electric guitar
Steve La Porta – drums
Wolf & Crow
Mathieu Stemmelen – guitar, vocals
Zachary Vieira – guitar, vocals
Oscar Westesson – upright bass
Shawn Lozan – drums

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
With beautiful arrangements and a touch of spontaneous magic, Brother Spellbinder creates songs that are melodic, dreamy, and passionate. After years of performing with Bay Area bands, Alzara Getz formed Brother Spellbinder with guitarist Jamie Wilson, an early graduate from San Francisco’s School of the Arts High School. Getz’s dulcet voice and lilting ukulele counter Wilson’s dollop of gravel and earthy guitar. Helena Tietze adds a velvet cello, angelic harmonies, and alternating lead vocals. Lead guitarist Sean Griffin plays ethereal and sensual riffs, and drummer Steve La Porta steers the songs with groovy rhythms and toe-tapping marches. Brother Spellbinder aims to enchant in the age of disenchantment.
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Zachary Vieira and Mathieu Stemmelen share an obsession for musicology, film, history, and design, all of which guide their creative process. With the inception of Wolf & Crow in 2009, the duo sought to craft a fully immersive world. They began by developing a fictional narrative with characters whose stories paralleled their true life experiences. Vieira’s lyrical themes range from troubling visions to historical fiction to abstractedly spiritual epiphanies. He explains, “The presence of allegory within Wolf & Crow and its music derives from our belief that there are forces of both good and evil in this world. The former seems most potent in the things that are also the most vulnerable. We feel it is our purpose to find the beauty among all that feels hateful and violent and ugly and to allow it to echo through us in all that we create. Even if it is tragic, we want it to be devastatingly beautiful.”
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale.
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Gary Haggerty & Faisal Zedan: Classic & Contemporary Melodies from the Eastern World
2018-03-02 19:30 - 22:00
Multi-instrumentalist Gary Haggerty and Arab percussionist Faisal Zedan return to the Red Poppy to express the dynamic aspects related to Arab and Middle Eastern drumming and its effect on the melodies performed.

FEATURING:
Gary Haggerty – oud, saz, mendochello, tarhu
Faisal Zedan – derbakki, riqq, frame drums

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Gary Haggerty is an accomplished performer and composer who specializes in stringed instruments including the oud, saz, violin, mandolin, setar, mandocello, and tarhu. His repertoire focuses on music from the classical and folk genres of Turkey, Greece, and the Arab world. He has composed many instrumental pieces following the models of music from these old traditions.
Born in Syria, Faisal Zedan grew up impassioned with the derbakki and has continued to master Arab percussion instruments such as the riqq and duhulla. He covers a wide range of classical, urban, and folk music from Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, and the Arabian peninsula. In addition to performing and teaching drumming, Faisal is involved in performances for Arab and Middle Eastern dance forms.

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Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
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Nick Hours and Katy Stephan: Dreamy Nighttime Music & Visuals
2018-03-01 19:30 - 22:00
Nick Hours and his band performs two short sets, one with a rich acoustic ensemble and the second with beats and projected visuals featuring vocalist Claire Gendler. Pianist and singer-songwriter Katy Stephan offers intricate and original handmade songs that may evoke ghosts of the Barbary Coast.

FEATURING:
Nick Rattray – vocals, guitar
Hamza Tayeb – guitar
Holly Mead – cello
Claire Gendler – vocals
Nate Toutjian – drums
Katy Stephan – piano, vocals

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Nick Hours combines his earnest and precise vocals with a lush palate of electronic and acoustic textures, thoughtful lyrics, soulful bass touches, and moments of ecstatic uplift to reach a sound between alternative R&B and folky electronica. Based in Oakland, he and his band met while studying classical music at UC Santa Cruz about ten years ago.
Katy Stephan‘s music is both sweet and salty, delicate and powerful. Her voice has been featured in major motion picture soundtracks, TV movies and theme songs, and even in children’s toys. She has created original music for theatre productions, modern dance, and circus.

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Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
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DAC Presents: Qais Essar and Friends: Experimental Afghan Classical Music (DOUBLE SHOW!)
2018-02-25 19:00 - 22:00
Co-presented by Diaspora Arts Connection and Red Poppy Art House, Qais Essar shares new works for the Afghan rabab, further extending the boundaries of the instrument and presenting it in a new context.

FEATURING:
Qais Essar – rabab
Eric Zang – percussion, kaval, electronics
Antara Bhardwaj – kathak dance

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Qais Essar is a composer, instrumentalist, and advocate with the dual mission of keeping Afghan music alive while also pushing it into the future so it does not survive merely as a cultural relic. Qais’ mastery of the Afghan rabab and diverse inspirations are on full display in his recordings, including two LPs,—one of which, The Green Language, was an Amazon bestseller in India and Pakistan— four EPs, and one live album. He tours extensively, having played in eight countries on four continents in the last three years. His original compositions can also be heard in the film The Bread Winner, produced by Angelina Jolie. In all of his work, Qais represents the history, beauty, and complexity of Afghanistan through his dramatic compositions and dynamic performances.
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Photo by: Sulyman Qardash

