BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Red Poppy Art House - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Red Poppy Art House X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Red Poppy Art House REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231216T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231216T133000 DTSTAMP:20231211T230423Z CREATED:20231010T164457Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231211T230423Z UID:14732-1702728000-1702733400@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:(FREE) The Family Art Program (Arte entre familia)! DESCRIPTION:The Family Art Program\nArte entre familia\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 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.\n \nIt is a safe and creative space for children\, youth\, and parents to explore art.\n \nAll ages are welcome and the program is bilingual.\nThis event is free to the public.\n\n\n \nPlease come join us!\n \nSaturday\, December 16th\, 2023\nTime: 12:00-1:30 pm\n\n \nAdmission: FREE\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\nMEET THE INSTRUCTOR:\n \n\nSofia Elias (she/her/ella)\n \nSofia 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!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Family Art Program\n(Arte entre familia)\nThe 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.\n \nAn 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.\n \nThe 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.\n \nhttps://redpoppyarthouse.org/programs/family-art/\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nSaturday\, December 16th\, 2023\nTime: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm\nAdmission: FREE  \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/free-the-family-art-program-arte-entre-familia-2/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Family Art Activities ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Family-Art-Facebook-event-poster-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231215T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231215T210000 DTSTAMP:20231123T203646Z CREATED:20231123T203646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231123T203646Z UID:14809-1702668600-1702674000@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Harmony Across Continents DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nHarmony Across Continents\nA melodic journey where the guitar and sarod entwine\, bridging continents and traditions in harmonious conversation.\nFeaturing original compositions of their 2022 E.P ‘Solitude’ and new material that combines Indian Classical and West African influences\, Manik and Imam will embark on a melodic journey where the guitar and sarod entwine\, bridging continents and traditions in harmonious conversation. \nFeaturing:\nHasan Imam Hamdani – Guitar\nManik Khan – Sarod \n\n\n\nFriday\, December 15th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $25 – $30/ (Door) $30-$35 \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS:  \n\nHasan Imam Hamdani is a multifaceted artist known for his prowess as a guitarist\, innovative compositions\, and as the creative force behind the collaborative\, global music ensemble\, Imam Collective. In “Solitude\,” released under the Australian record label “Worlds Within Worlds” Hasan Imam collaborates with the renowned sarod player Manik Khan and delves into the richness of West African and Indian Classical Music to forge a compelling union that transcends traditional borders and genres. A seasoned collaborator and performer\, Hasan Imam’s performances/collaborations include Reina Sofia Conservatory – Madrid\, Zeman Festival – Serbia\, Boston Calling – Boston\, and Mostra Viva Del Mediterrani – Spain (Conference of Mediterranean Music and Science). Notably\, Hasan Imam is a member of the Qalandar Arts Ensemble\, a collaborative multi-cultural music project bringing together musicians and music traditions from around the world to performance spaces in London\, UK. \nManik Khan has been steeped in the ancient melodies of North Indian classical music since birth. The youngest son of the legendary Sarod maestro\, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan\, he grew up listening to his father in countless concerts and attending his classes at the esteemed Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael\, CA. Today\, Manik also collaborates with musicians and various ensembles to present his father’s lineage of Hindustani classical music—honoring both the tradition and its remarkable history\, while also helping to make it accessible to new audiences. This has included partnering with Bay Area schools to bring Indian Classical Music to youth orchestras\, collaborating with the late conductor Michael Morgan and the Fremont Symphony Orchestra\, recording in mixed mediums\, and live-streaming.\nhttps://www.manikkhan.com/ \n\n\n\nPREVIEW THE MUSIC: \n\n\n\n\n \nhttps://youtu.be/HfHddovNzRc \n \n  \n\nEVENT DETAILS\nFriday\, December 15th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $25 – $30/ (Door) $30-$35 \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event! \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/harmony-across-continents/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/405346296_783985097076259_2807970253033381299_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231209T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231209T210000 DTSTAMP:20231027T232848Z CREATED:20231027T232848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231027T232848Z UID:14780-1702150200-1702155600@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Jazz night: Kenny Warren | Liberty Ellman | Gerald Cleaver DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nJazz night: Kenny Warren | Liberty Ellman | Gerald Cleaver\nOriginal Jazz Compositions and Improvisations!\nNYC-based trumpeter Kenny Warren will joined by legendary musicians Gerald Cleaver on drums and Liberty Ellman on guitar for a night of original songs and improvisations.\nWarren and Cleaver first played together at a Vision Fest event in New York in 2014. This concert will be this special trio collaboration’s debut. \nFeaturing:\nKenny Warren- Trumpet\nLiberty Ellman – Guitar\nGerald Cleaver – Drums \n\n\n\nSaturday\, December 9th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35 \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS:  \n\nKenny Warren\, Liberty Ellman\, and Gerald Cleaver are all accomplished composers and performers in the jazz and improvised music world. Ellman has worked extensively as a side man with the likes of Vijay Iyer\, Myra Melford\, and Henry Threadgill. His latest release Last Desert is available on Pi recordings. Cleaver\, one of the most on-demand drummers in NYC for decades has recorded a variety of his own records and worked with luminaries like Roscoe Mitchell and Muhal Richard Abrams. Warren has made a dozen records of his music\, and recently recorded as a sideman with Angelica Sanchez\, Stephan Crump\, and Tony Malaby. His trio with Christopher Hoffman and Nathan Ellman-Bell comes out on Out of Your Head Records in spring 2024. \nKenny Warren \nHe grew up in Denver CO\, where he was inspired at a young age by local trumpet greats Ron Miles\, Al Hood\, and Greg Gisbert. In 2002 he moved to New York to study jazz at SUNY Purchase where he met collaborators like Bobby Avey and JP Schlegelmilch. After graduating in 2006\, he moved to Brooklyn and quickly became an active member of the improvised music scene. He has performed with a who’s who of improvisors from his generation as well as with luminaries like Tony Malaby\, Chris Speed\, Angelica Sanchez\, Stephan Crump\, and Brad Shepik. \nJoining the brass band Slavic Soul Party in 2008 began the expansion of Warren’s melodic concept to include Roma music and Arabic maqam language. As a composer\, Warren’s music was first featured on 2 albums by the instrumental rock collective NOOK. In 2010 Warren formed Laila and Smitty\, named after his great aunt and uncle. That band which started out playing country-blues standards and Warren’s folksier compositions\, evolved into a singular avant-song-writing outfit that Bird is the Worm calls “massively genuine and unabashedly heart-on-the-sleeve open and honest”. Laila and Smitty have released 3 LPs\, most recently in 2019 on happylucky records. Meanwhile\, Warren continued to develop as a free improviser\, recording records in 2014 with the collective ZhirtZ n ZkinZ (Sulde) and in 2015 with The Sandra Weiss Quintet (Leo Records). \nIn 2017\, The Kenny Warren Quartet released Thank You For Coming to Life (Whirlwind Recordings) which highlights Warren as a jazz composer and soloist. The album was heralded as “Boldly creative and superbly orchestrated…A masterful album… Stunning.” by Radio REC. In 2018 Warren released YLA (promnight)\, a solo cassette that resulted from a series of home recording experiments done on a creative retreat to California that winter. In April 2020 Whirlwind released Warren’s trio record called In The Heat\, featuring Matthias Pichler on bass and Nathan Ellman-Bell on drums. \nHis latest projects include a trio with Christopher Hoffman and Nathan Ellman-Bell called Sweet World\, and a duo with Bobby Avey\, both of which will be recording new albums in 2023. \nhttps://www.kennywarrenmusic.com/ \n  \nLiberty Ellman \nBased in Brooklyn New York\, guitarist/composer Liberty Ellman has performed and or recorded with a host of stand-out creative artists including Joe Lovano\, Myra Melford\, Wadada Leo Smith\, Butch Morris\, Vijay Iyer\, Steve Lehman\, Greg Osby\, Rudresh Mahanthappa\, Nels Cline\, Somi\, Matana Roberts\, Ledisi\, JD Allen\, Michele Rosewoman\, Adam Rudolph\, Mary Halverson\, and Okkyung Lee. Mr. Ellman is perhaps best known for his long tenure in Henry Threadgill’s groundbreaking ensemble\, Zooid. The group has recorded several critically lauded albums. Their most recent recording “In For A Penny\, In For A Pound” earned a Pulitzer prize for Mr. Threadgill. Ellman has released 4 of his own critically acclaimed albums: Orthodoxy\, Tactiles\, Ophiuchus Butterfly\, and Radiate on Pi Recordings. His compositional style has been described as “At once highly controlled and recklessly inventive\,” and the Wall Street Journal said: “Ellman\, along with his peers\, is helping to define post-millennial jazz.” Voted #1 Rising Star Guitarist in the 2016 Downbeat Critics Poll\, he was also honored in the 2015 Jazz Times expanded critics poll\, as one of the four guitarists of the year alongside Bill Frisell\, John Scofield\, and Julian Lage. \nhttps://www.libertyellman.com/ \n  \nGerald Cleaver \nDrummer Gerald Cleaver was born and raised in Detroit\, Michigan\, and is a product of the rich music tradition found there and also in his home. Inspired by his father\, John Cleaver\, also a drummer\, he began playing the drums at an early age. He also played violin in elementary school and switched to trumpet during junior high and high school. While in his teens\, he gained early working experience with Ali Muhammad Jackson\, Lamont Hamilton\, Earl Van Riper\, and Pancho Hagood and later with Marcus Belgrave\, Donald Walden\, Rodney Whitaker\, A. Spencer Barefield\, and Wendell Harrison. Cleaver earned a B.A. in music education from the University of Michigan. During his studies\, he was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Study Fellowship to study with drummer Victor Lewis. After graduating he began teaching in Detroit and later joined the jazz faculty at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. He relocated to New York in 2002. \nCleaver has worked with Roscoe Mitchell\, Henry Threadgill\, Jacky Terrasson\, Hank Jones\, Tommy Flanagan\, Mario Pavone\, Charles Gayle\, Matthew Shipp\, Reggie Workman\, Joe Morris\, Craig Taborn\, Ralph Alessi\, Eddie Harris\, and Miroslav Vitous\, among others. In 2002 “Adjust”\, recorded for the Spanish label Fresh Sound New Talent\, was nominated in the Best Debut Recording category. \n\n\n\nPREVIEW THE MUSIC: \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\nEVENT DETAILS\nSaturday\, December 9th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35 \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event! \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/jazz-night-kenny-warren-liberty-ellman-gerald-cleaver/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:December,Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/396702982_768032118671557_4869057229328475917_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231208T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231208T210000 DTSTAMP:20231127T202201Z CREATED:20231123T202619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231127T202201Z UID:14806-1702063800-1702069200@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Chamber Jazz Pop DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nChamber Jazz Pop\nBeth Custer/Jess Ivry/David James\nClarinetist/singer Beth Custer\, cellist/singer Jess Ivry\, and guitarist/singer David James join forces to play an evening of the music of David James and Beth Custer. From soundtracks to new pop and jazz pieces\, the three have been playing together in different ensembles for decades including Beth Custer’s MY GRANDMOTHER project wherein they toured festivals in Russia\, England\, Ireland\, and the Czech Rep. Audiences will delight in the gorgeous\, American influenced yet otherworldly sounds the three make together. \nFeaturing:\nBeth Custer – voice\, clarinets & compositions\nJessica Ivry – voice & cello\nDavid James – voice\, guitar & compositions \n\n\n\nFriday\, December 8th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30 \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS:  \n\nBeth Custer is a performer and composer renowned for her clarinetistry and unique singing voice. She’s composed for numerous productions including for Campo Santo Theatre\, AXIS Dance Company\, Flyaway Productions\, The Joe Goode Performance Group\, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble\, Zeitgeist\, and the films of Brad Coley\, Cathy Lee Crane\, and William Farley. With guitarist David James she leads the funky ensemble Russian Telegraph (named for the two hills in San Francisco)\, she leads the esteemed quartet Clarinet Thing\, the 4th world ensemble Trance Mission\, the trip-hop duo Eighty Mile Beach\, and is an original member of the live music to silent film purveyors Club Foot Orchestra. Beth and Will Bernard just released SKY CD to rave reviews. She runs her own CD label BC Records and music publishing company All Hands On Deck. \n  \nDavid James is a San Francisco-born composer\, guitarist\, vocalist\, and bandleader who draws from his years of experience in hip-hop\, film and theater scores\, afrobeat\, and more\, bringing these influences to bear in his “ … thoughtfully composed\, boundary-blurring new music.” (All About Jazz) James’s compositions often join a sing-song-y melodicism to his explorations of rhythms and textures from across the African diaspora and beyond. This can be heard in the political instrumentals and songs of the rhythm-horns-and-strings sextet GPS\, which features clarinet\, trombone\, viola\, electric guitar\, acoustic bass\, and drums. From 2010 to 2020\, David co-led Afrofunk Experience (all manner of afro-grooves); and currently co-leads Russian Telegraph (an anything-goes collective of players from the funk\, jazz\, rock\, and new music worlds). While beginning to develop his own compositional voice\, David was a recording and touring member of Spearhead\, The Coup\, and the Beth Custer Ensemble. He has performed chamber jazz at the community-level salon Red Poppy Art House (SF); live scores to silent films in the screening rooms of MoMA and SFMOMA; and hip-hop at the Glastonbury Festival (UK). \n  \nJess Ivry is a classically trained\, SF Conservatory graduate who plays and sings various genres including Balkan\, Klezmer\, Bluegrass\, Jazz\, and Pop. She was a member of the Real Vocal String Quartet\, who performed at the Stern Grove Festival opening for the Kronos Quartet\, toured overseas through the US State Department program\, American Music Abroad\, and was featured with a cover photo and article in Strings Magazine. RVSQ recorded with Feist for their release Metals and played with her on the Tonight Show and at the Coachella Music Festival. Jess played for theater and dance\, composing original scores for Death of a Salesman and The Bright River (A Traveling Jewish Theatre\, San Francisco)\, A Little Night Music\, The Last Five Years (A.C.T. San Francisco); The Orphan of Zhao (A.C.T. San Francisco & La Jolla Playhouse); An Audience with Meow Meow\, Pericles: Prince of Tyre\, and Figaro (Berkeley Repertory Theatre) and in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Post Street Thea Jess played for theater and dance\, composing original scores for Death of a Salesman and The Bright River (A Traveling Jewish Theatre\, San Francisco)\, A Little Night Music\, The Last Five Years (A.C.T. San Francisco); The Orphan of Zhao (A.C.T. San Francisco & La Jolla Playhouse); An Audience with Meow Meow\, Pericles: Prince of Tyre\, and Figaro (Berkeley Repertory Theatre) and in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Post Street Theatre\, SF). \nhttps://www.heydavidjames.com \nhttps://bethcuster.com \nhttps://jessicaivry.com \n\n\n\n\nPREVIEW THE MUSIC: \n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT DETAILS\nFriday\, December 8th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30 \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event! \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/chamber-jazz-pop/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/404333748_783963483745087_4943582266354482319_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231202T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231202T220000 DTSTAMP:20231130T233953Z CREATED:20231129T171725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231130T233953Z UID:14817-1701543600-1701554400@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:December 2nd MAPP | CEASEFIRE NOW DESCRIPTION:December 2nd MAPP | CEASEFIRE NOW\nIn our December 2nd MAPP\, 20 artists are coming together to hold space to acknowledge the tragic loss of thousands of innocent civilians\, Palestinians\, and Israelis\, including countless children. \nWe invite our Mission District community\, all communities\, to this live\, inclusive act of fundamental respect for life and liberation. \nThe evening will be led by artists and activists who have been rooted in this struggle for years.