Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet West
2024-04-12 20:00 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
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Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet West
Contemporary Tango Music
Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet West plays contemporary and original tango music. Featuring tango classics by Osvaldo Pugliese and Astor Piazzolla, as well as completely new material featured on the groups 2023 release “The Conservatory”, the quartet presents the visceral and imaginative cutting edge of tango music today.
Featuring:
Charles Gorczynski – Bandoneon
Basma Edrees – Violin
Elyse Weakley – Piano
Sascha Jacobsen – Contrabass

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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SAN FRANSISCO INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL (SFIAF):

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

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

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

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

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

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SAN FRANSISCO INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL (SFIAF):

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

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, May 4th, 2024
Time: Doors 6:30 pm, Performance 7:00 pm
Admission: Early Bird: $20 / Advance: $25 / Door: $30
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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SFIAF - Amelia Romano
2024-05-11 14:30 - 15:45
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Amelia Romano
Modern Minds
The compositions in this program were originally written for the lever harp, the primary instrument of the composers featured on this program. Arranged for lever harp, violin and cello, these works present the lever harp as a cross-genre voice in classic, contemporary, jazz, and folk settings, showcasing its versatility and vibrancy.
Featuring:
Director, Lever Harp: Amelia Romano
Violin: Basma Edrees
Cello: Stephanie Boivin-Blandino

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

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

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SAN FRANSISCO INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL (SFIAF):

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

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

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

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

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

SAN FRANSISCO INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL (SFIAF):

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

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

REGISTER here to participate in the Story Circle at Red Poppy.
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EVENT DETAILS
Thursday, May 16th, 2024
Time: 5:30pm – 8:30pm
Admission: FREE
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Huarango
2024-05-18 19:30 - 21:00
Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event. If tickets sell out online, tickets will not be available at the door.

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

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

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

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

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, May 18th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30/ (Door) $30
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The Leo Nava Quartet and Louda y Los Bad Hombres
2024-05-24 19:30 - 21:30
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The Leo Nava Quartet and Louda y Los Bad Hombres
Guitar (SFSU) Master’s Recital: From Jazz Classics to Latin Grooves
Guitarist Leo Nava brings his new jazz quartet to the Red Poppy as he explores different eras of jazz guitar. From Fats Waller & Charlie Parker to Thelonious Monk & Wayne Shorter, Leo’s band will play new interpretations of jazz classics, in a celebration of jazz guitar. Afterward, Leo will join Louda y Los Bad Hombres as they play a celebratory set of original and classic Latin dance music.
Featuring:
Leo Nava – Guitar
Marley Edwards – Bass
Matthew Kesecker – Drums
Anthony Del Barrio – Piano
Dave Eagle – Percussion
Laura Camacho – Singer

Friday, May 24th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Tickets: $20 PreSale | Free RSVP for Early Bird | $35 Door Sales

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Leo Nava is a guitarist, composer, educator, and band leader from San Diego, CA currently residing in Oakland, CA. He is a founding member of Louda y Los Bad Hombres and contributes to their original music and arrangements of classics. He is a graduate of the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley, CA, and will soon be graduating from San Francisco State University with an M.M. in Guitar Performance. With too many influences to count, his music often blends genres and reflects the cultural melting pot that is California.
https://www.loudamusic.com/losbadhombres
https://www.youtube.com/loudamusic
https://www.instagram.com/louda.badhombres
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2oVFolp1fpTJWavsXkOG9F?si=qEg1Q3qoRAqn0h8mXJ84Ug
https://soundcloud.com/loudaylosbadhombres/tracks

EVENT DETAILS
Friday, May 24th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: $20 PreSale | Free RSVP for Early Bird | $35 Door Sales
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Odd Savvy’s “The Ground” (Free) ShadowLight residency at Red Poppy Art House
2024-05-26 18:00 - 19:30
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Odd Savvy’s “The Ground” (Free) ShadowLight residency at Red Poppy Art House
Free Live shadow play by Fred C Riley III’s presentation of Odd Savvy’s “The Ground” followed by a workshop.
Join us for our monthly ShadowLight program at Red Poppy Art House and get a sneak peek at a brand new show being built for premiere this August. Fred C Riley III will present a short excerpt from his upcoming production, “The Ground” Afterward he will walk the audience through the process of creating the work. There will be materials on hand so everyone can try their hand at making and moving a shadow puppet of their own, or you can try out the puppets from the show.
Appropriate for children and families. Puppet-making supplies and instruction will be provided by ShadowLight.
This program is part of ShadowLight artists in residence at Red Poppy Art House. It is a Free Monthly program with hands-on workshop activities for families on the fourth Sunday of each month.
Featuring Artists:
Fred C Riley III

Sunday, May 26th, 2024
Time: 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Admission: FREE and Donation
Puppet-making supplies and instruction will be provided by ShadowLight Productions.
This event is appropriate for both children and adults.
Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Due to limited capacity, RSVP is strongly recommended.

ABOUT THE FEATURED ARTIST:

In 2023 Fred. C. Riley III was Associate Puppet Designer of Toto for A.C.T.’s The Wizard of OZ, Puppet Designer (and trainer) for Shotgun Players’ Wolf Play, and was Puppet Coordinator, Performer, and Puppet Fabricator for Shadowlight Productions’ Sojourner ZY. Fred has worked and toured in the US and internationally. He cast and trained puppeteers in Japan and choreographed puppets for Ping Chong’s Kwadan and Obon. He was the assistant director and performer on the 2019 UNIMA award-winning Feathers of Fire. He has taught puppet theory and manipulation, and directed and written, for The Center for Puppetry Arts. He now works as a core member of Shadowlight Productions and Artistic Director for Driveway Follies (a Halloween marionette review). His movement company Odd Savvy, was awarded a production grant in 2024 by The Jim Henson Foundation for his new work, The Ground.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

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

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

EVENT DETAILS
Sunday, May 26th, 2024
Time: 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Admission: FREE and Donation
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June 1st MAPP: Youth on Fire
2024-06-01 19:00 - 22:00
June 1st MAPP: Youth On Fire
Curated by multidisciplinary artist Adrian Arias

