Red Poppy Art House

Mean To Me: Jazz & Soul, Old & New
2017-03-23 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Bay Area-based quintet Mean To Me resurrects classic sounds of the 1920s through 1940s–sometimes including the modern stylings of Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, and Ahmad Jamal–and a wide variety of soul- and Latin-influenced jazz.
The three core members of Mean to Me are Judy Butterfield, trained as a cabaret singer but whose love is for soul music; Ben Slater, a pianist who became interested in exploring jazz’s roots after living in New Orleans; and Dave Shaff, a trumpeter drawn to more modern and funky sounds. All three grew up in San Francisco and have played together on and off for ten years.
Learn more: Website | SoundCloud

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event – please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. All ages are welcome.
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Masha Campagne & Ian Faquini: Intimate Brazilian Encounters
2017-03-24 19:00 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Vocalist, songwriter, and producer Masha Campagne once again collaborates with young guitar star Ian Faquini to explore the treasure trove of Brazilian music. Expect their reverent tributes to Tom Jobim, Ivan Lins, and Guinga–as well as their own original compositions–to transport you to a sensuous dreamland rich with quiet fire and deep soul.
Featuring:
Masha Campagne – vocals, melodica, percussion
Ian Faquini – acoustic guitar
Harvey Wainapel – reeds
Brian Rice – percussion
With two internationally acclaimed CDs to her credit and performances at legendary venues such Yoshi’s, Kuumbwa, Monterey Jazz, and Zinc Bar, Masha Campagne is considered one of most lauded new voices in San Francisco. Her gorgeous interpretations of soulful Brazilian bossas effectively convey the blend of happiness and intimacy of this music.
Ian Faquini, a veteran of Berkeley High’s renowned jazz program, became an apprentice to the great Brazilian guitarist/composer Guinga at age 16. His 2016 debut, Metal na Madeira (“Metal on Wood”), showcases his rare chordal technique and singular compositional skills while reflecting the exuberant yet wistful aspects of music from the northeast part of Brazil.
Learn more: Website

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 6:30PM / Show 7:00PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale
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Barrio Manouche & Mallar Bhattacharya Band: A Musical Journey from India to Spain
2017-03-25 19:30 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
The Red Poppy is proud to present an evening with Spanish guitarist/composer Javier Jimenez’s Barrio Manouche, purveyors of original, instrumental jazz manouche, and the Mallar Bhattacharya Band, a Bay Area-based traditional North Indian ensemble. Each band will perform a set and then play together, merging both cultures to become one.
Featuring:
Javier Jiménez – guitar
Alex Zelnick – guitar
Luis Jiménez – cajón
Magali Sans-Cartier – violin
Cyril Guiraud – soprano saxophone
Sascha Jacobsen – bass
Marcos Rodrigues – percussion
Mallar Bhattacharya – sarode
Nilan Chaudhuri – tablas
Satish Pillai – guitar, piano

Acoustic, San Francisco-based international septet Barrio Manouche is deeply influenced by a range of musical traditions, from the swing of Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet and the hot jazz of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli to the flamenco of Paco de Lucía and the avant-garde sounds of Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, and John Coltrane.
Mallar Bhattacharya, a disciple of sarode legend Aashish Khan of the Senia Maihar Gharan, plays the sarode, a 25-stringed lute that is a major instrument of the North Indian classical style of solo performance. Mallar teaches and performs in the Bay Area and, in recent years, has been drawn to the sounds and rhythms of global music, including collaborations with guitarist/pianist Satish Pillai and percussionist Nilan Chaudhuri.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale
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Rumberos de Radio Habana: Monthly Community Rumba
2017-03-26 14:00 - 17:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
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 are bringing their own contribution to the Red Poppy 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)
All ages are welcome.

Five Spot Jazz ft. Mike Greensill: Jazz Standards and Originals
2017-03-30 19:30 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
This all-star group of Bay Area jazz-scene stalwarts is as traditional as they come: Tenor and alto saxophones in the front line, with piano, bass, and drums in the rhythm section. Their setlist is comprised of standards with new arrangements and original tunes by the band, all featuring pianist/composer/vocalist Mike Greensill.
Featuring:
Mike Greensill – piano, vocals
Charlie McCarthy – saxophone
Joe Cohen – alto saxophone
John Clark – bass
Jack Dorsey – drums

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale
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Gari & Faisal: Middle Eastern Melody & Rhythm
2017-03-31 19:30 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Multi-string player Gari Hegedus and Arabic percussionist Faisal Zedan return to the Poppy with a concert of original compositions by Hegedus and traditional instrumental music from various regions in the Middle East. Their focus: Dialogue and interplay between melody and rhythm.