ABOUT DIASPORA ARTS CONNECTION:
Diaspora Arts Connection is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization that aims to foster deeper understanding and lasting connections among diverse cultural and ethnic groups within the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond through the organization of cultural and artistic events, as well as empowering artists whose circumstances make it difficult for them to express themselves and allowing them a platform for artistic expression.
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: (First Show) Doors 6:30PM / Show 7:00-8:15PM
(Second Show) Doors 8:30PM / Show 8:45-10:00PM
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Rumberos de Radio Habana: Monthly Community Rumba
2018-02-25 14:00 - 17:00, 2018-01-28 14:00 - 17:00
Rumba music originated in the Afro-Cuban neighborhoods of Havana and Matanzas as the soundtrack to community, partnered dancing and get-togethers as a means of cultural expression. Its global diaspora means rumba rhythms have found their way into other genres of music such as country, rock, and blues, and continue to impact the genres of today. Rumberos de Radio Habana bring their own contribution to the Red Poppy on the fourth Sunday of each month for a free afternoon of beat-making, hip-shaking, and good company.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Event 2:00PM
Admission: Free; donations accepted for musicians ($5-10)
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Alex Conde, John Santos & Jeff Chambers: Jazz Flamenco (2 SHOWS)
2018-02-24 19:00 - 22:00
Jazz/flamenco pianist Alex Conde returns to the Bay Area to reunite with his California trio featuring Grammy-nominated percussionist John Santos and legendary bassist Jeff Chambers. This extraordinary trio of natural-born improvisors will explore the intersections of jazz, Latin jazz, flamenco, and all the spaces in between, leaving you inspired, elated, and transformed.

FEATURING:
Alex Conde – piano
John Santos – percussion
Jeff Chambers – bass

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Alex Conde is a vibrant and visionary jazz and flamenco pianist, composer, and music educator living in San Francisco. He is a graduate in classical music from the Jose Iturbi Conservatory of Music and in jazz piano from el Liceu de Barcelona. Conde has been in the U.S. for the last ten years and began his tenure here after winning a scholarship to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. While pursuing this degree in jazz performance at Berklee, he received the Jazz Revelation Award. Conde has also studied with luminaries such as Chano Domínguez, George Garzone, Joe Lovano, Danilo Pérez, Dave Santoro, Maria Schneider, Wayne Shorter, and Esperanza Spalding.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: (First Show) Doors 6:30PM / Show 7:00-8:15PM
(Second Show) Doors 8:30PM / Show 8:45-10:00PM
Admission: $25. Limited tickets available at the door.
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Alex Hand Band / Three For Silver: Balkan Folk-Jazz Meets Apocalyptic Folk Noir
2018-02-23 19:30 - 22:00
A staple in the Bay Area Balkan and gypsy swing scenes in recent years, Alex Hand’s current project explores the common ground of influence between western art music and jazz with folk music of Eastern Europe. The repertoire features uptempo and high-energy dance tunes from Bulgaria and Romania with a progressive edge.
Sharing the night is post-folk/rock band Three For Silver, who is currently on tour supporting the newest album, The Way We Burn, released September 2017 on Foggy Night Records. The album was recorded outside of traditional studios in an attempt to capture the music out in the wild, in the nooks and crannies where it’s most likely to breed and grow. Recorded from a dank basement to a cloud-capped stone observatory, from a silent river home to an empty piano warehouse, The Way We Burn marks a new generation in album production and a band of people that is more than just one sound or one style.

FEATURING:
Alex Hand Band
Lewis Patzner – cello
Isaac Schwartz – drums
Alex Hand – guitar
Three For Silver
Lucas Warford – vocals, resonator bass, banjo bass, contrabasin
Willo Sertain – vocals, accordion
Greg Allison – vocals, violin, mandolin

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Alex Hand graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2011 with a degree in jazz guitar performance. He studied Balkan folk music in Bulgaria in 2015 and has been playing and teaching in the San Francisco area for four years.
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Three For Silver is post-collapse, post-folk, post-everything. A freewheeling collective of folk musicians in which the only rule is to survive and perform, the band is as likely to be found in a grand theater performing for foreign dignitaries as busking on your street corner for spare change. Three For Silver has hit the road non-stop since its formation in 2013, playing over 200 shows a year, and has gained an international following with an unmistakable evolution of roots music.
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Photo by: James Rexroad

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale. Limited tickets available at the door.
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Sameer Gupta: A Circle Has No Beginning
2018-02-18 19:00 - 22:00
This project infuses an element of deep appreciation for cultural diversity and respect for tradition as well as innovation into the musical landscape today. The ensemble’s diverse roots, spontaneity, and musical influences of soul, modern jazz, Native American melodies, and Indian classical traditions help bring together a relevant and powerful statement. This work represents the power of collaboration and mindfulness towards others.

FEATURING:
Sameer Gupta – drumset, tabla
Jay Gandhi – bansuri flute
David Boyce – saxophone
Rashaan Carter – bass

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Sameer Gupta simultaneously represents the traditions of American jazz on drumset and Indian classical music on tabla. He is also a co-founder and an artistic director of the non-profit collective Brooklyn Raga Massive. Today he lives in Brooklyn, NYC, and is actively involved in performing, curating, producing, and teaching through various institutions including Brooklyn Raga Massive, Carnegie Hall’s Global Encounters, and Ragas Live Festival. Gupta continues to build his career by combining traditional and modern improvisational styles, drawing from his dual Indian and American heritage. He continues to compose and perform music from a true multi-cultural perspective that now bridges several continents.
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 6:30PM / Show 7:00PM
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale. Limited tickets available at the door.
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Grupo Falso Baiano ft. Francisco Marques: 100 Years of Choro & Samba
2018-02-17 19:30 - 22:00
With special guest Francisco Marques from Ginga, Grupo Falso Baiano performs the music of Rio de Janeiro, illustrating 100 years of samba and choro.

