ReroRera: Ethnic Inspirations
2023-06-24 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
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ReroRera: Ethnic Inspirations
Exploring Georgian, Middle Eastern, Northern and Eastern European folk musical traditions
ReroRera is in a continuous search for common grounds, paths, and, ultimately, a common expressive language of different ethnic musical traditions. The group’s multicultural background enables ReroRera to create the texture of world folk-inspired themes in a very different, unconventional way, using the language of jazz, fusion, funk, and other genres.
Featuring:
Zaza Korinteli – percussion, guitar, vocal
Sergey Prokushkin – piano, keyboard
Giorgi Khokhobashvili – violin
Billy Edwards – upright bass

Saturday, June 24th, 2023
Time: 6:30 pm doors, 7:00 pm (First show) | 8:30 pm doors, 8:45 pm-10 pm (Second show)
Admission: (Online) $20 – $35 / (Door) $35

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Zaza Korinteli, better known by his stage name Zumba, is a Georgian ethnic-jazz-rock musician and musicologist whose music fuses Georgian folk tradition and other world music inspirations. Sergey Prokushkin is a jazz pianist and composer with a multicultural background focusing on a variety of world folk music with South American, Middle Eastern, and European flavors.
Billy Edwards (upright bass) is a San Jose native who studied under Faye Carol and Buster Williams. Introduced to the bass by Jemal Ramirez and Dan Robbins, Billy has performed with Dennis Chambers, Rodney Ruckus, Blaque Dynamite, Aaron Green, Thomas Pridgen, Roy McCurdy, Dayna Stephens, Howard Wiley, Joe Warner, Craig Handy, Rickey Woodard, Casey Benjamin, Tomoki Sanders, Aaron Burnett, Sylvia Cuenca, Calvin Keys, Bruce Forman, and Faye Carol.
Georgia-born violinist Giorgi Khokhobashvili has been performing in Northern California since 2005. He is active in various Sacramento-based projects, with a strong interest in experimental world music.
https://www.facebook.com/reroreraworld/

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EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, June 24th, 2023
Time: 6:30 pm doors, 7:00 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $35 / (Door) $35
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Trio Tangazo
2023-06-30 19:30 - 21:00
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Trio Tangazo
Virtuosic Argentine Tango, Classic Argentine Tango Music
Trio Tangazo is an all-star Tango group comprised of 2022 Latin Grammy Nominee Sascha Jacobsen on bass, virtuoso pianist, Seth Asarnow, and master bandoneonist Adrian Jost.
Featuring:
Adrian Jost – bandoneón
Seth Asarnow – piano
Sascha Jacobsen – Bass

Friday, June 30th 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $35 / (Door) $35 general

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Seth Asarnow has performed with Forever Tango on Dancing with the Stars, as well as with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl.
Adrian Jost is a founder of Trio Garufa and Quinteto Pacifico and has toured the world performing Argentine Tango.
Sascha was nominated for a Latin Grammy (Best Tango Album) in 2022 with his group Los Tangueros del Oeste, and he currently lives in Argentina.

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EVENT DETAILS
Friday, June 30th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $35 / (Door) $35 general
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George Brooks & Friends Birthday Bash
2023-07-16 19:00 - 21:30
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George Brooks & Friends Birthday Bash
Come celebrate George Brooks’ birthday with Utsav Lal on piano, Frank Martin on keys, Scott Amendola on drums, and surprise guest artists!
Join us for an evening of jazz, funk, and cross-cultural explorations, celebrating the birthday of premiere saxophonist, George Brooks. George will be joined by a stellar band featuring the Bay Area’s Scott Amendola, Frank Martin, and New York pianist, Utsav Lal. Special guests and birthday cake!!!
Featuring:
Frank Martin – Keyboards
Utsav Lal – Piano
Scott Amendola – Drums
George Brooks – Saxophone

Sunday, July 16th, 2023
Time: 6:30 pm doors, 7:00 pm show
Admission: $22

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

George Brooks is an award-winning saxophonist and composer, acclaimed for successfully bridging the worlds of jazz and Indian classical music. He is the founder of seminal Indian fusion groups; Summit with Zakir Hussain; Bombay Jazz with Ronu Majumdar and Larry Coryell; Raga Bop Trio with Steve Smith and Prasanna; Kirwani Quartet with Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia and Elements with Kala Ramnath and Gwyneth Wentink.
Utsav Lal was born and raised in New Delhi, where he trained in Indian classical music with dhrupad vocalist Ustad Wassifudin Dagar, Lal subsequently received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in jazz and Western classical music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the New England Conservatory of Music. Lal was named a Young Steinway Artist in 2010.
Pianist Frank Martin has toured as Musical Director for Narada Michael Walden, Patti Austin, Angela Bofill, and Roy Ayers and for the past 20 years has been a member of Sting’s “Rainforest Band” with l and others. Martin has performed with Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Zakir Hussain, James Taylor, Elton John, Billy Joel, Larry Coryell, Herbie Hancock, Santana, B.B. King, and Bruce Springsteen.
For Scott Amendola, the drum kit isn’t so much an instrument as a musical portal. As an ambitious composer, savvy bandleader, electronics explorer, first-call accompanist, and capaciously creative foil for some of the world’s most inventive musicians, Amendola applies his wide-ranging rhythmic virtuosity to a vast array of settings. His closest musical associates include guitarists Charlie Hunter, Nels Cline, and Jeff Parker, Hammond B-3 organist Wil Blades, violinist Jenny Scheinman, saxophonist Phillip Greenlief, clarinetist Ben Goldberg, bassists Trevor Dunn, and Todd Sickafoose.

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EVENT DETAILS
Sunday, July 16th, 2023
Time: 6:30 pm doors, 7:00 pm show
Admission: $22
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August 5th MAPP
2023-08-05 18:30 - 22:00
Saturday, August 5th, 2023
August 5th MAPP
The Summer of Solidarity
Re-building our Joy together
MAPP – August 5th @ 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm | FREE!

Please join us this Saturday at 6:30 pm for a FREE evening of music, dance, and visual art, curated by Indira Urrutia, Chilean-born interdisciplinary artist, educator, community organizer, curator, and co-founder of several arts education initiatives.
RPAH PROGRAM AUGUST 5TH | MINI-ILLUSION

SATURDAY AUGUST, 5TH, 2023
(IN PERSON)

Artwork by Marc Hors
(Photography): “Nazavzhdy” Para Siempre / Forever by Marc Hors
Installation “Soul Tears”
by Indira Urrutia

Time
Performance Description
Artists

6:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Art Exhibition
Open for viewing

7:00 pm– 7:30 pm
Artist presentation Installation & Photography
Indira Urrutia & Marc Hors

7:40 pm – 8:20 pm
Duo Guitar and Cajon
Rafa Sarria Bustamante (la Gente) and Javier Navarrette

8:30 pm – 8:40 pm
Solo dance performance
My-Linh Le

9 pm – 10 pm
Reggae and World music
Sol Tevél

MAPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project)
Launched in 2003, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly, multidisciplinary, intercultural event that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces, such as private garages, gardens, living rooms, studios, street corners, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kaleidoscope of individuals and communities. Due to COVID-19 we have temporarily changed this dynamic program from an onsite to an online series. Thanks to the mastery and innovation of the presenting artists and curatorial vision we are pleased that the kaleidoscope of cultural exchange continues to be an incredibly enriching experience for the presenter and the viewer. We look forward to the days that we can safely present at our neighborhood venue and we are grateful for everyone’s ingenuity in making the online presentations meaningful and unique experiences.
This program is funded by California Arts Council Impact Project Grant and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Relief Fund and SF Art Reopening Fund.
We will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve.
RED POPPY MAPP TEAM:
Curator | Artistic Director | Managing director: Dina Zarif
PR and Digital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary
“SOUL TEARS” INSTALLATION | INDIRA URRUTIA

Indira Urrutia
Installation “Soul Tears”
Indira Urrutia is a Chilean-born interdisciplinary artist of international projection with a very personal style defined by organic elements combined in a perfect harmony that prints beautiful emotions in her work, allowing the audience to experience different sensations and movements while watching.
The Pandemia has kept her stock in Barcelona for three years, where her work inhabits time, silence, and memory, where weaving interacts to create a surface, skin, and little by little, a presence manifest.
Weaving is an organic and metaphorical expression and a meditation on the nature of life. We are all bound together, interwoven and interconnected, in ways that we overlook in our modern lives.
Her work has been exhibited internationally in group and individual presentations, including The de Young Museum, Root Division, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco USA; National Council of Culture and the Arts, Pablo Neruda House Museum, Chile; Invited to the VII Biennial of Art and Design, Valencia, Spain, Real Cercle Artistic de Barcelona, El Borsí, Barcelona, Spain, Fontecchio International Airport Gallery, Italy.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS

PHOTOGRAPHY
Marc Hors
“Nazavzhdy” Para Siempre / Forever

The escalation of the international armed conflict in Ukraine has caused civilian casualties and destruction of civilian infrastructure, forcing people to flee their homes seeking safety, protection, and assistance. Millions of refugees from Ukraine have crossed borders into neighboring countries, and many more have been forced to move inside the country.
“The situation is disconcerting, this is what several Ukrainian women I talk to are telling me. They agree in shrinking the importance of material belongings, including the roof under which they raised the children who accompany them, and which, as they can learn from the news, has now turned into ruins. The real heartbreaker has been to leave their husbands fighting with rudimentary resources against a Goliath armed outright. The two typical words in any farewell “see you soon” have been replaced by “love you forever”. The chances of surviving are swinging at the rhythm of the bombs and the decisions taken by political leaders coerced by economic interests.”
This series of photographs were taken at the Polish border of Medyka and the town of Przemyšl during the month of March 2022. Photographs that bring us closer to a reality that, however distant it may seem to us geographically, puts into perspective the fragility of the social fabric that led us to develop as a civilized species.
Format: Fine art prints on cotton paper Size: 13 x 19” – 17 x 22”

PERFORMANCES
My-Linh Le
Solo dance performance

My-Linh Le is a second-generation Vietnamese American dancer, award-winning choreographer, multidisciplinary storyteller, and former environmental attorney. She is the founding director of Mud Water Theatre, a street dance performance collective featuring turfers. As a strutter/popper, she is the first woman to represent Playboyz Inc. since its formation in 1981, making it one of the Bay Area’s oldest dance crews. She has danced for artists including Sanford Biggers and Grammy-winning Kendrick Lamar.Acoustic Set.

Rafa Sarria Bustamante (la Gente) and Javier Navarrette
Guitar and Cajon Duo

Javier Navarrette is a professional percussionist, musician, composer, arranger, and educator living in Oakland, California, specializing in Afro-Caribbean music. Javier’s performance and recording career spans over three decades. He has played and studied with many of the greats in the Afro-Latin music tradition and has recorded on three Grammy-nominated albums with John Santos and the Machete Ensemble/ Folklorico Kindembo.
Rafael Sarria Bustamante is a Colombian-Nicaraguan singer-songwriter, activist, band leader of LA GENTE SF, and voting member of the Recording Academy/Grammy’s. With his group, he has created his own unique blend of Cumbia, Reggae, Salsa, Champeta, and Reggaeton. His original composition and live shows fuse together rhythms, dances and cultural influences from all over Latino America and the Caribbean with a distinct San Francisco flavor, to create an infectious, high-energy dance party. From his new home base of Madrid Spain Rafa & LA GENTE SF has just released “Lotus Hotel” their first single and music video from their fifth studio album “Entre 2 Mundos”. The album and series of music videos were recorded and filmed in San Francisco, Colombia, Spain, Mexico, and Morocco. Produced by Rafael Sarria Bustamante, Maya Finlay & Jordan Feinstein. He is currently on his 2023 world tour with dates in the US, Spain, Mexico & more.

Sol Tevél
Reggae and World music

San Francisco-based band Sol Tevél, led by Jerusalem-born artist Lior Ben-Hur, is redefining Reggae and World music with its uplifting melodies and unique approach.
Lior Ben-Hur & Sol Tevél released an eclectic World music album in 2012, infusing contemporary interpretations of Jewish texts, ideals, and mysticism. The band’s passion for Reggae, a key inspiration for their creativity is evident in their self-titled 2015 Reggae EP.
Their full-length album, So I Wander, was released in 2017, debuting at #14 on Billboard’s Top Reggae Albums chart. This band, having shared the stage with Roots Reggae legends like Stephen Marley and Black Uhuru, represents a new generation of World and Reggae music.

IN PERSON EVENT DETAILS
Time: August 5th, 2023, 6:30pm- 10pm (IN PERSON)
Admission: Free

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Jazz in the neighborhood: Scott Foster & Sheldon Brown Duets
2023-08-10 19:30 - 21:00
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Jazz in the neighborhood: Scott Foster & Sheldon Brown Duets
Guitar and Saxophone Explorations
The evening will feature an Eclectic mix of jazz, original and improvised music for guitar and saxophone in an intimate duo setting. Scott and Sheldon are reuniting after a long hiatus and look forward to sharing work from their collaboration 25 years ago and updating their work together with developments that have sprung up in the interim. This will be a concert full of surprises for both the audience and performers.
Featuring:
Scott Foster – Guitar
Sheldon Brown – Saxophones

Friday, August 10, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $15 – $30 / (Door) $35 general

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Composer and woodwind instrumentalist Sheldon Brown has been active on the San Francisco Bay Area creative music scene and beyond for over 30 years. In addition to performing his original music with Sheldon Brown Group, Brown has performed with a diverse array of people and groups including Anthony Braxton, Ben Goldberg, Omar Sosa, Club Foot Orchestra, Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra, Clarinet Thing and Bobby Weir. His extended original composition Blood of the Air (funded by Chamber Music America and Inter Music) premiered at the 32nd Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival, and was featured at the 16th Annual Outsound Festival. Most recently Brown performed and composed music for Club Foot Orchestra’s score for the classic silent film, Pandora’s Box, at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland.
Scott Foster has been a fixture on San Francisco jazz scene for over two decades. He can be heard performing regularly with his own group and as a sideman with the Americano Social Club, B3B4 and multitude of the bay area’s finest musicians at wide variety of venues. Scott Foster’s CD’s “Basement Sinfonietta”, “Go Small” and “Night Blooming Jazzmen” are currently available. Additionally Scott is the Performing Arts Chair and Jazz Band Director at the Urban School of San Francisco.

JAZZ IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD:
Jazz in the Neighborhood works to improve the economics of jazz performance in the Bay Area by presenting affordable concerts, paying musicians a guaranteed wage, and supporting the work of established and aspiring jazz artists.
Art • Equity • Access.
ART • Jazz is often called the one truly American art form. We honor that legacy while supporting exploration and new approaches to the genre. Jazz in the Neighborhood events provide a space for jazz musicians to be creative, spontaneous, and expressive in their interpretation of music. Our Emerging Artists program nurtures the upcoming generation of jazz musicians through mentoring and opportunities to learn on the bandstand.
EQUITY • Jazz musicians have long been participants in the “gig” economy. Very few have the security of regular employment playing jazz, especially with the decline of union representation. For many, the economics of jazz performance has become a cut of ticket sales, a tip jar, maybe a free meal, and often a day job. This kind of remuneration hardly seems fair given the knowledge, skill, and practice that’s required to become a jazz musician. So unlike many concert producers, Jazz in the Neighborhood guarantees musicians a fair wage when they perform at our events. We encourage all venues to join us in paying a guaranteed fair wage to jazz musicians.
ACCESS • We believe that everyone should be able to enjoy live jazz in a comfortable, acoustically appropriate setting at an affordable price. Many of our shows are free. When events have an admission charge, we keep the price reasonable and never turn anyone away for lack of funds. Please take a look at our events blog and calendar page for upcoming concerts.
https://jazzintheneighborhood.org/about/mission/
https://sheldonbrownmusic.com/home

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EVENT DETAILS
Friday, August 10th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $15 – $30 / (Door) $35 general
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(FREE) The Family Art Program (Arte entre familia) is back!
2023-08-12 12:00 - 13:30
The Family Art Program
Arte entre familia
The Family Art Program at The Red Poppy Art House brings free access to quality art activities to neighboring families in the Mission district of San Francisco.

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

We will be gathering one Saturday of the month from 12:00 – 1:30pm at 2698 Folsom.

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

The program most often includes (but is not limited to) children and youth ages 4-17, as well as adults 18+, living in the Mission District.

Please come join us!

Saturday, August 12th, 2023
Time: 12:00-1:30 pm
Admission: FREE

MEET THE INSTRUCTOR:

Sofia Elias

Sofia Elias, Family Art Coordinator at the Red Poppy Art House, studied psychology at SFSU and has independently pursued the arts by working as both a curator and participating artist within various art spaces in San Francisco. With the notion that art is present in all occasions of social change, she believes art liberates people to express their emotions and ideas in any possible way that is imagined. Through this powerful creative tool, she looks to inspire children to create and become creators of their own realities. Sofia is a bilingual radical musician, ready to share art with all of the community!

The Family Art Program
(Arte entre familia)
The program engages the Red Poppy Art House’s surrounding neighborhood, contributing to its vibrancy by offering free programming to the public one Saturday of the month from 12:00-1:30pm at 2698 Folsom.

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

During these afternoon sessions, parents and children can explore their creative impulses within a broader framework of social and diversity awareness.
Family Art is designed as a way to engage not only participating families but those passing by our residential intersection.
https://redpoppyarthouse.org/programs/family-art/

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, August 12th, 2023
Time: 12:00-1:30 pm
Admission: FREE
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Brazilian Guitar with Ricardo Peixoto and Julio Lemos
2023-08-26 19:30 - 21:00
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Brazilian Guitar with Ricardo Peixoto and Julio Lemos
Traditional and contemporary Brazilian Guitar, choros, sambas, and bossa nova
An evening of traditional and contemporary Brazilian Guitar, including original compositions as well as classic choros, sambas, bossas, and whatever else happens in the moment.
Featuring:
Ricardo Peixoto – guitar
Julio Lemos – guitar

Saturday, August 26th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Julio Lemos, works as a 7-string guitarist, performing in the field of Brazilian instrumental music. He presents a virtuosity derived from his base as a Brazilian classical guitar concert artist, under the influence of the composers Villa-Lobos and Radamés Gnatalli, added to his training in the “Rodas de Choro”. He is a specialist in the language of choro and samba accompaniment from the 7-string guitar, with Dino 7 strings and Rafael Rabelo as his main references, adding to their influences from the guitar of Baden Powell and Marco Pereira in the samba-jazz style.
Originally from Rio de Janeiro and based in the Bay Area, guitarist/composer Ricardo Peixoto is among the top representatives of Brazilian guitar in the US, with a fluid melodic style and a keen compositional sense. His approach is grounded both in the jazz and Brazilian music traditions, but ventures well beyond their borders, combining rich melodies and sophisticated harmonies with the rhythms of Brazil. Peixoto has recorded and performed with, among others, Flora Purim and Airto, Claudia Villela, Dom Um Romão, Toots Thielemans, Dori Caymmi, Guinga, Sivuca, Paul McCandless, and Terra Sul.
https://www.juliolemos.net
https://ricardopeixoto.com

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EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, August 26th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30
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Dvorak Birthday Concert by Classical Revolution
2023-09-08 19:30 - 21:00
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Dvorak Birthday Concert
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Classical Revolution presents a concert of chamber music for strings and piano by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak on his 182nd birthday!
Program:
String Quartet No. 12 in F Major ”American” (1893)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major (1887)
Featuring:
Daniel Dastoor – violin
Anthony Blea – violin
Charith Premawardhana – viola
Lewis Patzner – cello
Ian Scarfe – piano

Friday, September 8th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Classical Revolution was founded in the fall of 2006 with the goal of making classical music more relevant in our neighborhoods and communities.
After a successful first year of weekly shows at Revolution Cafe in San Francisco’s Mission District, the organization began to receive invitations to perform at other local venues including the Red Poppy Art House, the Legion of Honor, and Yoshi’s SF.
In its 10th anniversary year, Classical Revolution undertook a cycle of Beethoven’s 9 Symphonies, performed at venues around San Francisco including the de Young Museum, Fort Mason’s Cowell Theater, and a performance of the 9th Symphony at Grace Cathedral in front of a 1000 person audience.
Press articles from the New York Times, Strings Magazine, Wall Street Journal, and The Economist brought wider attention to Classical Revolution’s efforts.
As interest grew outside of San Francisco, the network of chapters began to develop, with over 40 cities hosting regular Classical Revolution around the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia, as well as Indonesia, Argentina, South Korea, and Japan.
Over 1200 musicians have performed at more than 1,500 Classical Revolution events in over 150 different venues in the Bay Area alone. Audiences enjoy the accessibility of the venues and the fun laid-back approach, as well as the diversity and quality in programming. In San Francisco, Classical Revolution hosts regular events at Mission District venues as well as guest appearances around the Bay Area.
www.classicalrevolution.org
www.facebook.com/classicalrev
Insta @classicalrevolution

EVENT DETAILS
Friday, September 8th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30
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Will Bernard & Beth Custer 'SKY' Release Concert
2023-09-09 19:00 - 20:30
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Will Bernard & Beth Custer ‘SKY’ Release Concert
Deep, funky, melodic, from lovely to raunchy, chamber jazz
Clarinetist/vocalist Beth Custer and guitarist Will Bernard will perform ‘SKY’, a culmination of performing together for 35 years.
Featuring:
Will Bernard – guitar
Beth Custer – voice/clarinets

Saturday, September 9th, 2023
Time: 6:30 pm doors, 7:00 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30/ (Door) $30-$35

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Ranking in the top tier for clarinetistry in DownBeat Reader’s poll, Beth Custer is a member of the Club Foot Orchestra, of David James’s GPS, of Trance Mission, of Eighty Mile Beach, she leads the quartet Clarinet Thing, and is a member of Russian Telegraph, named for San Francisco’s hills. Beth has created scores for Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Zeitgeist, and Turtle Island and for the films of Brad Coley, William Farley, Esther Paik-Mander, and Cathy Lee Crane. She received an EMMY for her KQED score ‘Mantis Shrimp’ and has scored for the dance productions of Joe Goode Performance Group, AXIS Dance Company, Salt Farm, and Flyaway. Theatre scores include Campo Santo, The Magic, Cal Shakes, Intersection for the Arts, and Mile High Theatre. Beth lives in San Francisco.
Will Bernard’s unique guitar playing was formed from the rich cultural roots of the San Francisco Bay Area. He studied classical, jazz, and Indian, played in basements and coliseums, has absorbed the Bay Area Multi-Kulti, the funk of New Orleans, and the New York downtown edge. He’s performed and/or recorded with Charlie Hunter, Stanton Moore, Robert Walter, John Medeski, Bill Laswell, Ben Sidran, Peter Apfelbaum, Dr. John, Tom Waits and many others. His 2007 CD ‘Party Hats’ andhis 1997 project T.J. Kirk ‘If Four Was One’ were nominated for a Grammy. ‘Pond Life’ (2022) on Dreck to Disk is his eleventh release as a bandleader. Will lives in Brooklyn, NY.
https://bethcuster.com
https://willbernard.com

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EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, September 9th, 2023
Time: 6:30 pm doors, 7:00 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30/ (Door) $30-$35
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Astrid Kuljanic Trio
2023-09-15 19:30 - 21:00
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Astrid Kuljanic Trio
Global jazz and Mediterranean future-folk
Drawing on her unique Adriatic heritage as well as her command of Brazilian music and jazz, Croatian vocalist Astrid Kuljanic will present a diverse evening of global music. With her critically acclaimed band featuring accordionist Ben Rosenblum and bassist Mat Muntz, Astrid will sing traditional, popular, and original songs in a range of styles and languages propelled by a focus on spontaneous interaction and interpretive flexibility. The group will also be presenting new material from Astrid’s 2023 Performance Plus project supported by Chamber Music America.
Featuring:
Astrid Kuljanic – voice
Mat Muntz – bass, bagpipes
Ben Rosenblum – accordion

Friday, September 15th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Astrid Kuljanic is a Croatian vocalist based in the Bay Area. Drawing on musical traditions from Eastern Europe to Brazil and the United States, she cultivates a global sound informed by her subtle interpretive skill.
Since moving to the US, Astrid has performed as a leader at Weill Hall (where she celebrated the release of her 2017 album Riva with a sold-out concert), the Kennedy Center, and legendary jazz venues like The Jazz Gallery and The Jazz Standard. An active collaborator, she contributed to the 2020 Grammy-nominated album ONA by Thana Alexa.
Recently, Astrid received awards from the Brooklyn Arts Council (2020) and NYC Artist Corps (2021) for her project Why Are You Gone?, a concert investigating the experience of Eastern European immigrants in Brooklyn through the lens of traditional music alongside new compositions.
Astrid holds degrees from the University of Zagreb, Croatia in chemical engineering, a B.M. from the Conservatory G. Tartini, Trieste, Italy, and an M.M. in Jazz Performance from the Manhattan School of Music.
http://astrid-music.com

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EVENT DETAILS
Friday, September 15th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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Wahid Duo: Ottoman Maqam & Traditional Rebetika
2023-09-29 19:30 - 21:00
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Wahid Duo: Ottoman Maqam & Traditional Rebetika
Blends of Ottoman maqam, and traditional rebetika with personalized improvisation

WAHID (formed in 2005 in Los Angeles) is a duo that blends Ottoman maqam, and traditional rebetika (Greek-Turk regional blues from the 1920’s) with personalized improvisation. Their instrumentation pairing of Oud and frame drum is literally thousands of years old, however, they have created a new, yet-to-be-heard approach using a chromatic bass frame set and improvisation over song forms. Their 5th release “Resonance” is in heavy rotation on the TransGlobalWMC chart and Dore Stein’s “tangents” radio show.

Featuring:
Dimitris Mahlis – oud
Chris Wabich – tuned frame drums

Friday, September 29th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Dimitris Mahlis is a multi-instrumentalist and composer based in the Los Angeles area. Since coming to LA, Dimitris’ skills on oud, guitar, and other stringed instruments have led him into a rich variety of performing and recording experiences.
Dimitris has had the good fortune to receive training in both Western and Eastern musical systems. His style is known as both soulful and original. He currently studies with oudist Ustad Necati Celik from Istanbul, Turkey.
Some recent recording credits include lal meri – “lal meri”, “O Samanos” Dionisis Savopoulo-Thanasis Papakonstantinou, “Huun Huur Tu” with Carmen Rizzo, “Vino” with Robi Draco Rosa, and “Jostejoo” with Mamak Khadem. Dimitris also contributed music to Michael Apted’s documentary The Power of the Game and is featured on the soundtrack of the film Clash of the Titans 2
Dimitris has performed and toured throughout the world with artists such as A.R.Rahman, Axiom of Choice, Dionisis Savopoulos, Niyaz, Freddie Hubbard, Thanasis Papakonstantinou, Kevyn Lettau, Russell Ferrante and others.
He composes all the original music for his projects including 4 albums with Wahid, “Prana” with the trio, Prana, and “Aphrodite Moves On” with his electric quartet, Babaghanoush.
9 time Grammy nominee, Chris Wabich is a well-known, original voice on drumset, steel drum, and percussion in Los Angeles. The variety of artists he works with reflects his versatility as both a musician and producer. He is heard with Ludacris, Sting, Leonard Cohen, Stanley Jordan, Brian Johnson (AC/DC) Sheila E., Mark Murphy, “Joe’s Garage” produced by Gail Zappa and the Zappa Family, Steve Tyrell, Billy Vera, John Oats (Hall and Oates), Turkish superstar Omar Faruk, Trinidad superstar Boogsie Sharpe, Prog Rock legends Kevin Ayers (Soft Machine), and Richard Sinclair (Caravan). Soundtracks include “Malcolm in the Middle”, “American Idol”, “Better Homes and Gardens”, “Wild California” IMAX, and Lalo Shifrin’s “After The Sunset”. Recently Chris was a recipient of the COLA master solo artist grant, making him the first percussionist to ever perform a solo show at LA Grand Performances series (show on June 2024)
Chris is sponsored by INNOVATIVE PERCUSSION sticks, TYCOON percussion, ROLAND electronics, TURKISH cymbals, CADESON drums, and REMO drumheads
https://wahidmusic.bandcamp.com/music

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EVENT DETAILS
Friday, September 29th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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Scott O’Day Tango Trio with Verónica Freidkes
2023-09-30 19:30 - 21:00
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Scott O’Day Tango Trio with Verónica Freidkes
21st Century Contemporary Tango
Scott O’Day Tango Trio presents contemporary tango in a unique formation. With the guitar as a central voice, this power trio features all originally arranged music for guitar, piano, and double bass. Influenced by the sounds and colors from jazz but with the rhythmic intensity of rock, the trio forges a new and exciting path for today’s tango. The trio will be joined by guest vocalist Verónica Freidkes from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Featuring:
Scott O’Day – guitar
Elyse Weakley – piano
TBA – double bass
Veronica Freidkes – voice

Saturday, September 30th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Oakland-based guitarist and arranger Scott O’Day is a member of the contemporary tango music scene. He has performed extensively in North America, South America, and Europe. As an established tango musician and community organizer, he directs the Community Music Center Tango Ensemble, which serves as an incubator program for the Bay Area tango music scene. Scott studied with many notable tango legends in Buenos Aires and attended La Escuela de Musica Popular de Avellaneda to complete his formal training.
Elyse Weakley has taken part in a wide array of musical projects and has served in many roles including music director, pianist, educator, and composer. Throughout her career, she has performed many contemporary works and has frequently collaborated directly with composers and songwriters in recording and presenting their music as a soloist and collaborator including Mason Bates, George Hurd, and Charles Gorczynski.
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, vocalist Verónica Freidkes is captivating San Francisco Bay Area audiences with her versatile voice. With a repertoire that encompasses Tango, Bossa Nova, Jazz, and other Latin rhythms, Verónica invites listeners on a musical journey with each song, showcasing her refined and sincere approach.
www.scottoday.com

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EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, September 30th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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Mural Opening Reception
2023-10-07 16:30 - 18:00
“Indigenous Woman Is Not Invisible”
by Peruvian-born Artist, Adrián Arias
THIS IS A FREE EVENT
(Donation is encouraged)
Join us in celebrating the new mural on the RPAH’s exterior wall at 23rd & Folsom,
With a land acknowledgment, introductions, poetry readings, and light refreshments. The introduction will be made by Reneé Baldocchi, an arts advocate and long-time supporter of the Red Poppy Art House.
This event is a part of MAPP (Mission Art Performance Project)
This celebratory MAPP event is curated by Adrian Arias.
Saturday, October 7th, 2023
Time: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Mural Presentation 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m. – Welcome and Introduction by Renee Baldocchi & Adrian Arias
5:15 p.m. – Poetry by Kim Shuck
5:30 p.m. – Live music performed by violinist Charith Premawardhana of Classical Revolution
6:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. – INTERMISSION
MAPP: 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Mission Art Performance Project
We’ll continue the celebration inside and outside of Red Poppy with performances including:
7:03 p.m. – 7:07 p.m. – Welcome by Adrian Arias
7:07 p.m. – 7:47 p.m. – Classical Revolution Piano Quartet
7:50 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Monica Maria & Jackie Rago
8:40 p.m. – 9:05 p.m. – Poetry and Tarot reading by Jenna & Adrian
9:10 p.m. – 9:50 p.m. – Esoterica Tropical
INDIGENOUS WOMAN IS NOT INVISIBLE | A Mural by Adrián Arias

Mural Statement:
English: The image of this indigenous woman is based on four native women from the territory that we now call America. It represents a woman of Mochica ancestry in Peru, (my culture,) mixed with a Nukak Woman native to the Colombian Amazon, an Ohlone woman, and a Yuma and Pápago woman from the border area between what we now call Arizona and Mexico.
Spanish: La imagen de esta mujer indígena está basada en cuatro mujeres nativas del territorio que hoy llamamos América. Mujeres de ascendencia Mochica en Perú, mi cultura, mezcladas con una Mujer Nukak originaria de la Amazonia colombiana, una mujer Ohlone y una Mujer Yuma y Pápago de la zona fronteriza entre lo que hoy llamamos Arizona y México.
Mural Assistant: Lindsey Crawford
ABOUT THE MURALIST

Adrian Arias is an international multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of visual arts, poetry, performance, and social justice. A descendant of the Mochica culture of ancient Peru, he embraces his culture’s use of dreams as a transformative catalyst between reality and imagination. This ancestral knowledge is used to connect artists and communities in collaborations that speak to equality, liberation, peace, and beauty. He believes that creation goes beyond the result: that the fantastic is always written in the creative act.
Arias has created large-scale murals for public and private businesses such as Google and a three-story mural at the corner of Turk and Hyde in San Francisco, commissioned by the Luggage Store. He has recently created murals for Magic Theater & Freight & Salvage. As co-founder of Mission Arts Performance Project MAPP, he conceptualizes and creates multi-sensory art experiences such as VideoFest, Luna Negra, and the ILLUSION show. His most ambitious project to date is Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution, a multifaceted collaboration conceived and orchestrated by Arias where he engaged sixty-two visual artists and poets in the creation of a community tarot deck that speaks to historic events that transpired over the pandemic. Published by Nomadic Press and released at CAST in San Francisco where Arias serves as the inaugural artist-in-residence.
http://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/InShot_20230927_192305140.mp4

KPOO INTERVIEW | October 5, 2023 at 7:15 p.m

We invite you to join KPOO radio host Chelis Lopez (89.5 FM) who will interview Adrián about the “The Indigenous Woman Is Not Invisible” mural on October 5, 2023, at 7:15 p.m. Chelis is a long-time supporter of Red Poppy and we appreciate her dedicated work in the community of bringing social justice news and art to the people.
MAPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project)
Launched in 2003, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly, multidisciplinary, intercultural event that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces, such as private garages, gardens, living rooms, studios, street corners, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kaleidoscope of individuals and communities. Due to COVID-19, we had temporarily changed this dynamic program from an onsite to an online series. Thanks to the mastery and innovation of the presenting artists and curatorial vision we were pleased that the kaleidoscope of cultural exchange continued to be an incredibly enriching experience for the presenter and the viewer. We are glad that the days that we can safely present at our neighborhood venue have finally arrived and we are grateful for everyone’s ingenuity in making the online presentations meaningful and unique experiences.
This program is funded by the California Arts Council Impact Project Grant.
We will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve.
RED POPPY MAPP TEAM:
Curator | Artistic Director | Managing Director: Dina Zarif
PR and Digital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, October 7th, 2023
Time: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Note: Seating is first come, first served.
RSVP to the Facebook event:

Volunteer for this event!

October 7th MAPP | Indigenous Woman Is Not Invisible
2023-10-07 16:30 - 22:00
October 7th MAPP | Indigenous Woman Is Not Invisible
Celebrating the Red Poppy Art House’s New Mural
“Indigenous Woman Is Not Invisible” by Peruvian-born Artist, Adrián Arias

Saturday, October 7th, 2023 | 4:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Mural Presentation 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Join us in celebrating the new mural with a land acknowledgment, introductions, poetry readings, and light refreshments. The introduction will be made by Reneé Baldocchi, an arts advocate and long-time supporter of the Red Poppy Art House.
The program is as follows:
5:00 p.m. – Welcome and Introduction by Renee Baldocchi, Adrian Arias, and Dina Zarif
5:15 p.m. – Poetry by Kim Shuck
5:30 p.m. – Live music performed by violinist Charith Premawardhana of Classical Revolution
6:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. – INTERMISSION
MAPP: 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Mission Art Performance Project
We’ll continue the celebration inside and outside of Red Poppy with performances including:
7:03 p.m. – 7:07 p.m. – Welcome by Adrian Arias
7:07 p.m. – 7:47 p.m. – Classical Revolution Piano Quartet
7:50 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Monica Maria & Jackie Rago
8:40 p.m. – 9:05 p.m. – Poetry and Tarot reading by Jenna & Adrian
9:10 p.m. – 9:50 p.m. – Esoterica Tropical
This celebratory MAPP event is curated by Adrian Arias.
THIS IS A FREE EVENTPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project)
MAPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project)
Launched in 2003, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly, multidisciplinary, intercultural event that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces, such as private garages, gardens, living rooms, studios, street corners, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kaleidoscope of individuals and communities. Due to COVID-19, we had temporarily changed this dynamic program from an onsite to an online series. Thanks to the mastery and innovation of the presenting artists and curatorial vision we were pleased that the kaleidoscope of cultural exchange continued to be an incredibly enriching experience for the presenter and the viewer. We are glad that the days that we can safely present at our neighborhood venue have finally arrived and we are grateful for everyone’s ingenuity in making the online presentations meaningful and unique experiences.
This program is funded by the California Arts Council Impact Project Grant.
We will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve.
RED POPPY MAPP TEAM:
Artistic Director | Managing Director: Dina Zarif
PR and Digital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary and Anjali Varma.
MAPP OCTOBER 7TH, 2023 PROGRAM

Time
Performance/Event
Description
Artists

Celebrating Red Poppy Art House’s Exterior Mural
“Indigenous Woman Is Not Invisible”
by Adrián Arias

4:30 pm
Reception
Join us in celebrating the new mural with a land acknowledgment, introductions, poetry readings, and light refreshments.

5:00 pm
Welcome & Mural Presentation
Welcome and Introduction by Renee Baldocchi & Adrian Arias & Dina Zarif
Adrian Arias – Muralist, Visual Artist
Renee Baldocchi – Arts advocate
Dina Zarif – RPAH Director

5:15- 5:30 pm
Kim Shuck
Kim will dedicate Adrian’s mural with a poem
Kim Shuck – Poet

5:30 – 6:00 pm
Charith Premawardhana
Charith Premawardhana Solo Classical Viola
Charith Premawardhana – Viola

INTERMISSION

7:03 – 7:07 pm
Adrián Arias
MAPP introduction
Adrian Arias – Visual Artist

7:07 – 7:47 pm
“Classical Revolution”
A Tasting Menu of Piano Quartets
Music by Mozart, Schumann, Brahms, and Faure
Jon Lee – piano
Daniel Dastoor – violin
Charith Premawardhana – viola
Sung Choi – cello

7:50 – 8:30 pm
“El Corazón Canta”
Latin America
Mónica María – Guitar & Vocal
Jackeline Rago – Cuatro & Vocal

8:40 – 9:05 pm
Jenna & Adrian
Poetry and Tarot reading
Jenna – Tarot reader

9:10 – 9:50 pm
“Esoterica Tropical”
love letter to Puerto Rico
María José Montio – Harp

INDIGENOUS WOMAN IS NOT INVISIBLE | A Mural by Adrián Arias

It is with great pleasure that we announce that our dear friend, one of the founding members of MAPP, and a valued artist in the Red Poppy community—social justice artist, incredible visionary, and current Artist-in-Residence, Adrián Arias—has created a new mural for Red Poppy Art House.
This is a bittersweet announcement because we hold dear the mural that has adorned our building since 2015, honoring the youths who were shot and killed by the police. Our current mural, referred to as “Yeska: A Visual Encounter of the Socio-Political & Artistic Languages Rising from the Streets of Oaxaca, Mexico,” has been of immense importance to our neighborhood. It serves as a reminder of their tragic deaths and that the struggle for social justice continues.

Amilcar Perez-Lopez with his hands up on the Red Poppy Art House mural, which also includes Eric Garner and Michael Brown. Photograph: Oliver Laughland/The Guardian

We are grateful to Caleb Duarte, an extraordinary social justice activist and former director of Red Poppy, who initiated the process of getting the mural painted and installed, and to the creators, both street artists, YESCKA and Jhovani de Ala. To learn more about the origins of the mural click here.
Adrián’s work is filled with inspiration, hope, beauty, and compassion—qualities that we can never have too much of. We hope that as people pass by Red Poppy, they will reflect on the beauty of indigenous cultures worldwide and pay deep tribute to women everywhere.
The mural painting is currently in progress inside Red Poppy Art House by Adrián and will be officially shared with our community on Saturday, October 7, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. during our Bi-monthly Free MAPP (Mission Arts Performance Project) event.
http://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/InShot_20230927_192305140.mp4

Mural Statement:
English: The image of this indigenous woman is based on four native women from the territory that we now call America. It represents a woman of Mochica ancestry in Peru, (my culture,) mixed with a Nukak Woman native to the Colombian Amazon, an Ohlone woman, and a Yuma and Pápago woman from the border area between what we now call Arizona and Mexico.
Spanish: La imagen de esta mujer indígena está basada en cuatro mujeres nativas del territorio que hoy llamamos América. Mujeres de ascendencia Mochica en Perú, mi cultura, mezcladas con una Mujer Nukak originaria de la Amazonia colombiana, una mujer Ohlone y una Mujer Yuma y Pápago de la zona fronteriza entre lo que hoy llamamos Arizona y México.
Mural Assistant: Lindsey Crawford
Mural installation: Persepolis Construction INC
KPOO INTERVIEW | October 5, 2023 at 7:15 p.m

We invite you to join KPOO radio host Chelis Lopez (89.5 FM) who will interview Adrián about the “The Indigenous Woman Is Not Invisible” mural on October 5, 2023, at 7:15 p.m. Chelis is a long-time supporter of Red Poppy and we appreciate her dedicated work in the community of bringing social justice news and art to the people.
ABOUT THE MURALIST

Adrian Arias is an international multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of visual arts, poetry, performance, and social justice. A descendant of the Mochica culture of ancient Peru, he embraces his culture’s use of dreams as a transformative catalyst between reality and imagination. This ancestral knowledge is used to connect artists and communities in collaborations that speak to equality, liberation, peace, and beauty. He believes that creation goes beyond the result: that the fantastic is always written in the creative act.
Arias has created large-scale murals for public and private businesses such as Google and a three-story mural at the corner of Turk and Hyde in San Francisco, commissioned by the Luggage Store. He has recently created murals for Magic Theater & Freight & Salvage. As co-founder of Mission Arts Performance Project MAPP, he conceptualizes and creates multi-sensory art experiences such as VideoFest, Luna Negra, and the ILLUSION show. His most ambitious project to date is Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution, a multifaceted collaboration conceived and orchestrated by Arias where he engaged sixty-two visual artists and poets in the creation of a community tarot deck that speaks to historic events that transpired over the pandemic. Published by Nomadic Press and released at CAST in San Francisco where Arias serves as the inaugural artist-in-residence.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Kim Shuck | Poetry
The 7th Poet Laureate of San Francisco Emerita

Kim Shuck is the 7th Poet Laureate of San Francisco Emerita. As laureate Shuck featured from 4 to 7 local poets every month at her Poem Jam reading series, which she has continued to host. During the covid lockdown, she curated a poem a day for a year through the San Francisco Public Library, again, featuring local poets both famous and published for the first time. Shuck was part of the inaugural cohort of the National Laureate Fellowship Program, which she used to further celebrate local poets. Shuck has won many literary awards nationally and internationally, has written ten solo books, and has been involved in editing a further ten anthologies. Kim created a card for Adrian Arias’ tarot deck. She currently has a show of her visual art on the 6th floor of the San Francisco Main Library and is working on another anthology, this time online, with Aunt Lute books and Emma Rosenbaum called Home in the Bay.
Charith Premawardhana
Classical viola

Violist Charith Premawardhana is a native of Sri Lanka and a resident of San Francisco. Charith is the founder of Classical Revolution, an organization that promotes live music performances in accessible venues. What started 5 years ago as a weekly chamber music reading session at Revolution Cafe in San Francisco’s Mission District has grown into a worldwide phenomenon, with active chapters in nearly 30 cities in the US, Canada, and Europe. Classical Revolution is very active in the Bay Area, having presented over 700 live performances since 2006. Charith is a proponent of new music of different styles, having premiered more than 200 works since moving to San Francisco seven years ago. In addition, Charith has recorded and performed with the Musical Art Quintet (world chamber ensemble), Jazz Mafia Symphony (jazz/hip hop orchestra), The Congress (soul/funk band), Magik*Magik Orchestra (backup orchestra for pop and rock bands), Third Eye Blind, jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux, pop star Vanessa Carlton, rock band The Mars Volta, Indian/jazz percussionist Sameer Gupta, folk singer/songwriter Meklit Hadero, gypsy folk band Rupa & the April Fishes, and numerous other ensembles from various musical styles. With all of these various projects, Charith’s main interest is in chamber music, and he brings the experience gained in performing in a string quartet to each of these non-classical chamber groups. Charith has performed at the Cabrillo Contemporary Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, the Playboy (LA), Newport, Montreal, Vancouver, and Victoria Jazz Festivals and holds performance degrees from The Ohio State University, Rice University, and San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Classical Revolution
A Tasting Menu of Piano Quartets

Music by Mozart, Schumann, Brahms, and Faure
Featuring:
Jon Lee – piano
Daniel Dastoor – violin
Charith Premawardhana – viola
Sung Choi – cello
Classical Revolution was founded in the fall of 2006 with the goal of making classical music more relevant in our neighborhoods and communities. After a successful first year of weekly shows at Revolution Cafe in San Francisco’s Mission District, the organization began to receive invitations to perform at other local venues including the Red Poppy Art House, the Legion of Honor, and Yoshi’s SF. In its 10th anniversary year, Classical Revolution undertook a cycle of Beethoven’s 9 Symphonies, performed at venues around San Francisco including the de Young Museum, Fort Mason’s Cowell Theater, and a performance of the 9th Symphony at Grace Cathedral in front of a 1000 person audience. Press articles from the New York Times, Strings Magazine, Wall Street Journal, and The Economist brought wider attention to Classical Revolution’s efforts. As interest grew outside of San Francisco, the network of chapters began to develop, with over 40 cities hosting regular Classical Revolution around the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia, as well as Indonesia, Argentina, South Korea, and Japan. Over 1200 musicians have performed at more than 1,500 Classical Revolution events in over 150 different venues in the Bay Area alone. Audiences enjoy the accessibility of the venues and the fun laid-back approach, as well as the diversity and quality in programming. In San Francisco, Classical Revolution hosts regular events at Mission District venues as well as guest appearances around the Bay Area.

El Corazón Canta
Latin America with Mónica María & Jackeline Rago

Featuring:
Mónica María – Guitar & Vocal
Jackeline Rago – Cuatro & Vocal
Mónica María’s music reflects her Californian roots mixed with traditional, earthly, and contemporary sounds of Latin America. A vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer, her songs are innovative and expressive of a world where cultures coexist, where fear is transformed by compassion, where we learn to truly love ourselves, and where we view the world from an empathetic and holistic state of mind.
Jackeline Rago (Venezuela-USA) is a multi-instrumentalist, educator, composer, arranger, producer, performer, and recording artist. She has performed and recorded a broad repertoire of music ranging from the folk music of her native Venezuela and other Latin American and Caribbean countries to original compositions mixed with jazz and pop elements. Jackeline holds a BA in music and she is an Orff certified music teacher from the San Francisco School and the Dominican College, Marin CA. Currently, She is in charge of the Lower School music program at Park Day School in Oakland CA, and worked as a faculty member at the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley California for 15 years. Jackeline is the musical director of two Bay Area bands, the “Venezuelan Music Project” (Folk-Venezuelan Music) and the “VNote Ensemble” (Fusion of Venezuelan music and Jazz). In addition, Jackeline has performed and led Venezuelan music and Orff workshops nationally and internationally, including USA, Canada, Costa Rica, Japan, Spain, Finland, Thailand, Venezuela, Brazil, Panama, St Croix, Barbados, and Ghana. Social media @jackelinerago.

Esotérica Tropical
A love letter to Puerto Rico

María José Montio – Harp
Esotérica Tropical draws inspiration from over 20 years of experience as a healer –including tai-chi and qi-gong practice, Taoist cosmology, meditation, traditional medicine practitioner, and acupuncturist. Her music is rooted in a continuous process of discovery and care, where trauma is transformed into art.
A self-described “weird, cosmic, and queer islander” from Puerto Rico, Esotérica Tropical’s musical journey began as a student of classical vocal performance at Puerto Rico’s prestigious Conservatory of Music. After a series of health issues derailed her music studies, she began treatment for Hashimoto’s disease in 2009, including daily swims at San Juan’s El Escambrón beach. It was there on one serendipitous day that she was approached by the lifeguard on duty ––to her surprise, her friend Constanza, a violinist she’d met during her conservatory days. While catching up, María José confessed to her friend she had begun making up songs in the shower, and the very next day Constanza had gifted her her first harp which previously belonged to Puerto Rican composer Angélica Negrón! That chance encounter led to Esotérica Tropical’s first collection of songs, the self-released Estrellas EP (2014). Currently moving between Puerto Rico and Oakland, California, Esotérica Tropical’s forthcoming album Esotérica Tropical is due out in 2024.
PREVIEW THE PERFORMANCE
Charith Premawardhana
Classical viola

El Corazón Canta | Latin America
Mónica María

Jackeline Rago

Esotérica Tropical
A Tasting Menu of Piano Quartets

IN PERSON EVENT DETAILS
Time: October 7th, 2023, 4:30pm- 10pm (IN-PERSON)
Admission: Free!

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Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet
2023-10-13 19:30 - 21:00
Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online, tickets will not be available at the door.

Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet
Contemporary Argentine Tango
Charles Gorczynski presents his brand new Tango Quartet West, featuring an inimitable crew of long-standing tango artists: violinist Basma Edrees, bassist Daniel Fabricant, and pianist Elyse Weakley. A distillation of a decade of work with bay area project Redwood Tango Ensemble, this new quartet presents both traditional tango arrangements and music by contemporary Argentine tango composers. The ensemble will also be presenting brand new original work to celebrate the upcoming Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet record “The Conservatory” (2023).
Featuring:
Charles Gorczynski – Bandoneón
Basma Edrees – Violin
Elyse Weakley – Piano
Daniel Fabricant – Contrabss

Friday, October 13th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Minneapolis-based composer and bandoneonist Charles Gorczynski works in contemporary tango, new music, and studio production. He leads the acclaimed modern tango group Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet, and is the director of the Twin Cities Tango Collective.
Charles is a deeply established musician and community organizer with a distinct voice in creative new music, and has also worked with Redwood Tango Ensemble, Tango Sin Fin, Mariano Barreiro Tango Trio, Tango BC Quartet, Alejandro Ziegler Cuarteto, Maxi Larrea Trio, Maldito Tango, Los Tangueros Del Oeste, Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Chorale, Vocal Essence Orchestra Hall, Mason Bates’ Mercury Soul Orchestra, and California Symphony.
https://www.charlesgorczynski.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@redwoodtango
https://redwoodtango.bandcamp.com/

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EVENT DETAILS
Friday, October 13th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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(FREE) The Family Art Program (Arte entre familia) is back again!
2023-10-14 12:00 - 13:30
The Family Art Program
Arte entre familia
The Family Art Program at The Red Poppy Art House brings free access to quality art activities to neighboring families in the Mission district of San Francisco.

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

We will be gathering one Saturday of the month from 12:00 – 1:30 pm at 2698 Folsom.

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

The program most often includes (but is not limited to) children and youth ages 4-17, as well as adults 18+, living in the Mission District.

Please come join us!

Saturday, October 14th, 2023
Time: 12:00-1:30 pm

Next Programs:
November 18th
December 16th

Admission: FREE

MEET THE INSTRUCTOR:

Sofia Elias

Sofia Elias, Family Art Coordinator at the Red Poppy Art House, studied psychology at SFSU and has independently pursued the arts by working as both a curator and participating artist within various art spaces in San Francisco. With the notion that art is present in all occasions of social change, she believes art liberates people to express their emotions and ideas in any possible way that is imagined. Through this powerful creative tool, she looks to inspire children to create and become creators of their own realities. Sofia is a bilingual radical musician, ready to share art with all of the community!

The Family Art Program
(Arte entre familia)
The program engages the Red Poppy Art House’s surrounding neighborhood, contributing to its vibrancy by offering free programming to the public one Saturday of the month from 12:00-1:30 p.m. at 2698 Folsom.

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

During these afternoon sessions, parents and children can explore their creative impulses within a broader framework of social and diversity awareness.
Family Art is designed as a way to engage not only participating families but also those passing by our residential intersection.
https://redpoppyarthouse.org/programs/family-art/

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, October 14th, 2023
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Admission: FREE
RSVP to the Facebook event:

Volunteer for this event!

Huarango
2023-10-14 19:30 - 21:00
Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online, tickets will not be available at the door.

Huarango
Afro-Peruvian Music
Huarango is a contemporary proposal of Afro-Peruvian music. Anchored in the strong presence of Afro-Peruvian percussion: Cajon, Cajita, and Quijada de Burro (donkey’s jawbone); instruments that are part of the history of this population and have manifested themselves as symbols of resistance for African descendants in Peru.
Featuring:
Pierr Padilla – Cajon
Pedro Rosales – Congas & Voice
Kyla Danysh – Violin & Voice
Javier Trujillo – Guitar
Ayla Davila – Bass

Saturday, October 14th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door)$30-$35

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

“The Huarango is a tree that grows on the southern coast of Peru. It is characterized by its great resistance. It has strong roots that can measure up to 70 meters (230 feet) deep, this
allows the tree to live up to one thousand years self-sufficiently feeding itself from the water in the subsoil. Therefore, it survives the arid land and hostile climate even creating new ecosystems for the habitat of other species.
Our Huarango is a musical project born in the city of Oakland, California based on Afro-Peruvian musical roots and the cultural heritage of its people. Huarango has the purpose of being an agent of diffusion of Afro-Peruvian culture in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in all the spaces where we can take our music.”

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EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, October 14th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door)$30-$35
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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Lit Crawl: Mystery Writers of America | Raise Your Voice hosted by Alie Jones
2023-10-21 18:30 - 21:00
Lit Crawl: Mystery Writers of America | Raise Your Voice hosted by Alie Jones
Saturday, October 21st, 2023
Time: 6:15 doors, 6:30 show
Admission: FREE
Donation is encouraged
Red Poppy Art House is hosting two LitCrawl events:
– 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm: Mystery Writers of America
– 8 pm to 9 pm: Raise Your Voice hosted by Alie Jones

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

6:30 pm- 7:30 pm
“Mystery Writers of America”
The Northern California chapter of the Mystery Writers America returns for a night of capers.
Featuring:
Heather Chavez
M.M. Choinard
Stacie Grey
Reese Hirsch
Dale Berry (emcee)
Mystery Writers of America NorCal Chapter is one of eleven regional chapters of the Mystery Writers of America, the country’s oldest organization of professional mystery writers. Their goals are to promote the publication and discussion of mystery writing, and to promote and maintain high standards in the writing, publishing, and production of mystery stories. They welcome new writers, aspiring authors, and anyone who simply loves a good mystery.

8 pm to 9 pm
“Raise Your Voice hosted by Alie Jones”
An evening of Black creators, poets, and healers exploring themes of belonging, reclamation, and insistence.

Raise Your Voice is an evening of Black women creators, poets, and healers exploring themes of belonging, reclamation, and insistence. This reading hosted by Alie Jones uplifts space for Black women writers and our collective journeys back to rest.
Featuring:
Simago
Aja Lenae
Aïma The Dreamer
Ladi Rev
Isabel Rose
Mozell Ward
Jazz Hudson

Raise Your Voice is a free monthly workshop exploring connection, healing, and empowerment through creative writing and expression. The goal is to illuminate the stories of Black writers in the Bay Area and the dynamic power of writing.
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Mystery Writers of America reading:
https://tockify.com/litcrawl/detail/73/1697938200000
https://mwanorcal.org/
Raise Your Voice reading:
https://tockify.com/litcrawl/detail/95/1697943600000
Lit Crawl – October 21st
https://www.litquake.org/litcrawl.html

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Host & performer:
Alie Jones is a self-care advocate, writer, artist, and Creole mermaid. She is the Co-founder and Director of Black Freighter Press, a revolutionary press committed to the exploration of liberation, using art to transform consciousness. Alie graduated with her MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from Mills College. She is the host of the podcast called Chit Chat with Aliecat, a platform to explore self-care practices and journeys of self-love in the community.

Sound healing: Simago
Sierra Gonzalez, known as Simago, is a versatile visionary leading Soul Speaks: Arts & Wellness Collective and The Sound of Soul L.L.C. Born & raised in the vibrant fusion of Chicago and California, Simago draws deep inspiration from diverse communities that have profoundly shaped her creative journey. As Founder & CEO, performing artist, educator, wellness activist, sound healer, rapper, poet, music producer, and community organizer, she wears many hats.

Aja Lenae
(they/them) (pronounced like “Asia”) is a multi-devotional bay area black, queer, gender-expansive artist and youth collaborator. they are interested in multi-artform storytelling as an act of bridging, of swinging low and high, liminality. the tributary offering of the pendulum swing, and archival longing. sunning the hard thing softened. then asking their name. getting curious about what the land desires of us. Aja’s creative practice has grown in collaboration with spaces such as Radar Productions, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and Oakland Futures/the Center for Cultural Power. they are currently a teaching artist in East Bay 3rd and 4th-grade classrooms with the Museum of the African diaspora and are a member of QWOCMAP’s critical juncture program for black qt filmmakers. IG: @soulphonics

Aïma the Dreamer
is a multidisciplinary artist who has been performing creating, and hosting events for more than a decade. They are co-founders of Oakland’s beloved Soulovely, a QTBIPOC dance party launched in 2011. Aima has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for twenty years and continues to be inspired by the beauty and brilliance of the art, music, and activism that is fostered here. No stranger to collaboration, they believe in the power of using art and music as a bridge between communities. Aima has rocked crowds from Oakland to Barcelona as a vocalist and emcee with groups such as Jazz Mafia and J-Boogie’s Dubtronic Science. They are currently with the music group Femme Deadly Venoms and have recently released their title track music video Femmenomenon. Follow them on IG, FB, & TikTok: @aimathedrmr.

Jazz Hudson
is an international Poet, Artist, and educator who serves a host of communities seeking transformation through art. With a holistic approach to content & development, her interdisciplinary work engages audiences in dialogue and activism that extend beyond the page and stage.

Isabel Rose
lives through the stories she’s previously been afraid to tell. She is a counselor, daughter, sister, learner, and avid fan of life. Outside of what people call productivity, she is learning how to love, create, and be.

LadiRevolutionary (LadiRev)
is an educator/spoken word artist from Bayview Hunters Point. Her poetry is a reflection of personal growth along with values learned from family and community. LadiRev is passionate about community, education, and healing. She is the host of Talkn Owt Da Side of Da Necc Podcast, which focuses on individual healing practices. She is set to release her first book, Heal, in 2023.
“It only takes one person to make a stand but it takes a community to make a change” LadiRev

Mozell Ward
magically believes that our bodies hold untold stories, stories that deserve reclamation. They’ve been playing with portals and writing spells ever since they could remember as a child. Poetry was medicine when verbally speaking caused Mozell anxiety and physical pain. They now use poetry as pleasure downloads from their Ancestors. Writing guides their dance, mental health practice, and embodiment praxis. Mozell loves open mics and giggles at her obsession with Def Poetry Jam back in the day. May your inner child come to light, may you chuckle or even grin when Mozell shares tiny fragments of her soul with you.

ABOUT LIT CRAWL SAN FRANSISCO

One of the most anticipated literary nights of the year, San Francisco’s Lit Crawl is a massive, one-night literary pub crawl throughout the city’s Mission District. Lit Crawl SF brings together 500+ authors and close to 10,000 fans for the world’s largest free pop-up literary event. Started in 2004, Lit Crawl cultivates a unique, resonant brand: smart and silly, worldly and wacky events presented in venues usual (bars, cafes, galleries, and bookstores) and unusual (tattoo parlors, barbershops, and laundromats).

EVENT DETAILS

Saturday, October 21st, 2023
Time: 6:15 doors, 6:30 show
Admission: FREE
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Eternal Petals: Instrumental Gems and Flower Songs of Egypt
2023-10-28 18:30 - 20:00
Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online, tickets will not be available at the door.

Eternal Petals: Instrumental Gems and Flower Songs of Egypt
Egyptian Tunes of Floral Delights
Step into a world where music and nature intertwine as the Egyptian ensemble “Music In-Takht” transports you to a realm of floral delights.
Every note and melody presented in this concert is a tribute to the beauty of flowers. With a mission to bring instrumental music to the forefront, Music In-Takht will immerse you in the enchanting sounds of an intimate Takht, an authentic Arab ensemble, as it comes to life with the graceful resonance of the Violin, the soul-stirring Oud, and the mesmerizing rhythms of Egyptian hand drums. Secure your tickets now and let “Music In-Takht” lead you on a melodious voyage through the world of flowers.
Featuring:
Basma Edrees – Violin
Moe El Shazly – Oud
Mohamed Abdelradi – Egyptian Percussion

Saturday, October 28th, 2023
Time: 6:00 pm doors, 6:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

“Music In-Takht is an instrumental ensemble dedicated to sharing and preserving Egyptian musical heritage within the San Francisco Bay Area. Music In-Takht is committed to serving the San Francisco Bay Area community with the highest professional standard of musical performance. The ensemble members are devoted musicians who value the mission of this ensemble and with humility, hard work, and confidence in their abilities they take the responsibility of being among the “Keepers” of Egyptian musical culture within the San Francisco Bay Area.
Basma Edrees is the founder of Music In-Takht. She is a violinist, performer, and educator based in the SF Bay Area. Passionate about introducing the world to the rich music of her native country, Egypt, Edrees has given Arabic music workshops at UC Berkeley and Stanford. She also taught Arabic music and European counterpoint at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and is currently on the violin faculty of Santa Clara University’s Department of Music. A graduate of the Mannes School of Music and The Juilliard School in New York, Edrees also enjoys a career playing and teaching European classical music.
Moe is a self-taught oudist who started his musical journey in 2006 as a guitarist in Cairo’s progressive rock scene. After releasing an album as part of the duo “Auburn Mary”, Moe developed a strong interest in modal improvisation and jazz fusion. He found his way to Arabic music through early 20th-century influences of Abdel Wahab and El-Qasabgi, as well as the improvisation-oriented folk traditions around the Mediterranean. Moe pursued his studies in Maqam theory at the Canadian Arabic Conservatory of Music and is committed to serving local music.
Mohamed Abdelradi is one of Egypt’s prominent percussionists. He performed and continues to perform with some of the most renowned singers of Egypt and the Arab world, most notably Hamid El Shaeri, as well as Mohamed Mounir; who pioneered the spread of Nubian music and its influence into the musical language of Egypt as a whole, making it an intrinsic part of all Egyptians’ musical identity.
https://basmaedreesviolin.com/new-page-2

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EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, October 28th, 2023
Time: 6:00 pm doors, 6:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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FORMOSUS II: An Evening With Four Latin American Poets
2023-11-10 19:30 - 21:00
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FORMOSUS II: An Evening With Four Latin American Poets
Adrian Arias / Jose Antonio Galloso / Roger Santivanez / Arturo Davila

Friday, November 10th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: Sliding Scale Donation: $10-$25
RSVP here NOW to get your tickets before they’re sold out!

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS:

Arturo Davila was born in Mexico City. Poet, essayist, and translator. Director of the Department of Modern Languages ​​at Laney College. Specialist in Latin American and Chicano literature. Among his poetry books, we have: “La ciudad dormida (1995), “Catulinarias” (1998), “Poemas para ser leídos en el metro” (2003) y “Tantos troncos truncos” (2020).(1995), “Catulinarias” (1998). Winner of several poetry awards including the “Juan Ramón Jiménez” of Huelva, Spain, 2003.
Roger Santiváñez was born in Piura, northern coast of Peru. Ph.D. in poetry from Temple University. He has recently published “Santa Rosa de Lima. Poema sacro en 31 silvas” (México 2021 y Lima 2022). “Entre el paraíso y el infierno” (2023) y un redición de “El chico que se declaraba con la mirada” (2023). He lives on the banks of the Cooper River, completely dedicated to contemplation, writing, and the study of the languages ​​of poetry.
Adrian Arias is an international multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of poetry, visual arts, performance, and social justice. A descendant of the Mochica culture of ancient Peru, he embraces his culture’s use of dreams as a transformative catalyst between reality and imagination. This ancestral knowledge is used to connect artists and communities in collaborations that speak to equality, liberation, peace and beauty. He believes that creation goes beyond the result: that the fantastic is always written in the creative act. He is the winner of the APJ poetry Biennial in Peru, with his book " Sueños y Paranoias; published by Peisa, in addition to having obtained the third COPE prize with his futurist poetry book “26,-10-2028”; and an honorary mention with his book Divine Punishment.He was the founder of the Pan Integral poetry group in Lima in the 80s and has won the award for best poet at the Poetic Nights of Struga, Macedonia. His poetry has been widely anthologized in San Francisco, California, alongside poets such as Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jack Hirschman, Kim Shuck, Nina Serrano, and others. As a visual artist, Arias has created large-scale murals for public and private businesses such as Google and a three-story mural at the corner of Turk and Hyde in San Francisco, commissioned by the Luggage Store. He has recently created murals for Magic Theater, Clarion Alley, and Freight & Salvage. As co-founder of Mission Arts Performance Project MAPP, he conceptualizes and creates multi-sensory art experiences such as VideoFest, Luna Negra, and ILLUSION show. His most ambitious project to date is Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution, a multifaceted collaboration conceived and orchestrated by Arias where he engaged sixty-two visual artists and poets from the Bay Area in the creation of a community tarot deck that speaks to historic events that transpired over the pandemic. Published by Nomadic Press and released at CAST in San Francisco where Arias serves as the inaugural artist-in-residence.
José Antonio Galloso was born in Lima, Perú. Writer, visual artist, and educator. Master in Literary Creation with Grupo Planeta. He has published books of poetry, visual poetry, and fiction. His books “Tres Días para Mateo” (1999), “El Mal Viaje” (2007), “Adiós al Barrio” (2009) and “Lima Mala” (2010), are part of Loqueleo, a project by Santillana that connect 22 countries. His written work has been included in several anthologies of peruvian literature such as “La mala nota, el colegio en el cuento peruano” (2008), “El cuento peruano 2001-2010” (2013), y “Alma, corazón y vida, antología peruana de cuentos de amor” (2017). His visual work has been shown in different exhibits such as the “First Visual Poetry and Performance Festival” (Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, 2009); “Diary of a Revolution” (La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley 2012); and “Respeto” (RAMP Gallery at SOMARTS, San Francisco 2015). He was part of the “Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution” a multifaceted collaboration that engaged sixty two visual artists and poets from the Bay Area in the creation of a community tarot deck that speaks to historic events that transpired over the pandemic. Since 2002, José Antonio Galloso has lived in the Bay Area.

EVENT DETAILS
Friday, November 10th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: Sliding Scale Donation: $10-$25
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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Jimmy Grant Trio: Django Reinhardt & beyond
2023-11-17 19:30 - 21:00
Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online, tickets will not be available at the door.

Jimmy Grant Trio: Django Reinhardt & beyond
Exploring the music of Django Reinhardt and beyond.
The Jimmy Grant Trio will perform music that follows the traditions of Django Reinhardt and his roots in the Jazz Manouche music (Gypsy Jazz) and Eastern European folk music, as well as original compositions.
Featuring:
Jimmy Grant – Guitar
Nelsen Hutchison- Guitar
Simon Planting- Bass

Friday, November 17th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30-$35

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

The Jimmy Grant Trio performs primarily in the style of Django Reinhardt, infusing swing-era pieces, original work, and traditional gypsy tunes with the jazz guitar pioneer’s crunchy rhythms and hot harmonies.
Jimmy Grant was recently a finalist in the John Lennon songwriting competition for his original song “Insomnia,” and also had an interview with Guitar World for his “5 in 5″ project, in which he wrote five different songs in five days. His style synthesizes a rich blend of Russian folk, bluegrass, Celtic, and classical music while remaining true to Django’s innovative guitar technique. The Jimmy Grant Ensemble will bring together two guitars, bass, and violin in an intimate yet energy-charged performance.
Nelsen Hutchison grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area where he began playing guitar and developing an eclectic taste for music at a young age. He went on to pursue his musical education by studying jazz guitar at Berklee College of Music before transferring to the New School for Jazz where he received his BFA in guitar performance. Upon returning to the Bay Area Nelsen began his graduate studies as an MA student in Ethnomusicology at UC Santa Cruz. His MA Thesis explored the critical reception of soul jazz and the ways jazz organists of the 1960s signified conventional performance practices. After completing his MA, Nelsen continued his studies at UC Santa Cruz where he is now a Ph.D. Candidate in Cross-Cultural Musicology. His PhD research employs ethnographic methods to analyze the political economy of the Bay Area jazz scene and the working lives of musicians. In addition to being a scholar and educator at UC Santa Cruz, Nelsen also regularly performs in the region as a freelance jazz guitarist. As a performer, Nelsen has toured with the viral Swedish multi-instrumentalist Gunhild Carling, performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival, and recorded mandola on Larry Polanksy’s New World Records album “These are the Generations.”
Dutch double bassist Simon Planting lives near San Francisco but studied Classical bass with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Jazz at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam before embarking on a professional career. He has performed in concerts and festivals the world over and has compiled an impressive discography with artists like Mathilde Santing, Fapy Lafertin, Jimmy Rosenberg, Stephane Wrembel, and John Jorgenson. Simon Planting is the DjangoFest NW Artistic Director.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvJl4zlZdNA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMqDqgpr-sc
https://linktr.ee/ampsmasher
https://www.jimmygrant.net/

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EVENT DETAILS
Friday, November 17th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30-$35
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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(FREE) The Family Art Program (Arte entre familia)!
2023-11-18 12:00 - 13:30
The Family Art Program
Arte entre familia

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

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

We will be gathering one Saturday of the month from 12:00 – 1:30 pm at 2698 Folsom.

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

The program most often includes (but is not limited to) children and youth ages 4-17, as well as adults 18+, living in the Mission District.

Please come join us!

Saturday, November 18th, 2023
Time: 12:00-1:30 pm

Next Program:
December 16th

Admission: FREE

MEET THE INSTRUCTOR:

Sofia Elias

Sofia Elias, Family Art Coordinator at the Red Poppy Art House, studied psychology at SFSU and has independently pursued the arts by working as both a curator and participating artist within various art spaces in San Francisco. With the notion that art is present in all occasions of social change, she believes art liberates people to express their emotions and ideas in any possible way that is imagined. Through this powerful creative tool, she looks to inspire children to create and become creators of their own realities. Sofia is a bilingual radical musician, ready to share art with all of the community!

The Family Art Program
(Arte entre familia)
The program engages the Red Poppy Art House’s surrounding neighborhood, contributing to its vibrancy by offering free programming to the public one Saturday of the month from 12:00-1:30 p.m. at 2698 Folsom.

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

During these afternoon sessions, parents and children can explore their creative impulses within a broader framework of social and diversity awareness.
Family Art is designed as a way to engage not only participating families but also those passing by our residential intersection.
https://redpoppyarthouse.org/programs/family-art/

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, November 18th, 2023
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Admission: FREE
RSVP to the Facebook event:

Volunteer for this event!

Latin Rhythms Unite
2023-11-18 19:30 - 21:00
Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online, tickets will not be available at the door.

Latin Rhythms Unite
A Musical Journey with Jackeline Rago and Alejo Cordero!
Join us for an enchanting night of Latin American music as we bring together the fantastic talents of Jackeline Rago (Venezuela) and Alejo Cordero (Colombia).
These two renowned musicians share a deep love for Latin American folk music, and their collaboration vows a vibrant tapestry of rhythms, instruments, and ancestral traditions. Jackeline and Alejo will feature the captivating sounds of the Bandola Llanera, the Venezuelan cuatro, maracas, and the captivating beats of Caribbean percussion. With a repertoire that spans Joropos, valses, boleros, choros, and porros, “Latin Rhythms Unite” is your ticket to a unique and immersive musical experience that celebrates the rich heritage of Latin American music.
Featuring:
Jackeline Rago – Cuatro
Alejo Cordero – Bandola

Saturday, November 18th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Jackeline Rago is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, producer, and educator focused on her native Venezuelan folk music and diverse Latin American and Caribbean traditions. Holding a BA in music and certified as an Orff music teacher, Jackeline serves as the musical director for two prominent Bay Area bands, the “Venezuelan Music Project” and the “VNote Ensemble.” Additionally, she plays an essential role in shaping musical education as the head of the lower school music program at Park Day School in Oakland, California. With over 25 years of experience as a performer and workshop leader, Jackeline has left her musical imprint nationally and internationally, having conducted workshops and performances in countries such as the USA, Canada, Costa Rica, Japan, Spain, Finland, Thailand, Venezuela, Brazil, St Croix, Barbados, and Ghana. A significant milestone in her career was the honor of participating in Jon Batiste’s premiere of the American Symphony at Carnegie Hall in New York in September 2022.

Alejo Cordero, was born on April 25, 1995, in Cali, Colombia. At the age of four, he moved to San Martin de Los Llanos. It was there, at the age of ten, that he discovered the bandola guitar, an instrument that has since become his life’s passion. While he is the only musician in his family, his father, who was the director of the house of culture at the time, played a significant role in shaping his musical interests.
Alejo quickly became a highly skilled bandola player and started participating in national festivals, consistently achieving first place. His talent caught the attention of Carlos “Cuco” Rojas, the director of the Cimarron band. From 2012 to 2016, Alejo played the Cuatro Venezolano and the bandola in the band, taking part in 11 international tours to France, India, the USA, Mexico, Nicaragua, San Salvador, Uruguay, Argentina, and Colombia.
After his Cimarrón’s experience, Alejo enrolled at the Francisco José de Caldas District University to study music at the ASAB arts faculty. In early 2017, he joined Palo Cruzao, winners of the Latin Grammy 2016, and toured various regions of Colombia, including Valle del Cauca, Tolima, Cundinamarca, and Meta. He also performed at international festivals such as the Harp Festival in Veracruz Mexico, and the Sunfest Festival in Canada.
Throughout his musical career, Alejo has worked as a music theory and instrumental language pedagogue, facilitated Llanero music workshops, provided musical advice, and worked as a session musician. He has performed at prestigious venues like the Movistar Arena (Bogotá, Colombia), the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Theater, the Colón Theater, and the Sergio Arboleda University Auditorium.
In 2017, Alejo received his first academic scholarship to study contemporary music technique at the School of Music, Media, Audio, and Technology (EMMAT). During his academic program, he obtained a second scholarship to study at Berklee Latino in Bogotá, where he later won a third scholarship to attend the Summer Program Guitar Session at Berklee College of Music in Boston in 2019. In 2020, Alejo took an admission exam to earn a Professional Diploma at Berklee College of Music and was awarded a $23,000 scholarship.
In the same year, Alejo collaborated on a song that received a nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the Latin Grammy Awards. This album (“Fonseca and Andres Cepeda, Compadres.”) later won the Latin Grammy Award. Additionally, in 2020, he founded his own music school called Chamarreo, which aims to train new bandola players with a more universal concept of the instrument, preserving its native sound while exploring world music.
Alejo Cordero is the author of the book “Acordes y Escalas para Bandola Llanera,” which contains 1104 chord diagrams and 840 scale diagrams.
As a soloist, Alejo Cordero drew inspiration from great guitarists such as Yamandu Costa and Tommy Emmanuel. With his dream of pursuing a solo career, he relocated to California US, where he currently resides.
Alejo Cordero dedicates his days to developing new sounds and offering his listeners a world music experience. He incorporates various genres into his performances, including classical and South American music. Continually inspired, he creates new music in the hopes of opening doors and introducing the world to a unique and different musical concept of the bandola llanera.

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EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, November 18th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35
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December 2nd MAPP | CEASEFIRE NOW
2023-12-02 19:00 - 22:00
December 2nd MAPP | CEASEFIRE NOW
In our December 2nd MAPP, 20 artists are coming together to hold space to acknowledge the tragic loss of thousands of innocent civilians, Palestinians, and Israelis, including countless children.
We invite our Mission District community, all communities, to this live, inclusive act of fundamental respect for life and liberation.
The evening will be led by artists and activists who have been rooted in this struggle for years.
They will be joined by local actors, poets, visual artists, and musicians to create a resounding active symphony of resistance, and healing.
We reject the dissonance of antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism, oppression, and all forms of violence.
In the tapestry of existence, each life is a precious thread, weaving a narrative of inherent worth and boundless dignity.
Our canvas is peace,
Our palette is understanding,
And our space is a world where dialogue and compassion paint the future.
Red Poppy Art House team
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Saturday, December 2nd, 2023 | 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Curator: Dina Zarif
Thanks to Amal Bisharat (Co-Curator) and Sahar Assaf (Golden Thread productions)
Presenter and space holder: Arielle Tonkin (Jewish Artivist)
7:00-7:05 pm Opening note by Arielle Tonkin
7:05-7:35 pm Clashes (Naima & Excentrik trio)
7:35-7:45 pm The Gaza Monologues (Short play)
7:50-8:15 pm Longing for Palestine (Violin, doumbek & Voice)
8:20-8:30 pm Poetry reading with Priscilla Wathington
8:35-9:10 pm Mornings in Jenin Musical (Amal Bisharat and collaborators)
9:10-9:20 pm The Gaza Monologues (Short play)
9:30-10:00 pm Melodies of Resilience (Ensemble with choir)
Altar installation “Fuego Creador” (Fire creator) by Arturo Méndez-Reyes
Live painting by Chris “C” Gazaleh, visual artist and muralist
THIS IS A FREE EVENT
MAPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project)
Launched in 2003, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly, multidisciplinary, intercultural event that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces, such as private garages, gardens, living rooms, studios, street corners, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kaleidoscope of individuals and communities. Due to COVID-19, we had temporarily changed this dynamic program from an onsite to an online series. Thanks to the mastery and innovation of the presenting artists and curatorial vision we were pleased that the kaleidoscope of cultural exchange continued to be an incredibly enriching experience for the presenter and the viewer. We are glad that the days that we can safely present at our neighborhood venue have finally arrived and we are grateful for everyone’s ingenuity in making the online presentations meaningful and unique experiences.
This program is funded by the California Arts Council Impact Project Grant.
We will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve.
RED POPPY MAPP TEAM:
Artistic Director | Managing Director: Dina Zarif
PR and Digital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary, Anjali Varma
ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Arielle Tonkin | Presenter and Space holder
A mixed Ashkenazi/Sephardi and Arab Jewish artist and activist
Arielle Tonkin (they) is an artist, Spiritual Director, and scholar of art and Judaics (MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago) based on Ohlone land in so-called Berkeley, CA. Their artwork, rooted in painting, fibers, and social practice, centers on ritual and healing. Recent exhibition highlights include Morocco to the Bay: A Diasporic Prayerformance (2023) at Albany Bulb, CA; A Fence Around the Torah: Safety and Unsafety in Jewish Life (2021-2022) at the Jewish Museum of Maryland; Queering Jewish Diasporas (2019) at the Omni Commons, Oakland, CA; Orienting Action (2018) at the Rubin Frankel Gallery, Boston, MA; and Orienting Practice (2017) at the Sullivan Galleries, Chicago.
As a Teaching Artist, Arielle facilitates classes and workshops at universities, secondary schools, and organizations locally and nationally. Arielle is a Museum Educator at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. Prior, Arielle was a Public Programs Coordinator at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at UC Berkeley and an administrator at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard. Arielle also works as a Jewish educator and ritual facilitator, or a “para-rabbinic artist” primarily working with multi-faith and multiracial families, both independently and through various communities of practice. They are currently a Fellow in the Teaching Kollel at SVARA, they recently gave a workshop with Dr. Leyla Ozgur-Alhassen at UC Berkeley’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and they teach on faculty at various organizations.
As a mixed Ashkenazi/Sephardi and Arab Jewish teen growing up in the Hudson Valley, NY, Arielle co-founded a Musim-Jewish dialogue project and learned that arts and cultural programming supported relationships grounded in dignity. Arielle continued to explore Muslim-Jewish arts organizing throughout the next 20 years and has been collaborating through the Muslim Jewish Arts Fellowship (MJAF) since 2014. Arielle exhibits artwork nationally, with some recent highlights including the Jewish Museum of Maryland; Omni Commons, Oakland, CA; the Sullivan Galleries, Chicago; and the Rubin Frankel Gallery, Boston, MA. Arielle’s activist organizing through arts and culture work is situated these days in the Mizrahi Collective, Tzedek Lab, and Jewish Youth for Community Action. Arielle weaves relationships and materializes conversations within specific networks of accountability, collective power, and care. Arielle’s artwork formalizes the belief that healing relationships can shift the fabric of social space and eventually, maybe, shift the physical world.

Clashes
An improvisational project for Palestine

Featuring:
Naima Shalhoub – vocals, keys, guitar
Tarik “Excentrik” Kazaleh – Oud, electric guitar
Aaron Kierbel – percussion
Tarik “Excentrik” Kazaleh and Naima Shalhoub are Oakland-based Arab-American artists and have been performing, creating, and composing music together since 2012. Kazaleh is an MC, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who has toured throughout the SWANA region, Europe, and the United States. Shalhoub is a vocalist, composer, and musician who has toured Lebanon and throughout the United States. Collectively they have performed in jails, community centers, jazz clubs, and concert halls all over the Bay Area with Shalhoub’s band, most notably for the release of “Live in San Francisco County Jail” recorded in 2015. They draw upon their Arab music traditions and American soul repertoire while creating with innovative sounds and lyrics. Their most recent recorded collaboration involves Shalhoub’s full-length studio album “Siphr” which was released in 2020, following several music videos from the project directed and filmed by Kazaleh. They are currently working on an improvisational project for a Free Palestine and Indigenous liberation worldwide.

Longing for Palestine | Poetry
Violin, darbuka, and voice trio
Music has long played a central role in Palestinian life, particularly during celebrations and festivals. Musical instruments like the oud and the qanun are beloved traditional instruments popular in Palestine and the wider region. Palestinian music came to regional prominence in 1936 with the launch of the Here is Jerusalem radio station. The political events of the 20th century have led to many songs about Palestinian feelings of exile, homesickness, and longing for freedom.
The years following the 1967 Arab-Israeli war saw the growth of nationalist music.
Some songs are commonly performed for specific occasions like the harvest season, weddings, funerals, and lamentations. Sometimes songs are introduced with a mawwal — a musical tradition in Palestine and neighboring countries in which the singer expresses sentimental feelings, often lamenting or longing for something like a place or a lover, over a slow rhythm with drawn-out pronunciation.

Featuring:
Loay Dahbour – Arabic hand percussion
Georges Lammam – Violin
Shaden Amleh – Vocal
Shaden Amleh, A Palestinian female and a music enthusiast. Grew up in the West Bank in a family who played music on different types of occasions. Participated in yearly musical concerts throughout school years. Moved to the United States and joined Aswat Ensemble. Directed the youth ensemble in San Jose in the year of 2019.
Georges Lammam of Palestinian descent, born in Beirut, Lebanon is a solo violinist exemplifying the Arab style of instrumental improvisation. A recording artist, composer, and artistic director for the Georges Lammam Ensemble, Georges is a featured artist in other musical groups – Ancient Future, Wobbly World, Shabazz, and Pena Pachamama Artists’ Ensemble and has recorded with outstanding singer/songwriter, Holly Near and Azam Ali (Niyaz). He is on the faculty at the Mendocino Music and Dance Camp in California.
He toured in Bolivia with renowned artists, Eddie and Gabriel Navia and joined stellar performers organized by Marcus Lovett, to support refugee families and humanitarians in the refugee camp in Chalkida, Greece, housing thousands of people from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Mr. Lammam, as an artistic emissary brings Arab arts and his cultural heritage to the fore in supporting Palestine – both the culture and the people. The Georges Lammam Ensemble brings the music of the Arab world to support Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza including performances at Dar al-Kalima University for Arts and Culture in Bethlehem, Palestine.
His compositions and performance excerpts are included in scores for two award-winning documentaries: “Occupation 101” and “Tea on the Axis of Evil”, and he recorded a well-known folkloric dabke in a 2016 feature film, “Wrestling Jerusalem” by Aaron Davidman. His CD discography is available on iTunes, CDBaby, and Amazon.
Loay Dahbour, a Palestinian artist born and raised in Kuwait who immigrated to the United States in 1992, is a lead percussionist and percussion instructor for the Aswat Ensemble, and a videographer of short documentary films. He has played the doumbek (percussion); riq (tambourine); and daf (frame drum) for the Aswat Ensemble, and its smaller ensembles since 2007. He performed a fusion of jazz and Middle Eastern music in museums and other key venues in the Bay Area when he led San Francisco’s Sababa Band between 2009 and 2011. He has performed and toured with the Georges Lammam Ensemble. In 2013 he performed in the US tour of the Hanonah Palestinian Folk Band, one of the oldest and most prominent folk dance bands in the world. Loay has introduced both adults and youth to Middle Eastern music in both private and group lessons on the doumbek, riq, and daf through Zawaya and the University of California, Berkeley. In 2015 he recorded educational music tracks in the form of lullabies and folksongs for children. In 2019, he toured the US with the muwashshahat singer Noor Mhana and his band. Loay studied at the Middle Eastern Music Institute in Kuwait, the Mohsen Al Sawaf of the Massi Band in Egypt in 2003, and with Reda Darwish of the Hani Mhana Band in San Francisco.

Priscilla Wathington | Poetry
Palestinian American poet

Priscilla Wathington is the author of the chapbook, Paper and Stick (Tram Editions), which draws from her work with NGOs such as Defense for Children International – Palestine, the Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Arab American Action Network. Her poems have appeared in Gulf Coast, Michigan Quarterly Review, Salamander & elsewhere. She is a Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI) board member and an MFA candidate at Warren Wilson College.

Mornings in Jenin Musical
Alt-pop musical in development based on a Palestinian refugee
Selected songs and scenes from “Mornings in Jenin Musical” by Amal Bisharat. This new alt-pop musical in development is a Palestinian refugee story adapted from the internationally best-selling novel by the same name by Susan Abulhawa.
Featuring:
Amal Bisharat – Writer, composer, director, singer, guitarist
Sasha Saeed – Actor, singer
Mohamed Chakmakchi – Actor, singer
Maya Nazzal – Actor
Denmo Ibrahim -Actor
Amal Bisharat (she/her) is a Palestinian-American multidisciplinary artist: a theatre director, theatremaker, musician, actor, photographer, and yoga teacher. Bisharat holds a BA in Music and Theater and for 12 years worked as a director and music director in partnership with the San Francisco Unified School District. She is currently in residence at Golden Thread Productions as co-producer and director for the 2023 ReOrient Festival of Short Plays. She is also currently in the process of creating her first musical, a Palestinian refugee story adapted from the best-selling novel Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa. Bisharat is a recipient of the 2022-23 Theater Bay Area Arts Leadership Residency Grant, the 2022 Theater Bay Area CA$H Creates Grant, and the 2023 San Francisco Arts Commission Artist Grant.
Bisharat is also an award-winning photographer, with her own arts-focused photography company, capturing the magic of professional dance, theater, and music performances for Bay Area groups like Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, Sarah Bush Dance Project, and Alonzo King Lines Ballet. Bisharat believes in the transformative power of art and storytelling whether on a stage, in a photograph, or in the stories we tell ourselves.

Gaza Monologues
An International Project Advocating For The Rights of Children in Gaza

The Gaza Monologues were written in 2010, after the first war on the Gaza Strip. Youth From Gaza Tell Their Personal Stories About War and Siege. Tragically, these monologues are still accurate today. They highlight the experience, hope, and resilience of 31 courageous Gazan youth voices.
Two talented actors, Maya Nazzal and Denmo Ibrahim, will perform a few monologues from the Gaza Monologues project.

Maya Nazzal is a San Francisco-based actor. She is a first-generation Palestinian-American and is a fluent Arabic speaker. She received her BA in Theatre Arts from San Francisco State University and recently trained at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York. Her SFSU stage credits include Top Girls, The Laramie Project, The Baltimore Waltz, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, and Forever Chasing Smarts. When she is not on stage, Maya loves to spend her time solo backpacking around the world! She is beyond excited to be joining the Golden Thread Fairytale Players and is grateful for this opportunity.

Denmo Ibrahim is an award-winning American actor and playwright of Egyptian descent. Regional acting credits include Berkeley Repertory, American Conservatory Theater, The Old Globe, Seattle Rep, and Cal Shakes. Her plays have been developed and produced by Golden Thread, Noor Theatre, Arab American National Museum, Amphibian Stage, The Civilians R&D Lab, and Crowded Fire. Her audio-immersive children’s book, Zaynab’s Night of Destiny (Fons Vitae, 2021) toured public schools throughout Louisville and is now available in classrooms everywhere at zaynabbook.com. Denmo holds an MFA in Lecoq-based Actor Created Physical Theater (Naropa University) and a BFA in Acting (Boston University).
denmoibrahim.com

Melodies of Resilience
Palestinian music showcase

Featuring:
Basma Edrees – Violin
Loay Dahbour – Arabic hand percussion
Ala -Oud
Hashem Abdel-Hadi – Guitar
And Aswat singers:
Amira Kotb
Shaden Amleh
Rana Mroue
Mohamed Nasser
Nasser Meerkhan
Basma Edrees is a graduate of The Juilliard School where she received her Masters in Violin Performance and Mannes School of Music where she received her Bachelor’s degree. She studied with Joseph Lin, Laurie Smukler, Sally Thomas, and Catherine Van Hoesen. Basma has performed under the batons of many great conductors including Alan Gilbert and Daniel Barenboim. Basma has served as Associate Concertmaster of the Oakland Symphony during their 2015-2016 season. She has also been invited to sub for the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, San Jose Chamber Orchestra, San Jose Opera Orchestra as well as the Santa Rosa Symphony. Basma has performed as a soloist in various countries including the USA, Montenegro, Ethiopia, and her native country, Egypt.
Equally at home with Arabic music, Basma is the founder of Music in-Takht; an instrumental ensemble dedicated to preserving Egyptian musical heritage in the SF Bay Area. She performed with renowned musicians from the Arab world and has been invited to give Arabic Music workshops at UC Berkeley and Stanford. She has taught Arabic music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and has also been a member of the Arabic Music faculty at Labyrinth; one of the leading educational institutions of modal music. In early 2023, Basma was invited to play on the soundtrack of Assasin’s Creed Mirage alongside members of the New York Arabic Orchestra. From 2016 to 2019, Basma Edrees held the position of Music Director of the Aswat Women Ensemble, an all female Bay Area community ensemble specializing in Arab music. She also served as the co-manager and instructor of the Aswat Women Empowerment Program during their 2019 Fall season; a program designed to empower women of Arab descent through the study of their own rich musical tradition.
Basma’s proficiency in Music Theory earned her assistant teaching positions as well as teaching fellowships at The Juilliard School while she was a student there. She studied Counterpoint with Robert Cuckson and Philippe Lasser. She has passed this knowledge on to her students as a member of the Music Theory faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where she taught the art of Counterpoint herself. Basma is also a certified Suzuki violin teacher with expertise in starting beginner students of all ages on the violin. She also teaches the violin at the collegiate level at Santa Clara University.
Ala is a talented musician who brings a unique blend of cultural influences to his music. Raised in Tunisia, he began playing the traditional Oud instrument at a young age and comes from a family of master Arabic classical vocalists. His impressive career has taken him to stages around the world, including the Belford International Music Festival in France, the Cairo Arabic Music Festival in the Opera House of Egypt, and various music festivals in Tunisia. He has also performed with Aswat in the Bay Area since 2008, showcasing his expertise in classical Arabic music from the early 1900s, particularly in Adwar and Muachahat styles. With his rich musical heritage and diverse performance experience, Ala Kallel is a must-see musician for anyone interested in world music.”
Hashem Abdel-Hadi Hash is a Palestinian Musician, born and raised in Jordan. He loves practicing freedom of expression through all types of art, including Music, Art, and Architecture. He began his music journey at a young age, exploring what different instruments have to offer.

LIVE PAINTING BY MURALIST CHRIS “C” GAZALEH

Chris “C” Gazaleh is a visual artist, musician, writer, organizer, and educator from San Francisco. Gazaleh (38) has come a long way on his mission dedicated to promoting cultural, political, and social awareness about the history, people, and struggle for freedom in Palestine. Reigning from an upbringing submerged in hip-hop culture, he was dedicated to creating his style from a young age, starting with graffiti letters, and then characters. When Gazaleh was about 19 living in Detroit at the time he started to learn to read and write in Arabic, being the language of his ancestors he picked it up within months. At 21 Gazaleh decided to move back to San Francisco where he joined GUPS at SFSU and helped put up the Edward Said mural. After this Gazaleh began painting murals in the community eventually finding his own walls, one wall in Clarion Alley has been Gazaleh’s practice wall since 2012, the wall was given to him by the late graffiti legend CUBA. Since then Gazaleh has been working to spread awareness throughout the community and working with the youth in San Francisco with the hope of spreading knowledge and love, and to combat the negative stereotypes affecting people’s perspectives of Arabs, Muslims, and Palestinians worldwide. Gazaleh uses many mediums to create his art, from ink to paint, digital illustration to spray paint. From murals to illustrations on paper and from graffiti-style pieces to brushwork on canvas, Gazaleh’s art comes from all angles.

MAPP GENERAL PROGRAM

IN PERSON EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, December 2nd, 2023 | 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Admission: Free

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Chamber Jazz Pop
2023-12-08 19:30 - 21:00
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Chamber Jazz Pop
Beth Custer/Jess Ivry/David James
Clarinetist/singer Beth Custer, cellist/singer Jess Ivry, and guitarist/singer David James join forces to play an evening of the music of David James and Beth Custer. From soundtracks to new pop and jazz pieces, the three have been playing together in different ensembles for decades including Beth Custer’s MY GRANDMOTHER project wherein they toured festivals in Russia, England, Ireland, and the Czech Rep. Audiences will delight in the gorgeous, American influenced yet otherworldly sounds the three make together.
Featuring:
Beth Custer – voice, clarinets & compositions
Jessica Ivry – voice & cello
David James – voice, guitar & compositions

Friday, December 8th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Beth Custer is a performer and composer renowned for her clarinetistry and unique singing voice. She’s composed for numerous productions including for Campo Santo Theatre, AXIS Dance Company, Flyaway Productions, The Joe Goode Performance Group, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Zeitgeist, and the films of Brad Coley, Cathy Lee Crane, and William Farley. With guitarist David James she leads the funky ensemble Russian Telegraph (named for the two hills in San Francisco), she leads the esteemed quartet Clarinet Thing, the 4th world ensemble Trance Mission, the trip-hop duo Eighty Mile Beach, and is an original member of the live music to silent film purveyors Club Foot Orchestra. Beth and Will Bernard just released SKY CD to rave reviews. She runs her own CD label BC Records and music publishing company All Hands On Deck.

David James is a San Francisco-born composer, guitarist, vocalist, and bandleader who draws from his years of experience in hip-hop, film and theater scores, afrobeat, and more, bringing these influences to bear in his “ … thoughtfully composed, boundary-blurring new music.” (All About Jazz) James’s compositions often join a sing-song-y melodicism to his explorations of rhythms and textures from across the African diaspora and beyond. This can be heard in the political instrumentals and songs of the rhythm-horns-and-strings sextet GPS, which features clarinet, trombone, viola, electric guitar, acoustic bass, and drums. From 2010 to 2020, David co-led Afrofunk Experience (all manner of afro-grooves); and currently co-leads Russian Telegraph (an anything-goes collective of players from the funk, jazz, rock, and new music worlds). While beginning to develop his own compositional voice, David was a recording and touring member of Spearhead, The Coup, and the Beth Custer Ensemble. He has performed chamber jazz at the community-level salon Red Poppy Art House (SF); live scores to silent films in the screening rooms of MoMA and SFMOMA; and hip-hop at the Glastonbury Festival (UK).

Jess Ivry is a classically trained, SF Conservatory graduate who plays and sings various genres including Balkan, Klezmer, Bluegrass, Jazz, and Pop. She was a member of the Real Vocal String Quartet, who performed at the Stern Grove Festival opening for the Kronos Quartet, toured overseas through the US State Department program, American Music Abroad, and was featured with a cover photo and article in Strings Magazine. RVSQ recorded with Feist for their release Metals and played with her on the Tonight Show and at the Coachella Music Festival. Jess played for theater and dance, composing original scores for Death of a Salesman and The Bright River (A Traveling Jewish Theatre, San Francisco), A Little Night Music, The Last Five Years (A.C.T. San Francisco); The Orphan of Zhao (A.C.T. San Francisco & La Jolla Playhouse); An Audience with Meow Meow, Pericles: Prince of Tyre, and Figaro (Berkeley Repertory Theatre) and in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Post Street Thea Jess played for theater and dance, composing original scores for Death of a Salesman and The Bright River (A Traveling Jewish Theatre, San Francisco), A Little Night Music, The Last Five Years (A.C.T. San Francisco); The Orphan of Zhao (A.C.T. San Francisco & La Jolla Playhouse); An Audience with Meow Meow, Pericles: Prince of Tyre, and Figaro (Berkeley Repertory Theatre) and in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Post Street Theatre, SF).
https://www.heydavidjames.com
https://bethcuster.com
https://jessicaivry.com

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EVENT DETAILS
Friday, December 8th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30
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Jazz night: Kenny Warren | Liberty Ellman | Gerald Cleaver
2023-12-09 19:30 - 21:00
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Jazz night: Kenny Warren | Liberty Ellman | Gerald Cleaver
Original Jazz Compositions and Improvisations!
NYC-based trumpeter Kenny Warren will joined by legendary musicians Gerald Cleaver on drums and Liberty Ellman on guitar for a night of original songs and improvisations.
Warren and Cleaver first played together at a Vision Fest event in New York in 2014. This concert will be this special trio collaboration’s debut.
Featuring:
Kenny Warren- Trumpet
Liberty Ellman – Guitar
Gerald Cleaver – Drums

Saturday, December 9th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Kenny Warren, Liberty Ellman, and Gerald Cleaver are all accomplished composers and performers in the jazz and improvised music world. Ellman has worked extensively as a side man with the likes of Vijay Iyer, Myra Melford, and Henry Threadgill. His latest release Last Desert is available on Pi recordings. Cleaver, one of the most on-demand drummers in NYC for decades has recorded a variety of his own records and worked with luminaries like Roscoe Mitchell and Muhal Richard Abrams. Warren has made a dozen records of his music, and recently recorded as a sideman with Angelica Sanchez, Stephan Crump, and Tony Malaby. His trio with Christopher Hoffman and Nathan Ellman-Bell comes out on Out of Your Head Records in spring 2024.
Kenny Warren
He grew up in Denver CO, where he was inspired at a young age by local trumpet greats Ron Miles, Al Hood, and Greg Gisbert. In 2002 he moved to New York to study jazz at SUNY Purchase where he met collaborators like Bobby Avey and JP Schlegelmilch. After graduating in 2006, he moved to Brooklyn and quickly became an active member of the improvised music scene. He has performed with a who’s who of improvisors from his generation as well as with luminaries like Tony Malaby, Chris Speed, Angelica Sanchez, Stephan Crump, and Brad Shepik.
Joining the brass band Slavic Soul Party in 2008 began the expansion of Warren’s melodic concept to include Roma music and Arabic maqam language. As a composer, Warren’s music was first featured on 2 albums by the instrumental rock collective NOOK. In 2010 Warren formed Laila and Smitty, named after his great aunt and uncle. That band which started out playing country-blues standards and Warren’s folksier compositions, evolved into a singular avant-song-writing outfit that Bird is the Worm calls “massively genuine and unabashedly heart-on-the-sleeve open and honest”. Laila and Smitty have released 3 LPs, most recently in 2019 on happylucky records. Meanwhile, Warren continued to develop as a free improviser, recording records in 2014 with the collective ZhirtZ n ZkinZ (Sulde) and in 2015 with The Sandra Weiss Quintet (Leo Records).
In 2017, The Kenny Warren Quartet released Thank You For Coming to Life (Whirlwind Recordings) which highlights Warren as a jazz composer and soloist. The album was heralded as “Boldly creative and superbly orchestrated…A masterful album… Stunning.” by Radio REC. In 2018 Warren released YLA (promnight), a solo cassette that resulted from a series of home recording experiments done on a creative retreat to California that winter. In April 2020 Whirlwind released Warren’s trio record called In The Heat, featuring Matthias Pichler on bass and Nathan Ellman-Bell on drums.
His latest projects include a trio with Christopher Hoffman and Nathan Ellman-Bell called Sweet World, and a duo with Bobby Avey, both of which will be recording new albums in 2023.
https://www.kennywarrenmusic.com/

Liberty Ellman
Based in Brooklyn New York, guitarist/composer Liberty Ellman has performed and or recorded with a host of stand-out creative artists including Joe Lovano, Myra Melford, Wadada Leo Smith, Butch Morris, Vijay Iyer, Steve Lehman, Greg Osby, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Nels Cline, Somi, Matana Roberts, Ledisi, JD Allen, Michele Rosewoman, Adam Rudolph, Mary Halverson, and Okkyung Lee. Mr. Ellman is perhaps best known for his long tenure in Henry Threadgill’s groundbreaking ensemble, Zooid. The group has recorded several critically lauded albums. Their most recent recording “In For A Penny, In For A Pound” earned a Pulitzer prize for Mr. Threadgill. Ellman has released 4 of his own critically acclaimed albums: Orthodoxy, Tactiles, Ophiuchus Butterfly, and Radiate on Pi Recordings. His compositional style has been described as “At once highly controlled and recklessly inventive,” and the Wall Street Journal said: “Ellman, along with his peers, is helping to define post-millennial jazz.” Voted #1 Rising Star Guitarist in the 2016 Downbeat Critics Poll, he was also honored in the 2015 Jazz Times expanded critics poll, as one of the four guitarists of the year alongside Bill Frisell, John Scofield, and Julian Lage.
https://www.libertyellman.com/

Gerald Cleaver
Drummer Gerald Cleaver was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and is a product of the rich music tradition found there and also in his home. Inspired by his father, John Cleaver, also a drummer, he began playing the drums at an early age. He also played violin in elementary school and switched to trumpet during junior high and high school. While in his teens, he gained early working experience with Ali Muhammad Jackson, Lamont Hamilton, Earl Van Riper, and Pancho Hagood and later with Marcus Belgrave, Donald Walden, Rodney Whitaker, A. Spencer Barefield, and Wendell Harrison. Cleaver earned a B.A. in music education from the University of Michigan. During his studies, he was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Study Fellowship to study with drummer Victor Lewis. After graduating he began teaching in Detroit and later joined the jazz faculty at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. He relocated to New York in 2002.
Cleaver has worked with Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgill, Jacky Terrasson, Hank Jones, Tommy Flanagan, Mario Pavone, Charles Gayle, Matthew Shipp, Reggie Workman, Joe Morris, Craig Taborn, Ralph Alessi, Eddie Harris, and Miroslav Vitous, among others. In 2002 “Adjust”, recorded for the Spanish label Fresh Sound New Talent, was nominated in the Best Debut Recording category.

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EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, December 9th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35
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Harmony Across Continents
2023-12-15 19:30 - 21:00
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Harmony Across Continents
A melodic journey where the guitar and sarod entwine, bridging continents and traditions in harmonious conversation.
Featuring original compositions of their 2022 E.P ‘Solitude’ and new material that combines Indian Classical and West African influences, Manik and Imam will embark on a melodic journey where the guitar and sarod entwine, bridging continents and traditions in harmonious conversation.
Featuring:
Hasan Imam Hamdani – Guitar
Manik Khan – Sarod

Friday, December 15th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30/ (Door) $30-$35

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Hasan Imam Hamdani is a multifaceted artist known for his prowess as a guitarist, innovative compositions, and as the creative force behind the collaborative, global music ensemble, Imam Collective. In “Solitude,” released under the Australian record label “Worlds Within Worlds” Hasan Imam collaborates with the renowned sarod player Manik Khan and delves into the richness of West African and Indian Classical Music to forge a compelling union that transcends traditional borders and genres. A seasoned collaborator and performer, Hasan Imam’s performances/collaborations include Reina Sofia Conservatory – Madrid, Zeman Festival – Serbia, Boston Calling – Boston, and Mostra Viva Del Mediterrani – Spain (Conference of Mediterranean Music and Science). Notably, Hasan Imam is a member of the Qalandar Arts Ensemble, a collaborative multi-cultural music project bringing together musicians and music traditions from around the world to performance spaces in London, UK.
Manik Khan has been steeped in the ancient melodies of North Indian classical music since birth. The youngest son of the legendary Sarod maestro, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, he grew up listening to his father in countless concerts and attending his classes at the esteemed Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael, CA. Today, Manik also collaborates with musicians and various ensembles to present his father’s lineage of Hindustani classical music—honoring both the tradition and its remarkable history, while also helping to make it accessible to new audiences. This has included partnering with Bay Area schools to bring Indian Classical Music to youth orchestras, collaborating with the late conductor Michael Morgan and the Fremont Symphony Orchestra, recording in mixed mediums, and live-streaming.
https://www.manikkhan.com/

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EVENT DETAILS
Friday, December 15th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30/ (Door) $30-$35
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(FREE) The Family Art Program (Arte entre familia)!
2023-12-16 12:00 - 13:30
The Family Art Program
Arte entre familia

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

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

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

Please come join us!

Saturday, December 16th, 2023
Time: 12:00-1:30 pm

Admission: FREE

MEET THE INSTRUCTOR:

Sofia Elias (she/her/ella)

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

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

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

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

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

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, December 16th, 2023
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Admission: FREE
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Caribbean Songbook with Pedro José Pastrana & Oskar Ly
2023-12-16 19:30 - 21:00
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Caribbean Songbook with Pedro José Pastrana & Oskar Ly
Ecstatic Interpretations from the American/Caribbean Songbook
Cuatro player Pedro J. Pastrana and pianist Oskar Ly perform unique interpretations of pieces from their diverse musical roots. This show will feature original music and arrangements of classic selections from the Caribbean and American songbooks.
Featuring:
Pedro José Pastrana – Puerto Rican Cuatro
Oskar Ly – Piano
Special Guests – TBA

Saturday, December 16th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Pedro José Pastrana, a music creator rethinking the concept of Puerto Rican music, Pedro crosses over invisible frontiers with an (extra)ordinary approach to music. He aims to fuse the earthy quality of folk music with forward-looking compositions and live performances, reflecting the mixed identities of his heritage and influences.
Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Pedro José Pastrana grew up in the jíbaro music tradition and was surrounded by the vocabulary of other popular sounds. This upbringing would help him develop a keen instinct for playing in settings outside of his element. As an active member of the Bay Area music scene, Pedro has collaborated with the John Santos Sextet, Jerry Medina, Juango Gutierrez, Orestes Vilató, and Atabal, among others.
His debut album, Crónicas de la Pierna Inquieta consists of eight original tracks, serving as snapshots of self-discovery, inspired by the coming-of-age events of the past 13 years.
Óskar Ly is a multi-instrumentalist, arranger, composer, bandleader, and music producer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Originally from Barranquilla, Colombia, his musical journey began when he was 9, the piano being his first instrument. A self-taught artist, he also plays guitar, bass, melodica, accordion, and Latin percussion instruments. Currently, he is the director of Óskar Ly & Rumbalú. Óskar has collaborated with Latin music superstars Nino Segarra, Chuchito Valdés, Nelson Rangell, and Sal Cuevas (bassist of Fania All Stars), among others.
https://www.pjpastranamusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/pj.pastrana.music
https://www.oskarlymusic.com/

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EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, December 16th, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35
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Dawayer Huda Asfour
2024-01-12 19:30 - 21:00
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Dawayer Huda Asfour
A solo for oud, looper, and voice
Huda’s latest solo project for oud, looper, and vocals. In this improvisation-based journey, Huda presents new and old songs and compositions, revisited after the pandemic, and more recently after the war in Gaza, through the lens of repetitions, exploring the concept of a loop and our perception of it. The project premiered in Alexandria Egypt in 2020 and has since been performed at theaters like the Kennedy Center, The Arabic Music Institute in Cairo, the Arab American National Museum in Michigan, the Oldtown School of Folk Music in Chicago, and the Brooklyn Museum in NY.
Featuring:
Huda Asfour – oud, looper, voice

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

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

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

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