Gari Hegedus began devoting his life to music more than 25 years ago with the study of early European, Celtic, and Bretagne music. From there, he was led east into the intense practice and performance of Turkish classical and Mevlevi ceremonial music. His repertoire and playing styles span outward from Turkey to Greece and the Arab lands, as well as to Iran and India. He plays the oud, violin, and saz, and has expressed his talent on many other instruments, including mandocello, sarod, and setar. As a composer and musician, Gari utilizes maqam, the various Eastern modal systems, and has developed the art of improvisation (taqsim) to a soulful level for which he has become highly recognized.
Born in Lebanon and raised in Syria, Faisal Zedan grew up impassioned with the derbakki (Arabic drum). At the age of 15, after intensive study with a local drummer, Faisal became exposed to a wide repertoire of Arabic classical and contemporary music. In addition to his collaborations with local and international artists, Faisal has taught at music camps, conducted workshops around the world, and produced instructional DVDs on derbakki fundamentals and Arabic percussion. He created the percussion group Ajyal to serve as a music platform for making Arabic and Middle Eastern music.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale
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STOOP: "Our Spring" in the Mission
2017-04-01 12:00 - 15:00 | CA
“Our Spring” in the Mission: Through music, art, and song, we reflect traditions of protest and resilience inspired by the popular demonstrations in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan between 2010 and 2013.

ABOUT STOOP:
Mission Stoop Fest (STOOP) is a civil society arts experiment that transpires on the front stoops of local residences, where traditional and contemporary artists perform and where local residents share stories and histories. The front stoop represents a literal threshold between the public and private spheres and is a historic site of spontaneous community interaction and exchange. Occurring during the day on the same bi-monthly dates as sister-project, Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP), STOOP will provide a program and a map of multiple neighborhood stoops where performance and storytelling will unfold simultaneously.

SCHEDULE & LOCATIONS:
STOOP 1 @ 901 Alabama St (Curator: Jasmine Douville)
12:00pm: Mission Drumline (Brazilian Dance & Drumming)
12:00-3:00pm: Boys & Girls Club (Live Music)
1:00-3:00pm: Nuestra primavera en el barrio: (Grafitti Art Installation)

STOOP 2 @ 3338 25th St (Curator: Bianca Catalan)
Schedule TBA
STOOP 3 @ 2754 Harrison St (Curator: Windsong)
12:00pm: Family Art (Music & Art with Local Community)
1:00pm: Raíz de Agua
2:00pm: Singing to Our Spring: Kata of LoCura

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Event 12:00PM
Admission: Free

MAPP: N.E.W. Experiences
2017-04-01 19:15 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
The next edition of MAPP, on April 1, highlights the work of an international collective of producing artists who will be featured in the New Experimental Works Festival at CounterPulse on May 4-7th, 2017. The N.E.W. Festival, dedicated to radical theater-making and performance, is part of a collaborative effort between the California Institute of Integral Studies and the University of Chichester in West Sussex, England. The mission of the festival is to break traditional norms for both audience and performers, and to introduce groundbreaking live art to San Francisco audiences while consistently redefining what it means to be N.E.W. (For more information, go to www.thenewfestival.com.)
On April 1, MAPP’s schedule of experimental live art and innovative collaboration begins at 7:15pm and ends at 10pm. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis, and space is limited.

ABOUT THE MAPP:
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-numbered month, 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 of artistic and cultural exchange.