\nThey will be joined by local actors\, poets\, visual artists\, and musicians to create a resounding active symphony of resistance\, and healing. \nWe reject the dissonance of antisemitism\, Islamophobia\, racism\, oppression\, and all forms of violence. \nIn the tapestry of existence\, each life is a precious thread\, weaving a narrative of inherent worth and boundless dignity. \nOur canvas is peace\,\nOur palette is understanding\,\nAnd our space is a world where dialogue and compassion paint the future. \nRed Poppy Art House team \nABOUT THE PROGRAM\nSaturday\, December 2nd\, 2023 | 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. \nCurator: Dina Zarif\nThanks to Amal Bisharat (Co-Curator) and Sahar Assaf (Golden Thread productions)\nPresenter and space holder: Arielle Tonkin (Jewish Artivist) \n7:00-7:05 pm      Opening note by Arielle Tonkin\n7:05-7:35 pm       Clashes (Naima & Excentrik trio)\n7:35-7:45 pm       The Gaza Monologues (Short play)\n7:50-8:15 pm       Longing for Palestine (Violin\, doumbek & Voice)\n8:20-8:30 pm      Poetry reading with Priscilla Wathington\n8:35-9:10 pm       Mornings in Jenin Musical (Amal Bisharat and collaborators)\n9:10-9:20 pm       The Gaza Monologues (Short play)\n9:30-10:00 pm     Melodies of Resilience (Ensemble with choir) \nAltar installation “Fuego Creador” (Fire creator) by Arturo Méndez-Reyes\nLive painting by Chris “C” Gazaleh\, visual artist and muralist \nTHIS IS A FREE EVENT \nMAPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project)\nLaunched 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.\nThis program is funded by the California Arts Council Impact Project Grant.\nWe will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve. \nRED POPPY MAPP TEAM:\nArtistic Director | Managing Director: Dina Zarif\nPR and Digital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary\, Anjali Varma \nABOUT THE ARTISTS\n\n \n \nArielle Tonkin | Presenter and Space holder\nA mixed Ashkenazi/Sephardi and Arab Jewish artist and activist \nArielle Tonkin (they) is an artist\, Spiritual Director\, and scholar of art and Judaics (MFA\, School of the Art Institute of Chicago) based on Ohlone land in so-called Berkeley\, CA. Their artwork\, rooted in painting\, fibers\, and social practice\, centers on ritual and healing. Recent exhibition highlights include Morocco to the Bay: A Diasporic Prayerformance (2023) at Albany Bulb\, CA; A Fence Around the Torah: Safety and Unsafety in Jewish Life (2021-2022) at the Jewish Museum of Maryland; Queering Jewish Diasporas (2019) at the Omni Commons\, Oakland\, CA; Orienting Action (2018) at the Rubin Frankel Gallery\, Boston\, MA; and Orienting Practice (2017) at the Sullivan Galleries\, Chicago. \nAs a Teaching Artist\, Arielle facilitates classes and workshops at universities\, secondary schools\, and organizations locally and nationally. Arielle is a Museum Educator at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. Prior\, Arielle was a Public Programs Coordinator at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at UC Berkeley and an administrator at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard. Arielle also works as a Jewish educator and ritual facilitator\, or a “para-rabbinic artist” primarily working with multi-faith and multiracial families\, both independently and through various communities of practice. They are currently a Fellow in the Teaching Kollel at SVARA\, they recently gave a workshop with Dr. Leyla Ozgur-Alhassen at UC Berkeley’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies\, and they teach on faculty at various organizations. \nAs a mixed Ashkenazi/Sephardi and Arab Jewish teen growing up in the Hudson Valley\, NY\, Arielle co-founded a Musim-Jewish dialogue project and learned that arts and cultural programming supported relationships grounded in dignity. Arielle continued to explore Muslim-Jewish arts organizing throughout the next 20 years and has been collaborating through the Muslim Jewish Arts Fellowship (MJAF) since 2014. Arielle exhibits artwork nationally\, with some recent highlights including the Jewish Museum of Maryland; Omni Commons\, Oakland\, CA; the Sullivan Galleries\, Chicago; and the Rubin Frankel Gallery\, Boston\, MA. Arielle’s activist organizing through arts and culture work is situated these days in the Mizrahi Collective\, Tzedek Lab\, and Jewish Youth for Community Action. Arielle weaves relationships and materializes conversations within specific networks of accountability\, collective power\, and care. Arielle’s artwork formalizes the belief that healing relationships can shift the fabric of social space and eventually\, maybe\, shift the physical world. \n  \n \nClashes\nAn improvisational project for Palestine \n\nFeaturing:\nNaima Shalhoub – vocals\, keys\, guitar\nTarik “Excentrik” Kazaleh – Oud\, electric guitar\nAaron Kierbel – percussion \nTarik “Excentrik” Kazaleh and Naima Shalhoub are Oakland-based Arab-American artists and have been performing\, creating\, and composing music together since 2012. Kazaleh is an MC\, composer\, producer\, and multi-instrumentalist who has toured throughout the SWANA region\, Europe\, and the United States. Shalhoub is a vocalist\, composer\, and musician who has toured Lebanon and throughout the United States. Collectively they have performed in jails\, community centers\, jazz clubs\, and concert halls all over the Bay Area with Shalhoub’s band\, most notably for the release of “Live in San Francisco County Jail” recorded in 2015. They draw upon their Arab music traditions and American soul repertoire while creating with innovative sounds and lyrics. Their most recent recorded collaboration involves Shalhoub’s full-length studio album “Siphr” which was released in 2020\, following several music videos from the project directed and filmed by Kazaleh. They are currently working on an improvisational project for a Free Palestine and Indigenous liberation worldwide. \n\n  \n \nLonging for Palestine | Poetry\nViolin\, darbuka\, and voice trio \nMusic has long played a central role in Palestinian life\, particularly during celebrations and festivals. Musical instruments like the oud and the qanun are beloved traditional instruments popular in Palestine and the wider region. Palestinian music came to regional prominence in 1936 with the launch of the Here is Jerusalem radio station. The political events of the 20th century have led to many songs about Palestinian feelings of exile\, homesickness\, and longing for freedom. \nThe years following the 1967 Arab-Israeli war saw the growth of nationalist music.\nSome songs are commonly performed for specific occasions like the harvest season\, weddings\, funerals\, and lamentations. Sometimes songs are introduced with a mawwal — a musical tradition in Palestine and neighboring countries in which the singer expresses sentimental feelings\, often lamenting or longing for something like a place or a lover\, over a slow rhythm with drawn-out pronunciation. \n\n\nFeaturing:\nLoay Dahbour – Arabic hand percussion\nGeorges Lammam – Violin\nShaden Amleh – Vocal \nShaden Amleh\, A Palestinian female and a music enthusiast. Grew up in the West Bank in a family who played music on different types of occasions. Participated in yearly musical concerts throughout school years. Moved to the United States and joined Aswat Ensemble. Directed the youth ensemble in San Jose in the year of 2019. \nGeorges Lammam of Palestinian descent\, born in Beirut\, Lebanon is a solo violinist exemplifying the Arab style of instrumental improvisation. A recording artist\, composer\, and artistic director for the Georges Lammam Ensemble\, Georges is a featured artist in other musical groups – Ancient Future\, Wobbly World\, Shabazz\, and Pena Pachamama Artists’ Ensemble and has recorded with outstanding singer/songwriter\, Holly Near and Azam Ali (Niyaz). He is on the faculty at the Mendocino Music and Dance Camp in California. \nHe toured in Bolivia with renowned artists\, Eddie and Gabriel Navia and joined stellar performers organized by Marcus Lovett\, to support refugee families and humanitarians in the refugee camp in Chalkida\, Greece\, housing thousands of people from Syria\, Iraq\, and Afghanistan. \nMr. Lammam\, as an artistic emissary brings Arab arts and his cultural heritage to the fore in supporting Palestine – both the culture and the people. The Georges Lammam Ensemble brings the music of the Arab world to support Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza including performances at Dar al-Kalima University for Arts and Culture in Bethlehem\, Palestine. \nHis compositions and performance excerpts are included in scores for two award-winning documentaries: “Occupation 101” and “Tea on the Axis of Evil”\, and he recorded a well-known folkloric dabke in a 2016 feature film\, “Wrestling Jerusalem” by Aaron Davidman. His CD discography is available on iTunes\, CDBaby\, and Amazon. \nLoay Dahbour\, a Palestinian artist born and raised in Kuwait who immigrated to the United States in 1992\, is a lead percussionist and percussion instructor for the Aswat Ensemble\, and a videographer of short documentary films. He has played the doumbek (percussion); riq (tambourine); and daf (frame drum) for the Aswat Ensemble\, and its smaller ensembles since 2007. He performed a fusion of jazz and Middle Eastern music in museums and other key venues in the Bay Area when he led San Francisco’s Sababa Band between 2009 and 2011. He has performed and toured with the Georges Lammam Ensemble. In 2013 he performed in the US tour of the Hanonah Palestinian Folk Band\, one of the oldest and most prominent folk dance bands in the world. Loay has introduced both adults and youth to Middle Eastern music in both private and group lessons on the doumbek\, riq\, and daf through Zawaya and the University of California\, Berkeley. In 2015 he recorded educational music tracks in the form of lullabies and folksongs for children. In 2019\, he toured the US with the muwashshahat singer Noor Mhana and his band. Loay studied at the Middle Eastern Music Institute in Kuwait\, the Mohsen Al Sawaf of the Massi Band in Egypt in 2003\, and with Reda Darwish of the Hani Mhana Band in San Francisco. \n\n  \n \nPriscilla Wathington | Poetry\nPalestinian American poet \n\n\nPriscilla Wathington is the author of the chapbook\, Paper and Stick (Tram Editions)\, which draws from her work with NGOs such as Defense for Children International – Palestine\, the Norwegian Refugee Council\, and the Arab American Action Network. Her poems have appeared in Gulf Coast\, Michigan Quarterly Review\, Salamander & elsewhere. She is a Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI) board member and an MFA candidate at Warren Wilson College. \n  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\nMornings in Jenin Musical\nAlt-pop musical in development based on a Palestinian refugee \nSelected songs and scenes from “Mornings in Jenin Musical” by Amal Bisharat. This new alt-pop musical in development is a Palestinian refugee story adapted from the internationally best-selling novel by the same name by Susan Abulhawa. \nFeaturing:\nAmal Bisharat – Writer\, composer\, director\, singer\, guitarist\nSasha Saeed – Actor\, singer\nMohamed Chakmakchi – Actor\, singer\nMaya Nazzal – Actor\nDenmo Ibrahim -Actor \nAmal Bisharat (she/her) is a Palestinian-American multidisciplinary artist: a theatre director\, theatremaker\, musician\, actor\, photographer\, and yoga teacher. Bisharat holds a BA in Music and Theater and for 12 years worked as a director and music director in partnership with the San Francisco Unified School District. She is currently in residence at Golden Thread Productions as co-producer and director for the 2023 ReOrient Festival of Short Plays. She is also currently in the process of creating her first musical\, a Palestinian refugee story adapted from the best-selling novel Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa. Bisharat is a recipient of the 2022-23 Theater Bay Area Arts Leadership Residency Grant\, the 2022 Theater Bay Area CA$H Creates Grant\, and the 2023 San Francisco Arts Commission Artist Grant. \nBisharat is also an award-winning photographer\, with her own arts-focused photography company\, capturing the magic of professional dance\, theater\, and music performances for Bay Area groups like Yerba Buena Gardens Festival\, Sarah Bush Dance Project\, and Alonzo King Lines Ballet. Bisharat believes in the transformative power of art and storytelling whether on a stage\, in a photograph\, or in the stories we tell ourselves. \n  \nGaza Monologues\nAn International Project Advocating For The Rights of Children in Gaza \n\nThe Gaza Monologues were written in 2010\, after the first war on the Gaza Strip. Youth From Gaza Tell Their Personal Stories About War and Siege. Tragically\, these monologues are still accurate today. They highlight the experience\, hope\, and resilience of 31 courageous Gazan youth voices. \nTwo talented actors\, Maya Nazzal and Denmo Ibrahim\, will perform a few monologues from the Gaza Monologues project. \n\n\n\nMaya Nazzal is a San Francisco-based actor. She is a first-generation Palestinian-American and is a fluent Arabic speaker. She received her BA in Theatre Arts from San Francisco State University and recently trained at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York. Her SFSU stage credits include Top Girls\, The Laramie Project\, The Baltimore Waltz\, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress\, and Forever Chasing Smarts. When she is not on stage\, Maya loves to spend her time solo backpacking around the world! She is beyond excited to be joining the Golden Thread Fairytale Players and is grateful for this opportunity. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n \nDenmo Ibrahim is an award-winning American actor and playwright of Egyptian descent. Regional acting credits include Berkeley Repertory\, American Conservatory Theater\, The Old Globe\, Seattle Rep\, and Cal Shakes. Her plays have been developed and produced by Golden Thread\, Noor Theatre\, Arab American National Museum\, Amphibian Stage\, The Civilians R&D Lab\, and Crowded Fire. Her audio-immersive children’s book\, Zaynab’s Night of Destiny (Fons Vitae\, 2021) toured public schools throughout Louisville and is now available in classrooms everywhere at zaynabbook.com. Denmo holds an MFA in Lecoq-based Actor Created Physical Theater (Naropa University) and a BFA in Acting (Boston University). \ndenmoibrahim.com\ \n  \n  \n\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\nMelodies of Resilience\nPalestinian music showcase \n\n\nFeaturing:\nBasma Edrees – Violin\nLoay Dahbour – Arabic hand percussion\nAla -Oud\nHashem Abdel-Hadi – Guitar \nAnd Aswat singers:\nAmira Kotb\nShaden Amleh\nRana Mroue\nMohamed Nasser\nNasser Meerkhan \nBasma Edrees is a graduate of The Juilliard School where she received her Masters in Violin Performance and Mannes School of Music where she received her Bachelor’s degree. She studied with Joseph Lin\, Laurie Smukler\, Sally Thomas\, and Catherine Van Hoesen. Basma has performed under the batons of many great conductors including Alan Gilbert and Daniel Barenboim. Basma has served as Associate Concertmaster of the Oakland Symphony during their 2015-2016 season. She has also been invited to sub for the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra\, San Francisco Opera Orchestra\, San Jose Chamber Orchestra\, San Jose Opera Orchestra as well as the Santa Rosa Symphony. Basma has performed as a soloist in various countries including the USA\, Montenegro\, Ethiopia\, and her native country\, Egypt. \nEqually at home with Arabic music\, Basma is the founder of Music in-Takht; an instrumental ensemble dedicated to preserving Egyptian musical heritage in the SF Bay Area. She performed with renowned musicians from the Arab world and has been invited to give Arabic Music workshops at UC Berkeley and Stanford. She has taught Arabic music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and has also been a member of the Arabic Music faculty at Labyrinth; one of the leading educational institutions of modal music. In early 2023\, Basma was invited to play on the soundtrack of Assasin’s Creed Mirage alongside members of the New York Arabic Orchestra. From 2016 to 2019\, Basma Edrees held the position of Music Director of the Aswat Women Ensemble\, an all female Bay Area community ensemble specializing in Arab music. She also served as the co-manager and instructor of the Aswat Women Empowerment Program during their 2019 Fall season; a program designed to empower women of Arab descent through the study of their own rich musical tradition. \nBasma’s proficiency in Music Theory earned her assistant teaching positions as well as teaching fellowships at The Juilliard School while she was a student there. She studied Counterpoint with Robert Cuckson and Philippe Lasser. She has passed this knowledge on to her students as a member of the Music Theory faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where she taught the art of Counterpoint herself. Basma is also a certified Suzuki violin teacher with expertise in starting beginner students of all ages on the violin. She also teaches the violin at the collegiate level at Santa Clara University. \nAla is a talented musician who brings a unique blend of cultural influences to his music. Raised in Tunisia\, he began playing the traditional Oud instrument at a young age and comes from a family of master Arabic classical vocalists. His impressive career has taken him to stages around the world\, including the Belford International Music Festival in France\, the Cairo Arabic Music Festival in the Opera House of Egypt\, and various music festivals in Tunisia. He has also performed with Aswat in the Bay Area since 2008\, showcasing his expertise in classical Arabic music from the early 1900s\, particularly in Adwar and Muachahat styles. With his rich musical heritage and diverse performance experience\, Ala Kallel is a must-see musician for anyone interested in world music.” \nHashem Abdel-Hadi Hash is a Palestinian Musician\, born and raised in Jordan. He loves practicing freedom of expression through all types of art\, including Music\, Art\, and Architecture. He began his music journey at a young age\, exploring what different instruments have to offer. \n  \nLIVE PAINTING BY MURALIST CHRIS “C” GAZALEH\n\nChris “C” Gazaleh is a visual artist\, musician\, writer\, organizer\, and educator from San Francisco. Gazaleh (38) has come a long way on his mission dedicated to promoting cultural\, political\, and social awareness about the history\, people\, and struggle for freedom in Palestine. Reigning from an upbringing submerged in hip-hop culture\, he was dedicated to creating his style from a young age\, starting with graffiti letters\, and then characters. When Gazaleh was about 19 living in Detroit at the time he started to learn to read and write in Arabic\, being the language of his ancestors he picked it up within months. At 21 Gazaleh decided to move back to San Francisco where he joined GUPS at SFSU and helped put up the Edward Said mural. After this Gazaleh began painting murals in the community eventually finding his own walls\, one wall in Clarion Alley has been Gazaleh’s practice wall since 2012\, the wall was given to him by the late graffiti legend CUBA. Since then Gazaleh has been working to spread awareness throughout the community and working with the youth in San Francisco with the hope of spreading knowledge and love\, and to combat the negative stereotypes affecting people’s perspectives of Arabs\, Muslims\, and Palestinians worldwide. Gazaleh uses many mediums to create his art\, from ink to paint\, digital illustration to spray paint. From murals to illustrations on paper and from graffiti-style pieces to brushwork on canvas\, Gazaleh’s art comes from all angles. \n\n\n \n\n \n\n\nMAPP GENERAL PROGRAM\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIN PERSON EVENT DETAILS\nSaturday\, December 2nd\, 2023 | 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. \nAdmission: Free  \n\n \n  \nDONATE URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/december-2nd-mapp-ceasefire-now/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,MAPP ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Final-MAPP-Dec-2023-Web-poster-Template.