MAPP June 1st, YOUTH ON FIRE
“Youth on Fire”
In a world where the flames of conflict and injustice burn bright, the youth rise as torches of hope and change. This round of our Mission Art Performance Project (MAPP) at Red Poppy Art House, our multidisciplinary art event on June 1st, 2024, centers around the theme “Youth on Fire,” inspired by the courageous and passionate responses of students from U.S. campuses about what is happening in the world and especially in the Middle East.
In the midst of turmoil, young people are not just witnesses but active participants in the quest for justice and peace. Their bravery, voices, and relentless pursuit of a better future illuminate the path forward.
“Youth on Fire” captures this spirit of activism and resilience, showcasing the power of youth to heal and transform.
Through a diverse array of artistic expressions—visual art, music, dance, theatre, and spoken word—we celebrate the unyielding determination of young people who, despite the odds, continue to fight for a world where healing and harmony can prevail.
This event is a tribute to their unwavering spirit and a call for all of us to join in their journey toward a just and peaceful world.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Red Poppy Art House
2698 Folsom @23rd
Curator: Adrian Arias, Multidisciplinary Artist
7:15-7:55 – Anais Azul, singer-songwriter
Andean-inspired music blending tradition and electronics
8:00-8:15 – pearl ubungen, performer with special guests
Fluid, interdisciplinary, community-engaged artistic performance and actions
With Guitarist/Composer David James and dancer/violist Alison Cao
8:25-9:05 – Lucian Balmer, violin composer, and guest
Violinist, vocalist, and composer with “raga-infused” style.
With guest Charith Premawardhana
9:15-9:55 – Eileen Torrez, singer-songwriter
Oakland songwriter bridging folk-rock, indie, and soul genres
THIS IS A FREE EVENT
MAPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project)
Launched in 2003, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly, multidisciplinary, intercultural event that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces, such as private garages, gardens, living rooms, studios, street corners, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kaleidoscope of individuals and communities. Due to COVID-19, we had temporarily changed this dynamic program from an onsite to an online series. Thanks to the mastery and innovation of the presenting artists and curatorial vision we were pleased that the kaleidoscope of cultural exchange continued to be an incredibly enriching experience for the presenter and the viewer. We are glad that the days that we can safely present at our neighborhood venue have finally arrived and we are grateful for everyone’s ingenuity in making the online presentations meaningful and unique experiences.
This program is funded by the California Arts Council Impact Project Grant.
We will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve.
RED POPPY MAPP TEAM:
Artistic Director | Managing Director: Dina Zarif
PR and Digital Marketing: Anjali Varma
MAPP JUNE 1ST, 2024 PROGRAM

Time

Performance/Event
Description

Artists

Visual Art: Adrian Arias live painting

7:15 – 7:55 pm
Anais Azul
Andean-inspired music blends tradition and electronics
Anais Azul, singer songwriter

8:00 – 8:15 pm
pearl ubungen
Fluid, interdisciplinary, community-engaged artistic performance and actions
pearl ubungen, Performer
David James, Guitarist/Composer
Alison Cao, movement improv and viola

8:25 – 9:05 pm
Lucian Balmer
Violinist, vocalist, and composer with a “raga-infused” style
Lucian Balmer – Violin and vocals
Charith Premawardhana – Viola

9:15 – 9:55 pm
Eileen Torrez
Oakland songwriter bridging folk-rock, indie, and soul genres
Eileen Torrez, singer-songwriter

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Adrian Arias
Curator/Live Painting
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 the Luggage Store. As co-founder of Mission Arts Performance Project MAPP, he conceptualizes and creates multi-sensory art experiences such as, VideoFest, Luna Negra, and ILLUSION. 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. More info at http://adrianarias.com/

Anais Azul
Andean-inspired music blending tradition and electronics
Anais Azul (they/them) is a Peruvian-born, California-grown, composer, vocalist, and charango player. Since immigrating to the U.S at age 4, they have longed to return to their motherland. This diasporic longing has led them to return to Perú to reconnect with their roots and deepen their knowledge of Andean music, history, and Quechua. Today, their music transports us to a dreamy realm where Andean sounds and experimental electronic production are tied together through stories and lyrics about migration, healing, and resilience in three languages: English, Spanish, and Quechua.
More at: anaisazul.com or on Instagram @anaisazul

Sacred City
pearl ubungen

Sacred City | pearl ubungen is a fluid, non-linear, interdisciplinary, and community-engaged array of ideas, practices, disruptions, teachings, projects, and actions conceived and directed by choreographer/cultural activist pearl ubungen. Ms. ubungen is a fourth-generation pilipina-american born and raised in San Francisco’s Fillmore. She trained and performed with the late great master Ed Mock who died of AIDs related causes in 1986. Her process “Diamante” brings sonic and movement improvisation into close proximity with dharma practices, and embodied study and reflection on textual sources.
Performance to be accompanies by special guest Guitarist and composer David James and Alison Cao on movement improv and viola.

Lucian Kano Balmer
Music from the Mediterranean and beyond

Lucian Kano Balmer is a violinist, vocalist, and composer who performs original compositions often described as “raga-infused.” This evening, he’ll be singing and playing along with well-known San Francisco violist, Charith Premawardhana. Together, they enchant audiences with soulful melodies and dynamic inventions. They look forward to playing for you at MAPP!

Eileen Torrez
Oakland songwriter bridging folk-rock, indie, and soul genres
Eileen Torrez is an Oakland-based songwriter whose dynamic vocals and nuanced guitar work bridge the gap between folk-rock, indie pop and soul. Always poignant, often playful, her clever and deeply personal lyrics tell stories of finding joy in survival and peace in the throes of destruction. She remains curious about meaning and writes love and anger with equal reverence. You can learn more about her music at www.eileentorrez.com.
https://www.instagram.com/eileentorrezmusic/
https://www.facebook.com/eileentorrezmusic/
MAPP GENERAL PROGRAM

IN PERSON EVENT DETAILS
Time: June 1st, 2024, 7:00pm- 10pm (IN-PERSON)
Admission: Free!

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(FREE) The Family Art Program (Arte entre familia)
2024-06-08 12:00 - 13:30
The Family Art Program
Arte entre familia

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

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

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

Please join us!