RED POPPY SCHEDULE:
7:15pm: A RETROSPECTIVE
A collection of one-to-one performances that is partially scripted; how you should go about crafting your experience is up to you. Featuring Marie Marcovic and collaborators Jeffrey Hayes, Xiaotian Liu, Nina, and Alice Phipps.
7:45pm: They Say Love is Blind(folded)
An interactive performance event that’s similar to a blind date. Featuring Mariah Castle in collaboration with Matthew Marcum.
8:00pm: Cabaret Olga: Songs from the Sister, and One Soldier, Who Were Left Behind
Featuring Beth Wilmurt and Rob Avila.
8:15pm: The Ocean is a Chance We Take: A Vocal Poem Addressing Emotional Environments
Featuring Matthew Marcum.
8:30pm: An Interactive Monologue Bloated with Magic Potions
Featuring mariA.
8:45pm: A Sound Experience
Featuring Angela Grillo.
9:00pm: A Piece to be Seen, Heard, and Felt By You As It Comes
Featuring Nicole (Nikki) Mischke.
9:15pm: Feed the Beast
Playful, raw, immersive romps which explode social taboos. Featuring Lindsey Sikes.
9:30pm: An interactive acoustic soul/vocal play medley, with old and new original songs
Featuring Nkechi.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Marie Markovic is a visual artist whose media includes theatre performance and thrift textiles. For A Retrospective, she surrounded herself with these magical makers: Jeffrey Hayes is a storyteller and an RPG & LARP enthusiast; his greatest life joys include cooking, hiking, and petting stray kittens. Xiaotian Liu is a musician who is passionately curious about this world and the people in it.Nina is a San Francisco-based artist who employs a myriad of media to activate conversation about art. Alice Phipps is an astrologer and a crusher of patriarchy and fascism whose hobbies include dog walks on the beach and talking to stars.
Mariah Castle is a performer who makes theatre about gender, love, and justice. She uses playfulness, truth-telling, and surprise attack to break down barriers and build intimacy between herself and audiences. Her interactive performances have included blindfolds, scissors, champagne, and raw eggs. She aims to slow you down and wake you up.
Beth Wilmurt is a theater maker, teacher, and wayward sister. Rob Avila is a musician, theatre critic, and soldier of misfortune.
Matthew Marcum is an interdisciplinary performance artist who infuses text, sound, movement, and optics to create contemporary theater productions, live art exhibitions, and conceptual installations. His current areas of research revolve around self-scripting, solo and experimental performance, masculinity, mindfulness, audience engagement, community building, deconstruction/reconstruction, arts and entrepreneurship, pedagogy, artistry though digital presence, and extended vocal techniques.
mariA is an Alive doer, mover, thinker, shaker, truth-teller, and soul seeker. “Originally from Greece, I am a free and joyful creative spirit who challenges the black & white rationality. To become inspired, I dive into my inner impulses in an attempt to explore the entire spectrum of my humanness and let the collective unconscious to emerge. I pause to ‘listen,’ I feel, I am moved, I touch, I ‘see.’ I produce simple performative acts as an invitation to the imaginal through embodied experiences that create an all-time-in-between space, where playfulness meets the sacred, and vice versa.” www.marialive.net
Angela Grillo is a performance compositionalist-sensory-theatre artist-director-maker-dreamer-creator of experimental-installation-movement-dance-choreography-in your face-audience participation-fantasy-Jungian-site-specific-video-film-music-moving-pictures-light-it-up-dress-it-up-pull-it-apart-like-it-or-not-works. Angela believes in creating multidisciplinary and immersive work that connects us to the spiritual and imaginal realms in order to raise awareness of feminine consciousness. She invites you to venture into unknown territories of surrealist dreamscapes of feeling, play, and absurdity to discover your own personal power.
Nicole (Nikki) Mischke is an interdisciplinary performance artist and alternative scientist creating work that explores the greater concerns of life through the media of movement, sound, and silence. Her interest in the supernatural, abnormal, and phenomenological puts her curiosities about the world through an intense line of questioning yet creates a grounding and humanistic performance that is about us all.
Considered a “morbidly obese woman” for most of her life, Lindsey Greer Sikes now uses her perspective of living dually weighted realities to create playful, raw, and immersive works which explode social taboos. A hybrid theatre artist who uses autobiographical documentation in conjunction with live performance, Sikes also creates visual works, installations, video projects, and collaborative experiments. She is interested in building intentional, sustainable artistic living communities, and she is a writer and arts contributor to the Fusebox Festival Blog.
Nkechi is an interdisciplinary theatre artist playing with music through vocal play and acoustic soul originals on guitar. www.nkechi.com/music

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Event 7:15PM
Admission: Free
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The Jimmy Grant Ensemble: The Music of Django Reinhardt
2017-04-07 19:30 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
The Jimmy Grant Ensemble infuses swing-era pieces, originals, and traditional Roma tunes with Django Reinhardt’s crunchy rhythms and hot harmonies, creating a signature mix that includes Russian folk, bluegrass, Celtic, and classical music while remaining true to Django’s innovative guitar technique.
Featuring:
Jimmy Grant – guitar
Javi Jiménez – guitar
Sascha Jacobsen – bass
Northern California native Jimmy Grant has performed with artists such as David Grisman, Gonzalo Bergara, Ludovic Beier, Andreas Oberg, Tim Kliphuis, Paulus Schafer, Robin Nolan, Trio Dinicu, Rhythm Future Quartet, and the Hot Club of San Francisco. Jimmy, who has recorded two albums under his own name, was a finalist in the 2016 John Lennon Songwriting Contest for his original song “Insomnia.”
Learn more: Website | YouTube