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231118T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231118T210000 DTSTAMP:20231112T220458Z CREATED:20231027T210116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231112T220458Z UID:14768-1700335800-1700341200@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Latin Rhythms Unite DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nLatin Rhythms Unite\nA Musical Journey with Jackeline Rago and Alejo Cordero!\nJoin us for an enchanting night of Latin American music as we bring together the fantastic talents of Jackeline Rago (Venezuela) and Alejo Cordero (Colombia). \nThese two renowned musicians share a deep love for Latin American folk music\, and their collaboration vows a vibrant tapestry of rhythms\, instruments\, and ancestral traditions. Jackeline and Alejo will feature the captivating sounds of the Bandola Llanera\, the Venezuelan cuatro\, maracas\, and the captivating beats of Caribbean percussion. With a repertoire that spans Joropos\, valses\, boleros\, choros\, and porros\, “Latin Rhythms Unite” is your ticket to a unique and immersive musical experience that celebrates the rich heritage of Latin American music. \nFeaturing:\nJackeline Rago – Cuatro\nAlejo Cordero – Bandola \n\n\n\nSaturday\, November 18th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35 \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS:  \n\nJackeline Rago is a multi-instrumentalist\, composer\, arranger\, producer\, and educator focused on her native Venezuelan folk music and diverse Latin American and Caribbean traditions. Holding a BA in music and certified as an Orff music teacher\, Jackeline serves as the musical director for two prominent Bay Area bands\, the “Venezuelan Music Project” and the “VNote Ensemble.” Additionally\, she plays an essential role in shaping musical education as the head of the lower school music program at Park Day School in Oakland\, California. With over 25 years of experience as a performer and workshop leader\, Jackeline has left her musical imprint nationally and internationally\, having conducted workshops and performances in countries such as the USA\, Canada\, Costa Rica\, Japan\, Spain\, Finland\, Thailand\, Venezuela\, Brazil\, St Croix\, Barbados\, and Ghana. A significant milestone in her career was the honor of participating in Jon Batiste’s premiere of the American Symphony at Carnegie Hall in New York in September 2022. \n  \nAlejo Cordero\, was born on April 25\, 1995\, in Cali\, Colombia. At the age of four\, he moved to San Martin de Los Llanos. It was there\, at the age of ten\, that he discovered the bandola guitar\, an instrument that has since become his life’s passion. While he is the only musician in his family\, his father\, who was the director of the house of culture at the time\, played a significant role in shaping his musical interests. \nAlejo quickly became a highly skilled bandola player and started participating in national festivals\, consistently achieving first place. His talent caught the attention of Carlos “Cuco” Rojas\, the director of the Cimarron band. From 2012 to 2016\, Alejo played the Cuatro Venezolano and the bandola in the band\, taking part in 11 international tours to France\, India\, the USA\, Mexico\, Nicaragua\, San Salvador\, Uruguay\, Argentina\, and Colombia. \nAfter his Cimarrón’s experience\, Alejo enrolled at the Francisco José de Caldas District University to study music at the ASAB arts faculty. In early 2017\, he joined Palo Cruzao\, winners of the Latin Grammy 2016\, and toured various regions of Colombia\, including Valle del Cauca\, Tolima\, Cundinamarca\, and Meta. He also performed at international festivals such as the Harp Festival in Veracruz Mexico\, and the Sunfest Festival in Canada. \nThroughout his musical career\, Alejo has worked as a music theory and instrumental language pedagogue\, facilitated Llanero music workshops\, provided musical advice\, and worked as a session musician. He has performed at prestigious venues like the Movistar Arena (Bogotá\, Colombia)\, the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Theater\, the Colón Theater\, and the Sergio Arboleda University Auditorium. \nIn 2017\, Alejo received his first academic scholarship to study contemporary music technique at the School of Music\, Media\, Audio\, and Technology (EMMAT). During his academic program\, he obtained a second scholarship to study at Berklee Latino in Bogotá\, where he later won a third scholarship to attend the Summer Program Guitar Session at Berklee College of Music in Boston in 2019. In 2020\, Alejo took an admission exam to earn a Professional Diploma at Berklee College of Music and was awarded a $23\,000 scholarship. \nIn the same year\, Alejo collaborated on a song that received a nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the Latin Grammy Awards. This album (“Fonseca and Andres Cepeda\, Compadres.”) later won the Latin Grammy Award. Additionally\, in 2020\, he founded his own music school called Chamarreo\, which aims to train new bandola players with a more universal concept of the instrument\, preserving its native sound while exploring world music. \nAlejo Cordero is the author of the book “Acordes y Escalas para Bandola Llanera\,” which contains 1104 chord diagrams and 840 scale diagrams. \nAs a soloist\, Alejo Cordero drew inspiration from great guitarists such as Yamandu Costa and Tommy Emmanuel. With his dream of pursuing a solo career\, he relocated to California US\, where he currently resides. \nAlejo Cordero dedicates his days to developing new sounds and offering his listeners a world music experience. He incorporates various genres into his performances\, including classical and South American music. Continually inspired\, he creates new music in the hopes of opening doors and introducing the world to a unique and different musical concept of the bandola llanera. \n\n\n\nPREVIEW THE MUSIC: \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nSaturday\, November 18th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35 \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event! \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/latin-rhythms-unite/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,November,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/391701803_763841912423911_3667351452304526980_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231118T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231118T133000 DTSTAMP:20231010T182953Z CREATED:20231010T163904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231010T182953Z UID:14730-1700308800-1700314200@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:(FREE) The Family Art Program (Arte entre familia)! DESCRIPTION:The Family Art Program\nArte entre familia\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 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.\n \nIt is a safe and creative space for children\, youth\, and parents to explore art.\n \nWe will be gathering one Saturday of the month from 12:00 – 1:30 pm at 2698 Folsom.\n \nAll ages are welcome and the program is bilingual.\nThis event is free to the public.\n \nThe program most often includes (but is not limited to) children and youth ages 4-17\, as well as adults 18+\, living in the Mission District.\n\n\n \nPlease come join us!\n \nSaturday\, November 18th\, 2023\nTime: 12:00-1:30 pm\n\n \nNext Program:\nDecember 16th\n \nAdmission: FREE\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\nMEET THE INSTRUCTOR:\n \n\nSofia Elias\n \nSofia Elias\, Family Art Coordinator at the Red Poppy Art House\, studied psychology at SFSU and has independently pursued the arts by working as both a curator and participating artist within various art spaces in San Francisco. With the notion that art is present in all occasions of social change\, she believes art liberates people to express their emotions and ideas in any possible way that is imagined. Through this powerful creative tool\, she looks to inspire children to create and become creators of their own realities. Sofia is a bilingual radical musician\, ready to share art with all of the community!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Family Art Program\n(Arte entre familia)\nThe 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.\n \nAn 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.\n \nDuring these afternoon sessions\, parents and children can explore their creative impulses within a broader framework of social and diversity awareness.\nFamily Art is designed as a way to engage not only participating families but also those passing by our residential intersection.\nhttps://redpoppyarthouse.org/programs/family-art/\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nSaturday\, November 18th\, 2023\nTime: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm\nAdmission: FREE  \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/free-the-family-art-program-arte-entre-familia/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Family Art Activities ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Family-Art-Facebook-event-poster-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231117T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231117T210000 DTSTAMP:20231027T221111Z CREATED:20231027T220524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231027T221111Z UID:14776-1700249400-1700254800@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Jimmy Grant Trio: Django Reinhardt & beyond DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nJimmy Grant Trio: Django Reinhardt & beyond\nExploring the music of Django Reinhardt and beyond.\nThe Jimmy Grant Trio will perform music that follows the traditions of Django Reinhardt and his roots in the Jazz Manouche music (Gypsy Jazz) and Eastern European folk music\, as well as original compositions. \nFeaturing:\nJimmy Grant – Guitar\nNelsen Hutchison- Guitar\nSimon Planting- Bass \n\n\n\nFriday\, November 17th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30-$35 \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS:  \n\nThe Jimmy Grant Trio performs primarily in the style of Django Reinhardt\, infusing swing-era pieces\, original work\, and traditional gypsy tunes with the jazz guitar pioneer’s crunchy rhythms and hot harmonies. \nJimmy Grant was recently a finalist in the John Lennon songwriting competition for his original song “Insomnia\,” and also had an interview with Guitar World for his “5 in 5″ project\, in which he wrote five different songs in five days. His style synthesizes a rich blend of Russian folk\, bluegrass\, Celtic\, and classical music while remaining true to Django’s innovative guitar technique. The Jimmy Grant Ensemble will bring together two guitars\, bass\, and violin in an intimate yet energy-charged performance. \nNelsen Hutchison grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area where he began playing guitar and developing an eclectic taste for music at a young age. He went on to pursue his musical education by studying jazz guitar at Berklee College of Music before transferring to the New School for Jazz where he received his BFA in guitar performance. Upon returning to the Bay Area Nelsen began his graduate studies as an MA student in Ethnomusicology at UC Santa Cruz. His MA Thesis explored the critical reception of soul jazz and the ways jazz organists of the 1960s signified conventional performance practices. After completing his MA\, Nelsen continued his studies at UC Santa Cruz where he is now a Ph.D. Candidate in Cross-Cultural Musicology. His PhD research employs ethnographic methods to analyze the political economy of the Bay Area jazz scene and the working lives of musicians. In addition to being a scholar and educator at UC Santa Cruz\, Nelsen also regularly performs in the region as a freelance jazz guitarist. As a performer\, Nelsen has toured with the viral Swedish multi-instrumentalist Gunhild Carling\, performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival\, and recorded mandola on Larry Polanksy’s New World Records album “These are the Generations.” \nDutch double bassist Simon Planting lives near San Francisco but studied Classical bass with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Jazz at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam before embarking on a professional career. He has performed in concerts and festivals the world over and has compiled an impressive discography with artists like Mathilde Santing\, Fapy Lafertin\, Jimmy Rosenberg\, Stephane Wrembel\, and John Jorgenson. Simon Planting is the DjangoFest NW Artistic Director. \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvJl4zlZdNA\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMqDqgpr-sc\nhttps://linktr.ee/ampsmasher\nhttps://www.jimmygrant.net/ \n\n\n\nPREVIEW THE MUSIC: \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nFriday\, November 17th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30-$35 \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event! \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/jimmy-grant-trio-django-reinhardt-beyond/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,November,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/396737473_768004965340939_503840394937240612_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231110T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231110T210000 DTSTAMP:20231027T210237Z CREATED:20231027T204614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231027T210237Z UID:14763-1699644600-1699650000@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:FORMOSUS II: An Evening With Four Latin American Poets DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nFORMOSUS II: An Evening With Four Latin American Poets\nAdrian Arias / Jose Antonio Galloso / Roger Santivanez / Arturo Davila\n\n\n\nFriday\, November 10th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: Sliding Scale Donation: $10-$25 \nRSVP here NOW to get your tickets before they’re sold out! \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE PERFORMERS:  \n\nArturo Davila was born in Mexico City. Poet\, essayist\, and translator. Director of the Department of Modern Languages ​​at Laney College. Specialist in Latin American and Chicano literature. Among his poetry books\, we have: “La ciudad dormida (1995)\, “Catulinarias” (1998)\, “Poemas para ser leídos en el metro” (2003) y “Tantos troncos truncos” (2020).