Saturday, June 8th, 2024
Time: 12:00-1:30 pm

Next Programs:
July 13th
August 10th

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, June 8th, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Admission: FREE
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Paul Mehling & Jimmy Grant
2024-06-08 19:30 - 21:00
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Paul Mehling & Jimmy Grant
Django Guitar Duets
Two guitarists who have dedicated their lives to the music of Django Reinhardt come together to explore the rich legacy of Reinhardt and his contemporaries. Their collaboration promises to breathe new life into the timeless melodies and intricate rhythms that defined an era of jazz.
Featuring:
Jimmy Grant – Guitar
Paul Mehling – Guitar

Sunday, June 8th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30 / (Door) $30 general, $25 student & senior

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
A professional musician since the age of 11, Paul Mehling plays the guitar, violin, tenor, plectrum banjo, string bass, mandolin, and vocals. He is a leader of the Hot Club of San Francisco, producer of 6 instructional DVDs on HomespunVideos (guitar lessons), and named by PBS as the “father of gypsy jazz in the US.” He has 16 CD recordings under the name of Hot Club of San Francisco. Mehling also plays in a variety of settings from blues to swing to New Orleans.
Jimmy Grant 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.
https://www.jimmygrant.net/
https://www.hotclubsf.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@JimmyGrantMusic

EVENT DETAILS
Sunday, June 8th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30 / (Door) $30 general, $25 student & senior
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Voices Unveiled: Rhymes of the Persian Queers
2024-06-15 13:00 - 15:00
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Voices Unveiled: Rhymes of the Persian Queers
In Celebration of Pride Month
Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies at San Francisco State University and Diaspora Arts Connection proudly present “Voices Unveiled: Rhymes of the Persian Queers” in celebration of the Pride Month on Saturday, June 15, 2024 from 1 to 3 PM. The event will feature music and poetry readings by members of the Iranian LGBTQ+ community.
Join us for an enlightening poetry performance through evocative verse and stirring performances, from classical odes to contemporary spoken word, in both Persian and English. The event will explore themes of identity, love, and acceptance, shedding light on often marginalized perspectives of the LGBTQ+ members of the Persian culture, while fostering empathy and understanding. This event will be emceed by Kelleh Zarrin, accompanied by music from members of the Papillon Band. Come join us for an afternoon of community and celebration.

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, June 15, 2024
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, followed by a social hour
Admission: $15
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Arun Menon & Fred Adler
2024-06-22 19:30 - 21:00
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Arun Menon & Fred Adler
Modern classical music for viola and piano
A benefit recital for Fundación, Mujer, Arte con Esperanza (MAES) a women’s music and arts cooperative in Morelia, México. The concert will feature new work by Fred Adler for viola and piano as well as other 20th and 21st century works for viola and piano, solo viola and solo piano as well as a video performance from the musicians in Morelia.
Featuring:
Arun Menon – Viola
Fred Adler – Pianist & Composer

Saturday, June 22nd, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: $35

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Arun Menon studied viola with Simon Rowland-Jones and Andriy Viytovych, and violin with Dona Lee Croft, at the Royal College of Music in London. While a student, he was a winner of the Royal Overseas League Bernard Shore Viola Competition.
As an orchestral musician, he has worked for many years with the Royal Opera House and the London Symphony Orchestra, and as a guest principal with Birmingham Royal Ballet and English National Ballet.
He also works as an anesthesiologist, previously in the British National Health Service, and currently at UCSF.
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Fred Adler is a pianist and composer who studied piano primarily with Mortimer Markoff. After studying composition at McGill University he went on to study and practice medicine but has remained active as a pianist and in recent years even more so as a composer. He has studied composition with Bright Sheng and Samuel Andreyev.
His collaboration with Fundación, Mujer, and Arte con Esperanza (MAES) has been very rich and led to new works played in Morelia in May of 2023 with future concerts now in the planning.
The recent collaboration with Arun Menon has led him back to a long-time interest in writing for strings.
http://www.frederickadler.com

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EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, June 22nd, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: $35
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Shadow Movements: ARTogether youth workshop
2024-06-23 13:00 - 15:00
Shadow Movements: ARTogether youth workshop
A FREE monthly ShadowLight Production event
“Shadow Movements” is an ARTogether youth workshop series for newcomers, diaspora, and refugees, that blends traditional shadow puppetry with animation. An intersectional cohort of youth explored themes of home remedies, emotions, and heroes/villains through poetry, shadow puppetry, and animation.
At Red Poppy Art House, a few members of this youth cohort will screen their final films, talk about the impact of arts on newcomer and diaspora communities, and lead a workshop teaching audience members how to animate shadow puppetry with stop motion animation!
This program is a part of ShadowLight artists in residence at Red Poppy Art House, a Free Monthly program with hands-on workshop activities for families.
Featuring Artists:
Sabina Kariat
Iris Mendoza
Gia Ariela Pick Romero
Cindy L.
Eyner P.
Alona G.

Sunday, June 23rd, 2024
Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Admission: FREE
This event is free to the public.
This event is appropriate for children ages 3 to 12.
Admission is on a first come, first served basis.
Due to limited capacity, RSVP is strongly recommended.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Sabina Shanti Kariat is an Indian-American animator, artist, and filmmaker based in San Francisco. She has created animations for documentary films about the 1960’s American civil rights movement, the history of Japanese-American incarceration camps in California, the impact of the criminal justice system on refugees, and loss of native languages among immigrants. She is also a story artist on short animated films that bring BIPOC characters into surreal worlds. Sabina has been a teaching artist throughout San Francisco, and has led co-creation workshops in the Bay, in rural Jharkhand India, and in Istanbul and Reyhanli, Turkey. She has previously managed a puppetry and animation project with Syrian diaspora youth in Turkey, and is currently designing and managing the “Shadow Movements” program as a Public Arts Manager at ARTogether. She is a nerd about traditional shadow puppets, reads poems about horses, and is interested in the relationship between diaspora and memory.
Iris Mendoza
Hi, I’m Iris and I love art, it’s something that has helped me get out of my problems, many times I felt alone and sad but by making art I started to believe in myself and I realized that I can make someone better than me. What I thought, art is not easy to do, there are complications, but that doesn’t stop me. I love art, and thanks to it I have been able to smile again and in the future I want to be a great artist and see my parents proud of me, that It is my wish.
Gia Ariela Pick Romero
Gia is a 19-year-old artist who since she was little liked to be around art, she learned how to use a camera at the age of 5 years and she has been interested in art classes since 7. She is a very talented artist and has a great eye for photos when she is able to see beauty in this world.🌍 She loves to enjoy whatever she does with 100%. And she is a great student who will be a senior and graduate this next fall. She is grateful for ArtTogether with the opportunity of having fun doing what she most loves on this earth. That is her passion for being around artists, friends and meeting new people also being doing art which is her passion in this world. 🌍
Cindy L.
I’m Cindy, I do a bridge between digital art and traditional art with an interest in animation, I aspire to create art in hopes of inspiring others. My favorite sports are scuba diving and badminton!
Eyner P.
Mis intereses son la psicologia y la lectura. Y mi sueño en el futuro es convertirme en un gran psicologo y hacer grandes avanzes en la psicologia.
[My interests are psychology and reading. And my dream in the future is to become a great psychologist and make great advances in psychology.]
Alona G.
Since I was little I have been passionately drawn to art. I do not see art as just a hobby, It became a significant part of my way of seeing and perceiving the world. The idea of “creating” acquired a different, deeper meaning. My passion drove me to self-improvement, and every direction of art became interesting to me. I joined Oil painting classes, online graphic design courses, photography, anatomical drawing classes, and many other varieties of art I promoted independently. The more I learn the more passionate I become about it. My artworks allowed me to express things that I could not express with words, it became my power, my voice. Shadow Movements project it’s a great example of the expression of my feelings through art.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