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event – please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. All ages are welcome.
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Janam: Balkan & Appalachian Groove
2017-04-08 19:30 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Combining funky Balkan rhythms, gritty Appalachian ballads, arresting vocal harmonies, and enchanting acoustic textures, Janam unites some of the Bay Area’s most playful and imaginative devotees of southern Balkan and American roots music to weave together folk tunes and their own colorful compositions, taking their audiences on a labyrinthine musical ride.
Featuring:
Dan Auvil – percussion, vocals
Tom Farris – laouto, guitar
Juliana Graffagna – vocals, accordion
Gari Hegedus – oud, saz, mandocello, mandolin
Shira Kammen – violin, viola, vocals
Learn more: Website | Facebook | SoundCloud

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event – please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. All ages are welcome.
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The Muted Jewel Tones & Anne Carol Mitchell: Folk, Jazz, and Three-Part Harmony
2017-04-09 19:30 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Guitarist/singer Anne Carol Mitchell and violinist Nissa Gustafson perform beautiful melodies that invite listeners to reconnect with the natural world. The Muted Jewel Tones, a vocal harmony trio, perform songs from the sophisticated to the ridiculous, bringing a little jazz, a little folk, a little pop–and hopefully, a little smile–to the audience.
Featuring:
Sandy Lindop – guitar, ukulele, vocals
Raena Frohlich – guitar, ukulele, vocals
Rose Koron – ukulele, vocals
Anne Carol Mitchell – guitar, vocals
Nissa Gustafson – violin
Anne Carol Mitchell, a nature-based composer and collaborator with filmmakers working for social change, has worked extensively with LGBTQ poet Judy Grahn. In addition to her own work as a nationally touring songwriter, Anne has toured in an opening ensemble for Ani DiFranco.
Three-part vocal harmony group the Muted Jewel Tones creates songs with an old-timey feel reminiscent of the Andrews Sisters. The trio of Bay Area natives, all alumni of the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts, have been performing together since 2015.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event – please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. All ages are welcome.
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Minsky Duo: Exploring the Music of Kapustin and Prokofiev
2017-04-13 19:30 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Minsky Duo makes its Red Poppy debut with an all-Russian/Soviet program that includes the first San Francisco performance of living composer Nikolai Kapustin’s rollicking “Sonata for Violin and Piano,” Prokofiev’s “Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor” (described by the composer as “wind whistling through a graveyard”), Tchaikovsky’s beautifully lyric “Meditation,” Scriabin’s explosive “Piano Sonata No. 4,” and Schnittke’s recently-discovered “Fuga for Solo Violin.”
Featuring:
Nato – violin
Monica Chew – piano
Monica Chew is a Bay Area pianist who prefers chamber music to concerti, Haydn to Mozart, and lately, Bartok above all things. She produces solo and collaborative concerts with a strong narrative arc.
Violinist Nathanael Bartley (Nato) made his solo orchestral debut at five and was awarded a career scholarship and the loan of a Nicolo Amati violin at the age of nine. He went on to win prizes at the International Menuhin Competition for Young Violinists, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal’s Standard Life Competition (1990, 1992, 1994), the International Beethoven Competition, and the International J.S. Bach Competition. He was a laureate of the 2012 Canada Council of the Arts Musical Instrument Bank Competition.
Learn more: Website

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $10-20 sliding scale
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event – please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. All ages are welcome.
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Jason Yeager Trio: Chamber Jazz Inspired by Latin, Classical & Literature
2017-04-14 19:30 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
New York-based pianist Jason Yeager returns to the Red Poppy for an evening of catchy and quirky melodies inspired by Kurt Vonnegut’s fictional characters, re-imagined standards by the likes of Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington, grooves from Argentina and Brazil, and musings on Messiaen. He will also perform music from his forthcoming album with violin/mandolin virtuoso Jason Anick, as well as music by Billy Strayhorn and Stevie Wonder.
Featuring:
Jason Yeager – piano
Doug Stewart – bass
Mike Quigg – drums
Pianist/composer and Inner Circle Music recording artist Jason Yeager’s music is expressive and multifaceted, incorporating the blues, 20th-century classical harmonic language, Latin folkloric rhythms, and more. A faculty member in the piano department at Berklee College of Music and an honors graduate of the Tufts University/New England Conservatory Double Degree Program, Yeager was awarded the Hot House Jazz Fans Decision 2014 Awards for best pianist and best organist.
Learn more: Website | Facebook | YouTube | SoundCloud