(1995)\, “Catulinarias” (1998). Winner of several poetry awards including the “Juan Ramón Jiménez” of Huelva\, Spain\, 2003. \nRoger Santiváñez was born in Piura\, northern coast of Peru. Ph.D. in poetry from Temple University. He has recently published “Santa Rosa de Lima. Poema sacro en 31 silvas” (México 2021 y Lima 2022). “Entre el paraíso y el infierno” (2023) y un redición de “El chico que se declaraba con la mirada” (2023). He lives on the banks of the Cooper River\, completely dedicated to contemplation\, writing\, and the study of the languages ​​of poetry. \nAdrian Arias is an international multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of poetry\, visual arts\, performance\, and social justice. A descendant of the Mochica culture of ancient Peru\, he embraces his culture’s use of dreams as a transformative catalyst between reality and imagination. This ancestral knowledge is used to connect artists and communities in collaborations that speak to equality\, liberation\, peace and beauty. He believes that creation goes beyond the result: that the fantastic is always written in the creative act. He is the winner of the APJ poetry Biennial in Peru\, with his book " Sueños y Paranoias; published by Peisa\, in addition to having obtained the third COPE prize with his futurist poetry book “26\,-10-2028”; and an honorary mention with his book Divine Punishment.He was the founder of the Pan Integral poetry group in Lima in the 80s and has won the award for best poet at the Poetic Nights of Struga\, Macedonia. His poetry has been widely anthologized in San Francisco\, California\, alongside poets such as Lawrence Ferlinghetti\, Jack Hirschman\, Kim Shuck\, Nina Serrano\, and others. As a visual artist\, Arias has created large-scale murals for public and private businesses such as Google and a three-story mural at the corner of Turk and Hyde in San Francisco\, commissioned by the Luggage Store. He has recently created murals for Magic Theater\, Clarion Alley\, and Freight & Salvage. As co-founder of Mission Arts Performance Project MAPP\, he conceptualizes and creates multi-sensory art experiences such as VideoFest\, Luna Negra\, and ILLUSION show. His most ambitious project to date is Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution\, a multifaceted collaboration conceived and orchestrated by Arias where he engaged sixty-two visual artists and poets from the Bay Area in the creation of a community tarot deck that speaks to historic events that transpired over the pandemic. Published by Nomadic Press and released at CAST in San Francisco where Arias serves as the inaugural artist-in-residence. \nJosé Antonio Galloso was born in Lima\, Perú. Writer\, visual artist\, and educator. Master in Literary Creation with Grupo Planeta. He has published books of poetry\, visual poetry\, and fiction. His books “Tres Días para Mateo” (1999)\, “El Mal Viaje” (2007)\, “Adiós al Barrio” (2009) and “Lima Mala” (2010)\, are part of Loqueleo\, a project by Santillana that connect 22 countries. His written work has been included in several anthologies of peruvian literature such as “La mala nota\, el colegio en el cuento peruano” (2008)\, “El cuento peruano 2001-2010” (2013)\, y “Alma\, corazón y vida\, antología peruana de cuentos de amor” (2017). His visual work has been shown in different exhibits such as the “First Visual Poetry and Performance Festival” (Mission Cultural Center\, San Francisco\, 2009); “Diary of a Revolution” (La Peña Cultural Center\, Berkeley 2012); and “Respeto” (RAMP Gallery at SOMARTS\, San Francisco 2015). He was part of the “Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution” a multifaceted collaboration that engaged sixty two visual artists and poets from the Bay Area in the creation of a community tarot deck that speaks to historic events that transpired over the pandemic. Since 2002\, José Antonio Galloso has lived in the Bay Area. \n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nFriday\, November 10th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: Sliding Scale Donation: $10-$25 \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event before they’re sold out! \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/formosus-ii-an-evening-with-four-latin-american-poets/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,November,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/393690201_763233679151401_649230244876933953_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231028T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231028T200000 DTSTAMP:20231019T183558Z CREATED:20230911T224935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231019T183558Z UID:14652-1698517800-1698523200@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Eternal Petals: Instrumental Gems and Flower Songs of Egypt DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nEternal Petals: Instrumental Gems and Flower Songs of Egypt\nEgyptian Tunes of Floral Delights\nStep into a world where music and nature intertwine as the Egyptian ensemble “Music In-Takht” transports you to a realm of floral delights. \nEvery note and melody presented in this concert is a tribute to the beauty of flowers. With a mission to bring instrumental music to the forefront\, Music In-Takht will immerse you in the enchanting sounds of an intimate Takht\, an authentic Arab ensemble\, as it comes to life with the graceful resonance of the Violin\, the soul-stirring Oud\, and the mesmerizing rhythms of Egyptian hand drums. Secure your tickets now and let “Music In-Takht” lead you on a melodious voyage through the world of flowers. \nFeaturing:\nBasma Edrees – Violin\nMoe El Shazly – Oud\nMohamed Abdelradi – Egyptian Percussion \n\n\n\nSaturday\, October 28th\, 2023\nTime: 6:00 pm doors\, 6:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35 \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS:  \n\n“Music In-Takht is an instrumental ensemble dedicated to sharing and preserving Egyptian musical heritage within the San Francisco Bay Area. Music In-Takht is committed to serving the San Francisco Bay Area community with the highest professional standard of musical performance. The ensemble members are devoted musicians who value the mission of this ensemble and with humility\, hard work\, and confidence in their abilities they take the responsibility of being among the “Keepers” of Egyptian musical culture within the San Francisco Bay Area. \nBasma Edrees is the founder of Music In-Takht. She is a violinist\, performer\, and educator based in the SF Bay Area. Passionate about introducing the world to the rich music of her native country\, Egypt\, Edrees has given Arabic music workshops at UC Berkeley and Stanford. She also taught Arabic music and European counterpoint at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and is currently on the violin faculty of Santa Clara University’s Department of Music. A graduate of the Mannes School of Music and The Juilliard School in New York\, Edrees also enjoys a career playing and teaching European classical music. \nMoe is a self-taught oudist who started his musical journey in 2006 as a guitarist in Cairo’s progressive rock scene. After releasing an album as part of the duo “Auburn Mary”\, Moe developed a strong interest in modal improvisation and jazz fusion. He found his way to Arabic music through early 20th-century influences of Abdel Wahab and El-Qasabgi\, as well as the improvisation-oriented folk traditions around the Mediterranean. Moe pursued his studies in Maqam theory at the Canadian Arabic Conservatory of Music and is committed to serving local music. \nMohamed Abdelradi is one of Egypt’s prominent percussionists. He performed and continues to perform with some of the most renowned singers of Egypt and the Arab world\, most notably Hamid El Shaeri\, as well as Mohamed Mounir; who pioneered the spread of Nubian music and its influence into the musical language of Egypt as a whole\, making it an intrinsic part of all Egyptians’ musical identity. \nhttps://basmaedreesviolin.com/new-page-2 \n\n\n\nPREVIEW THE MUSIC: \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nSaturday\, October 28th\, 2023\nTime: 6:00 pm doors\, 6:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35 \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/eternal-petals-instrumental-gems-and-flower-songs-of-egypt/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/374701779_735101111964658_8369110626446240197_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T210000 DTSTAMP:20231019T201236Z CREATED:20231010T172148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231019T201236Z UID:14734-1697913000-1697922000@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Lit Crawl: Mystery Writers of America | Raise Your Voice hosted by Alie Jones DESCRIPTION:Lit Crawl: Mystery Writers of America | Raise Your Voice hosted by Alie Jones\nSaturday\, October 21st\, 2023\nTime: 6:15 doors\, 6:30 show\nAdmission: FREE \nDonation is encouraged \nRed Poppy Art House is hosting two LitCrawl events:\n– 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm: Mystery Writers of America\n– 8 pm to 9 pm: Raise Your Voice hosted by Alie Jones \n  \nABOUT THE PROGRAM\n  \n6:30 pm- 7:30 pm\n“Mystery Writers of America” \nThe Northern California chapter of the Mystery Writers America returns for a night of capers. \nFeaturing:\nHeather Chavez\nM.M. Choinard\nStacie Grey\nReese Hirsch\nDale Berry (emcee) \nMystery Writers of America NorCal Chapter is one of eleven regional chapters of the Mystery Writers of America\, the country’s oldest organization of professional mystery writers. Their goals are to promote the publication and discussion of mystery writing\, and to promote and maintain high standards in the writing\, publishing\, and production of mystery stories. They welcome new writers\, aspiring authors\, and anyone who simply loves a good mystery. \n  \n8 pm to 9 pm\n“Raise Your Voice hosted by Alie Jones” \nAn evening of Black creators\, poets\, and healers exploring themes of belonging\, reclamation\, and insistence. \n\n\nRaise Your Voice is an evening of Black women creators\, poets\, and healers exploring themes of belonging\, reclamation\, and insistence. This reading hosted by Alie Jones uplifts space for Black women writers and our collective journeys back to rest.  \nFeaturing:\nSimago\nAja Lenae\nAïma The Dreamer\nLadi Rev\nIsabel Rose\nMozell Ward\nJazz Hudson \n\n\n\nRaise Your Voice is a free monthly workshop exploring connection\, healing\, and empowerment through creative writing and expression. The goal is to illuminate the stories of Black writers in the Bay Area and the dynamic power of writing. \n————————————– \nMystery Writers of America reading:\nhttps://tockify.com/litcrawl/detail/73/1697938200000\nhttps://mwanorcal.org/ \nRaise Your Voice reading: \nhttps://tockify.com/litcrawl/detail/95/1697943600000 \nLit Crawl – October 21st \nhttps://www.litquake.org/litcrawl.html \n  \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS\n  \nHost & performer: \nAlie Jones is a self-care advocate\, writer\, artist\, and Creole mermaid. She is the Co-founder and Director of Black Freighter Press\, a revolutionary press committed to the exploration of liberation\, using art to transform consciousness. Alie graduated with her MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from Mills College. She is the host of the podcast called Chit Chat with Aliecat\, a platform to explore self-care practices and journeys of self-love in the community. \n  \nSound healing: Simago \nSierra Gonzalez\, known as Simago\, is a versatile visionary leading Soul Speaks: Arts & Wellness Collective and The Sound of Soul L.L.C. Born & raised in the vibrant fusion of Chicago and California\, Simago draws deep inspiration from diverse communities that have profoundly shaped her creative journey. As Founder & CEO\, performing artist\, educator\, wellness activist\, sound healer\, rapper\, poet\, music producer\, and community organizer\, she wears many hats. \n  \nAja Lenae \n(they/them) (pronounced like “Asia”) is a multi-devotional bay area black\, queer\, gender-expansive artist and youth collaborator. they are interested in multi-artform storytelling as an act of bridging\, of swinging low and high\, liminality. the tributary offering of the pendulum swing\, and archival longing. sunning the hard thing softened. then asking their name. getting curious about what the land desires of us. Aja’s creative practice has grown in collaboration with spaces such as Radar Productions\, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive\, and Oakland Futures/the Center for Cultural Power. they are currently a teaching artist in East Bay 3rd and 4th-grade classrooms with the Museum of the African diaspora and are a member of QWOCMAP’s critical juncture program for black qt filmmakers. IG: @soulphonics \n  \nAïma the Dreamer \nis a multidisciplinary artist who has been performing creating\, and hosting events for more than a decade. They are co-founders of Oakland’s beloved Soulovely\, a QTBIPOC dance party launched in 2011. Aima has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for twenty years and continues to be inspired by the beauty and brilliance of the art\, music\, and activism that is fostered here. No stranger to collaboration\, they believe in the power of using art and music as a bridge between communities. Aima has rocked crowds from Oakland to Barcelona as a vocalist and emcee with groups such as Jazz Mafia and J-Boogie’s Dubtronic Science. They are currently with the music group Femme Deadly Venoms and have recently released their title track music video Femmenomenon. Follow them on IG\, FB\, & TikTok: @aimathedrmr. \n  \nJazz Hudson \nis an international Poet\, Artist\, and educator who serves a host of communities seeking transformation through art. With a holistic approach to content & development\, her interdisciplinary work engages audiences in dialogue and activism that extend beyond the page and stage. \n  \nIsabel Rose \nlives through the stories she’s previously been afraid to tell. She is a counselor\, daughter\, sister\, learner\, and avid fan of life. Outside of what people call productivity\, she is learning how to love\, create\, and be. \n  \nLadiRevolutionary (LadiRev) \nis an educator/spoken word artist from Bayview Hunters Point. Her poetry is a reflection of personal growth along with values learned from family and community. LadiRev is passionate about community\, education\, and healing. She is the host of Talkn Owt Da Side of Da Necc Podcast\, which focuses on individual healing practices. She is set to release her first book\, Heal\, in 2023. \n“It only takes one person to make a stand but it takes a community to make a change” LadiRev \n  \nMozell Ward \nmagically believes that our bodies hold untold stories\, stories that deserve reclamation. They’ve been playing with portals and writing spells ever since they could remember as a child. Poetry was medicine when verbally speaking caused Mozell anxiety and physical pain. They now use poetry as pleasure downloads from their Ancestors. Writing guides their dance\, mental health practice\, and embodiment praxis. Mozell loves open mics and giggles at her obsession with Def Poetry Jam back in the day. May your inner child come to light\, may you chuckle or even grin when Mozell shares tiny fragments of her soul with you. \n  \nABOUT LIT CRAWL SAN FRANSISCO\n  \nOne of the most anticipated literary nights of the year\, San Francisco’s Lit Crawl is a massive\, one-night literary pub crawl throughout the city’s Mission District. Lit Crawl SF brings together 500+ authors and close to 10\,000 fans for the world’s largest free pop-up literary event. Started in 2004\, Lit Crawl cultivates a unique\, resonant brand: smart and silly\, worldly and wacky events presented in venues usual (bars\, cafes\, galleries\, and bookstores) and unusual (tattoo parlors\, barbershops\, and laundromats). \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\n  \nSaturday\, October 21st\, 2023\nTime: 6:15 doors\, 6:30 show\nAdmission: FREE \nRSVP for this event \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nDONATE \n  URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/lit-crawl-raise-your-voice/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Workshops, Discussions, and Films ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/393697588_761664842641618_972587845124284154_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231014T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231014T210000 DTSTAMP:20230922T195625Z CREATED:20230922T195625Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230922T195625Z UID:14662-1697311800-1697317200@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Huarango DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nHuarango\nAfro-Peruvian Music\nHuarango 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. \nFeaturing:\nPierr Padilla – Cajon\nPedro Rosales – Congas & Voice\nKyla Danysh – Violin & Voice\nJavier Trujillo – Guitar\nAyla Davila – Bass \n\n\n\nSaturday\, October 14th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door)$30-$35 \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS:  \n\n“The Huarango is a tree that grows on the southern coast of Peru. It is characterized by its great resistance. It has strong roots that can measure up to 70 meters (230 feet) deep\, this\nallows the tree to live up to one thousand years self-sufficiently feeding itself from the water in the subsoil. Therefore\, it survives the arid land and hostile climate even creating new ecosystems for the habitat of other species. \nOur Huarango is a musical project born in the city of Oakland\, California based on Afro-Peruvian musical roots and the cultural heritage of its people. Huarango has the purpose of being an agent of diffusion of Afro-Peruvian culture in the San Francisco Bay Area\, and in all the spaces where we can take our music.” \n\n\n\nPREVIEW THE MUSIC: \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nSaturday\, October 14th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door)$30-$35 \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/huarango/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,October,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/381105575_743207191154050_8342780312369217210_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231014T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231014T133000 DTSTAMP:20231010T182540Z CREATED:20231010T160020Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231010T182540Z UID:14728-1697284800-1697290200@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:(FREE) The Family Art Program (Arte entre familia) is back again! DESCRIPTION:The Family Art Program\nArte entre familia\nThe 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.\n \nIt is a safe and creative space for children\, youth\, and parents to explore art.\n \nWe will be gathering one Saturday of the month from 12:00 – 1:30 pm at 2698 Folsom.\n \nAll ages are welcome and the program is bilingual.\nThis event is free to the public.\n \nThe program most often includes (but is not limited to) children and youth ages 4-17\, as well as adults 18+\, living in the Mission District.\n\n\n \nPlease come join us!\n \nSaturday\, October 14th\, 2023\nTime: 12:00-1:30 pm\n\n \nNext Programs:\nNovember 18th\nDecember 16th\n \nAdmission: FREE\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\nMEET THE INSTRUCTOR:\n \n\nSofia Elias\n \nSofia Elias\, Family Art Coordinator at the Red Poppy Art House\, studied psychology at SFSU and has independently pursued the arts by working as both a curator and participating artist within various art spaces in San Francisco. With the notion that art is present in all occasions of social change\, she believes art liberates people to express their emotions and ideas in any possible way that is imagined. Through this powerful creative tool\, she looks to inspire children to create and become creators of their own realities. Sofia is a bilingual radical musician\, ready to share art with all of the community!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Family Art Program\n(Arte entre familia)\nThe 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.\n \nAn 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.\n \nDuring these afternoon sessions\, parents and children can explore their creative impulses within a broader framework of social and diversity awareness.\nFamily Art is designed as a way to engage not only participating families but also those passing by our residential intersection.