FEATURING:
Brian Moran – 7-string guitar
Zack Pitt-Smith – clarinet, saxophone, flute
Francisco Marques – cavaco, vocals, percussion
Ami Molinelli – percussion

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Grupo Falso Baiano is a choro group that offers a window into the history and diverse culture of Brazil. Choro is one of Brazil’s earliest popular music, dating back to the late 1800s, and, similar to jazz, it reflects the melding of African rhythms with a melodic and harmonic structure closely resembling Baroque classical music. The group’s exploration of choro spans nearly 100 years, including everything from the traditional to more contemporary versions and jazz- influenced reinterpretations. In addition to performing and touring, Grupo Falso Baiano has worked in collaboration with the Pasadena Pops, Around the World Music Program, Young Audiences of Northern CA, and Youth in Arts to bring Brazilian music to students throughout California.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
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SOLD OUT: Sheela Bringi: Hindustani Harp Project
2018-02-16 20:00 - 22:00
An evening of rare and beautiful artistry, Hindustani harpist, singer, and bansuri flautist Sheela Bringi performs classical Indian music reimagined for harp and voice, plus soulful devotional ballads (bhajans), Indian folk melodies, and original songs.

FEATURING:
Sheela Bringi – harp, vocals, bansuri
William Rossel – tabla
Wallace Harvey – violin
Brent Kuecker – harmonium

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Indian American musician Sheela Bringi has been exploring the connections between her ancestral and actual homelands her entire life. The singer and instrumentalist plays the harp, harmonium, and bansuri—an Indian classical bamboo flute. As a young woman, Bringi was influenced by M.I.A. and Dead Can Dance, studied with Cecil Taylor and Meredith Monk, while at the same time deepened her studies with Indian classical masters like Pandit G.S. Sachdev and Ustaad Aashish Khan. She has released two albums as a solo artist and recorded on over 20 sacred music records, including the 2016 Grammy-nominated Bhakti Without Borders. Bringi tours internationally and has collaborated with artists such as Idan Raichel, Karsh Kale, DJ Drez, Dave Stringer, and many others.
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:30PM / Show 8:00PM
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale.
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Dynamic ft. Paul Kim: Danish Jazz & Close Harmonies
2018-02-15 19:30 - 22:00
Consisting of four singers and a rhythm section, Dynamic is a Danish jazz band that creates close-harmony arrangements of classic and progressive jazz tunes. Their current repertoire focuses on vocal arrangements of instrumentals by jazz giants including Miles, Monk, Coltrane, Gillespie, and more, as well as original songs with a sprinkling of funk and soul.

FEATURING:
Paul Kim – baritone, arranger
Kirstine Dahlberg – soprano
Katrine Rømhild – mezzo-soprano
Anne Rørbaek Olesen – alto
Niels Wilhelm Knudsen – contrabass
Hasse Tang – drums
Fredrik Rejle – guitar

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Dynamic was founded by Paul Kim when he moved to Copenhagen from San Francisco. Formed by seven jazz professionals, each musician has their own voice and independent projects resulting in stylish close-harmony arrangements combined with San Francisco funk.
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Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
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Max Minardi / Little Shrine: Melodic Storytelling & Folk-Pop
2018-02-11 19:30 - 22:00
Singer-songwriter Max Minardi opens the show with folk songs reflecting his experiences and humorous stories on the road. Folk-pop trio Little Shrine then closes the night with music from their newly released mini-album, Wilderness, as well as several brand new tunes that have never been shared publicly. The songs, written by vocalist and bassist Jade Shipman, explore a rich, emotional landscape with thoughtful instrumentation from violinist Ryan Avery and guitarist Tony Schoenberg.

FEATURING:
Max Minardi – vocals, guitar
Little Shrine
Jade Shipman – vocals, bass
Tony Schoenberg – guitar
Ryan Avery – violin

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Max Minardi is a singer-songwriter based in Northern California. Blending influences from artists like Damien Rice, Iron & Wine, James Taylor, Ben Howard, and Paul Simon, his songs focus on evocative lyricism and enchanting acoustic guitar work with origins in American folk, indie, and roots music. Onstage, he engages audiences by telling stories of his time on the road and unveiling the inspiration and experiences that lead to his songs.
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Little Shrine is a folk-pop trio whose music is spacious, organic, and hopeful. Based in San Francisco, the band’s sound is driven by melodies and pairs emotionally revealing lyrics with warm and sparse acoustic instrumentation. Little Shrine released an intimate, eight-song mini-album called Wilderness in October 2017.
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Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale. Limited tickets available at the door.
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Mark Zaleski Band: High-Energy Jazz
2018-02-10 19:30 - 22:00
Boston-based multi-instrumentalist Mark Zaleski comes to San Francisco to celebrate the release of his second album, Days, Months, Years. The album includes clever compositions combined with choice standards reimagined to fit the style of his band of 10 years. Zaleski performs on saxophone this evening as he puts his own spin on modern jazz by incorporating his love of rock music with his jazz training.

FEATURING:
Malcolm Campbell – piano
Doug Stewart – bass
Colin McDaniel – drums
Mark Zaleski – alto & soprano saxophone

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Internationally touring musician Mark Zaleski has distinguished himself as a dynamic soloist, multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader. He has performed with a diverse group of notable artists including Dave Brubeck, Christian McBride, Ian Anderson, Connie Francis, Mahmoud Ahmed, Rakalam Bob Moses, Tiger Okoshi, Antonio Sanchez, the Either/Orchestra, Jason Palmer, and Matt Savage. The Mark Zaleski Band performs a remarkable jazz/rock blend with influences ranging from Cannonball Adderley to Jimi Hendrix, with a fiery front line of two strong saxophonists.
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale. Advance tickets for this performance are SOLD OUT. Limited tickets will be available when doors open. Thank you for understanding the Red Poppy’s limited capacity.
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Drómeno: Folk & Urban Music of Greece
2018-02-09 20:00 - 22:00
Drómeno is a traditional ensemble presenting authentic regional music from the Greek mainland and beyond, overlapping into the surrounding regions and finding the musical legacy that connects the traditions of the Balkans. Featuring wide-ranging instrumentation, the group is able to span the sounds of Greece, from Western Macedonia and Ipiros, through Thessaly and Thrace.