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $10-15 sliding scale
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Avotcja & Modúpue: Jazz, Latin Jazz, and Blues with Poetry
2017-04-15 19:30 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Acclaimed Bay Area poet/playwright/percussionist/radio host Avotcja (pronounced “ah-va-cha”) returns to the Red Poppy with her quartet, whose name means “gratitude” in Yoruba. Expect a set of jazz, blues, Afro-Cuban polyrhythms, and powerful poetry.
Featuring:
Avotcja – poetry, percussion
Jon Jang – piano
Sandi Poindexter – violin
Francis Wong – saxophone, flute
“Heshima” Mark Williams – bass
Learn more: Website

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event – please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. All ages are welcome.
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Soul y Agua: Latin, Soul, and Folk
2017-04-16 19:30 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
With an all-acoustic sound, rich harmonies, and soul-soothing rhythms, Soul y Agua blends influences from Mexico, Cuba, and Spain with jazz, R&B, and pop. The Bay Area-based quartet promises truly authentic original compositions along with select favorite traditional pieces.
Featuring:
Monica Maria Fimbrez – vocals, jarana, guitar
Angelica Rodriguez – vocals
Daniel Fabricant – bass
Marlon Aldana – percussion
Learn more: Website | Facebook

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event – please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. All ages are welcome.
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Sophisticated Ladies Vocal Trio: Gershwin Rediscovered
2017-04-21 19:30 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
This trio of vocalists/musicians from France, the U.K., and the U.S.–Laure Sancho on upright bass, Paola Vera on piano, and Rachael Magidson on drums and trumpet–brings a swinging all-Gershwin program to the Poppy that will feature award-winning musicianship and their signature harmonies.
Featuring:
Paola Vera – vocals, piano
Rachael Magidson – vocals, drums, trumpet
Laure Sancho – vocals, upright bass

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event – please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. All ages are welcome.
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Kelly/Szemela/Muñoz Trio: Cello, Violin & Percussion Improvisations
2017-04-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
A trio of acclaimed Bay Area musicians makes its Red Poppy debut with an evening of looped and plugged-in improvisations. Expect daring solo, duo, and trio hijinks, as well as originals and reimagined covers.
Featuring:
Alex Kelly – cello
Matthew Szemela – violin
PC Muñoz – drums, percussion
Dr. Alex Kelly is a San Francisco-based cellist, composer, and educator. He composes and performs with major symphony orchestras, chamber orchestras, new music ensembles, string quartets, cello quartets, big bands, jazz combos, rock bands, world music ensembles, theater companies, radio productions, ballet companies, modern dance companies, and circus troupes.
Praised by the New York Times for his “outrageous fiddling,” violinist Matthew Szemela crosses genres with ease. He has performed in venues as diverse as Carnegie Hall and the Montreux Jazz Festival, and recorded and shared the stage with artists ranging from Jay-Z and Sting to Savion Glover and Placido Domingo.
San Francisco recording artist/producer/drummer PC Muñoz‘s projects are stylistically broad and deep, revealing a sonic explorer equally at home with contemporary classical, funk, hip-hop, folk, poetry, pure improv, art installations, and modern dance productions.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:30PM / Show 8:00PM
Admission: $20-25 sliding scale
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event – please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. All ages are welcome.
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The Poppies: Pop-Up Shop
2017-04-23 10:00 - 18:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Join artists Jason Wyman, Donna Marchesano, Andrea Fuenzalida, Ginger Snap, Keegan Roberson, Steve Piasecki, and senseofplace LAB for a special one day only pop-up shop. It’s the perfect spot to check out fine art works and handcrafted merchandise. Pick up something for yourself or a loved one. Items for sale include metal prints, Voodoo Kitties, photographic magnets, paintings, coloring zines, Psychogeographic Art ‘Kerchiefs, and more! You can even order a custom neon pop art portrait and participate in an art project. Entry is free and donations are accepted. All donations will be split evenly among the artists! All ages are welcome too!
The Poppies is a part of Wyman’s Artist-in-Residency, A Feast of Communities, at the Red Poppy Art House. Over 2017, Wyman, in community with Zena Carlota and Shree Shyam Das, will be hosting otherworldly dinner parties that engage diverse communities in San Francisco—queers and gender rebels, born and bred Mission District residents, and international migrants who work at tech companies. The purpose of A Feast of Communities is to foster relationships, conjure magic, and share stories. Crystal Mason and Stella Adelman join Wyman, Carlota, and Das as co-hosts of individual dinners to ensure each one has its own flavor and aesthetic rooted in the communities identified by the core team.
A Feast of Communities is rooted in the Red Poppy Art House’s core practices of facilitating socially-engaged professional development, producing vigorous and multidisciplinary programming, playing matchmaker among friends and strangers, and honoring that which is slow. Another root comes from Wyman’s approach of cultivating circle-based models of creation and exchange that foster understanding, empathy, and complexity across age, identity, culture, and expression. Together, this unique residency will weave a tapestry of talents, traditions, and tales representing a community of communities.
As part of Wyman’s residency, the Red Poppy Art House has graciously provided their space for The Poppies, Pop-Up Shop, in-kind. This exchange of time and space cultivates equity through fostering deep relationships that provide a platform for earning income.
For more information, please contact Jason Wyman at jason@14blackpoppies.com.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Event 10:00AM
Admission: Free; donations accepted
All ages are welcome.
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Boca do Rio: Brazilian Space Funk
2017-04-28 19:30 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Boca do Rio, the immensely danceable result of a two-decade musical partnership between guitarist/singer Kevin Welch and percussionist Alex Calatayud, brings their multi-layered electro-funk party boat to the Poppy this Friday. Their musicá organicá, born of Brazil and the San Francisco Bay, showcases the rhythms of living and working between the Americas.
Featuring:
Alex Calatayud – percussion
Kevin Welch – guitar
(Special guests TBA)
Learn more: Website