\nhttps://redpoppyarthouse.org/programs/family-art/\n\n\n \n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nSaturday\, October 14th\, 2023\nTime: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm\nAdmission: FREE  \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/free-the-family-art-program-arte-entre-familia-is-back-2/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Family Art Activities ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Family-Art-Facebook-event-poster-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231013T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231013T210000 DTSTAMP:20230922T195703Z CREATED:20230922T194935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230922T195703Z UID:14661-1697225400-1697230800@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nCharles Gorczynski Tango Quartet\nContemporary Argentine Tango\nCharles Gorczynski presents his brand new Tango Quartet West\, featuring an inimitable crew of long-standing tango artists: violinist Basma Edrees\, bassist Daniel Fabricant\, and pianist Elyse Weakley. A distillation of a decade of work with bay area project Redwood Tango Ensemble\, this new quartet presents both traditional tango arrangements and music by contemporary Argentine tango composers. The ensemble will also be presenting brand new original work to celebrate the upcoming Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet record “The Conservatory” (2023). \nFeaturing:\nCharles Gorczynski – Bandoneón\nBasma Edrees – Violin\nElyse Weakley – Piano\nDaniel Fabricant – Contrabss \n\n\n\nFriday\, October 13th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35 \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS:  \n\nMinneapolis-based composer and bandoneonist Charles Gorczynski works in contemporary tango\, new music\, and studio production. He leads the acclaimed modern tango group Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet\, and is the director of the Twin Cities Tango Collective. \nCharles is a deeply established musician and community organizer with a distinct voice in creative new music\, and has also worked with Redwood Tango Ensemble\, Tango Sin Fin\, Mariano Barreiro Tango Trio\, Tango BC Quartet\, Alejandro Ziegler Cuarteto\, Maxi Larrea Trio\, Maldito Tango\, Los Tangueros Del Oeste\, Dubuque Symphony Orchestra\, Chicago Chorale\, Vocal Essence Orchestra Hall\, Mason Bates’ Mercury Soul Orchestra\, and California Symphony. \nhttps://www.charlesgorczynski.com/ \nhttps://www.youtube.com/@redwoodtango \nhttps://redwoodtango.bandcamp.com/ \n\n\n\nPREVIEW THE MUSIC: \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nFriday\, October 13th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35 \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/charles-gorczynski-tango-quartet-2/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,October,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/379311978_743203667821069_5954165852962010877_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231007T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231007T220000 DTSTAMP:20231005T014404Z CREATED:20230928T002522Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231005T014404Z UID:14675-1696696200-1696716000@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:October 7th MAPP | Indigenous Woman Is Not Invisible DESCRIPTION:October 7th MAPP | Indigenous Woman Is Not Invisible\nCelebrating the Red Poppy Art House’s New Mural\n“Indigenous Woman Is Not Invisible” by Peruvian-born Artist\, Adrián Arias \n \n  \n  \nSaturday\, October 7th\, 2023 | 4:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.\nMural Presentation 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.\nJoin us in celebrating the new mural with a land acknowledgment\, introductions\, poetry readings\, and light refreshments. The introduction will be made by Reneé Baldocchi\, an arts advocate and long-time supporter of the Red Poppy Art House. \nThe program is as follows: \n5:00 p.m. – Welcome and Introduction by Renee Baldocchi\, Adrian Arias\, and Dina Zarif\n5:15 p.m. – Poetry by Kim Shuck\n5:30 p.m. – Live music performed by violinist Charith Premawardhana of Classical Revolution \n6:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. – INTERMISSION \nMAPP: 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.\nMission Art Performance Project\nWe’ll continue the celebration inside and outside of Red Poppy with performances including: \n7:03 p.m. – 7:07 p.m. – Welcome by Adrian Arias\n7:07 p.m. – 7:47 p.m. – Classical Revolution Piano Quartet\n7:50 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Monica Maria & Jackie Rago\n8:40 p.m. – 9:05 p.m. – Poetry and Tarot reading by Jenna & Adrian\n9:10 p.m. – 9:50 p.m. – Esoterica Tropical \nThis celebratory MAPP event is curated by Adrian Arias.\nTHIS IS A FREE EVENTPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project) \nMAPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project)\nLaunched 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.   \nThis program is funded by the California Arts Council Impact Project Grant. \nWe will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve. \n RED POPPY MAPP TEAM: \nArtistic Director | Managing Director: Dina Zarif  \nPR and Digital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary  and Anjali Varma. \nMAPP OCTOBER 7TH\, 2023 PROGRAM\n\n\n\nTime\nPerformance/Event\nDescription\nArtists\n\n\n\nCelebrating Red Poppy Art House’s Exterior Mural \n“Indigenous Woman Is Not Invisible”  \nby Adrián Arias \n\n\n\n4:30 pm \nReception \nJoin us in celebrating the new mural with a land acknowledgment\, introductions\, poetry readings\, and light refreshments.\n \n\n\n5:00 pm\nWelcome & Mural Presentation\nWelcome and Introduction by Renee Baldocchi & Adrian Arias & Dina Zarif \nAdrian Arias – Muralist\, Visual Artist  \nRenee Baldocchi – Arts advocate \nDina Zarif – RPAH Director \n\n\n5:15- 5:30 pm\nKim Shuck \nKim will dedicate Adrian’s mural with a poem\nKim Shuck – Poet\n\n\n5:30 – 6:00 pm\nCharith Premawardhana \nCharith Premawardhana Solo Classical Viola \nCharith Premawardhana – Viola\n\n\nINTERMISSION\n\n\n7:03 – 7:07 pm\nAdrián Arias\nMAPP introduction \nAdrian Arias – Visual Artist \n\n\n7:07 – 7:47 pm\n“Classical Revolution”\nA Tasting Menu of Piano Quartets \nMusic by Mozart\, Schumann\, Brahms\, and Faure\nJon Lee – piano \nDaniel Dastoor – violin \nCharith Premawardhana – viola \nSung Choi – cello\n\n\n7:50 – 8:30 pm\n“El Corazón Canta”\nLatin America\nMónica María – Guitar & Vocal \nJackeline Rago – Cuatro & Vocal \n\n\n8:40 – 9:05 pm\n Jenna & Adrian\nPoetry and Tarot reading\nJenna – Tarot reader \n\n\n9:10 – 9:50 pm \n“Esoterica Tropical”\nlove letter to Puerto Rico\nMaría José Montio – Harp \n\n\n\nINDIGENOUS WOMAN IS NOT INVISIBLE | A Mural by Adrián Arias\n \nIt is with great pleasure that we announce that our dear friend\, one of the founding members of MAPP\, and a valued artist in the Red Poppy community—social justice artist\, incredible visionary\, and current Artist-in-Residence\, Adrián Arias—has created a new mural for Red Poppy Art House. \nThis is a bittersweet announcement because we hold dear the mural that has adorned our building since 2015\, honoring the youths who were shot and killed by the police. Our current mural\, referred to as “Yeska: A Visual Encounter of the Socio-Political & Artistic Languages Rising from the Streets of Oaxaca\, Mexico\,” has been of immense importance to our neighborhood. It serves as a reminder of their tragic deaths and that the struggle for social justice continues. \n \nAmilcar Perez-Lopez with his hands up on the Red Poppy Art House mural\, which also includes Eric Garner and Michael Brown. Photograph: Oliver Laughland/The Guardian \n  \nWe are grateful to Caleb Duarte\, an extraordinary social justice activist and former director of Red Poppy\, who initiated the process of getting the mural painted and installed\, and to the creators\, both street artists\, YESCKA and Jhovani de Ala. To learn more about the origins of the mural click here. \nAdrián’s work is filled with inspiration\, hope\, beauty\, and compassion—qualities that we can never have too much of. We hope that as people pass by Red Poppy\, they will reflect on the beauty of indigenous cultures worldwide and pay deep tribute to women everywhere. \nThe mural painting is currently in progress inside Red Poppy Art House by Adrián and will be officially shared with our community on Saturday\, October 7\, 2023\, at 4:30 p.m. during our Bi-monthly Free MAPP (Mission Arts Performance Project) event. \nhttp://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/InShot_20230927_192305140.mp4\n  \nMural Statement: \nEnglish: The image of this indigenous woman is based on four native women from the territory that we now call America. It represents a woman of Mochica ancestry in Peru\, (my culture\,) mixed with a Nukak Woman native to the Colombian Amazon\, an Ohlone woman\, and a Yuma and Pápago woman from the border area between what we now call Arizona and Mexico. \nSpanish: La imagen de esta mujer indígena está basada en cuatro mujeres nativas del territorio que hoy llamamos América. Mujeres de ascendencia Mochica en Perú\, mi cultura\, mezcladas con una Mujer Nukak originaria de la Amazonia colombiana\, una mujer Ohlone y una Mujer Yuma y Pápago de la zona fronteriza entre lo que hoy llamamos Arizona y México. \nMural Assistant: Lindsey Crawford \nMural installation: Persepolis Construction INC \nKPOO INTERVIEW | October 5\, 2023 at 7:15 p.m\n \nWe invite you to join KPOO radio host Chelis Lopez (89.5 FM) who will interview Adrián about the “The Indigenous Woman Is Not Invisible” mural on October 5\, 2023\, at 7:15 p.m. Chelis is a long-time supporter of Red Poppy and we appreciate her dedicated work in the community of bringing social justice news and art to the people. \nABOUT THE MURALIST\n \nAdrian 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.\nArias has created large-scale murals for public and private businesses such as Google and a three-story mural at the corner of Turk and Hyde in San Francisco\, commissioned by the Luggage Store. He has recently created murals for Magic Theater & Freight & Salvage. As co-founder of Mission Arts Performance Project MAPP\, he conceptualizes and creates multi-sensory art experiences such as VideoFest\, Luna Negra\, and the ILLUSION show. His most ambitious project to date is Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution\, a multifaceted collaboration conceived and orchestrated by Arias where he engaged sixty-two visual artists and poets in the creation of a community tarot deck that speaks to historic events that transpired over the pandemic. Published by Nomadic Press and released at CAST in San Francisco where Arias serves as the inaugural artist-in-residence. \n \nABOUT THE ARTISTS\nKim Shuck | Poetry\nThe 7th Poet Laureate of San Francisco Emerita \n\nKim Shuck is the 7th Poet Laureate of San Francisco Emerita. As laureate Shuck featured from 4 to 7 local poets every month at her Poem Jam reading series\, which she has continued to host. During the covid lockdown\, she curated a poem a day for a year through the San Francisco Public Library\, again\, featuring local poets both famous and published for the first time. Shuck was part of the inaugural cohort of the National Laureate Fellowship Program\, which she used to further celebrate local poets. Shuck has won many literary awards nationally and internationally\, has written ten solo books\, and has been involved in editing a further ten anthologies. Kim created a card for Adrian Arias’ tarot deck. She currently has a show of her visual art on the 6th floor of the San Francisco Main Library and is working on another anthology\, this time online\, with Aunt Lute books and Emma Rosenbaum called Home in the Bay. \nCharith Premawardhana\nClassical viola \n\n\nViolist Charith Premawardhana is a native of Sri Lanka and a resident of San Francisco. Charith is the founder of Classical Revolution\, an organization that promotes live music performances in accessible venues. What started 5 years ago as a weekly chamber music reading session at Revolution Cafe in San Francisco’s Mission District has grown into a worldwide phenomenon\, with active chapters in nearly 30 cities in the US\, Canada\, and Europe. Classical Revolution is very active in the Bay Area\, having presented over 700 live performances since 2006. Charith is a proponent of new music of different styles\, having premiered more than 200 works since moving to San Francisco seven years ago. In addition\, Charith has recorded and performed with the Musical Art Quintet (world chamber ensemble)\, Jazz Mafia Symphony (jazz/hip hop orchestra)\, The Congress (soul/funk band)\, Magik*Magik Orchestra (backup orchestra for pop and rock bands)\, Third Eye Blind\, jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux\, pop star Vanessa Carlton\, rock band The Mars Volta\, Indian/jazz percussionist Sameer Gupta\, folk singer/songwriter Meklit Hadero\, gypsy folk band Rupa & the April Fishes\, and numerous other ensembles from various musical styles. With all of these various projects\, Charith’s main interest is in chamber music\, and he brings the experience gained in performing in a string quartet to each of these non-classical chamber groups. Charith has performed at the Cabrillo Contemporary Music Festival\, Aspen Music Festival\, the Playboy (LA)\, Newport\, Montreal\, Vancouver\, and Victoria Jazz Festivals and holds performance degrees from The Ohio State University\, Rice University\, and San Francisco Conservatory of Music. \n\n  \nClassical Revolution \nA Tasting Menu of Piano Quartets \n\n\n\nMusic by Mozart\, Schumann\, Brahms\, and Faure \nFeaturing:\nJon Lee – piano\nDaniel Dastoor – violin\nCharith Premawardhana – viola\nSung Choi – cello \nClassical Revolution was founded in the fall of 2006 with the goal of making classical music more relevant in our neighborhoods and communities.
After a successful first year of weekly shows at Revolution Cafe in San Francisco’s Mission District\, the organization began to receive invitations to perform at other local venues including the Red Poppy Art House\, the Legion of Honor\, and Yoshi’s SF.
In its 10th anniversary year\, Classical Revolution undertook a cycle of Beethoven’s 9 Symphonies\, performed at venues around San Francisco including the de Young Museum\, Fort Mason’s Cowell Theater\, and a performance of the 9th Symphony at Grace Cathedral in front of a 1000 person audience.
Press articles from the New York Times\, Strings Magazine\, Wall Street Journal\, and The Economist brought wider attention to Classical Revolution’s efforts.
As interest grew outside of San Francisco\, the network of chapters began to develop\, with over 40 cities hosting regular Classical Revolution around the US\, Canada\, Europe\, and Australia\, as well as Indonesia\, Argentina\, South Korea\, and Japan.
Over 1200 musicians have performed at more than 1\,500 Classical Revolution events in over 150 different venues in the Bay Area alone. Audiences enjoy the accessibility of the venues and the fun laid-back approach\, as well as the diversity and quality in programming. In San Francisco\, Classical Revolution hosts regular events at Mission District venues as well as guest appearances around the Bay Area. \n\n  \nEl Corazón Canta\nLatin America with Mónica María & Jackeline Rago \n\n\n\nFeaturing:\nMónica María – Guitar & Vocal\nJackeline Rago – Cuatro & Vocal \nMónica María’s music reflects her Californian roots mixed with traditional\, earthly\, and contemporary sounds of Latin America. A vocalist\, multi-instrumentalist\, and composer\, her songs are innovative and expressive of a world where cultures coexist\, where fear is transformed by compassion\, where we learn to truly love ourselves\, and where we view the world from an empathetic and holistic state of mind. \nJackeline Rago (Venezuela-USA) is a multi-instrumentalist\, educator\, composer\, arranger\, producer\, performer\, and recording artist. She has performed and recorded a broad repertoire of music ranging from the folk music of her native Venezuela and other Latin American and Caribbean countries to original compositions mixed with jazz and pop elements. Jackeline holds a BA in music and she is an Orff certified music teacher from the San Francisco School and the Dominican College\, Marin CA. Currently\, She is in charge of the Lower School music program at Park Day School in Oakland CA\, and worked as a faculty member at the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley California for 15 years. Jackeline is the musical director of two Bay Area bands\, the “Venezuelan Music Project” (Folk-Venezuelan Music) and the “VNote Ensemble” (Fusion of Venezuelan music and Jazz). In addition\, Jackeline has performed and led Venezuelan music and Orff workshops nationally and internationally\, including USA\, Canada\, Costa Rica\, Japan\, Spain\, Finland\, Thailand\, Venezuela\, Brazil\, Panama\, St Croix\, Barbados\, and Ghana. Social media @jackelinerago. \n  \nEsotérica Tropical \nA love letter to Puerto Rico \n\n\n\nMaría José Montio – Harp \nEsotérica Tropical draws inspiration from over 20 years of experience as a healer –including tai-chi and qi-gong practice\, Taoist cosmology\, meditation\, traditional medicine practitioner\, and acupuncturist. Her music is rooted in a continuous process of discovery and care\, where trauma is transformed into art.\nA self-described “weird\, cosmic\, and queer islander” from Puerto Rico\, Esotérica Tropical’s musical journey began as a student of classical vocal performance at Puerto Rico’s prestigious Conservatory of Music. After a series of health issues derailed her music studies\, she began treatment for Hashimoto’s disease in 2009\, including daily swims at San Juan’s El Escambrón beach. It was there on one serendipitous day that she was approached by the lifeguard on duty ––to her surprise\, her friend Constanza\, a violinist she’d met during her conservatory days. While catching up\, María José confessed to her friend she had begun making up songs in the shower\, and the very next day Constanza had gifted her her first harp which previously belonged to Puerto Rican composer Angélica Negrón! That chance encounter led to Esotérica Tropical’s first collection of songs\, the self-released Estrellas EP (2014). Currently moving between Puerto Rico and Oakland\, California\, Esotérica Tropical’s forthcoming album Esotérica Tropical is due out in 2024. \nPREVIEW THE PERFORMANCE\nCharith Premawardhana\nClassical viola \n \n  \nEl Corazón Canta | Latin America \nMónica María \n \nJackeline Rago \n \n  \nEsotérica Tropical \nA Tasting Menu of Piano Quartets \n \n\n\n\n\n\nIN PERSON EVENT DETAILS\nTime: October 7th\, 2023\, 4:30pm- 10pm (IN-PERSON) \nAdmission: Free! \n\n \n  \nDONATE URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/october-7th-mapp/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,MAPP ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/unnamedMAPP.