FEATURING:
Christos Govetas – clarinet, bouzouki, vocals
Ruth Hunter – accordion, vocals
Eleni Govetas – double bass, saxophone, defi
Nick Maroussis – guitar, laouto
Bobby Govetas – daouli, baglama

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
For over 30 years, members of Drómeno have been performing and teaching Greek and Balkan folk music throughout Greece, the U.S., and Canada. Christos Govetas is the 1999 recipient of the prestigious Northwest Folklife Fellowship Award honoring his cultural contribution to the Greek-American and folk dance communities. He is also a contributing member of Bill Frisell’s Grammy-nominated album, The Intercontinentals. Both Christos and Ruth Hunter are also recipients of the Ethnic Heritage Council’s Gordon Ekvall Tracie Award of 2017.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:30PM / Show 8:00PM
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale. Advance tickets for this performance are SOLD OUT. Limited tickets will be available when doors open. Thank you for understanding the Red Poppy’s limited capacity.
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Taraf de Akácfa: Eastern European & Balkan Folk Music
2018-02-08 19:30 - 22:00
Drawing from many Eastern European musical traditions, Taraf de Akácfa performs a broad set of music ranging from danceable Macedonian coceks and complex odd time Bulgarian melodies, to Romanian horas and heart-wrenching Transylvanian songs.

FEATURING:
Lulu de la Rue (USA/ France) – violin
Johannes Olsson (Sweden) – accordion
Isaac Misri (USA) – guitar
Ábel Dénes (Hungary) – double bass

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Taraf de Akácfa is an international six-piece ensemble based out of Budapest, Hungary, performing Balkan and Eastern European folk music. The band was formed five years ago by travelling street musicians who met in Budapest and decided to stay there for their common passion and appreciation for this tradition of music. Over the years, band members have had the opportunity to travel, study, and perform with some of the finest folk musicians such as Taraf de Haidouks, Tcha Limberger, and Marcel Ramba. They mix their knowledge of different musical backgrounds to blend traditional styles with new ideas and arrangements.
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale. Advance tickets for this performance are SOLD OUT. Limited tickets will be available when doors open. Thank you for understanding the Red Poppy’s limited capacity.
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February 3rd MAPP @ Red Poppy Art House
2018-02-03 19:30 - 22:00
Launched in 2003, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly, multidisciplinary, intercultural happening that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces, such as private garages, gardens, living rooms, studios, street corners, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kaleidoscope of individuals and communities.

RPAH SCHEDULE:
7:30-8:00 – Samaneh Salehi’s The Past Collection (Doors Open + Visual Exhibition)
8:00-8:20 – Ryan Andersen (Acoustic Singer-Songwriter)
8:30-9:00 – Band Together, Creative Liberation Network (Multi-Modal Music Ensemble & Spoken Word)
ft. Zachary Seth Greer, Liyanna Sadowsky, Amani Will, Jahan Khalighi, Neeka Salmasi, Collin Miller
9:10-9:25 – WaterSaw (Haunting Evocative Music)
ft. Nicole Laby, Michael Tornatore, Mark Fassett, Mia Pixley
9:25-9:50 – The Sounds Inside Promo (Modern Dance with Music Score)
ft. WaterSaw band members, Megan Lowe, Shira Yaziv

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Samaneh Salehi began her career in Iran after studying graphic design at Tehran Noor Conservatory. Since then, she chose painting as her favorite form of art to express her artistic vision. Samaneh’s work has been exhibited in Iran, Dubai, and Malaysia, and continues to be exhibited both in the United States and abroad. She is known for her watercolor and acrylic miniature paintings, inspired by ancient Persian art and combined with contemporary techniques.
Ryan Andersen is a San Francisco-based composer and singer-songwriter creating music that weaves together topics of personal healing, social justice, spiritual purpose, environmental awareness, and the challenges, joys, and responsibilities of being alive at this unique moment in humanity.
Band Together is the musical arm of the Creative Liberation Network. It is a group of musicians, artists, performers, poets, dancers, activists, and community facilitators who provide educational and performative experiences through collaboration. They are building a seven-album, 108-song musical catalog as part of a larger book and tarot deck project. The seven albums will be presented as a single catalog, with each song embodying a different card and each album representing the seven directions, the four elements, the Major Arcana, the 13 Fools, and the 13 Multiverse in The Fools Tarot.
WaterSaw is a group of musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area. Their music is composed specifically for modern dance choreography, film scores, or in conjunction with another art form. Creating layers of sound through loopers, their live music varies in range and can be sparse, rhythmic, ethereal, or driving. The collaboration of music and art facilitates the intended artistic expression. WaterSaw uses their instruments in both conventional and experiential forms, giving way to an array of textures and sounds.
Megan Lowe is a performance artist, dancer, singer, teacher, and administrator. She has performed with Flyaway Productions, Lizz Roman & Dancers, Scott Wells & Dancers, Nancy Karp + Dancers, Epiphany Productions, Dance Brigade, and more. Megan continues to create her own dances, as well as collaborative works with Sonsherée Giles. She teaches for Bandaloop, Flyaway, Joe Goode Performance Group, for contact improvisation gatherings, and for her alma mater UC Berkeley’s Theater, Dance & Performance Studies (TDPS).
Shira Yaziv enjoys encouraging people to move in new ways while learning skills and being creative. Her background is in capoeira, circus arts, and dance. Shira is the co-founder and owner of Athletic Playground, a dynamic indoor play-space, inspiring physical play through a wide variety of movement classes.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:30PM / Event 8:00PM
Admission: Free
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gina Breedlove & Beautiful Friends: Spirit Through Song
2018-02-02 20:00 - 21:30
Folksoul artist gina Breedlove casts and breaks spells with her powerful blend of folk and soul music with an undertone of Red Dirt blues.

FEATURING:
gina Breedlove – vocals
Julie Wolf – piano
Ruth Price – percussion

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
gina Breedlove is a singer, songwriter, sound healer, and medicine woman from Brooklyn, New York. Recently, gina returned from her U.S. tour to play Yoshi’s in Oakland, her fourth sold-out performance. An actress as well, gina originated the role of Sarabi in the Broadway production of The Lion King and worked with director Spike Lee in two films last year, Living da Dream and Chi-Raq. gina tours the world with her music and holds sound healing circles in every city she visits. She has toured with Sekou Sundiata, Toshi Reagon, Ani Difranco, Ronny Jordan, and Harry Belafonte.

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Time: Doors 7:30PM / Show 8:00PM
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale. Limited tickets available at the door.
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Howard Alden w/ Kit Eakle's DjangoSphere: Music of Thelonious Monk, Django Reinhardt & More
2018-01-27 19:30 - 22:00
Prominent jazz guitarist Howard Alden joins veteran violinist Kit Eakle and his project DjangoSphere for an evening of standards, originals, and the music of Thelonious Sphere Monk and Django Reinhardt. In the words of Bay Area jazz reviewer Andrew Gilbert, “DjangoSphere is a rhythmically dexterous rollercoaster ride that artfully melds the sounds of two irreducibly brilliant artists.”

FEATURING:
Howard Alden – guitar
Kit Eakle – violin
Rory Judge – drums
Don Bennett – bass

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
A California native, Howard Alden began playing at age ten, inspired by recordings of Armstrong, Basie, and Goodman, as well as those by guitarists Barney Kessel, Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, and George Van Eps. Soon Alden was working professionally around Los Angeles, playing in groups ranging from traditional to mainstream to modern jazz. He has won accolades from critics and musicians alike, including Benny Carter, Flip Phillips, Mel Powell, Bud Freeman, Kenny Davern, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, and George Van Eps, as well as notable contemporaries such as Scott Hamilton and Ken Peplowski. A Concord Jazz recording artist since the late ’80s, Alden has proved himself to be an artist of astonishing virtuosity and originality on the many records he has released.
The leader of DjangoSphere, Kit Eakle is known as one of the most original improvising violinists on the west coast. He has been a member of the Hot Club of Marin, the Sons of Emperor Norton, FiddleJazz, and the Eakle Brothers, and has shared a stage with Dan Hicks, Martín Fierro, Joe Craven, Mads Tolling, David LaFlame, and Paul Mehling. In addition to being a performer, Eakle has developed a high profile in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he established a concert series, Point Richmond Jazz, featuring many of the finest jazz violinists in the world. He is also listed on the faculty of the California Jazz Conservatory, teaching a course on the history of jazz violin.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale
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Derek Lassiter: "Secular Spirituals"
2018-01-26 19:30 - 22:00
Derek Lassiter returns to the Red Poppy to present new songs along with songs from past releases. He will be joined by long-time collaborators Tammy L. Hall and Art Khu for an evening of jazz, soul, and beyond.

FEATURING:
Derek Lassiter – vocals
Tammy L. Hall – piano
Art Khu – bass, guitar
Elé Howell – drums
Maritri Garrett – vocals

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Vocalist and songwriter Derek Lassiter, a native New Yorker, has called the Bay Area home for many years now. A mainstay on the art scene, Lassiter has performed at many venues and counts the Red Poppy Art House among his favorites. Rooted in jazz and soul, his influences run the gamut from Abbey Lincoln, Jimmy Scott, and Shirley Horn to Luther Vandross, Sting, Solange, and Bjork. His latest release, Music Outside, is available through all major online music sites.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $20
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FRESH Exchanges: Alternative Conservatory ft. Sarah Bouars, Kristianne Salcines
2018-01-25 19:30 - 21:30
FRESH 2018 Exchanges offer nine interactive, inclusive, and insightful gatherings in the frameworks of RIPE [raw + intimate performance experiments], POTLUCK/Social Practice, and Alternative Conservatory at the Red Poppy Art House between January 9th and 25th. Each Thursday, Alternative Conservatory is a time to unwind, connect, absorb, consider, listen, and discuss with FRESH artists notorious for disarming paradigms and thinking outside the box. For the January 25th Exchange, Sarah Bouars and Kristianne Salcines present their workshop, Empathix: Bending Binaries, Bodies and Building Bridges.
By queer POCs for queer POCs, Empathix is designed to create an atmosphere for serious physical research in togetherness. We will be doing everything together for each other. This workshop will consist of a series of interactive movement practices/play followed by a facilitated discussion around participants’ experiences to build trust and intimacy, which we hope will allow us to work towards a community. Everyday, we will begin with breathing together, practicing yoga, qigong, taiji, and meditation practice, then leading to physical exercises and practices that focus on play, love, visibility, coexistence, trust, empathy, and serious, sweaty, beautifully-ugly inducing moving. Come join us to sweat and heal together.
Sarah Bouars and Kristianne Salcines are both queer people of color, intersectional feminists, and are at home in the field of dance/performance-art/choreography. In this workshop, we want to develop further our concept of “care and share,” which we created in September 2016 during Queeries into collective feminism at Ponderosa in Stolzenhagen, Germany. “Care and share” strives to use performance as a tool for community building, as well as for healing and developing an empathic eye and deconstructing the perceptions of subject and object. It allows us to open up to a much broader idea of what performance, performer, and audience might entail or mean. We are working with a concept developed by us called “queer futurism,” which includes deep ecology, rituals, utopian dreaming, somatic approaches as Tantra, sex magic, ecosex, and a lot of love and radical softness.

ABOUT FRESH FESTIVAL 2018:
FRESH Festival 2018 is San Francisco’s 9th annual festival of experimental dance, music, and performance from January 5-27, 2018. The festival offers four weekends of risk-taking main-stage Performances, three weeks + weekends of immersive studio Practices, and 14 social and interactive Exchanges, hosted by Joe Goode Annex, Red Poppy Art House and F8 Nightclub in San Francisco, and Finnish Hall in Berkeley. FRESH 2018 is inspired by and transmitted through the curiosity of 50+ cutting-edge artists from the Bay Area and beyond.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Event 7:30PM
Admission: By donation ($5-10) – No one turned away for lack of funds

FRESH Exchanges: POTLUCK/Social Practice ft. FRESH Community
2018-01-24 19:30 - 21:30
FRESH 2018 Exchanges offer nine interactive, inclusive, and insightful gatherings in the frameworks of RIPE [raw + intimate performance experiments], POTLUCK/Social Practice, and Alternative Conservatory at the Red Poppy Art House between January 9th and 25th. Each Wednesday, POTLUCK/Social Practice explores collaborative coexistence and conversations with warm food and FRESH artists notorious for generating situations of connectivity, improvisation, inclusivity, and direct action. The January 24th Exchange’s hosting and food is by FRESH folks.

ABOUT FRESH FESTIVAL 2018:
FRESH Festival 2018 is San Francisco’s 9th annual festival of experimental dance, music, and performance from January 5-27, 2018. The festival offers four weekends of risk-taking main-stage Performances, three weeks + weekends of immersive studio Practices, and 14 social and interactive Exchanges, hosted by Joe Goode Annex, Red Poppy Art House and F8 Nightclub in San Francisco, and Finnish Hall in Berkeley. FRESH 2018 is inspired by and transmitted through the curiosity of 50+ cutting-edge artists from the Bay Area and beyond.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Event 7:30PM
Admission: By donation ($5-10) – No one turned away for lack of funds

FRESH Exchanges: RIPE ft. Sarah Bouars, Kristianne Salcines, Kathleen Hermesdorf
2018-01-23 19:30 - 21:30
FRESH 2018 Exchanges offer nine interactive, inclusive, and insightful gatherings in the frameworks of RIPE [raw + intimate performance experiments], POTLUCK/Social Practice, and Alternative Conservatory at the Red Poppy Art House between January 9th and 25th. Each Tuesday, RIPE [raw + intimate performance experiments] invites two artists who are working on the edge of their form to share excerpts of current projects, speak about their process, and hold a moderated group discussion. Facilitated by Kathleen Hermesdorf, the January 23rd Exchange features artists Sarah Bouars and Kristianne Salcines.

Maybe​ ​in​ ​the​ ​morning​ ​I​ ​say​ ​goodnight​ ​to​ ​you by Sarah Bouars and Kristianne Salcines
We have developed a practice and a ritual that helps sustain our existence under our systemic pressures from Berlin to LA. In this work, we will experience a way of existing that will offer you alternative ways of finding “the antidote” or “the answers” to the systemic struggles we find ourselves into. This work is filled with intelligence in self-love, fiercely unapologetic existence, and clever coping mechanisms. How do we celebrate what is here with us now? How do continue to feel when all we want to do is escape and be distant? How do we feed ourselves and each other of love that is there all along. This work will nourish you, literally. Food will be the string that ties us together, when what we make on stage becomes food for your minds, body, and soul.

ABOUT FRESH FESTIVAL 2018:
FRESH Festival 2018 is San Francisco’s 9th annual festival of experimental dance, music, and performance from January 5-27, 2018. The festival offers four weekends of risk-taking main-stage Performances, three weeks + weekends of immersive studio Practices, and 14 social and interactive Exchanges, hosted by Joe Goode Annex, Red Poppy Art House and F8 Nightclub in San Francisco, and Finnish Hall in Berkeley. FRESH 2018 is inspired by and transmitted through the curiosity of 50+ cutting-edge artists from the Bay Area and beyond.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Event 7:30PM
Admission: By donation ($5-10) – No one turned away for lack of funds

SOLD OUT: Bay Area Women Musicians: A Sequel to Women in Jazz
2018-01-21 19:30 - 22:00
A sequel to the Women in Jazz show, this night brings together some of the best up-and-coming female musicians and veteran talents from the Bay Area. Their repertoire spans an eclectic range of styles and genres, from jazz to pop and funk to soul, through a mix of covers and original music. All the musicians can be seen around town performing with various bands and ensembles, as well as touring all over the world.

FEATURING:
Jenna Mammina – vocals
Emily Afton Moldenhauer – vocals
Rennea Couttenye – vocals
Helen Palma – vocals
Hannah Glass – violin, vocals
Carmen Getit – guitar
Helen Orzel – piano
Richelle Scales – piano, vocals
Caroline Chung – electric/upright bass
Katrine Spang-Hannsen – drums
Jae Jackson – drums

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale
Advance tickets:

*Advance tickets for this show are SOLD OUT. There will be an additional 5 tickets for sale at the door on a first come, first served basis when doors open at 7:00pm. Thank you for understanding the Red Poppy’s limited capacity.
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Sisu Brassland & Mughal Muesli: Music for Brass & Saxophone
2018-01-20 19:30 - 22:00
First up on the bill, Sisu BrassLand performs original music for brass composed by bandleader Aaron Priskorn. Crossing many genres while remaining connected to classical voice leading, the group creates aural paintings and emotive jams through various textures, grooves, and melodies.
Mughal Muesli then presents tunes from their debut album, Imperial Cereal, an exploration of an alternate-historical merging of cultures represented by their most imaginative musical exports. The album seeks to construct a new edifice on the ancient and fertile ground of mystery, spirit, and ingenuity shared by artistic traditions the world over. The trio draws inspiration from the contrapuntal mastery of the High Baroque in Europe, the originators and innovators of Khayyal in the Mughal courts of North India, and the indestructible spirit of American free jazz.

FEATURING:
Sisu Brassland
5-piece brass band
TBA – drums
Mughal Muesli
Xavier Del Castillo – tenor sax
Mat Muntz – double bass
Vicente Hansen – drum set

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Aaron Priskorn has played trumpet for more than two decades exploring many genres of music, all while staying true to his classically trained roots. He is often sought after as a guest artist and collaborator for various events and productions throughout the Bay Area. Aaron is a founding member of brass trio Lip Service and larger brass band Sisu BrassLand, for which he is the bandleader, composer, arranger, and trumpet player. He can also be heard at Grace Cathedral and with Classical Revolution, Green Street Mortuary Band, and the rock band Melvoy. Holding degrees from Mannes College of Music (BM) and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (MM), Aaron also teaches privately in San Francisco.
Learn more: Bandcamp

While grounded in the saxophone trio tradition of Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman, and Henry Threadgill, Mughal Muesli is a band that seeks to expand and transcend the associations attached to their configuration. Saxophonist Xavier Del Castillo, drummer Vicente Hansen, and bassist Mat Muntz draw on elements from early European polyphony, Hindustani classical music, and 20th-21st century microtonality to inform their distinctive take on the trio format. Their debut album, Imperial Cereal, features original compositions, deconstructed standards, and new interpretations of works by Ornette Coleman, Ivan Wyschnegradsky, and J.S. Bach.
Learn more: Facebook | Bandcamp
Photo by: F. Moretti Photography

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Sisu BrassLand 7:30PM / Mughal Muesli 8:45PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale
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SOLD OUT: Bay Area's Women in Jazz: An Evening of Jazz, Blues, Soul, Batucada & More
2018-01-19 20:00 - 22:00
Bay Area’s Women in Jazz brings together some of the best female jazz musicians for another night under one roof. The performance celebrates and recognizes the talents and hard work of these women who are sometimes underrepresented in the male-dominated scene. With music ranging from straight-ahead jazz, blues, swing, bebop, gospel, and soul, the evening comes to a close with some Brazilian tunes featuring a batucada percussion jam.

FEATURING:
Adriana Morrero – vocals
Kimiko Joy – vocals
Valerie Troutt – vocals
Madeline Duran – saxophone
Chloe Jane Scott – flute
Tammy Hall – piano
Gaea Schell – piano, flute
Caroline Chung – upright bass
Ruth Davies – upright bass
Ruth Price – drums
Amy Molinelli Hart – percussion
(and special guest Samba Mob for a samba batucada jam!)

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:30PM / Show 8:00PM
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale
Advance tickets:

*This performance is SOLD OUT. Due to our limited capacity, there will not be any tickets for sale at the door. Thank you for your understanding.
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FRESH Exchanges: Alternative Conservatory ft. Dance Studies Working Group
2018-01-18 19:30 - 21:30
FRESH 2018 Exchanges offer nine interactive, inclusive, and insightful gatherings in the frameworks of RIPE [raw + intimate performance experiments], POTLUCK/Social Practice, and Alternative Conservatory at the Red Poppy Art House between January 9th and 25th. Each Thursday, Alternative Conservatory is a time to unwind, connect, absorb, consider, listen, and discuss with FRESH artists notorious for disarming paradigms and thinking outside the box. For the January 18th Exchange, Dance Studies Working Group presents a panel discussion, Creating from/in times of crisis.
From environmental disasters to sexual trauma to political upheaval, this past year has encompassed all of this and more. In this discussion, we ask how does one create from the tumult or ruins of environmental, political, and personal turmoil? What resources are needed? How do we work together to build networks of support and accountability both on and offstage, inside and outside the studio? How do we, as individuals invested in the creative potential and resiliency of the body, look forward collectively to imagine and actively create a better, more equitable future?

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
The UC Berkeley Dance Studies Working Group (DSWG) was founded in 2008 by a group of graduate students in the Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies Department (TDPS) at UC Berkeley. As dance scholars worked to build spaces for dance research and practice in the field of performance studies, graduate students focused on dance within TDPS felt equally compelled to find avenues for developing research and honing practices, thus the birth of DSWG. To this day DSWG exists as a site of inquiry, exploration, and discussion for students, faculty, scholars, practitioners, and community members engaged with dance and movement-based practices. With a focus on process over product, DSWG serves as an incubator to engage with new research and alternate pathways for knowledge production and dissemination, and further support dance practices and research that engage with a wide array of social, political, and cultural issues. DSWG has been and continues to be generously supported by the Townsend Center for the Humanities.

ABOUT FRESH FESTIVAL 2018:
FRESH Festival 2018 is San Francisco’s 9th annual festival of experimental dance, music, and performance from January 5-27, 2018. The festival offers four weekends of risk-taking main-stage Performances, three weeks + weekends of immersive studio Practices, and 14 social and interactive Exchanges, hosted by Joe Goode Annex, Red Poppy Art House and F8 Nightclub in San Francisco, and Finnish Hall in Berkeley. FRESH 2018 is inspired by and transmitted through the curiosity of 50+ cutting-edge artists from the Bay Area and beyond.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Event 7:30PM
Admission: By donation ($5-10) – No one turned away for lack of funds

FRESH Exchanges: POTLUCK/Social Practice ft. Kathleen Hermesdorf, Abby Crain, Asia Wong
2018-01-17 19:30 - 21:30
FRESH 2018 Exchanges offer nine interactive, inclusive, and insightful gatherings in the frameworks of RIPE [raw + intimate performance experiments], POTLUCK/Social Practice, and Alternative Conservatory at the Red Poppy Art House between January 9th and 25th. Each Wednesday, POTLUCK/Social Practice explores collaborative coexistence and conversations with warm food and FRESH artists notorious for generating situations of connectivity, improvisation, inclusivity, and direct action. Co-hosted by Kathleen Hermesdorf and Abby Crain, the January 17th Exchange’s meal is provided by Asia Wong.

ABOUT FRESH FESTIVAL 2018:
FRESH Festival 2018 is San Francisco’s 9th annual festival of experimental dance, music, and performance from January 5-27, 2018. The festival offers four weekends of risk-taking main-stage Performances, three weeks + weekends of immersive studio Practices, and 14 social and interactive Exchanges, hosted by Joe Goode Annex, Red Poppy Art House and F8 Nightclub in San Francisco, and Finnish Hall in Berkeley. FRESH 2018 is inspired by and transmitted through the curiosity of 50+ cutting-edge artists from the Bay Area and beyond.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Event 7:30PM
Admission: By donation ($5-10) – No one turned away for lack of funds

FRESH Exchanges: RIPE ft. Gabriel Christian, Dazaun Soleyn, José Navarrete
2018-01-16 19:30 - 21:30
FRESH 2018 Exchanges offer nine interactive, inclusive, and insightful gatherings in the frameworks of RIPE [raw + intimate performance experiments], POTLUCK/Social Practice, and Alternative Conservatory at the Red Poppy Art House between January 9th and 25th. Each Tuesday, RIPE [raw + intimate performance experiments] invites two artists who are working on the edge of their form to share excerpts of current projects, speak about their process, and hold a moderated group discussion. Facilitated by José Navarrete, the January 16th Exchange features artists Gabriel Christian and Dazaun Soleyn.

Black Bussy by Gabriel Christian
An equestrian movement piece
Dazaun Soleyn
My choreographic interest is in creating work that utilizes and magnifies the individual power and beauty of each artist in the room. In order for me to explore this interest, I foster a relationship-based creative environment that works towards finding the harmony between thought-provoking dialogue and rigorously physical effort.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Gabriel Christian (t(he)y/(t)him) is a multidisciplinary artist and teacher. After receiving a BA in Theatre Studies from Yale in 2013, they shifted coasts from their native New York to the Bay Area. Here, they pivoted from stage performance to reifying queer desire, gender fluidity (or “juicyness”), and black resilience through a broader spectrum of movement arts. They’ve held residencies at Destiny Arts Center, Finnish Hall, and This Will Take Time; performed with director Robert Woodruff and choreographers Debby Kajiyama and José Navarrete, Jess Curtis, and Anne Bluethenthal; and mounted independent work at CounterPulse, SOMArts, and Brava Theater, amongst others. Ongoing projects include BLACK PRESENCE, a bricolage exploration of black presence with twenty-nine black and brown artists, and Lxs Desaparecidxs with choreographer Randy Reyes. Upcoming shows include Revolt She Said. Revolt Again (Crowded Fire) and Queering the Wake (Queer Arts Festival 2018).
Dazaun Soleyn, originally from Brooklyn, New York, graduated as the University of South Florida’s Outstanding Graduate with a BFA in Modern Dance Performance and Choreography. Upon graduation, Dazaun was accepted as a trainee at the Alonzo King LINES Ballet School (AKLBS). With AKLBS, Dazaun has performed works by Sidra Bell, Kara Davis, and Maurya Kerr. He has also attended Springboard Danse Montréal where he performed works by Shannon Gillen’s VIM VIGOR Dance Company. His teaching credits include the Alonzo King LINES Ballet Training Program, University of South Florida, Gibney Dance Center, American Ballet School, Dance Mission Theater, and ODC Commons. Dazaun is currently a company member of Robert Moses’ Kin and a teaching artist in the Bay Area community.

ABOUT FRESH FESTIVAL 2018:
FRESH Festival 2018 is San Francisco’s 9th annual festival of experimental dance, music, and performance from January 5-27, 2018. The festival offers four weekends of risk-taking main-stage Performances, three weeks + weekends of immersive studio Practices, and 14 social and interactive Exchanges, hosted by Joe Goode Annex, Red Poppy Art House and F8 Nightclub in San Francisco, and Finnish Hall in Berkeley. FRESH 2018 is inspired by and transmitted through the curiosity of 50+ cutting-edge artists from the Bay Area and beyond.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Event 7:30PM
Admission: By donation ($5-10) – No one turned away for lack of funds

The Past Collection: Artist Reception w/ Samaneh Salehi
2018-01-15 19:30 - 21:30
The Red Poppy Art House invites you to join the artist and curator behind its first exhibition of 2018, The Past Collection, on view until February 28th. The exhibition is a collection of Salehi’s work during her years of exploring, experimenting, and combining contemporary art aesthetics with the spirit of ancient Persian art.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Samaneh Salehi began her career in Iran after studying graphic design at Tehran Noor Conservatory. Since then, she chose painting as her favorite form of art to express her artistic vision. Samaneh’s work has been exhibited in Iran, Dubai, and Malaysia, and continues to be exhibited both in the United States and abroad. She is known for her watercolor and acrylic miniature paintings, inspired by ancient Persian art and combined with contemporary techniques.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Event 7:30PM
Admission: Free
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