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event – please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. All ages are welcome.
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CANCELLED - Sarah Cabral: Contemporary and Classic Songs of Brazil
2017-04-28 20:00 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled.

Andrea Claburn Sextet: Jazz Album Release Celebration
2017-04-29 19:30 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Jazz vocalist/composer/arranger Andrea Claburn will be joined by an all-star band to celebrate the release of her debut, Nightshade, a collection of original compositions and new arrangements of lesser-known standards by Duke Ellington, Betty Carter, and Pat Metheny.
Featuring:
Andrea Claburn – vocals
Dan Zemelman – piano
Aaron Germain – bass
Greg Wyser-Pratt – drums
Terrence Brewer – guitar
Erik Jekabson – trumpet, flugelhorn
San Francisco-based Andrea Claburn, born in Baltimore and raised in the classical tradition, studied both piano and violin before turning to jazz. She is a graduate of the California Jazz Conservatory and a recipient of the CJC’s Mark Murphy Vocal Scholarship.
Learn more: Website | SoundCloud

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event – please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. All ages are welcome.
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Spectrums & Prisms, Bodies & Realms: Artist Reception w/ Lise Silva
2017-04-30 15:00 - 17:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
The Poppy invites you to join the artist and curators behind its second exhibition of 2017, Spectrums & Prisms, Bodies & Realms, on view until June 24. For her first exhibition at the Red Poppy Art House, Lise Silva Gomes has created a fiber art installation that serves as a metaphysical exploration where woven knots of various shapes and colors invade the Red Poppy’s performative space, creating an ambiance of other-worldliness that evokes wonder, deep mystery, possibility, fantasy, and curiosity.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Lise Silva lives in Oakland and works from her studio in Berkeley. Her artistic practice is strongly influenced by meditation, mysticism, classic film, psychedelic illustration, Surrealism, and Art Deco design. She explores the power of symbols through her Sacred Knots line of fiber jewelry and wall hangings.
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Musician, composer, and visual artist Zena Carlota is the executive artistic director of the Red Poppy; Elena Mencarelli, a visual artist, is currently collaborating with the Poppy as a lead host and art curator. Spectrums & Prisms, Bodies & Realms is the result of Lise, Elena, and Zena working together to realize the multidisciplinary vision of the Red Poppy Art House, a dynamic space where visual and performing arts, cultural diversity, and creativity come together to enrich community experience.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Event 3:00PM
Admission: Free
All ages are welcome.
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Kristine Barrett: Songs of Sanctuary
2017-04-30 19:30 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Kristine Barrett presents an evening of experimental folk melodies exploring the concept of refuge: a place that nurtures, extends, bridges; that asks us to appeal to our highest selves, to seek deeply the difficult questions and to be brave in the face of them. Her setlist: traditional music and ritual song from Norway, Iran, Estonia, Ireland, Sephardic Spain, Hungary, Brazil, and the Republic of Georgia.
Featuring:
Kristine Barrett – vocals, harmonium, piano
David Robert Johnson – guitar
Temple of Light Georgian Community Choir – vocals
Kristine Barrett is a transmedia artist, composer, and vocalist specializing in traditional music and ritual song from the Republic of Georgia, the Caucasus, Scandinavia, the Baltics, Eastern Europe, Ireland, and the Americas. Balanced between conservation and experimentation, Barrett acts as both monk and medium, honoring tradition while concurrently allowing the music to be alive in present bodies, reflecting the shape of the living. In addition to her solo work, she currently performs with the acclaimed Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble, Cantadora Sephardia with David Robert Johnson, and is the Artistic Director of the Temple of Light Georgian Community Choir.
Learn more: Website | Bandcamp