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231007T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231007T180000 DTSTAMP:20230928T162911Z CREATED:20230928T162723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230928T162911Z UID:14698-1696696200-1696701600@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Mural Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:“Indigenous Woman Is Not Invisible”\nby Peruvian-born Artist\, Adrián Arias\nTHIS IS A FREE EVENT\n(Donation is encouraged) \nJoin us in celebrating the new mural on the RPAH’s exterior wall at 23rd & Folsom\,\nWith a land acknowledgment\, introductions\, poetry readings\, and light refreshments. The introduction will be made by Reneé Baldocchi\, an arts advocate and long-time supporter of the Red Poppy Art House. \nThis event is a part of MAPP (Mission Art Performance Project) \nThis celebratory MAPP event is curated by Adrian Arias. \nSaturday\, October 7th\, 2023\nTime: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm \nABOUT THE PROGRAM\nMural Presentation 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. \n5:00 p.m. – Welcome and Introduction by Renee Baldocchi & Adrian Arias\n5:15 p.m. – Poetry by Kim Shuck\n5:30 p.m. – Live music performed by violinist Charith Premawardhana of Classical Revolution \n6:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. – INTERMISSION \nMAPP: 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.\nMission Art Performance Project\nWe’ll continue the celebration inside and outside of Red Poppy with performances including: \n7:03 p.m. – 7:07 p.m. – Welcome by Adrian Arias\n7:07 p.m. – 7:47 p.m. – Classical Revolution Piano Quartet\n7:50 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Monica Maria & Jackie Rago\n8:40 p.m. – 9:05 p.m. – Poetry and Tarot reading by Jenna & Adrian\n9:10 p.m. – 9:50 p.m. – Esoterica Tropical \nINDIGENOUS WOMAN IS NOT INVISIBLE | A Mural by Adrián Arias\n \nMural Statement: \nEnglish: The image of this indigenous woman is based on four native women from the territory that we now call America. It represents a woman of Mochica ancestry in Peru\, (my culture\,) mixed with a Nukak Woman native to the Colombian Amazon\, an Ohlone woman\, and a Yuma and Pápago woman from the border area between what we now call Arizona and Mexico. \nSpanish: La imagen de esta mujer indígena está basada en cuatro mujeres nativas del territorio que hoy llamamos América. Mujeres de ascendencia Mochica en Perú\, mi cultura\, mezcladas con una Mujer Nukak originaria de la Amazonia colombiana\, una mujer Ohlone y una Mujer Yuma y Pápago de la zona fronteriza entre lo que hoy llamamos Arizona y México. \nMural Assistant: Lindsey Crawford \nABOUT THE MURALIST\n \nAdrian 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.\nArias has created large-scale murals for public and private businesses such as Google and a three-story mural at the corner of Turk and Hyde in San Francisco\, commissioned by the Luggage Store. He has recently created murals for Magic Theater & Freight & Salvage. As co-founder of Mission Arts Performance Project MAPP\, he conceptualizes and creates multi-sensory art experiences such as VideoFest\, Luna Negra\, and the ILLUSION show. His most ambitious project to date is Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution\, a multifaceted collaboration conceived and orchestrated by Arias where he engaged sixty-two visual artists and poets in the creation of a community tarot deck that speaks to historic events that transpired over the pandemic. Published by Nomadic Press and released at CAST in San Francisco where Arias serves as the inaugural artist-in-residence. \nhttp://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/InShot_20230927_192305140.mp4\n  \nKPOO INTERVIEW | October 5\, 2023 at 7:15 p.m\n \nWe invite you to join KPOO radio host Chelis Lopez (89.5 FM) who will interview Adrián about the “The Indigenous Woman Is Not Invisible” mural on October 5\, 2023\, at 7:15 p.m. Chelis is a long-time supporter of Red Poppy and we appreciate her dedicated work in the community of bringing social justice news and art to the people. \nMAPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project)\nLaunched 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.   \nThis program is funded by the California Arts Council Impact Project Grant. \nWe will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve. \n RED POPPY MAPP TEAM: \nCurator | Artistic Director | Managing Director: Dina Zarif  \nPR and Digital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary \n  \nEVENT DETAILS\nSaturday\, October 7th\, 2023\nTime: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm \nNote: Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/mural-opening-reception/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions and Receptions,MAPP ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_4571-2EDIT.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230930T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230930T210000 DTSTAMP:20230911T221709Z CREATED:20230911T221709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T221709Z UID:14648-1696102200-1696107600@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Scott O’Day Tango Trio with Verónica Freidkes DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nScott O’Day Tango Trio with Verónica Freidkes\n21st Century Contemporary Tango\nScott O’Day Tango Trio presents contemporary tango in a unique formation. With the guitar as a central voice\, this power trio features all originally arranged music for guitar\, piano\, and double bass. Influenced by the sounds and colors from jazz but with the rhythmic intensity of rock\, the trio forges a new and exciting path for today’s tango. The trio will be joined by guest vocalist Verónica Freidkes from Buenos Aires\, Argentina. \nFeaturing:\nScott O’Day – guitar\nElyse Weakley – piano\nTBA – double bass\nVeronica Freidkes – voice \n\n\n\nSaturday\, September 30th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35 \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS:  \n\nOakland-based guitarist and arranger Scott O’Day is a member of the contemporary tango music scene. He has performed extensively in North America\, South America\, and Europe. As an established tango musician and community organizer\, he directs the Community Music Center Tango Ensemble\, which serves as an incubator program for the Bay Area tango music scene. Scott studied with many notable tango legends in Buenos Aires and attended La Escuela de Musica Popular de Avellaneda to complete his formal training.\nElyse Weakley has taken part in a wide array of musical projects and has served in many roles including music director\, pianist\, educator\, and composer. Throughout her career\, she has performed many contemporary works and has frequently collaborated directly with composers and songwriters in recording and presenting their music as a soloist and collaborator including Mason Bates\, George Hurd\, and Charles Gorczynski.\nBorn in Buenos Aires\, Argentina\, vocalist Verónica Freidkes is captivating San Francisco Bay Area audiences with her versatile voice. With a repertoire that encompasses Tango\, Bossa Nova\, Jazz\, and other Latin rhythms\, Verónica invites listeners on a musical journey with each song\, showcasing her refined and sincere approach. \nwww.scottoday.com \n\n\n\nPREVIEW THE MUSIC: \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nSaturday\, September 30th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $25 – $35/ (Door) $30-$35 \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/scott-oday-tango-trio-with-veronica-freidkes/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Performing Arts,September ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/375861500_735059991968770_2112633622758767858_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230929T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230929T210000 DTSTAMP:20230911T214559Z CREATED:20230911T214559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T214559Z UID:14644-1696015800-1696021200@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Wahid Duo: Ottoman Maqam & Traditional Rebetika DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nWahid Duo: Ottoman Maqam & Traditional Rebetika\nBlends of Ottoman maqam\, and traditional rebetika with personalized improvisation \n\n\nWAHID (formed in 2005 in Los Angeles) is a duo that blends Ottoman maqam\, and traditional rebetika (Greek-Turk regional blues from the 1920’s) with personalized improvisation. Their instrumentation pairing of Oud and frame drum is literally thousands of years old\, however\, they have created a new\, yet-to-be-heard approach using a chromatic bass frame set and improvisation over song forms. Their 5th release “Resonance” is in heavy rotation on the TransGlobalWMC chart and Dore Stein’s “tangents” radio show.\n\n\nFeaturing:\nDimitris Mahlis – oud\nChris Wabich – tuned frame drums \n\n\n\nFriday\, September 29th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30 \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS:  \n\nDimitris Mahlis is a multi-instrumentalist and composer based in the Los Angeles area. Since coming to LA\, Dimitris’ skills on oud\, guitar\, and other stringed instruments have led him into a rich variety of performing and recording experiences.\nDimitris has had the good fortune to receive training in both Western and Eastern musical systems. His style is known as both soulful and original. He currently studies with oudist Ustad Necati Celik from Istanbul\, Turkey.\nSome recent recording credits include lal meri – “lal meri”\, “O Samanos” Dionisis Savopoulo-Thanasis Papakonstantinou\, “Huun Huur Tu” with Carmen Rizzo\, “Vino” with Robi Draco Rosa\, and “Jostejoo” with Mamak Khadem. Dimitris also contributed music to Michael Apted’s documentary The Power of the Game and is featured on the soundtrack of the film Clash of the Titans 2\nDimitris has performed and toured throughout the world with artists such as A.R.Rahman\, Axiom of Choice\, Dionisis Savopoulos\, Niyaz\, Freddie Hubbard\, Thanasis Papakonstantinou\, Kevyn Lettau\, Russell Ferrante and others.\nHe composes all the original music for his projects including 4 albums with Wahid\, “Prana” with the trio\, Prana\, and “Aphrodite Moves On” with his electric quartet\, Babaghanoush. \n9 time Grammy nominee\, Chris Wabich is a well-known\, original voice on drumset\, steel drum\, and percussion in Los Angeles. The variety of artists he works with reflects his versatility as both a musician and producer. He is heard with Ludacris\, Sting\, Leonard Cohen\, Stanley Jordan\, Brian Johnson (AC/DC) Sheila E.\, Mark Murphy\, “Joe’s Garage” produced by Gail Zappa and the Zappa Family\, Steve Tyrell\, Billy Vera\, John Oats (Hall and Oates)\, Turkish superstar Omar Faruk\, Trinidad superstar Boogsie Sharpe\, Prog Rock legends Kevin Ayers (Soft Machine)\, and Richard Sinclair (Caravan). Soundtracks include “Malcolm in the Middle”\, “American Idol”\, “Better Homes and Gardens”\, “Wild California” IMAX\, and Lalo Shifrin’s “After The Sunset”. Recently Chris was a recipient of the COLA master solo artist grant\, making him the first percussionist to ever perform a solo show at LA Grand Performances series (show on June 2024)\nChris is sponsored by INNOVATIVE PERCUSSION sticks\, TYCOON percussion\, ROLAND electronics\, TURKISH cymbals\, CADESON drums\, and REMO drumheads \nhttps://wahidmusic.bandcamp.com/music \n\n\n\nPREVIEW THE MUSIC: \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\nEVENT DETAILS\nFriday\, September 29th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30 \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/wahid-duo-ottoman-maqam-traditional-rebetika/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Performing Arts,September ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/375829528_736267458514690_1427126917019790434_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230915T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230915T210000 DTSTAMP:20230829T173344Z CREATED:20230829T173344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230829T173344Z UID:14637-1694806200-1694811600@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Astrid Kuljanic Trio DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nAstrid Kuljanic Trio\nGlobal jazz and Mediterranean future-folk\nDrawing on her unique Adriatic heritage as well as her command of Brazilian music and jazz\, Croatian vocalist Astrid Kuljanic will present a diverse evening of global music. With her critically acclaimed band featuring accordionist Ben Rosenblum and bassist Mat Muntz\, Astrid will sing traditional\, popular\, and original songs in a range of styles and languages propelled by a focus on spontaneous interaction and interpretive flexibility. The group will also be presenting new material from Astrid’s 2023 Performance Plus project supported by Chamber Music America. \nFeaturing:\nAstrid Kuljanic – voice\nMat Muntz – bass\, bagpipes\nBen Rosenblum – accordion \n\n\n\nFriday\, September 15th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30 \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS:  \n\nAstrid Kuljanic is a Croatian vocalist based in the Bay Area. Drawing on musical traditions from Eastern Europe to Brazil and the United States\, she cultivates a global sound informed by her subtle interpretive skill. \nSince moving to the US\, Astrid has performed as a leader at Weill Hall (where she celebrated the release of her 2017 album Riva with a sold-out concert)\, the Kennedy Center\, and legendary jazz venues like The Jazz Gallery and The Jazz Standard. An active collaborator\, she contributed to the 2020 Grammy-nominated album ONA by Thana Alexa. \nRecently\, Astrid received awards from the Brooklyn Arts Council (2020) and NYC Artist Corps (2021) for her project Why Are You Gone?\, a concert investigating the experience of Eastern European immigrants in Brooklyn through the lens of traditional music alongside new compositions. \nAstrid holds degrees from the University of Zagreb\, Croatia in chemical engineering\, a B.M. from the Conservatory G. Tartini\, Trieste\, Italy\, and an M.M. in Jazz Performance from the Manhattan School of Music. \nhttp://astrid-music.com \n\n\n\nPREVIEW THE MUSIC: \n\n\n\n\n \n\nEVENT DETAILS\nFriday\, September 15th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30 \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/astrid_kuljanic_trio/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_578738309_232479659298_1_original.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230909T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230909T203000 DTSTAMP:20230822T195256Z CREATED:20230816T213233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230822T195256Z UID:14616-1694286000-1694291400@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Will Bernard & Beth Custer 'SKY' Release Concert DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nWill Bernard & Beth Custer ‘SKY’ Release Concert\nDeep\, funky\, melodic\, from lovely to raunchy\, chamber jazz\nClarinetist/vocalist Beth Custer and guitarist Will Bernard will perform ‘SKY’\, a culmination of performing together for 35 years. \nFeaturing:\nWill Bernard – guitar\nBeth Custer – voice/clarinets \n\n\n\nSaturday\, September 9th\, 2023\nTime: 6:30 pm doors\, 7:00 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $25 – $30/ (Door) $30-$35 \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS:  \n\nRanking in the top tier for clarinetistry in DownBeat Reader’s poll\, Beth Custer is a member of the Club Foot Orchestra\, of David James’s GPS\, of Trance Mission\, of Eighty Mile Beach\, she leads the quartet Clarinet Thing\, and is a member of Russian Telegraph\, named for San Francisco’s hills. Beth has created scores for Left Coast Chamber Ensemble\, Zeitgeist\, and Turtle Island and for the films of Brad Coley\, William Farley\, Esther Paik-Mander\, and Cathy Lee Crane. She received an EMMY for her KQED score ‘Mantis Shrimp’ and has scored for the dance productions of Joe Goode Performance Group\, AXIS Dance Company\, Salt Farm\, and Flyaway. Theatre scores include Campo Santo\, The Magic\, Cal Shakes\, Intersection for the Arts\, and Mile High Theatre. Beth lives in San Francisco. \nWill Bernard’s unique guitar playing was formed from the rich cultural roots of the San Francisco Bay Area. He studied classical\, jazz\, and Indian\, played in basements and coliseums\, has absorbed the Bay Area Multi-Kulti\, the funk of New Orleans\, and the New York downtown edge. He’s performed and/or recorded with Charlie Hunter\, Stanton Moore\, Robert Walter\, John Medeski\, Bill Laswell\, Ben Sidran\, Peter Apfelbaum\, Dr. John\, Tom Waits and many others. His 2007 CD ‘Party Hats’ andhis 1997 project T.J. Kirk ‘If Four Was One’ were nominated for a Grammy. ‘Pond Life’ (2022) on Dreck to Disk is his eleventh release as a bandleader. Will lives in Brooklyn\, NY. \nhttps://bethcuster.com \nhttps://willbernard.com \n\n\n\nPREVIEW THE MUSIC: \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nSaturday\, September 9th\, 2023\nTime: 6:30 pm doors\, 7:00 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $25 – $30/ (Door) $30-$35 \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/will-bernard-beth-custer-sky-release-concert/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/365179630_714084347399668_6945198842108865323_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230908T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230908T210000 DTSTAMP:20230829T172420Z CREATED:20230829T172420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230829T172420Z UID:14630-1694201400-1694206800@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Dvorak Birthday Concert by Classical Revolution DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDvorak Birthday Concert \nAntonín Dvořák (1841-1904) \nClassical Revolution presents a concert of chamber music for strings and piano by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak on his 182nd birthday! \nProgram:\nString Quartet No. 12 in F Major ”American” (1893)\nPiano Quintet No. 2 in A Major (1887) \nFeaturing:\nDaniel Dastoor – violin\nAnthony Blea – violin\nCharith Premawardhana – viola\nLewis Patzner – cello\nIan Scarfe – piano \n\n\n\nFriday\, September 8th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30 \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS:  \n\nClassical Revolution was founded in the fall of 2006 with the goal of making classical music more relevant in our neighborhoods and communities.