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

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

EVENT DETAILS
Sunday, June 23rd, 2024
Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Admission: FREE
Note: A limited number of seats are available for this event. Reserving a ticket guarantees admission, but does not guarantee seats. Seating is first come, first served.
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San Francisco Flor y Canto Literary Festival 2024
2024-06-23 17:00 - 19:30
San Francisco Flor y Canto Literary Festival 2024
A Flor y Canto Platica: Past Present & Future @The Red Poppy
Norman Zelaya in conversation with Past and Present Flor y Canto organizers featuring Naomi Quinonez, a surprise guest & the current organizers of Flor y Canto.
Featuring:
Naomi Quiñonez
Dr. Loco (surprise guest)
And the current Flor y Canto crew:
Josiah Alderete
Maria Guerrero
Amanda Ayala
Lourdes Figueroa
Ricardo Tavarez
Sunday, June 23, 2024
Time: Doors open at 4:45pm; Show at 5pm
Admission: FREE

ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO FLOR Y CANTO LITERARY FESTIVAL
The International San Francisco Flor y Canto Literary Festival presents International Writers, Local Poets, Festival Community Award, Drag Story Hour, and more!
In 2024 — June 21, 22, & 23, 2024 – The International San Francisco Flor y Canto Literary Festival returns to the Mission District! This year’s festival takes place along the 24th Street Cultural Corridor over three days in June 2042. Featured artists are set to present their poetry, fiction, and performances. Audiences are invited to attend author interviews, children’s programming, and more!
The three-day 2024 festival features poets, writers, and musicians from the Bay Area, the Central Valley, the San Fernando Valley, Palestine, and Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
https://gofund.me/8aeda822

EVENT DETAILS
Sunday, June 23, 2024
Time: Doors open at 4:45pm; Show at 5pm
Admission: FREE
Note: Seating is first come, first served.
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(FREE) The Family Art Program (Arte entre familia)
2024-07-13 12:00 - 13:30
The Family Art Program
Arte entre familia

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

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

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

Please join us!

Saturday, July 13th, 2024
Time: 12:00-1:30 pm

Next Program:
August 10th

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, July 13th, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Admission: FREE
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New Threads: Where can I find someone like you, Ali?
2024-08-02 19:00 - 21:30
Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event.

New Threads: Where can I find someone like you, Ali?
New Threads Reading Series 2024
An autobiographical monodrama written by Raeda Taha, a Palestinian actor, storyteller, writer, and political activist based on her personal experience as the daughter of a shaheed (martyr). The play is anchored by Raeda’s memories, as well as those of her mother, Fathia, and her Aunt Suhaila, whose journey to retrieve the body of her brother—which was kept in a morgue freezer for two years by the occupying forces—is at the center of this story. Raeda crafts an epic narrative that delves into the complexities of loss, grief, and the enduring impact of political conflict. Where can I find someone like you, Ali? offers a deeply human portrayal of one of many Palestinian martyrs, Ali Taha, a father, a husband and a brother and is ultimately about the experience of many of those left behind by Palestinian martyrs. (Duration: 75-minute, no intermission)
The reading includes a post-show conversation with the audience and the artists.
FREE admission. Pre-registration is highly encouraged as space is limited.
Written by Raeda Taha
Directed by Hala Baki
Performed by Maya Nazzal

Friday, August 2, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm show
Admission: FREE

ABOUT THE NEW THREADS READING SERIES:
New Threads is Golden Thread’s annual staged reading series that engages its audience in the process of playmaking and allows writers of Middle Eastern and non-Middle Eastern descent an authentic and supportive space to develop work about the Middle East. Since its launch in 2011, many New Threads plays and playwrights have continued to receive mainstage productions. The 2024 New Threads Staged Reading Series will feature the work of international Palestinian playwrights.

EVENT DETAILS
Friday, August 2, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm show
Admission: FREE
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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August 3rd MAPP: Incubator of Radical Culture
2024-08-03 19:00 - 22:00
August 3rd MAPP: Incubator of Radical Culture

MAPP August 3rd: ABOUT THE PROGRAM
“Incubator of Radical Culture”
Celebration of our voices & creative expression as, through our art, we shape a new world that people feel excited to live in & fight for.
Red Poppy Art House
2698 Folsom @23rd
Curator: Dina Zarif
7:10 pm- 8:00 pm – Havanity Fair by Eduardo Corzo (Original Piano Composition)
8:10 pm- 9:00 pm – Sameer Gupta (Jazz Meets Indian Classical)
9:10 pm- 10:00 pm – LA GENTE SF (Cumbia Colombiana, Salsa, Reggaeton)
THIS IS A FREE EVENT
MAPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project)
Launched in 2003, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly, multidisciplinary, intercultural event that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces, such as private garages, gardens, living rooms, studios, street corners, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kaleidoscope of individuals and communities. This program is funded by the California Arts Council Impact Project Grant.
We will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve.
RED POPPY MAPP TEAM:
Artistic Director | Managing Director: Dina Zarif
PR and Digital Marketing: Anjali Varma
MAPP AUGUST 3RD, 2024 PROGRAM

Time

Performance/Event
Description
Artists

Exhibition
“Medicinal plants and hearts for a broken planet”
by Adrián Arias

7:10 pm- 8:00 pm

Havanity Fair by Eduardo Corzo
Original Piano Composition

Eduardo Corzo: Piano

8:10 pm- 9:00 pm

Sameer Gupta
Jazz Meets Indian Classical

Sameer Gupta: Multitabla
George Brooks: Saxophones
Nishanth Chari: Sitar
Krishna Parthasarathy: Violin

9:10 pm- 10:00 pm
LA GENTE SF
Cumbia Colombiana, Salsa, Reggaeton

Rafael Sarria Bustamante: vocals, guitar
Valentino Peeps: cajón, percussion, vocals
Avo Chalaganya: congas, percussion, vocals
Kate Goldstein: violin, vocals

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Havanity Fair by Eduardo Corzo
Original Piano Composition
Ed Corzo is a professional musician from Havana, Cuba, specializing in piano and clarinet. He is also a composer and arranger. Ed began his musical studies with his father, Gregorio Corzo, a violinist with the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra. Initially, Ed studied guitar and piano independently until age 21, when he pursued formal education at the Ignacio Cervantes Conservatory, graduating as a clarinetist. During this time, he composed music for Cuban TV and served as the musical director of the Conjunto Nacional de Espectáculos.
Ed has toured extensively in Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, and the US, where he explored various musical roots and expanded his repertoire to include a variety of genres. He has arranged and composed music for films, television, radio, and theater in these countries. Today, Ed is a professor at the Community Music Center in San Francisco and performs as a freelance solo artist and with local and international bands.

Sameer Gupta’s Raga Friends
Jazz Meets Indian Classical
Featuring:
Sameer Gupta – Multitabla
George Brooks – Saxophones
Nishanth Chari – Sitar
Krishna Parthasarathy – Violin
Sameer Gupta isn’t your typical drummer. This Oakland-based percussionist seamlessly blends the fiery improvisations of jazz with the rich tradition of North Indian classical music. Born in 1976, Gupta began his musical journey with jazz drumming, but later embraced the intricacies of the tabla, creating a unique sonic tapestry.
His passion for both art forms is evident in his playing. He co-founded the Brooklyn Raga Massive, a group that pushes boundaries by fusing jazz and Indian classical. His tabla mastery is also on display with ensembles like The Supplicants and the Marc Cary Focus Trio.
Despite starting with jazz, the tabla has become an equally important voice in Gupta’s musical vocabulary. He skillfully weaves together complex rhythms and improvisational flair, captivating audiences worldwide. Whether performing intricate tabla solos or driving a band with his dynamic drumming, Sameer Gupta is a true innovator, forging a path where jazz and Indian classical traditions meet and ignite.
Sameer is a co-founder of several noteworthy ensembles, including Brooklyn Raga Massive, Marc Cary Focus Trio, Raga Kids, VidyA, Arun Ramamurthy Trio, Coltrane Raga Tribute, The Supplicants and many more. He has performed at Lincoln Center; Birla Auditorium, Kolkata, India; SFJAZZ; Nehru Centre, London; MoMA, NYC; Yerba Buena Gardens Festival San Francisco, and has played with Marc Cary, Jon Baptiste, Brandee Younger, Falu Shah, Rez Abbasi, Richard Howell, Wallace Roney, Karsh Kale, Krishna Bhatt, Ravichandra Kulur, Mysore Manjunath, Prasant Radhakrishnan, Chitresh Das, Jason Samuels Smith, Ramesh Mishra, Anindo Chatterjee, and numerous other luminaries.
Gupta has held workshops on Indian music and cross over drumming styles at Fordham University, California Jazz Conservatory, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Berklee College of Music and several other international institutions. He has performed the works of Indian classical Orchestral composer Reena Esmail as well as worked as a teaching artist in New York City and Oakland Unified school districts.
Notable Press Quotes:
“Gupta’s wild phrases pushed then pulled against the established form, threatening anarchy.” – February 2024 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD
“Sameer Gupta is a versatile musician who has performed with well-known musicians across genres and easily alternates between the high energy drum set and the Indian tabla drums.” Source
“Not since Trilok Gurtu’s stint in Oregon has a percussionist sounded as commanding in both Indian classical tabla styles and straight-ahead swing drumming as Sameer Gupta…” Source

LA GENTE SF
Cumbia Colombiana, Salsa, Reggaeton
Featuring:
Rafael Sarria Bustamante – vocals, guitar
Valentino Peeps – cajón, percussion, vocals
Avo Chalaganya – congas, percussion, vocals
Kate Goldstein – violin, vocals
LA GENTE SF was born in the Mission District of San Francisco and is currently based in Madrid, Spain. The group is led by Rafael Sarria Bustamante: singer-songwriter and voting member of the Recording Academy/Grammy’s. LA GENTE SF has created their own unique blend of World Music, Cumbia, Reggae, Salsa, and Reggaeton. Their music 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. LA GENTE SF just released “Llama Cumbia” their second single and music video from their 5th studio album “Entre 2 Mundos.” The album and series of music videos were recorded and filmed in San Francisco, Colombia, Spain, Mexico and Morocco and was produced by Rafael Sarria Bustamante, Maya Finlay & Jordan Feinstein. The Band is currently on their 2024 World Tour.
After years of touring and releasing original music, LA GENTE SF has built a large and loyal following all over the US and around the globe performing at numerous festivals, universities, radio stations, museums, art galleries and major venues, including: Los Angeles, New Orleans, Austin, Portland and New York as well as Spain, Italy, France, Mexico, Great Britain, Brazil, Chile, Nicaragua, and Colombia. Their notoriety and showmanship has found them sharing the stage with other recognized recording artists such as George Clinton and The P-Funk All Stars, E-40, La Santa Cecilia, Quantic, The Digital Underground, Oscar De Leon, Hyro-Glyphics, Digable Planets, Pato Banton, Lyrics Born, Pete Escovedo, MALO and many more.
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Notable Press Quotes:
“LA GENTE SF, led by Rafael Sarria Bustamante, plays an intoxicating cocktail of world music, mixing cumbia, reggae, salsa and hip-hop. Dance music with a political edge” – Cy Musiker, KQED Arts
“LA GENTE SF reminded listeners of the depth, scope, and considerable talent of the local music scene. The band can be described, generically, as Latin fusion, aka mestiza music. Yet that description doesn’t really impart the sonic goodness and vibey aesthetic the band embodies.” – Eric K Arnold, Oakland Local
“It’s refreshing to watch a band draw an audience as eclectic as their music. It seemed no one could sit still through the contagious beat and positive vibe.” – Cassandra Braun, East Bay Times

PREVIEW THE PERFORMANCES
Eduardo Corzo

LA GENTE SF

EXHIBITION: Medicinal plants and hearts for a broken planet

In these tumultuous times, we find solace and strength in the small, healing plants around us. By elevating them to goddesses, we seek to protect and nurture ourselves and others. Our hearts ache from the absence of justice, the prevalence of violence, and the abuse of power. Through our art, we will find healing and inspire hope.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Adrian Arias
American, born in Peru
Is a visual artist, poet, performer, curator, activist, and cultural promoter, who brings together multidisciplinary artists to engage in community projects with messages of social justice, racial equality, climate change, peace, beauty, health, and hope in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Arias is one of the founders and creators of MAPP (Mission Arts Performance Project) and creator of festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area such as: VideoFest, Luna Negra, and ILLUSION shows in San Francisco.
Adrian uses his dreams as creative initiatives, which he makes come true in performances and community projects, such as his multimedia shows called DREAMS, or most currently Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution, where 23 visual artists and 43 poets from the SF Bay Area have participated.
MAPP GENERAL PROGRAM

IN PERSON EVENT DETAILS
Time: August 3rd, 2024, 7:00pm- 10pm (IN-PERSON)
Admission: Free!

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New Threads: The Return
2024-08-09 19:00 - 21:30
Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event.

New Threads: The Return
New Threads Reading Series 2024
Two people meet in an auto-body shop in the mid-sized city of Herzliya. They might or might not have known each other in the past. One of them is Palestinian, and one of them is Israeli-Jewish. By the end of the play, both of their lives will be changed forever by the realities that surround them.
The authors have stated “The Return is not a documentary. There are no checkpoints or tanks onstage. The play is a personal closeup of what happens underneath the headlines, every day for decade after decade, even when bombs are not falling to catch the world’s attention.” (Duration: 75-minute, no intermission)
The reading includes a post-show conversation with the audience and the artists.
FREE admission. Pre-registration is highly encouraged as space is limited.
Written by Hanna Eady and Edward Mast
Directed by Hanna Eady
Performed by Wiley Naman Strasser* and Elissa Beth Stebbins*

Friday, August 9, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm show
Admission: FREE
*Member, Actors Equity

ABOUT THE NEW THREADS READING SERIES:
New Threads is Golden Thread’s annual staged reading series that engages its audience in the process of playmaking and allows writers of Middle Eastern and non-Middle Eastern descent an authentic and supportive space to develop work about the Middle East. Since its launch in 2011, many New Threads plays and playwrights have continued to receive mainstage productions. The 2024 New Threads Staged Reading Series will feature the work of international Palestinian playwrights.

EVENT DETAILS
Friday, August 9, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm show
Admission: FREE
Note: A limited quantity of additional tickets will be available for purchase at the door unless otherwise noted on the Facebook event page that the show is SOLD OUT.
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(FREE) The Family Art Program (Arte entre familia)
2024-08-10 12:00 - 13:30
The Family Art Program
Arte entre familia

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

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

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

Please join us!

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

Admission: FREE

MEET THE INSTRUCTOR:

Sofia Elias (she/her/ella)

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

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

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

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

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

EVENT DETAILS

Saturday, August 10th, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Admission: FREE
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Scott Amendola, Michael Manring, and Karl Evangelista Trio
2024-08-10 19:30 - 21:00
Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event.

Scott Amendola, Michael Manring, and Karl Evangelista Trio
A night of compositions, improvisations, and sonic explorations.
Featuring songs by each of the artists, along with some free improvisation.
Featuring:
Scott Amendola – drums/percussion/electronics
Michael Manring – electric bass
Karl Evangelista – electric guitar

Saturday, August 10, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $25 (Door) $25 general, $20 student & senior

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Michael Manring has probably the most unique approach to the electric bass in history. Known more for his work as a solo artist, Manring has pushed the electric bass way beyond and is hailed around the globe for his masterful playing. He is also known for genre-bending, and the scope of his musical abilities is vast and wide.
Karl Evangelista ranks among a new wave of musicians pushing the traditions of jazz and experimental rock into the 21st century. Hailed by Signal to Noise magazine as “one of the most original instrumentalists and composers of his generation,” Evangelista’s music explores multicultural concepts with sonic intensity and political fervor.
Jazz is an art form defined by surprise and uncertainty, but one safe bet is that Scott Amendola’s presence on the bandstand means that something interesting is about to go down. The Berkeley drummer has provided a turbo-charged flow of creativity for the Bay Area music scene since the mid-1990s both as a ubiquitous sideman (Nels Cline, Charlie Hunter, Laurie Anderson, etc. ), and a bandleader with a knack for composing thrilling anthems.
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EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, August 10, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $25 (Door) $25 general, $20 student & senior
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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Alejandro Brittes
2024-08-16 19:30 - 21:00
Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event.

Alejandro Brittes
Music from the borderlands of southern South America
Hailed by The Boston Globe as a “premier exponent of Chamamé”, Brazil-based Argentine composer, accordionist, and researcher Alejandro Brittes explores his chamamé heritage, an ancestral rhythm connecting us with the Earth and the Universe through music and dance, which was born of the encounter between the ritual musicality and cosmovision of the Indigenous Guaraní and Baroque music within the context of the Jesuit missions in a cultural microregion encompassing Argentina, central and southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay which extends through the watersheds and fresh water sources in these nations, as described in Brittes´ book A Origem do Chamamé. Chamamé is declared as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
Featuring:
Alejandro Brittes – González System Accordion
André Ely – Seven-Stringed Brazilian Guitar
Carlos de Césaro – Bass

Friday, August 16th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30 (Door) $30 general, $25 student & senior

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Following the success of his 2023. East Coast tour – being featured at Library of Congress – Alejandro Brittes returns in 2024, this time to the West. Alejandro Brittes trio is composed of André Ely on the 7-stringed guitar, Carlos de Césaro on bass, and Brittes on accordion.
Alejandro Brittes will be featured at venues such as: San José Jazz Festival (CA), Music In Corrales (NM), Tucson Meet Yourself (AZ), Stanford Live (CA), Cotati Accordion Festival (CA), etc. This tour is a bridge and exchange between the rich multicultural heritage of California and the Southwest and that of southern South America.

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PREVIEW THE PERFORMANCE:
Festival Nacional del Chamamé (Video):

EVENT DETAILS
Friday, August 16th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30 (Door) $30 general, $25 student & senior
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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Avalos Solera Duo
2024-09-14 19:30 - 21:00
Advance tickets are available online. It is advised to purchase advance tickets for this event.

Avalos Solera Duo
Tango Meets Classical
The Avalos Solera duo will present the album, Bach en Bandoneón, which consists of selected works from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. They will also perform their own arrangements of classic tangos to show the intersections between baroque music and tango.
Featuring:
Heyni Solera – bandoneon
Rodrigo Avalos – bandoneon

Saturday, September 14th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $25 / (Door) $25 general, $20 student & senior

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
The Avalos Solera duo is an ensemble that is always looking for new sounds and musical propositions. The duo emerged virtually over the pandemic, where they began to develop and conceive their first album, Bach en Bandoneón. This concept became a reality in December 2021, when it was recorded over a weekend in the Iglesia de la Congregación Evangélica Alemana de Buenos Aires in Argentina. They have performed in Buenos Aires and throughout the United States, playing in important venues such as the Auditorium of the National University of the Arts, Cafe Vinilo, and Columbia University.
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EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, September 14th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $20 – $25 / (Door) $25 general, $20 student & senior
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Women's Work in Troubled Times
2024-09-15 15:00 - 17:00
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Women’s Work in Troubled Times
A Celebration of SWANA Artists New Work
A co-production with Red Poppy Art House and Aviva Arts.
Join us on September 15th for an inspiring lineup of live music, songs, poetry rants, and reflections of works in progress performance by Southwest Asian North African (SWANA) theater-makers emceed by Mama Ganuush, Palestinian Drag Artist and Social Justice Activist.
This eclectic evening features nationally recognized artists including Amal Bisharat, Golden Thread’s artist-in-residence, Manaar Azreik of Holistic Solutions, Andrea Assaf of Art2Action, Debórah Eliezer of Aviva Arts, Zina Pozen, and surprise guests.
This event is also offered in conjunction with Art2Action’s 11 Reflections: San Francisco project. Come for a special Sneak Peak at 11 Reflections in development!
Women’s Work in Troubled Times offers soul-inspiring songs, an excerpt from a new Palestinian musical, Arab Jewish spoken word and so much more!
Featuring:
Andrea Assaf
Manaar Azreik
Amal Bisharat
Sophia Alawi
Debórah Eliezer
Lena Sibony
Zina Pozen

Sunday, September 15th, 2024
Time: 2:45 pm doors, 3:00 pm show
Admission: Free

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
The Aviva Arts mission is to promote growth and transformation through liberatory arts modalities. We center intersectional narratives that champion our relationship to ourselves, each other and the natural world.
https://www.avivaarts.org/womens-work
Andrea Assaf

Andrea Assaf is a poet, essayist, and widely-produced playwright, director, performer, and cultural organizer. She’s the founding Artistic and Executive Director of Art2Action Inc., and the National Coordinator of the National Institute for Directing & Ensemble Creation (an Art2Action collaboration with Pangea World Theater). She is currently an Artist-in-Residence and guest faculty at the School of Theatre & Dance, University of South Florida (Tampa). Andrea has served as a consultant with Equity Quotient (EQ), Alternate ROOTS, the Arts & Democracy Project, and more. She is a former Artistic Director of New WORLD Theater (2004-09), and former Program Associate for Animating Democracy (2001-04). Andrea has a Masters degree in Performance Studies and a BFA in acting, both from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She currently serves on the Board of CAATA (Consortium of Asian American Theaters & Artists), and is a voting board member of Alternate ROOTS. She served on the International Management Committee of WPI (Women Playwrights International, 2012-15), and is a member of RAWI (Radius of Arab American Writers).

Manaar Azreik

Manaar Azreik is a non-binary person who was born in the southern Israeli city of Be’er Sheva to Palestinian, Christian Arab parents. Manaar grew up bilingual in Arabic and Hebrew and first learned English in a Bedouin elementary school. She became the seven-time national Israeli Judo champion and has had a lifelong journey to reconcile her identities and heritage as a modern Israeli and accept herself as a transgender person. She is a soul-centered transformation mentor, leading humanity to a true realization of the divine self through expressive arts including movement, sacred music, and soul dancing. Her recent invention is named Transformation by Fire, an organization that offers Healing and Recovery services in natural disaster areas. She is the CEO of Wholistic Solutions and the author of The Practice Of Trust Book.

Amal Bisharat (she/her)

Amal Bisharat (she/her) is a Palestinian American multidisciplinary artist: a theatre director, theatre maker, producer, actor, musician, and photographer. Bisharat holds a BA in Music and Theater from Minnesota State University-Moorhead and for 12 years worked as a director and music director in partnership with San Francisco Unified School District. Bisharat is a grateful recipient of the Theater Bay Area Arts Leadership Residency Grant (2022-2023), Theater Bay Area CA$H Creates Grant (2022), and San Francisco Arts Commission Artist Grant (2023). Currently, she works with Golden Thread Productions, recently co-producing and directing for their signature program ReOrient Festival of Short Plays (2023), and directing an online reading of The Gaza Monologues by Ashtar Theater (2023). Bisharat is also in the process of creating her first musical, “Mornings in Jenin Musical”, a Palestinian refugee story adapted from the internationally best-selling novel by the same name by Susan Abulhawa. After many years of hiatus from acting, Bisharat is thrilled to be returning to her roots this year to play the role of Safiyya in Golden Thread’s production of Returning to Haifa (2024) by Ghassan Kanafani, adapted for the stage by Naomi Wallace and Ismail Khalidi. She is a board member of MENATMA (Middle East North African Theater Makers Alliance) and also serves on the Community Council for Golden Thread’s 2024 Season for Palestine. Bisharat is also a photographer with her own arts-focused photography company, capturing the magic of professional dance, theater, and music performances for 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.

Sophia Alawi

Sophia Alawi is a first-generation Muslim Moroccan/Italian American actress, singer, songwriter & writer. She has a BFA in Musical Theater from Rider University. She also studied at T’Schreiber, Stella Adler Studio of Acting, and The Barrow Group in New York. She’s so excited to be a part of this new musical that uplifts unrepresented Palestinian voices. She won the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle award for Best Featured Actress – Musical in 2019 for Groundhog Day The Musical and was named one of “Five Standout Performances” in 2019 by the Houston Chronicle for the role of Wendla in Spring Awakening. Regional credits include Sound of Music(Hillbarn Theater) She Loves Me, Merrily We Roll Along & Fun Home (42nd St Moon), As You Like It, Twelfth Night and Groundhog Day The Musical (San Francisco Playhouse), Spring Awakening (Theater Under the Stars), and In the Heights (Playhouse on Park). New York credits include Fat Kid Rules the World, and Emerson Loses Her Mind. TV credits include Law & OrderSVU.

Debórah Eliezer (she/her)

Debórah Eliezer (she/her) is a mixed-identity Arab-Jewish artist, activist, coach, and California fire survivor. Passionate about the power of human transformation, her work focuses on disrupting assumptions about art, human values, the environment, and society. She is the Artistic Director of Aviva Arts, an Associate Artist with Golden Thread, a Mitsui Collective Somatic Jewish Leader Fellow, (Kollel3,) artEquity arts facilitator alumna, and proudly serves on the inaugural MENATMA board. Eliezer has devised numerous world premieres and toured internationally, including writing and performing (dis)Place[d], about Iraqi Jews. As the former foolsFURY Co-Artistic Director, she produced the FURY Factory Festival of Ensemble Theater in SF for 13 years and BUILD digital convenings. Eliezer holds a B.A. Cum Laude in Drama Cum Laude from SFSU, and is a certified Sound, Voice Music Healing practitioner from CIIS, and a certified Kaula Tantra Yoga instructor.
www.avivaarts.org

Zina Pozen

Originally from Ukraine, Zina Pozen grew up in a family of classical musicians, playing piano from a young age. In her house, salty Yiddish sayings, contraband Barry Sisters, Stravinsky and Poulenc, traditional Ukrainian and Moldovan tunes, Utyosov and Dunaevsky weaved their sounds together. After moving to the U.S., Zina fell under the spell of the Eastern European Folklife Center Balkan Music Camps and picked up the accordion to play traditional music. Zina plays klezmer, Moldovan, Ukrainian, Turkish, Armenian, Greek rebetiko, and other styles.
She was a founding member of Seattle’s infamous (and famously fun) Bucharest Drinking Team. In the Bay Area, she plays with Saul Goodman Klezmer Band, Orchestra Euphonos, Metanastys, Yeraz Ensemble, Cabin 19, Moonshine Jelly, Jonnie Pekelny, and friends, and sits in with Balkan Sunday jams.
Outside of music, Zina is a language technologist, training robots to help humans learn human languages.

EVENT DETAILS
Sunday, September 15th, 2024
Time: 2:45 pm doors, 3:00 pm show
Admission: Free
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SKY + : Will Bernard/Beth Custer with Ellen Gronningen
2024-09-20 19:30 - 21:00
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SKY + : Will Bernard/Beth Custer with Ellen Gronningen
Original Chamber Jazz Trio
Guitarist Will Bernard, clarinetist/singer Beth Custer and violinist Ellen Gronningen perform music from their release ‘SKY’. Original compositions by Bernard & Custer and a few choice cover tunes.
Featuring:
Will Bernard – Guitar
Beth Custer – Clarinets/Voice
Ellen Gronningen – Violin

Friday, September 20th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30 / (Door) $30 general, $25 student & senior

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Guitarist Will Bernard and clarinetist/singer Beth Custer have forged a remarkable musical partnership that spans decades and is reflected in their release ‘SKY’. From the wistful ‘Bear in Shamanic Transformation’ to the deep and doleful ‘The Curve’, from the Chopin-esque ‘Sweeping Staircase’ to the raunchy ‘Not Necessarily Stoned, ‘SKY’ features diverse compositional styles and a mastery of instruments. Oakland Symphony’s Ellen Gronningen joins.
https://bethcuster.com/ensembles/will-bernard-beth-custer
https://willbernard.bandcamp.com/album/sky

EVENT DETAILS
Friday, September 20th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm doors, 7:30 pm show
Admission: (Online) $25 – $30 / (Door) $30 general, $25 student & senior
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Opening of Exhibition: Corazones / Hearts by Adrian Arias
2024-10-03 18:30 - 21:00
CORAZONES/Hearts
by Adrian Arias
THIS IS A FREE EVENT
(Donation is encouraged)
Join us in celebrating the opening of “CORAZONES/Hearts” by Adrian Arias and music by Lalin St Juste.
Thursday, October 3rd, 2024
Time: 6:30 pm
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Red Poppy Art House
2698 Folsom @23rd

6:30 pm – Opening
7:00 pm – Ceviche by Adrian Arias
7:30 pm – Music by Lalin St Juste
8:00 pm – Adrian’s performance and audience participation

Opening of Exhibition: Corazones / Hearts by Adrian Arias

This exhibition by Adrian Arias explores the symbolic meaning and form of the Heart, navigating themes of passion and heartbreak, both socially and personally. The heart is depicted as a dream, a labyrinth, and a space for connection and separation, delving into the pain and hope tied to the organ that continuously beats like music within us.
As part of his emotional exploration of the heart, Adrian will prepare ceviche, a dish tied to his childhood and now a signature performance in his art. Additionally, we’ll feature music by Lalin St. Juste, a Haitian-American singer, songwriter, and producer whose work delves into themes of identity, cultural heritage, and the transformative power of rewriting stories.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Adrian Arias (American born in Mochica Land in Peru)
Curator/Live Painting/visual poetry
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. 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 and Red Poppy Art House. Is the co-founder of Mission Arts Performance Project MAPP.

Lalin St Juste
Healing music
Lalin St Juste has been a staple in the Bay Area music scene for a decade with her genre-bending band The Seshen. In 2021 Lalin officially launched her solo career with the release of her debut EP entitled ‘behind my eyes’ via 7000COILS, a label and art house she co-founded with Dan X (KKINGBOO) that is committed to elevating the queer voices of the African and Caribbean diaspora through the creation of digital and live portals and sacred play through a wellness lens.
Lalin returns in 2022 with the first of a two-part EP series, the first entitled Vertulie; a powerful homage to her ancestors and Haitian spirituality. Thanks to funding from the Gerbode Foundation, Lalin St Juste collaborated with Women’s Audio Mission, an organization established to support women and nonbinary creatives in the music industry, to record, engineer, mix and master Vertulie.
Named after Lalin’s maternal grandmother, Vertulie is both a love letter and sonic healing balm. The EP starts with Psalms 91, a prayer about protection recited in French by Lalin’s devout Christian mother, Louise St Juste. It is then followed by a swell of Haitian drums and a Vodou song dedicated to the lwa of initiation – Ayizan Vele Kete. In creating this juxtaposition, Lalin is healing the ways in which white supremacist religion has impacted her family; the blatant denouncement of Vodou for the sake of Christianity and the internalized assimilation and xenophobia around the Haitian language. The EP then moves to Roll Call, a calling forth of the ancestors on Lalin’s maternal side, the first being Dame Vertulie Valbrun, Lalin’s maternal grandmother. Wild Winds speaks to ancestral guidance and the inherent trust on the path of what is unknown

EVENT DETAILS
Thursday, October 3rd, 2024
Time: 6:30 pm
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