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event – please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. All ages are welcome.
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McKasson & McDonald: A Modern Take on Traditional Folk
2017-05-04 19:30 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
The Poppy warmly welcomes Ryan McKasson and Eric McDonald, masters of tradition who purposefully explore the dark corners floating on its edges. Pulling from parallel strands of influence, the duo creates a swirling level of intensity that traverses darkness, light, and everywhere in between. Their new album focuses on the relatability of music hundreds of years old, weaving new ideas and tunes with the old to create a timeless sound.
Featuring:
Ryan McKasson – fiddle, vocals
Eric McDonald – acoustic & electric guitar, vocals
Despite living active musical lives thousands of miles apart, Ryan McKasson and Eric McDonald are committed to working together to forge a new musical path. Ryan, an acclaimed performer, composer, collaborator, and teacher, was the youngest ever to win the U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Championship. Eric, who studied at Berklee College of Music under world-renowned musicians such as guitarist/mandolinist John McGann and cellist Eugene Friesene, is now considered one of the United States’ premier accompanists.
Learn more: Website | Facebook

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event – please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. All ages are welcome.
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Bret Higgins' Atlas Revolt: Cinematic Jazz, Global Sounds
2017-05-05 19:30 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
This Canadian quartet explores instrumental music that draws inspiration largely from film scores, jazz, rock, surf, and elements of Eastern European, African, and South American music. At the Poppy, the only San Francisco stop on their first U.S. tour, Atlas Revolt promises music from their acclaimed debut alongside selections from their upcoming album, due this year.
Featuring:
Bret Higgins – upright bass
Aleksandar Gajic – violin
Tom Juhas – electric guitar
Robbie Grunwald – electric piano
Max Senitt – drums
Upright bassist Bret Higgins formed Atlas Revolt in 2013 as a vehicle for his original instrumental compositions, and the band’s self-titled debut, released on John Zorn’s Tzadik Records in 2015, has been met with glowing reviews. Based in Toronto, Higgins performs regularly with Canadian folk-rock groups Great Lake Swimmers, Beyond The Pale, Zebrina, and Ozere.
Learn more: Website | Facebook | Bandcamp

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $10-15 sliding scale
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event – please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. All ages are welcome.
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Kathleen Grace: American Song
2017-05-06 19:30 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Ready for authentic storytelling, original compositions, and selections from the Great American Songbook? Globetrotting Arizona native and Los Angeles resident Kathleen Grace brings a pure sound and her honest and soaring voice to the Poppy for an evening of jazz, folk, and Americana.
Featuring:
Kathleen Grace – vocals
Storm Nilsson – guitar
Jeff Denson – bass
Kathleen Grace’s latest album, No Place To Fall, is a sun-drenched landscape of music rooted in her desert upbringing and elegant country spirit. Recorded at Carriage House Studios and produced by Sheldon Gomberg (Ryan Adams, Ben Harper, Lucinda Williams), No Place To Fall is the undeniable evolution of Grace as a naturally exquisite singer and songwriter, whose soulful instincts are skillfully honed by her prior experience in jazz and blues.
Learn more: Website | Facebook | YouTube | Bandcamp

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event – please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. All ages are welcome.
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John Wubbenhorst and Facing East: India Meets Jazz
2017-05-07 19:30 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Led by bansuri flutist John Wubbenhorst, a composer influenced by decades of studying classical Indian music, Facing East combines Hindustani and Carnatic sounds with modal jazz in the vein of icons such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Weather Report, John McLaughlin, and Oregon.
Featuring:
John Wubbenhorst – flutes, keyboards, vocals
Eric “Doc” Smith – Zendrum
Steve McQuarry – keyboards
Jason Everett – 7-string bass
The compositions of John Wubbenhorst, a disciple of the great Indian bansuri flute maestro Hariprasad Chaurasia, have been heralded as a “fresh new approach to East/West music.” His illustrious list of collaborators has included Victor Wooten, Jack DeJohnette, and Paul Horn.
Learn more: Facebook | YouTube