\nAfter a successful first year of weekly shows at Revolution Cafe in San Francisco’s Mission District\, the organization began to receive invitations to perform at other local venues including the Red Poppy Art House\, the Legion of Honor\, and Yoshi’s SF.\nIn its 10th anniversary year\, Classical Revolution undertook a cycle of Beethoven’s 9 Symphonies\, performed at venues around San Francisco including the de Young Museum\, Fort Mason’s Cowell Theater\, and a performance of the 9th Symphony at Grace Cathedral in front of a 1000 person audience.\nPress articles from the New York Times\, Strings Magazine\, Wall Street Journal\, and The Economist brought wider attention to Classical Revolution’s efforts.\nAs interest grew outside of San Francisco\, the network of chapters began to develop\, with over 40 cities hosting regular Classical Revolution around the US\, Canada\, Europe\, and Australia\, as well as Indonesia\, Argentina\, South Korea\, and Japan.\nOver 1200 musicians have performed at more than 1\,500 Classical Revolution events in over 150 different venues in the Bay Area alone. Audiences enjoy the accessibility of the venues and the fun laid-back approach\, as well as the diversity and quality in programming. In San Francisco\, Classical Revolution hosts regular events at Mission District venues as well as guest appearances around the Bay Area. \nwww.classicalrevolution.org\nwww.facebook.com/classicalrev\nInsta @classicalrevolution \n\n \n\n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nFriday\, September 8th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30 \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/dvorak-birthday-concert-by-classical-revolution/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_578162159_232479659298_1_original.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230826T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230826T210000 DTSTAMP:20230817T014801Z CREATED:20230816T213206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230817T014801Z UID:14615-1693078200-1693083600@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Brazilian Guitar with Ricardo Peixoto and Julio Lemos DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nBrazilian Guitar with Ricardo Peixoto and Julio Lemos\nTraditional and contemporary Brazilian Guitar\, choros\, sambas\, and bossa nova\nAn evening of traditional and contemporary Brazilian Guitar\, including original compositions as well as classic choros\, sambas\, bossas\, and whatever else happens in the moment. \nFeaturing:\nRicardo Peixoto – guitar\nJulio Lemos – guitar \n\n\n\nSaturday\, August 26th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30 \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS:  \n\nJulio Lemos\, works as a 7-string guitarist\, performing in the field of Brazilian instrumental music. He presents a virtuosity derived from his base as a Brazilian classical guitar concert artist\, under the influence of the composers Villa-Lobos and Radamés Gnatalli\, added to his training in the “Rodas de Choro”. He is a specialist in the language of choro and samba accompaniment from the 7-string guitar\, with Dino 7 strings and Rafael Rabelo as his main references\, adding to their influences from the guitar of Baden Powell and Marco Pereira in the samba-jazz style. \nOriginally from Rio de Janeiro and based in the Bay Area\, guitarist/composer Ricardo Peixoto is among the top representatives of Brazilian guitar in the US\, with a fluid melodic style and a keen compositional sense. His approach is grounded both in the jazz and Brazilian music traditions\, but ventures well beyond their borders\, combining rich melodies and sophisticated harmonies with the rhythms of Brazil. Peixoto has recorded and performed with\, among others\, Flora Purim and Airto\, Claudia Villela\, Dom Um Romão\, Toots Thielemans\, Dori Caymmi\, Guinga\, Sivuca\, Paul McCandless\, and Terra Sul. \nhttps://www.juliolemos.net\nhttps://ricardopeixoto.com \n\n\n\nPREVIEW THE MUSIC: \n\n\n\n\n \n \n  \n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nSaturday\, August 26th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $30/ (Door) $30 \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/brazilian-guitar-with-ricardo-peixoto-and-julio-lemos/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/365134746_715882093886560_1231043047125537716_n-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230812T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230812T133000 DTSTAMP:20230811T215255Z CREATED:20230811T215255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230811T215255Z UID:14612-1691841600-1691847000@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:(FREE) The Family Art Program (Arte entre familia) is back! DESCRIPTION:The Family Art Program\nArte entre familia\nThe 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.\n \nIt is a safe and creative space for children\, youth and parents to explore art.\n \nWe will be gathering one Saturday of the month from 12:00 – 1:30pm at 2698 Folsom.\n \nAll ages are welcome and the program is bilingual.\nThis event is free to the public.\n \nThe program most often includes (but is not limited to) children and youth ages 4-17\, as well as adults 18+\, living in the Mission District.\n \nPlease come join us!\n\n\n\nSaturday\, August 12th\, 2023\nTime: 12:00-1:30 pm \nAdmission: FREE  \n  \n\n\n\n\nMEET THE INSTRUCTOR:\n \n\nSofia Elias\n \nSofia Elias\, Family Art Coordinator at the Red Poppy Art House\, studied psychology at SFSU and has independently pursued the arts by working as both a curator and participating artist within various art spaces in San Francisco. With the notion that art is present in all occasions of social change\, she believes art liberates people to express their emotions and ideas in any possible way that is imagined. Through this powerful creative tool\, she looks to inspire children to create and become creators of their own realities. Sofia is a bilingual radical musician\, ready to share art with all of the community!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Family Art Program\n(Arte entre familia)\nThe program engages the Red Poppy Art House’s surrounding neighborhood\, contributing to its vibrancy by offering free programming to the public one Saturday of the month from 12:00-1:30pm at 2698 Folsom.\n \nAn 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.\n \nDuring these afternoon sessions\, parents and children can explore their creative impulses within a broader framework of social and diversity awareness.\nFamily Art is designed as a way to engage not only participating families but those passing by our residential intersection.\nhttps://redpoppyarthouse.org/programs/family-art/\n\n\n \n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nSaturday\, August 12th\, 2023\nTime: 12:00-1:30 pm \nAdmission: FREE  \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/free-the-family-art-program-arte-entre-familia-is-back-august-12/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:August,Events,Family Art Activities END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230810T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230810T210000 DTSTAMP:20230811T214802Z CREATED:20230602T193359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230811T214802Z UID:14519-1691695800-1691701200@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Jazz in the neighborhood: Scott Foster & Sheldon Brown Duets DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nJazz in the neighborhood: Scott Foster & Sheldon Brown Duets\nGuitar and Saxophone Explorations\nThe evening will feature an Eclectic mix of jazz\, original and improvised music for guitar and saxophone in an intimate duo setting. Scott and Sheldon are reuniting after a long hiatus and look forward to sharing work from their collaboration 25 years ago and updating their work together with developments that have sprung up in the interim. This will be a concert full of surprises for both the audience and performers. \nFeaturing:\nScott Foster – Guitar\nSheldon Brown – Saxophones \n\n\n\nFriday\, August 10\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $15 – $30 / (Door) $35 general \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTIST:  \n\nComposer and woodwind instrumentalist Sheldon Brown has been active on the San Francisco Bay Area creative music scene and beyond for over 30 years. In addition to performing his original music with Sheldon Brown Group\, Brown has performed with a diverse array of people and groups including Anthony Braxton\, Ben Goldberg\, Omar Sosa\, Club Foot Orchestra\, Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra\, Clarinet Thing and Bobby Weir. His extended original composition Blood of the Air (funded by Chamber Music America and Inter Music) premiered at the 32nd Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival\, and was featured at the 16th Annual Outsound Festival. Most recently Brown performed and composed music for Club Foot Orchestra’s score for the classic silent film\, Pandora’s Box\, at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland. \nScott Foster has been a fixture on San Francisco jazz scene for over two decades. He can be heard performing regularly with his own group and as a sideman with the Americano Social Club\, B3B4 and multitude of the bay area’s finest musicians at wide variety of venues. Scott Foster’s CD’s “Basement Sinfonietta”\, “Go Small” and “Night Blooming Jazzmen” are currently available. Additionally Scott is the Performing Arts Chair and Jazz Band Director at the Urban School of San Francisco. \n\n\nJAZZ IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: \nJazz in the Neighborhood works to improve the economics of jazz performance in the Bay Area by presenting affordable concerts\, paying musicians a guaranteed wage\, and supporting the work of established and aspiring jazz artists. \nArt • Equity • Access. \nART • Jazz is often called the one truly American art form. We honor that legacy while supporting exploration and new approaches to the genre. Jazz in the Neighborhood events provide a space for jazz musicians to be creative\, spontaneous\, and expressive in their interpretation of music. Our Emerging Artists program nurtures the upcoming generation of jazz musicians through mentoring and opportunities to learn on the bandstand. \nEQUITY • Jazz musicians have long been participants in the “gig” economy. Very few have the security of regular employment playing jazz\, especially with the decline of union representation. For many\, the economics of jazz performance has become a cut of ticket sales\, a tip jar\, maybe a free meal\, and often a day job. This kind of remuneration hardly seems fair given the knowledge\, skill\, and practice that’s required to become a jazz musician. So unlike many concert producers\, Jazz in the Neighborhood guarantees musicians a fair wage when they perform at our events. We encourage all venues to join us in paying a guaranteed fair wage to jazz musicians. \nACCESS • We believe that everyone should be able to enjoy live jazz in a comfortable\, acoustically appropriate setting at an affordable price. Many of our shows are free. When events have an admission charge\, we keep the price reasonable and never turn anyone away for lack of funds. Please take a look at our events blog and calendar page for upcoming concerts. \nhttps://jazzintheneighborhood.org/about/mission/\nhttps://sheldonbrownmusic.com/home \n\n\nPREVIEW THE MUSIC: \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nFriday\, August 10th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $15 – $30 / (Door) $35 general \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/jazz-in-the-neighborhood-scott-foster-sheldon-brown-duets/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,June,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/June-9-Facebook-event-poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230805T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230805T220000 DTSTAMP:20230804T071750Z CREATED:20230803T041013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230804T071750Z UID:14585-1691260200-1691272800@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:August 5th MAPP DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 5th\, 2023 \nAugust 5th MAPP\nThe Summer of Solidarity\nRe-building our Joy together \nMAPP – August 5th @ 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm | FREE! \n \n  \n  \nPlease join us this Saturday at 6:30 pm for a FREE evening of music\, dance\, and visual art\, curated by Indira Urrutia\, Chilean-born interdisciplinary artist\, educator\, community organizer\, curator\, and co-founder of several arts education initiatives. \nRPAH PROGRAM AUGUST 5TH | MINI-ILLUSION\n\n\n\n\n SATURDAY  AUGUST\, 5TH\, 2023 \n(IN PERSON) \n\n\n\n\nArtwork by Marc Hors\n(Photography): “Nazavzhdy” Para Siempre / Forever by Marc Hors \nInstallation “Soul Tears”\nby Indira Urrutia \n\n\n\nTime\nPerformance Description\nArtists\n\n\n6:30 pm – 7:00 pm              \nArt Exhibition \nOpen for viewing\n\n\n7:00 pm– 7:30 pm\nArtist presentation Installation & Photography                            \nIndira Urrutia & Marc Hors\n\n\n7:40 pm – 8:20 pm\nDuo Guitar and Cajon\nRafa Sarria Bustamante (la Gente) and Javier Navarrette\n\n\n8:30 pm – 8:40 pm\nSolo dance performance\nMy-Linh Le\n\n\n9 pm – 10 pm\nReggae and World music\nSol Tevél\n\n\n\nMAPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project)\nLaunched in 2003\, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly\, multidisciplinary\, intercultural event that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year\, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces\, such as private garages\, gardens\, living rooms\, studios\, street corners\, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kaleidoscope of individuals and communities.  Due to COVID-19 we have temporarily changed this dynamic program from an onsite to an online series. Thanks to the mastery and innovation of the presenting artists and curatorial vision we are pleased that the kaleidoscope of cultural exchange continues to be an incredibly enriching experience for the presenter and the viewer. We look forward to the days that we can safely present at our neighborhood venue and we are grateful for everyone’s ingenuity in making the online presentations meaningful and unique experiences.   \nThis program is funded by California Arts Council Impact Project Grant and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Relief Fund and SF Art Reopening Fund.  \nWe will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve. \n RED POPPY MAPP TEAM: \nCurator | Artistic Director | Managing director: Dina Zarif  \nPR and Digital Marketing: Jennie D. Legary \n“SOUL TEARS” INSTALLATION | INDIRA URRUTIA\n \nIndira Urrutia\nInstallation “Soul Tears” \nIndira Urrutia is a Chilean-born interdisciplinary artist of international projection with a very personal style defined by organic elements combined in a perfect harmony that prints beautiful emotions in her work\, allowing the audience to experience different sensations and movements while watching. \nThe Pandemia has kept her stock in Barcelona for three years\, where her work inhabits time\, silence\, and memory\, where weaving interacts to create a surface\, skin\, and little by little\, a presence manifest. \nWeaving is an organic and metaphorical expression and a meditation on the nature of life. We are all bound together\, interwoven and interconnected\, in ways that we overlook in our modern lives. \nHer work has been exhibited internationally in group and individual presentations\, including The de Young Museum\, Root Division\, Mission Cultural Center\, San Francisco Symphony\, San Francisco USA; National Council of Culture and the Arts\, Pablo Neruda House Museum\, Chile; Invited to the VII Biennial of Art and Design\, Valencia\, Spain\, Real Cercle Artistic de Barcelona\, El Borsí\, Barcelona\, Spain\, Fontecchio International Airport Gallery\, Italy. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS\n \nPHOTOGRAPHY\nMarc Hors\n“Nazavzhdy” Para Siempre / Forever \n \nThe escalation of the international armed conflict in Ukraine has caused civilian casualties and destruction of civilian infrastructure\, forcing people to flee their homes seeking safety\, protection\, and assistance. Millions of refugees from Ukraine have crossed borders into neighboring countries\, and many more have been forced to move inside the country.\n“The situation is disconcerting\, this is what several Ukrainian women I talk to are telling me. They agree in shrinking the importance of material belongings\, including the roof under which they raised the children who accompany them\, and which\, as they can learn from the news\, has now turned into ruins. The real heartbreaker has been to leave their husbands fighting with rudimentary resources against a Goliath armed outright. The two typical words in any farewell “see you soon” have been replaced by “love you forever”. The chances of surviving are swinging at the rhythm of the bombs and the decisions taken by political leaders coerced by economic interests.”\nThis series of photographs were taken at the Polish border of Medyka and the town of Przemyšl during the month of March 2022. Photographs that bring us closer to a reality that\, however distant it may seem to us geographically\, puts into perspective the fragility of the social fabric that led us to develop as a civilized species. \nFormat: Fine art prints on cotton paper Size: 13 x 19” – 17 x 22” \n  \nPERFORMANCES\nMy-Linh Le\nSolo dance performance \n\nMy-Linh Le is a second-generation Vietnamese American dancer\, award-winning choreographer\, multidisciplinary storyteller\, and former environmental attorney. She is the founding director of Mud Water Theatre\, a street dance performance collective featuring turfers. As a strutter/popper\, she is the first woman to represent Playboyz Inc. since its formation in 1981\, making it one of the Bay Area’s oldest dance crews. She has danced for artists including Sanford Biggers and Grammy-winning Kendrick Lamar.Acoustic Set. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nRafa Sarria Bustamante (la Gente) and Javier Navarrette\nGuitar and Cajon Duo \n\n\nJavier Navarrette is a professional percussionist\, musician\, composer\, arranger\, and educator living in Oakland\, California\, specializing in Afro-Caribbean music. Javier’s performance and recording career spans over three decades. He has played and studied with many of the greats in the Afro-Latin music tradition and has recorded on three Grammy-nominated albums with John Santos and the Machete Ensemble/ Folklorico Kindembo. \nRafael Sarria Bustamante is a Colombian-Nicaraguan singer-songwriter\, activist\, band leader of LA GENTE SF\, and voting member of the Recording Academy/Grammy’s. With his group\, he has created his own unique blend of Cumbia\, Reggae\, Salsa\, Champeta\, and Reggaeton. His original composition and live shows fuse together rhythms\, dances and cultural influences from all over Latino America and the Caribbean with a distinct San Francisco flavor\, to create an infectious\, high-energy dance party. From his new home base of Madrid Spain Rafa & LA GENTE SF has just released “Lotus Hotel” their first single and music video from their fifth studio album “Entre 2 Mundos”. The album and series of music videos were recorded and filmed in San Francisco\, Colombia\, Spain\, Mexico\, and Morocco. Produced by Rafael Sarria Bustamante\, Maya Finlay & Jordan Feinstein. He is currently on his 2023 world tour with dates in the US\, Spain\, Mexico & more. \n\nSol Tevél\nReggae and World music \n\n\n\nSan Francisco-based band Sol Tevél\, led by Jerusalem-born artist Lior Ben-Hur\, is redefining Reggae and World music with its uplifting melodies and unique approach. \nLior Ben-Hur & Sol Tevél released an eclectic World music album in 2012\, infusing contemporary interpretations of Jewish texts\, ideals\, and mysticism. The band’s passion for Reggae\, a key inspiration for their creativity is evident in their self-titled 2015 Reggae EP. \nTheir full-length album\, So I Wander\, was released in 2017\, debuting at #14 on Billboard’s Top Reggae Albums chart. This band\, having shared the stage with Roots Reggae legends like Stephen Marley and Black Uhuru\, represents a new generation of World and Reggae music. \n\n\nIN PERSON EVENT DETAILS\nTime: August 5th\, 2023\, 6:30pm- 10pm (IN PERSON) \nAdmission: Free  \n\n \n  \nDONATE URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/mapp-august-5th/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:August,Events,Exhibitions and Receptions,MAPP,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/MAPP-August-2023-poster-FB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230716T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230716T213000 DTSTAMP:20230710T210029Z CREATED:20230710T210029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230710T210029Z UID:14569-1689534000-1689543000@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:George Brooks & Friends Birthday Bash DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nGeorge Brooks & Friends Birthday Bash\nCome celebrate George Brooks’ birthday with Utsav Lal on piano\, Frank Martin on keys\, Scott Amendola on drums\, and surprise guest artists!\nJoin us for an evening of jazz\, funk\, and cross-cultural explorations\, celebrating the birthday of premiere saxophonist\, George Brooks. George will be joined by a stellar band featuring the Bay Area’s Scott Amendola\, Frank Martin\, and New York pianist\, Utsav Lal. Special guests and birthday cake!!! \nFeaturing:\nFrank Martin – Keyboards\nUtsav Lal – Piano\nScott Amendola – Drums\nGeorge Brooks – Saxophone \n\n\n\nSunday\, July 16th\, 2023\nTime: 6:30 pm doors\, 7:00 pm show\nAdmission: $22 \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS:  \n\nGeorge Brooks is an award-winning saxophonist and composer\, acclaimed for successfully bridging the worlds of jazz and Indian classical music. He is the founder of seminal Indian fusion groups; Summit with Zakir Hussain; Bombay Jazz with Ronu Majumdar and Larry Coryell; Raga Bop Trio with Steve Smith and Prasanna; Kirwani Quartet with Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia and Elements with Kala Ramnath and Gwyneth Wentink. \nUtsav Lal was born and raised in New Delhi\, where he trained in Indian classical music with dhrupad vocalist Ustad Wassifudin Dagar\, Lal subsequently received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in jazz and Western classical music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the New England Conservatory of Music. Lal was named a Young Steinway Artist in 2010. \nPianist Frank Martin has toured as Musical Director for Narada Michael Walden\, Patti Austin\, Angela Bofill\, and Roy Ayers and for the past 20 years has been a member of Sting’s “Rainforest Band” with l and others. Martin has performed with Stevie Wonder\, Whitney Houston\, Zakir Hussain\, James Taylor\, Elton John\, Billy Joel\, Larry Coryell\, Herbie Hancock\, Santana\, B.B. King\, and Bruce Springsteen. \nFor Scott Amendola\, the drum kit isn’t so much an instrument as a musical portal. As an ambitious composer\, savvy bandleader\, electronics explorer\, first-call accompanist\, and capaciously creative foil for some of the world’s most inventive musicians\, Amendola applies his wide-ranging rhythmic virtuosity to a vast array of settings. His closest musical associates include guitarists Charlie Hunter\, Nels Cline\, and Jeff Parker\, Hammond B-3 organist Wil Blades\, violinist Jenny Scheinman\, saxophonist Phillip Greenlief\, clarinetist Ben Goldberg\, bassists Trevor Dunn\, and Todd Sickafoose. \n\n\n\nPREVIEW THE MUSIC: \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nSunday\, July 16th\, 2023\nTime: 6:30 pm doors\, 7:00 pm show\nAdmission: $22 \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/george-brooks-friends-birthday-bash/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,July,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/358402074_698382832303153_5682163468448532681_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230630T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230630T210000 DTSTAMP:20230602T203625Z CREATED:20230602T203625Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230602T203625Z UID:14532-1688153400-1688158800@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Trio Tangazo DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nTrio Tangazo\nVirtuosic Argentine Tango\, Classic Argentine Tango Music\nTrio Tangazo is an all-star Tango group comprised of 2022 Latin Grammy Nominee Sascha Jacobsen on bass\, virtuoso pianist\, Seth Asarnow\, and master bandoneonist Adrian Jost. \nFeaturing:\nAdrian Jost – bandoneón\nSeth Asarnow – piano\nSascha Jacobsen – Bass \n\n\n\nFriday\, June 30th 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $25 – $35 / (Door) $35 general \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS:  \n\nSeth Asarnow has performed with Forever Tango on Dancing with the Stars\, as well as with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. \nAdrian Jost is a founder of Trio Garufa and Quinteto Pacifico and has toured the world performing Argentine Tango. \nSascha was nominated for a Latin Grammy (Best Tango Album) in 2022 with his group Los Tangueros del Oeste\, and he currently lives in Argentina. \n\n\n\nPREVIEW THE MUSIC: \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n \n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nFriday\, June 30th\, 2023\nTime: 7:00 pm doors\, 7:30 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $25 – $35 / (Door) $35 general \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/trio-tangazo/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,June,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/June-302023.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230624T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230624T220000 DTSTAMP:20230623T222957Z CREATED:20230602T201534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230623T222957Z UID:14529-1687633200-1687644000@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:ReroRera: Ethnic Inspirations DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nReroRera: Ethnic Inspirations\nExploring Georgian\, Middle Eastern\, Northern and Eastern European folk musical traditions\nReroRera is in a continuous search for common grounds\, paths\, and\, ultimately\, a common expressive language of different ethnic musical traditions. The group’s multicultural background enables ReroRera to create the texture of world folk-inspired themes in a very different\, unconventional way\, using the language of jazz\, fusion\, funk\, and other genres. \nFeaturing:\nZaza Korinteli – percussion\, guitar\, vocal\nSergey Prokushkin – piano\, keyboard\nGiorgi Khokhobashvili – violin\nBilly Edwards – upright bass \n\n\n\nSaturday\, June 24th\, 2023\nTime: 6:30 pm doors\, 7:00 pm (First show) | 8:30 pm doors\, 8:45 pm-10 pm (Second show) \nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $35 / (Door) $35 \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS:  \n\nZaza Korinteli\, better known by his stage name Zumba\, is a Georgian ethnic-jazz-rock musician and musicologist whose music fuses Georgian folk tradition and other world music inspirations. Sergey Prokushkin is a jazz pianist and composer with a multicultural background focusing on a variety of world folk music with South American\, Middle Eastern\, and European flavors. \nBilly Edwards (upright bass) is a San Jose native who studied under Faye Carol and Buster Williams. Introduced to the bass by Jemal Ramirez and Dan Robbins\, Billy has performed with Dennis Chambers\, Rodney Ruckus\, Blaque Dynamite\, Aaron Green\, Thomas Pridgen\, Roy McCurdy\, Dayna Stephens\, Howard Wiley\, Joe Warner\, Craig Handy\, Rickey Woodard\, Casey Benjamin\, Tomoki Sanders\, Aaron Burnett\, Sylvia Cuenca\, Calvin Keys\, Bruce Forman\, and Faye Carol. \nGeorgia-born violinist Giorgi Khokhobashvili has been performing in Northern California since 2005. He is active in various Sacramento-based projects\, with a strong interest in experimental world music. \nhttps://www.facebook.com/reroreraworld/  \n\n\n\nPREVIEW THE MUSIC: \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nSaturday\, June 24th\, 2023\nTime: 6:30 pm doors\, 7:00 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $35 / (Door) $35 \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/rerorera-ethnic-inspirations/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,June,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/June242023.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230617T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230617T180000 DTSTAMP:20230606T173414Z CREATED:20230602T200355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230606T173414Z UID:14524-1687021200-1687024800@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:(FREE) SF Flor Y Canto presents “Laureates in Conversation” DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\n\n(FREE) SF Flor Y Canto presents “Laureates in Conversation”\nPoetry reading and conversation with three poet laureates\nSF Flor y Canto Festival is proud to present an evening of poetry and conversation with three poet laureates:\n– Lee Herrick current poet laureate of California\n– David Flores current poet laureate of Richmond\n– Tongo Eisen-Martin current poet laureate of San Francisco.\nThis event will be moderated by poet Aimee Suzara. \n\n\n\nSaturday\, June 17th\, 2023\nTime: 5 pm – 6 pm \nAdmission: FREE\, First come first serve\nDonation is encouraged and appreciated. https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTY5MTk0\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS:  \n\n\nBorn in Daejeon\, South Korea\, and adopted at 10 months old\, Lee Herrick grew up in California. He is the author of the poetry collections Scar and Flower (2018)\, Gardening Secrets of the Dead (2012)\, and This Many Miles from Desire (2007). His poems have appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies\, including The Bloomsbury Review\, ZYZZYVA\, Highway 99: A Literary Journey Through California’s Great Central Valley (2nd edition)\, One for the Money: The Sentence as Poetic Form\, and Indivisible: Poems of Social Justice\, among others. Poet Brian Turner writes that Herrick’s poetry is “Whitman revised … with a voice that is politically engaged and rooted in compassion. Gardening Secrets of the Dead is a wise\, gorgeous book.” He is co-editor\, with Leah Silvieus\, of The World I Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith and Spirit (2020). From 2015 to 2017\, Herrick served as poet laureate of Fresno\, California. Herrick lives in Fresno and teaches at Fresno City College and in the low-residency MFA Program at Sierra Nevada College. \nDavid Flores is an educator\, artist\, mindfulness trainer\, father\, husband\, and poet/MC. He is the current Poet Laureate of Richmond CA where he was born and raised and is passionate about creating safe spaces for self-expression using the arts and mindfulness so that folks can grow into their highest selves. \nTongo Eisen-Martin was born in San Francisco and earned his MA at Columbia University. He is the author of Someone’s dead already (Bootstrap Press\, 2015)\, nominated for a California Book Award; and Heaven Is All Goodbyes (City Lights\, 2017)\, which received a 2018 American Book Award\, a 2018 California Book Award\, was named a 2018 National California Booksellers Association Poetry Book of the Year\, and was shortlisted for the 2018 Griffin International Poetry Prize. In their citation\, the judges for the Griffin Prize wrote that Eisen-Martin’s work “moves between trenchant political critique and dreamlike association\, demonstrating how\, in the right hands\, one mode might energize the other—keeping alternative orders of meaning alive in the face of radical injustice … His poems are places where discourses and vernaculars collide and recombine into new configurations capable of expressing outrage and sorrow and love.” Eisen-Martin is also an educator and organizer whose work centers on issues of mass incarceration\, extrajudicial killings of Black people\, and human rights. He has taught at detention centers around the country and at the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University. He lives in San Francisco. \n  \nMEET THE MODERATOR: \nAimee Suzara is a Filipino-American poet\, playwright\, and performer based in Oakland\, CA. Her mission is to create and help others create\, poetic and theatrical work about race\, gender\, and the body to provoke dialogue and social change. \nHer poetry and plays have been produced\, adapted\, and published widely\, and she has collaborated with a variety of choreographers\, musicians\, and dance companies for multidisciplinary productions. A cultural worker and professional educator for the past twenty years\, she tailors and offers lectures\, performances\, and workshops to organizations\, universities\, and classrooms. Grounded in her education and practice in the literary arts\, she also can offer individualized coaching and copyediting to guide and inspire your writing journey. \n\n \nEVENT DETAILS\nSaturday\, June 17th\, 2023\nTime: 5 pm – 6 pm \nAdmission: FREE\, First come first serve\nDonation is encouraged and appreciated. https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTY5MTk0\n  \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/free-sf-flor-y-canto-presents-laureates-in-conversation/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Workshops, Discussions, and Films ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/June-17th-Updated-FB-resized.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230610T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230610T201500 DTSTAMP:20230605T164042Z CREATED:20230508T164010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230605T164042Z UID:14419-1686423600-1686428100@redpoppyarthouse.org SUMMARY:Alex Conde: Flamenco & Jazz piano DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nAlex Conde\nFlamenco & Jazz piano solo\nSpanish virtuoso pianist Alex Conde presents ”jazz and flamenco” solo piano concert full of energy and sensitivity. A repertory of original compositions and arrangements of T Monk and B. Powell music in Latin Jazz Clave. His albums “Descarga for Monk” and “Descarga for Bud” have been apraised by the international press such as Downbeat Magazine or JazzTime among many others. Albums which features Jeff Chambers on bass and John Santos on percussion. \nFeaturing:\nAlex Conde – piano \n\n\n\nSaturday\, June 10th\, 2023\nTime: 6:30 pm doors\, 7:00 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20 – $35 / (Door) $35 \n  \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTIST:  \n\n\nAlex Conde is a foremost exponent of piano flamenco and jazz fusion. Born in Spain\, he graduated from the Jose Iturbi Conservatory\, then at Berklee and in 2016 received his masters in jazz at CUNY\, in New York. After spending 15 years in the USA\, he has performed in venues such as Blue Note NY\, Kimmel Center Philadelphia\, San Jose Jazz Festival or Beantown Jazz Festival among many others. Mr Conde has written music for the Oakland Youth Orchestra and Miami Chamber Orchestra among others. A virtuoso pianist with roots in flamenco\, latin and jazz music. \nwww.alexconde.com\nhttps://flamencojam.com/alex-conde\nhttps://www.instagram.com/alexcondepiano \n  \n\nPREVIEW THE MUSIC: \n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n \n \nEVENT DETAILS\nSaturday\, June 10th\, 2023\nTime:  6:30 pm doors\, 7:00 pm show\nAdmission: (Online) $20-30 / (Door) $35 general  \nNote: 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. \nPurchase advance tickets for this event \nNote: Purchasing an advance ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come\, first served. \nRSVP to the Facebook event:\n \n \n  \nVolunteer for this event! URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/alex-conde-flamenco-jazz-piano/ LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,June,Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/June10_Alex-Conde.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR