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Miguelito Martinez: Cuba le canta a México

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

The music of flautist Miguelito Martinez bridges the Afro-Caribbean rhythms of Cuba, the powerful melodies of Mexico, and the sounds of traditional jazz. His latest album, Cuba le canta a México, honors the musicians and composers who have contributed to these musical traditions. Born in Chiapas, Mexico, Miguelito Martinez studied music education and transversal flute […]

$15 – $20

Danny Green Trio: Jazz, Classical & Brazilian Convergence

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Pianist/composer Danny Green and his trio return to the Red Poppy to showcase their melodically charged blend of jazz, Brazilian, Latin, and classical sounds. As a rising force on the national jazz scene, Green distinguishes himself with a beautifully articulated touch and deep affinity for Brazilian music. Featuring: Danny Green - piano Justin Grinnell - […]

$10 – $15

Resilience and the Unseen in the Context of an Art House

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

RPAH Professional Development Track Speaker Series in Community-Engaged Arts Presenting ft. Todd Thomas Brown   Red Poppy Art House founder Todd T Brown headlines the Poppy's October professional development session with a conversation on resilience while making art and creating art spaces. "Zena Carlota, Red Poppy's Managing Director, asked if I would be the guest […]

Free

Ghost + Spirit: Improvisations by Ben Goldberg, Hamir Atwal & Ila Cantor

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Clarinetist Ben Goldberg, guitarist Ila Cantor, and drummer/percussionist Hamir Atwal present an evening of improvisations at the Red Poppy. Ben Goldberg established himself as one of the most inventive and vibrant clarinetists in jazz and improvised music in 1992 with his group New Klezmer Trio. Through his many bands and compositional projects, Goldberg has been […]

$15 – $20

Madelina y Los Carpinteros: Latin American Folk Music

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Madelina y Los Carpinteros presents an evening inspired by the socially committed Nueva Trova and Nueva Canción folk music of Cuba and Latin America. Performing standards from their repertoire, as well as unpublished compositions, the group will use well-crafted harmonies and layered acoustic instrumentation to present fresh interpretations of Latin American folk music from Chile, […]

$20 – $25

Karina Deniké: Noirish Torch Songs and ’60s Soul

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Karina Deniké presents an original set of reflective songs filled with tales of female aviators, love, memory, as well as personal and regional history. Drawing from Eastern European lullabies and sea shanties, as well as pop music from the 1930s-1960s, Deniké’s vocally driven pieces feature a distinctive ensemble that includes bass clarinet, chord organ, piano, […]

$10 – $20

Día de los Muertos – Soñar con espíritus: Altars of Ancestry

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Día de los Muertos is an extraordinarily auspicious time for the Mission community, and the Red Poppy Art House is humbled to participate in the annual celebration that honors the […]

Free

The Musical Art Quintet: Chamber con Alma

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

This celebration of the Musical Art Quintet’s latest album, Chamber con Alma—“chamber with soul”—promises to be an evening of contemporary string quintet music with spirited improvisations and cross-cultural influences. The program includes original compositions by bandleader/bassist Sascha Jacobsen, important works by icons such as Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, and Tito Puente, and the world premiere […]

$15 – $20

Trio Garufa: Virtuosic Argentine Tango

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

The word “garufa” means boisterous and festive merriment, and this Argentine/Swiss/American trio stays true to its name by playing classic and contemporary tango music. Bandoneon and guitar are rounded out by acoustic bass to create the group’s signature sound, which ranges from tango’s golden era in the 1930s and ‘40s to contemporary electro-tango. Featuring: Guillermo […]

$15 – $20

Daniel Riera Ensemble: Future Flutist with Electric Ensemble

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Drawing inspiration from ’70s jazz, funk, and the rhythmic tug of post-Dilla hip-hop, Daniel Riera presents new music for flute, wind controller, and electric ensemble. The multi-instrumentalist is well known for his impressive performances on the wind controller, a digital woodwind delivering earth-shaking bass, acidic melodies, and even chords. Featuring: Daniel Riera - flute, wind […]

$20

Rumberos de Radio Habana: Community Rumba

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 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. […]

Free

Seth Ford-Young Quartet: Chamber Music Meets Early Jazz

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Composer/bandleader/bassist Seth Ford-Young leads his dream quartet on a mission to integrate the transparent textures of chamber music and the ebullient bounce of Django Reinhardt-style jazz. The group will perform pieces from their newest release, Time Memory Beauty Hope, as well as favorites from their first album, Seth Ford-Young. Featuring: Seth Ford-Young - bass Evan […]

$15 – $20

Red Poppy Art House Presents: Crossover Collaborative Residencies, Cohort II

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

An interdisciplinary residency program supported by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation and San Francisco Arts Commission, Crossover Collaborative Residencies provides a framework to support the exploration of collaborative processes between artists in dance and music disciplines. Pairing six choreographer/dancers and six composer/musicians, the program follows a four-stage development from preliminary artists gatherings and orientation workshops, to […]

$10 – $20

Natalie Cressman & Mike Bono: Indie-Rock/Jazz Art Songs

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Accomplished indie rock and contemporary jazz journeymen Natalie Cressman and Mike Bono return to the Red Poppy to celebrate the release of their first collaborative album, Etchings in Amber, which captures their intimate, vibrant combination of soulful vocals and acoustic guitar. Featuring: Natalie Cressman - vocals, trombone Mike Bono - guitar Raised in an eclectic […]

$10 – $20

Tiffany Austin & Alex Conde: Flamenco Meets the Blues (Double Show!)

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Bay Area blues singer Tiffany Austin partners up with Spanish flamenco jazz pianist Alex Conde for an evening of blues, jazz, and piano flamenco exploration. Featuring: Tiffany Austin - vocals Alex Conde - piano Tiffany Austin's much-anticipated debut recording, Nothing But Soul, has received a warm reception from audiences and critics alike, including a four-star […]

$20

“Needles in the Camel’s Eye” Artist Reception

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

The Poppy invites you to join the artists and curators behind its current exhibition, Needles in the Camel’s Eye. Acquiring its name from the opening song on Brian Eno’s debut solo album, Needles reflects artists Stephani Martinez and Jessica Tang’s needle-related experimentation with the unexpected in an exhibition laced with lyrical, literary, and rhythmic overtones. […]

Free

Matt Renzi’s Arm Sized Legging: Cinematic Chamber Jazz

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Arm Sized Legging gets its signature sound both from its unusual instrumentation–woodwinds (saxophone/oboe/clarinet), cello, bass and drums–and an all-original repertoire. Using both free-form improvisation and traditional song forms as the basis of collective soloing, composer/bandleader Renzi’s music explores textures, colors, and sonorities while adding a contemporary classical touch to the mix with cello. Featuring: Matt […]

$10 – $20

María Volonté: Blue Tango Project: Tango and the Blues Embrace

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Bewitching echoes of tango’s forbidden pleasures and the lament of the solitary blues soul meet in Blue Tango Project, a collaboration between Buenos Aires-born vocalist/guitarist María Volonté and harmonica player Kevin Carrel Footer, a native Californian. Their exploration of the emotional and musical crossroads where tango and the blues embrace celebrates the deep spiritual bond […]

$15 – $20

LoCura: From Spain to the Caribbean and Back

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

With music that’s equal parts flamenco, reggae, cumbia, Cuban son, and ska, LoCura happily crosses borders to bring back the goods for your soul and your dancing feet. Their Red Poppy show will feature a new lineup, new songs, and remixed classics. Featuring: Featuring: Kata Miletich - vocals Bob Sanders - guitars Melissa Cruz - […]

$10 – $20

LOAN: Revolutionary Poetry & Music ft. Tongo Eisen-Martin & Peck the Town Crier

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Music, poetry, and history converge powerfully in LOAN, a collective of artists integrating new-generation, African-American avant-garde poetry and jazz-influenced musical exploration. The quartet, founded by poet Tongo Eisen-Martin and guitarist Peck the Town Crier, aims to give musical shape to the longing for revolution by way of word and chord. Featuring: Tongo Eisen-Martin – poet […]

$10 – $20

RPAH Speaker Series: Community-Engaged Arts Presenting ft. Regina Y. Evans

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Anti-trafficking activist Regina Y. Evans headlines the Poppy's November professional development session with a performance and discussion on fighting sex trafficking in the Bay Area. The second-generation Oakland native will perform excerpts of her 52 Letters, a theater piece that looks at the fight against trafficking through the lens of slavery. The play, which won […]

Free

Fátima Santos: Fado & Beyond

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

With soaring vocals that tell dramatic tales of love, loss, and redemption, Fátima Santos breathes life into fado, Portugal’s passionate, soul-stirring version of the blues. Her repertoire, a mix of original compositions and traditional songs, showcases her command of Coimbra fado style, an operatic vocal technique seldom practiced by women. Featuring: Fátima Santos - vocals […]

$15 – $20

AZA Band with Arouna Diarra & Biko Casini: Balafon & Ngoni Music

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

The Red Poppy Art House warmly welcomes the AZA Band–with Arouna Diarra, Biko Casini, and special guest Yacuba Diarra–for an evening of traditional music from Burkina Faso. Inspired by the pulsing melodies and infectious dance grooves of the balafon, Tennessee native Biko traveled to Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso’s second-largest city, to study djembe in 2007. Five […]

$10 – $15

Redwood Tango Ensemble: New Tango & Chamber Music

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Oakland's Redwood Tango Ensemble presents a set of brand new compositions as well as arrangements of contemporary tango favorites. Featuring: Charles Gorczynski - bandoneon Elyse Weakley - piano Anton Estaniel - cello Kendra Vernon - violin Mia Bella D'Augelli - violin Daniel Fabricant - double bass Dedicated to the study and performance of traditional Argentine […]

$10 – $20

STOOP: Sounds & Stories of the Mission

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 […]

Free

MAPP: Crossover Collaborative Residencies, Cohort II, Final Performance

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

An interdisciplinary residency program supported by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation and San Francisco Arts Commission, Crossover Collaborative Residencies provides a framework to support the exploration of collaborative processes between artists in dance and music disciplines. Pairing six choreographer/dancers and six composer/musicians, the program follows a four-stage development from preliminary artists gatherings and orientation workshops, to […]

Free

Rumberos de Radio Habana: Community Rumba

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 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. […]

Free

StringQuake: Electric Harp Meets Cello & Percussion

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Bay Area trio StringQuake uses unusual instrumentation–electric harp, cello, and percussion–to explore far-flung sounds inspired by Greece, India, Africa, and the Americas. With a penchant for improvisation and unexpected meters, the group boasts a wide-ranging repertoire that runs the gamut from contemplative to vigorous. Featuring: Amelia Romano - electric harp Misha Khalikulov - cello Josh […]

$20 – $25

La Mixta Criolla: Latin-Caribbean Grooves

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Hard-swinging Bay Area ensemble La Mixta Criolla returns to the Red Poppy with music rooted in the criollo culture of Puerto Rico and the Latin-Caribbean. Performing both originals and funky renditions of classic tunes, the quintet combines a variety of swinging Afro-Caribbean grooves, from plena, bomba, guaracha jíbara, seis, and aguinaldo to merengue, son, cumbia, […]

$10 – $20

Patrick Wolff/Grant Stewart Quintet: Classic Bebop Saxophone

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Two highly acclaimed jazz saxophonists, Patrick Wolff and Grant Stewart, light up the night with dexterous and exhilarating renderings of the classic two-tenor groups. Alongside a vibrant trio of experienced musicians, Wolff and Stewart pay tribute to the time-honored compositions of Charles Mingus, Al Cohn, Freddie Redd, and Duke Ellington, brought to life in a […]

$20 – $25