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event – please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. All ages are welcome.
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San Francisco Youth Theatre Presents: Homegrown One Act Festival
2017-05-11 - 2017-05-13 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Written, directed, acted, and produced by San Francisco Youth Theatre students, Homegrown is a brilliant collection of original, one-act plays that tells stories of having an incarcerated parent, Black Lives Matter, the beauty standard, LGBT relationships, being an artist, and yes, our changing San Francisco. This project is supported by The Youth Empowerment Fund.
Playwrights:
Abraham Frankfurter Davis
Yasmina Eldredge
Kenyah Evans
Mateo Friedenbach
Lauren Hernandez
Xitlally Lupian
Camila Raimond
Daniel Vigil
San Francisco Youth Theatre is dedicated to creating cutting-edge theater for children and youth ages 3-24. SFYT offers classes and performance ensembles, and produces adult-performed productions for young audiences, school residencies, and a repertoire of original productions that speak to the unique sensibilities of youth. The organization fosters personal expression through the arts, creating and performing theater that tells the compelling stories of our community. Classes are accessible to all children and youth, and all classes are offered on a sliding scale tuition basis; no student is turned away for lack of funds. SFYT is changing the world, one play at a time.

EVENT DETAILS

Dates/Times: May 11 & 12 @ 7:30PM / May 13 @ 2:00PM
Admission: $10-20 sliding scale / Advance tickets available!
No one will be turned away for lack of funds. All ages are welcome.
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Darren Johnston's Broken Shadows: Love, Loss, and Resistance
2017-05-13 19:30 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
With songs emphasizing lyrics and storytelling, as well as world-class musicianship that prizes spontaneity and dialogue, this highly adaptable ensemble led by trumpeter/composer Darren Johnston brings poetry, interplay, vocal harmonies, and a cross-section of musical interests into a curious new blend of roots/art/dance music.
Featuring:
Darren Johnston – trumpet, vocals
David Phillips – pedals, steel guitar, vocals
Jordan Samuels – guitar, vocals
Miles Wick – upright bass, vocals
Jordan Glenn – drums
Since settling in San Francisco in 1997, Canada-born trumpeter/composer/songwriter Darren Johnston has collaborated and recorded with an extremely diverse cross-section of artists. His interests rotate around composing instrumental music, writing songs, and performing all styles of jazz, experimental, and purely improvised music, as well as traditional music of the Balkans, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey, and the Arab world. These interests have coalesced into his primary ensemble of late, the Americana-influenced Broken Shadows. He has performed and/or recorded with luminaries such as Fred Frith, ROVA Sax Quartet, Myra Melford, Ben Goldberg, Matt Wilson, Mark Dresser, Marshall Allen, Hamid Drake, Marcus Shelby, the Electric Squeezebox Orchestra, and many others.
Learn more: Website | Facebook
Photo credit: Julie Caine

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 7:00PM / Show 7:30PM
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event – please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. All ages are welcome.
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Naina & Salma: In Search of Eternal Love
2017-05-14 19:00 - 22:00 | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Performance artist Naina Shastri and visual artist Salma Arastu collaborate on a show that uses Indian classical dance, poetry, video projection, and live music to connect 13th-century Persian mystic Mevlana Rumi and 16th-century Indian saint Meera Bai, who both spoke of finding salvation in love.
Featuring:
Naina Shastri – dance
Salma Arastu – Rumi poetry recitation
Ghalib Grooves Carnatic Band – music
With over 20 years of experience as a performer, choreographer, and teacher of the Mysore style of Bharatanatyam dance, Naina Shastri runs Ushanjali School of Dance in the East Bay. Naina, a RAW residency artist at SAFEhouse and artist-in-residence at OACC, was chosen to perform at the APERTURE Festival in 2016.
East Bay visual artist Salma Arastu practices Eastern spirituality through Western techniques of painting using mixed media. She’s had over 30 years of experience, 40 solo shows, and three books published, and she’s a recipient of the East Bay Community Foundation’s Fund for Artists award and the City of Berkeley Individual Artists grant.
Photo credit: Swagato Basumalick

EVENT DETAILS

Time: Doors 6:30PM / Show 7:00PM
Admission: $10-20 sliding scale
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event – please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets. All ages are welcome.
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