Red Poppy Art House

Our Mission: No Eviction!
2013-10-26 20:00 - 23:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
Brava! For Women in the Arts announces:

~Our Mission: No Eviction! A community action to benefit Rene Yañez & Yolanda López~

In solidarity with this important event held at Brava Theater, The Red Poppy Art House has canceled it’s evening programming to support the efforts of this fundraiser and tribute to longtime Mission district residents and artists: Rene Yañez & Yolanda López.

Featuring: Culture Clash, Marga Gomez, Guillermo Gomez-Peña, Las Bomberas de la Bahia, Alejandro Murgia, Dr. Loco, Cherrie Moraga, Celia Rodriguez, Maya Chinchilla, Loco Bloco y mas

Art Auction with work by Enrique Chagoya, Ester Hernandez, Dignidad Rebelde, Faviana Rodriguez, Ana Teresa Fernandez, Juan Fuentes, Rio Yañez, Rene Yañez, Yolanda López, Jean Melesaine, Xuxo Perez and special donation from singer songwriter Meklit Hadero.

TICKETS: $10-$35 reserved seating available at www.brava.org, or by phone 415-641-7657

INFORMATION: 415-641-7657 x5; www.brava.org

Join us for an evening of performance, art and tributes to long time San Francisco Mission artists and residents Yolanda López and Rene Yañez. Yolanda and Rene have both been issued Ellis Act Evictions from their home of more than 35 years and are facing serious health issues. This fundraiser will be to raise funds to help cover some of the lawyer expenses, medical expenses and moving expenses. Yolanda and Rene have made huge contributions to the Chicano art world and the uniqueness and beauty that so many of us love about the Mission and San Francisco. Please come out to celebrate these two amazing humans and help them fight this eviction and raise some funds to help them.

Performers include Culture Clash, Marga Gomez, Guillermo Gomez-Peña, Las Bomberas de la Bahia, Alejandro Murgia, Dr. Loco, Cherrie Moraga, Celia Rodriguez, Loco Bloco, Maya Chinchilla y mas. In addition, a Silent Art Auction will be held with works by Enrique Chagoya, Ester Hernandez, Jesus Barraza, Melanie Cervantes, Ana Teresa Fernandez, Rio Yañez, Rene Yañez, Yolanda López, Xuxo Perez, Jos Sances, Jean Melesaine, Alexa Treviño, Art Hazelwood, Patrick Piazza, Robbin Henderson and many more! There will also be a raffle of items donated by local businesses and friends including a private set donated by Bay Area singing sensation, Meklit Hadero.

ABOUT RENÉ YAÑEZ

René Yañez is a widely recognized artist, curator and producer who has been a strong role model and vital cultural force in the San Francisco arts community. As a curator and mentor, Yañez has galvanized a large community of Latino and Chicano artists and their allies from all communities. The list of artists he supported at early stages of their careers reads like a who’s who of internationally-recognized Latino artists, including Rupert García, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Ester Hernández, Yolanda López, Carmen Lomas-Garza, Enrique Chagoya, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Gronk, and ASCO. Active as both a visual and performance arts curator and artist, Yáñez co-founded the successful Chicano performance trio Culture Clash. He has curated numerous exhibitions including Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge, an art exhibit featuring works by Chicano artists from around the United States that toured the US for five years. A founder and former Artistic Director of Galeria de la Raza, Yañez was one of the first curators to introduce the contemporary concept of Mexico’s Day of the Dead to the United States with Rooms for the Dead and Labyrinth for the Dead at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Since the early 1970s, René Yañez’s Day of the Dead celebrations, with co-director Ralph Maradiaga, were marked by increasingly large exhibitions, ceremonies, processions, and school-based activities and quickly spread beyond the Mission District, encompassing various communities in the Bay Area, California, the American Southwest and Mexico. Throughout his decades of work in the arts, René has remained a stalwart supporter of grass-roots organizations and community artists, collaborating with organizations such as SomArts, Oakland Museum of California, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Kearny Street Workshop, Mission Cultural Center and the San Francisco Arts Commission. In 1998, he received the “Special Trustees Award in Cultural Leadership” from the San Francisco Foundation for his long-standing contribution to the cultural life of the Bay Area. He is currently Director of Special Projects for SOMArts Cultural Center.

ABOUT YOLANDA LÓPEZ

Yolanda M. López is a celebrated painter, printmaker, educator and film producer. López obtained international celebrity for her ground-breaking Virgen de Guadalupe series of drawings, prints, collage, assemblage, and paintings. The series, which depicted “ordinary” Mexican women (including her grandmother and López herself) with Guadalupan attributes (usually the mandorla). The works attracted praise for “sanctifying” average Mexican women, who were depicted performing domestic and other labor. She continued her artistic investigation of women’s labor issues with a series of prints called Woman’s Work is Never Done, one of which, “The Nanny”, attempted to study some problems faced by immigrant women of Hispanic descent in the United States. Her famous political poster titled Who’s the Illegal Alien, Pilgrim? features an angry young man in an Aztec headdress and traditional jewelry holding a crumpled-up paper titled “Immigration Plans.” López has also curated exhibitions, including “Cactus Hearts/Barb Wired Dreams”, which featured works of art concerning immigration to the United States. The exhibition debuted at the Galería de la Raza and subsequently toured nationwide as part of an exhibition called “La Frontera/The Border: Art About the Mexico/United States Border Experience”. López has produced two films, Images of Mexicans in the Media and When you Think of Mexico, which challenge the way the mass media depicts Mexicans and other Latin Americans.

She has taught art in studios and universities, including UCSD and the University of California, Berkeley. The Yolanda M. López papers, housed in the library at UC Santa Barbara, is a collection of her personal and professional writings from 1961-1998.

BRAVA! FOR WOMEN IN THE ARTS

Brava! For Women in the Arts celebrates its 27th year as a professional arts organization dedicated to cultivating the artistic expression of women, youth, LGBT, people of color and other unheard voices through the ownership and operation of Brava Theater Center. BRAVA’s producing history includes award-winning premieres by Diana Son, Eve Ensler, Debbie Swisher, Reno, Cherylene Lee, Suzan-Lori Parks, Culture Clash, Joan Holden, Anne Galjour, Elizabeth Summers, Kate Rigg, Dan Guerrero, and Mabou Mines, as well as works by internationally known playwrights like Jesusa Rodriguez and Liliana Felipe of Mexico, Jorge Drexler of Uruguay, and Ojos de Brujo and Ismael Serrano of Spain. BRAVA’s current artistic programming includes traditional and contemporary music festivals, a variety of film festivals, contemporary and experimental theatrical productions, international comedy shows, lectures and professional dance productions – making BRAVA one of the most eclectic and multi-faceted arts venues in the Bay Area. BRAVA’s resident youth programs include the long standing SF Running crew which pairs youth with professional mentors and hands on opportunities for technical theatre training; Cuicacalli Escuela de Danza, traditional and contemporary dance training for youth, Famooly Productions Salsa Band workshops and Loco Bloco dance and drum ensemble. Brava is committed to providing affordable space for artistic development and presentation and quality professional arts training for underserved youth in the San Francisco community.

Friends of Buena Trova Social Club
2013-10-25 20:00 - 22:00
Noche de Trova y Música Folklórica Latinoamerica with Special Guest: José Roberto Hernández

Friends of Buena Trova Social Club is a multi-cultural Bay Area band whose share a passion for world art and culture through music. Friends of BTSC sing unique interpretations of covers and original compositions with Latin, Caribbean and contemporary sabor! Well crafted harmonies, wind, percussive and acoustic instrumentation propel their songs which are inspired by traditional latin folk music and music for social justice.

José Roberto Hernández – guitar, lead voice
Madeleine Zayas – lead voice, maracas, güiro
Feña Andrés – quatro, tiple, congas, coro
Ruthie Dineen – piano, flute, coro
Lali Mejía – percussion, coco

Facebook.com/buenatrovasocialclub
m.joserobertomusic.com

http://ruthiedineen.com/
Admission: $15-20. Door at 7:30 Show at 8:00.

Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

LOVE is a short poem
2013-10-20 18:00 - 21:00
Come and enjoy a night of short LOVE poems and performances with specialists and experienced artists in the matter of love and other crisis.

Poets: Jack Hirschman, Nina Serrano, Jennifer Barone, Adrian Arias, and direct from Argentina Teresa Palazzo Conti & Salomé Audisio releasing their new book “A Woman’s Plea”, under the local new publishing house “Mariposa Blanca” SF-Oakland.

Performers: Mamacoatl & La Tania

With the admission you will get a taste of Peruvian Ceviche.

Admission: $5-10. Door at 6:00 Show at 6:33.

Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

Litcrawl
2013-10-19 20:30 - 21:30
Litquake 2013 will present more than 800 authors and journalists in more than 160 events over 9 days, culminating with with the closing event, Lit Crawl on Saturday, October 19th. Spread over three hours, the LitCrawl hosts live readings of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and more in bookstores, bars, art galleries, restaurants, stores, cafés, laundromats, community spaces… even a police station and beekeeping supply store. More at: litcrawl.org

The Red Poppy will celebrate the literary and visual arts magazine the, Catamaran Literary Reader, in its first year in print with readings by Bay Area contributors in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Featuring Chana Bloch, Margaret Elysia Garcia, Wallace J. Nichols, Judith Serin, and Alfredo Vea. All Lit Crawl readings are free and open to the public (although some venues are 21 and over). Please consider donating (yes, even $1 helps) to Litquake to help support our festival for years to come.

Tito Gonzales y su Quinteto
2013-10-18 19:30 - 22:00
Tito will be playing all of the famous rhythms that has made Cuban music popular…Rumba, Guaracha, Son and of cause romantic boleros. Tito’s plays high energy authentic Cuban music.

Tito Gonzalez – Lead singer, tres guitar and minor percussion
David Frazier – Congas
Tony Garcia – Bass
Rubin Hurtado – Piano
Miguel Martinez – Flute

Admission: $15-20. Doors at 7:00 Show at 7:30.

Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

Experimental Thursday: Reclaiming Bruj@s
2013-10-17 19:00 - 21:00
Storytelling, Workshop, and Ancestral Tradiciones

Local healers and spoken word artists come together to share their “brujerias.” The suggested donation will include medicinal herbs to take home.

Persian Starr aka Shirzad Sharif
2013-10-12 19:30 - 22:00
An evening of Classical Royal Court Music with Persian Starr

Shirzad Sharif (Persian Starr) is the inventor of a custom built Persian-Electric Acoustic instrument & creator of many Middle Eastern cross genre musical projects ranging from World Music collaborations, Avant Garde Persian Music, Persian Electronica, Persian Gothik & other forms of Persian Music.

Shirzad Sharif will be performing on his custom built lute which is a hybrid combination of four Persian instruments, The Tar (Chief Persian Stringed Instrument), The Setar (4 stringed lute), The Oud (Barbat) & The Tanbur. PersianStarr.com

Admission: $15-20. Doors at 7:00 Show at 7:30.

Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

Colm Ó Riain
2013-10-11 19:30 - 22:00
Irish Fission
Irish-born violinist and former Red Poppy Resident Artist, Colm Ó Riain and some highly select friends mix the music of Ireland with rhythms and melodies from all over the musical world – jazz, blues, Roma (gipsy), India, Cuba, Brazil and many more.

An accomplished and fiery improviser in many genres, Colm has performed in festivals and venues throughout the world—from Argentina and Brazil to Sweden and Vietnam — while also thrilling audiences at festivals and venues across the United States. His CD “Bridge Across the Blue”, produced with partner-in-crime, poet Pireeni Sundaralingam, features a dazzling array of musicians and poets and was cited by About.com as “one of the Top 7 recordings of poetry and music of all time.

Colm Ó Riain – violin
Geoff van Lienden – guitar
Joe Kyle – Jnr bass
Wade Peterson – djembe, cajon, congas

“Genius fiddler” – Mike Scott, The Waterboys

Admission: $15-20. Doors at 7:00 Show at 7:30.

Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

Red Reels presents: Montaje: Caso Bombas
2013-10-10 19:00 - 22:00
Red Reels presents: Montaje: Caso Bombas, a Spanish-language documentary about the political environment in Chile.

“Montaje: Caso Bombas”

Muchos estados y gobiernos, amparados en la impunidad que les otorga el ejercicio del poder, han recurrido a los montajes como arma política para desacreditar, invalidar y encarcelar a sus detractores. Pero, ¿qué es un montaje político y policial?, ¿cómo se hace?, ¿quienes los hacen? Esas preguntas son las que aborda este documental, elaborado de manera colectiva por el Canal Barrial 3 del Barrio Yungay, que tiene como telón de fondo y principal referencia el montaje llamado “Caso bombas”, articulado contra el mundo anarquista y las casas okupa en el Chile de la “transición a la democracia”.

The film is only presented in Spanish, no English subtitles.

More info here.

MAPP (Mission Arts Performance Project) Oct 5!
2013-10-05 13:00 - 22:00
The MAPP is a homegrown, intercultural, multidisciplinary neighborhood event that takes place the first Saturday every two months in the Mission District. This months’s MAPP features more than 15 venues—garages, cafés, studios, gardens, street corners—which artists transform into makeshift venues for the intimate experience of people and culture. Endeavoring to bridge the cultural divides of our communities, the MAPP gives space and voice to the multiplicity of perspectives and experiences that exist within urban settings.

Free!!
Curator: Indira Urrutia
Visual Art: A Collaborative Installation
Family Art: 1:00-4:00pm.

Performances:

6:35-6:50 Antone Martinez, performance

7:00-7:30 Desirae Harp a multi-talented singer and songwriter. (ID program)

8:05- 8:20 Ariel Luckey, poet, actor and playwright. (ID program)

8:25-8:55 Todd Brown, Teobi’s Dreaming is an interdisciplinary theater Project. (ID program)

9:05-9:59-Sol Travel, a San Francisco-based band that focuses on connecting Hebrew roots while engaging world cultures.

Eve Fleishman and the Angelic Wendy Experience
2013-10-04 19:00 - 22:00
Music, Art and City Light

Eve Fleishman serves up an “old soul” sound, weaving together elements of jazz, motowny pop, showtunes and even a dab of country folk to create a unique listening experience. Eve’s original music has been played on stations world-wide and she has appeared live on both TV and radio. She recently toured with her project, Peace or Drama, A Journey Through Music and Art, featuring 13 original songs and paintings. This experiment of “art inspires art” received national attention and raised thousands of dollars for PeaceTones charity. After many years in Nashville, Eve now resides in San Francisco.

Eve Fleishman -vocals
Steven Strauss – ukulele

“Beautiful voice and great live show. I love this music!” – Chris Jordan, WRFN Nashville

EveFleishman.com
Facebook.com/evefleishmanmusic

Opening for Eve, The Angelic Wendy Experience (AWE), features a piano and voice duo that brings together musical mysteries from Tajikistan, Stuttgart, the Berkshires, and the San Francisco Bay Area. ASCAP Award-winning composer/pianist Wendy Loomis and songstress/lyricist Angelica Ullrich promise an AWE-some experience of sweet joy. Although they only met a few months ago, Angelica and Wendy have performed at 50 Mason Social Club, Sheba Piano Lounge, Sam’s Anchor Bar, and now the Red Poppy. They are in the process of completing their first CD at Hyde Street Studios (where Wendy had the chance to record on Frank Sinatra’s white baby grand piano!)

Angelic Wendy Experience
“Pretender”, By Angelic Wendy Experience On Vimeo

Admission: $10-15. Doors at 7:00 Show at 7:30.

Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

Terrence Brewer Trio with special guest Dmitri Matheny
2013-09-29 19:30 - 22:00
Winner of the SF Weekly award for Best Jazz Artist, guitarist Terrence Brewer is “a melodic improviser with an exquisite tone and abundance of soul” (JazzTimes). A veteran of the San Francisco, Russian River and Monterey jazz festivals, Brewer has topped the jazz radio charts nationally.

Guest flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny, an honors graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and the Berklee College of Music, was introduced to audiences in the 1990s as the protégé of Art Farmer. Matheny has matured into “one of the jazz world’s most talented horn players” (SF Chronicle), touring internationally and releasing nine critically acclaimed CDs

Terrence Brewer – guitar
Ollie Dudek – bass
Rick Rivera – drums
Dmitri Matheny – flugelhorn

For more info:
DmitriMatheny.com
Dmitri Matheny on Facebook

Admission: $10-15. Doors at 7:00 Show at 7:30.

Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

Sol Tevél: Hebrew roots and world cultures (Special acoustic show)
2013-09-28 19:30 - 22:00
Sol Tevél integrates sounds, rhythms, and multi-lingual lyrics from around the globe in order to advocate building a strong, conscious and united community worldwide. Led by Israeli-born singer and guitarist, Lior Ben-Hur, Sol Tevél is a San Francisco-based band that focuses on connecting Hebrew roots while engaging world cultures. In October 2012 Sol Tevél released their debut album, World Light, which aims to shed a new light and contemporary interpretation on old Jewish texts, ideals and mysticism.
Lior Ben-Hur – lead vocals, guitar
Brett Cavanaugh – percussion
Tim Vickers – bass
Yoel Bibas – drums, cajon
Jenevieve Francisco – vocals
For more about Sol Tevél:
SolTevel.com
Sol Tevél on Facebook
“Boee Kala” (Live in San Francisco), Sol Tevél on YouTube
Admission: $10-15. Doors at 7:00 Show at 7:30.
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

Claudio Santome & The View From Bernal Hill
2013-09-27 19:30 - 22:00
Claudio Santome is a musician with diverse experience in both classical and popular music. He has performed Italian, German French, and Spanish operas. Claudio has sung with Ariel Ramirez’s Misa Criolla in and toured with J.P Gaffney in Swizterland and Italy. His vast vocal range has allowed him to sing Orff’s Carmina Burana with Berkeley’s Community Chorus both in baritone and tenor as well as Verdi’s Traviata and Macbeth Puccini’s Tosca with other local companies. Claudio is now exploring the roots of Argentine tango singing with San Francisco’s Redwood Tango Ensemble and pianist Joshua Brody. Claudio also performs Argentine classics by composers Guastavino and Ginastera with pianist Adria Borcea and Nahuel Bronzini on guitar. He also teaches vocal technique and coaches Spanish repertoire in Teobi Art Studio in San Francisco advising gifted local singers
The View from Bernal Hill consists of French-American songwriter and pianist Camille Mai, guitarist Nahuel Bronzini, and bassist Schuyler Karr. Based in San Francisco, their music encompasses jazz, indie, and classical styles as well as harmonic and rhythmic experimentations. Their first EP as a group, “No Beautiful Children,” was recorded and mixed independently at the SF Conservatory and released September 1st, 2013. Together with classical singer Claudio Santome, the concert will be a melting pot of musical genres: jazz mixed in with some Spanish and Italian opera; Argentine Tango Piazzolla right in between some Berstein and Mahler.
CamilleMai.com
Admission: $10-15. Doors at 7:00 Show at 7:30.
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

Classical Revolution: 2nd Annual Bay Area Chamber Music Festival
2013-09-26 19:30 - 22:00
Classical Revolution presents Dúo del Sol: Rock / Classical / Flamenco Firestorm, High energy original music from LA
Classical Revolution presents the 2nd Annual Bay Area Chamber Music Festival, with concerts throughout the month of September in venues around the Bay Area.
For tonight’s concert at the Red Poppy, we are thrilled to present the enormously enjoyable Dúo del Sol, on tour from Los Angeles. It is hard to imagine when you hear the duo that its only two musicians playing – they harness the raw energy of a rock band by wildly stretching their instruments beyond any traditional limits, mixing and engineering their unique sounds like two mad scientists. Their instruments become irrelevant and what’s left is evocative, powerful music.
Tom Farrell-guitar
Javier Orman – violin
“Avant-sonic acrobats.” – LA Weekly
“Exceptional genius.” – I Am Entertainment Magazine
For more information Duo del Sol and Classical Revolution:
DuodelSol.com
Duo del Sol on Facebook
ClassicalRevolution.org
Classical Revolution on Facebook
Admission: $10-15. Doors at 7:00 Show at 7:30.
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

Tangos con Chile: Para el fin de los tiempos
2013-09-21 19:30 - 22:00
An intimate journey through the song book of the classic ranchero and the timeless tango themes that make up our sentimental common ground, while defying the politics of passion and cross pollinating our vernacular. This intelligent, irreverent, apocalyptic repertoire explores the tragic humor of the 20th century; its lost love and its revolutions in a uniquely “Barrio Mission” experience.
With MamaCoatl on vocals, Damian Nuñez on piano plus special musical guests on violin and bass. Guest singer: Claudio Santome. Story teller: Carlos Baron
For more info:
MamaCoatl on Reverbnation
MamaCoatl & TOAO ” Seductive” YouTube

Admission: $15-20. Doors at 7:00 Show at 7:30.
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

Poppy Day
2013-09-20 18:00 - 22:00
We hope you’ll join us for an informal community gathering on Friday, September 20th for Poppy Day from 6-10pm at the Red Poppy Art House. Bring your favorite food, poetry, instrument, or music to share and enjoy some good conversation! All ages welcome. This is a free event.

Red Reels: Sita Sings The Blues (Film)
2013-09-19 19:30 - 22:00
Sita is a Hindu goddess, the leading lady of India’s epic the Ramayana and a dutiful wife who follows her husband Rama on a 14 year exile to a forest, only to be kidnapped by an evil king from Sri Lanka. Despite remaining faithful to her husband, Sita is put through many tests. Nina (the filmmaker Nina Paley herself) is an artist who finds parallels in Sita’s life when her husband – in India on a work project – decides to break up their marriage and dump her via email. Three hilarious Indonesian shadow puppets with Indian accents – linking the popularity of the Ramayana from India all the way to the Far East – narrate both the ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the epic.

In her first feature length film, Paley juxtaposes multiple narrative and visual styles to create a highly entertaining yet moving vision of the Ramayana. Musical numbers choreographed to the 1920’s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw feature a cast of hundreds: flying monkeys, evil monsters, gods, goddesses, warriors, sages, and winged eyeballs. A tale of truth, justice and a woman’s cry for equal treatment. Sita Sings the Blues earns its tagline as “The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told.”

Admission: $5-10. Doors at 7:00 Show at 7:30.

Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

Las Bomberas de la Bahia
2013-09-14 19:30 - 22:00
Las Bomberas de la Bahia was founded in November 2007, under the direction of Denise Solis and Sarazeta Ragazzi, and is one of only a handful of all-women’s Bomba ensembles to exist internationally. The group is composed of San Francisco Bay Area artists, educators, and activists dedicated to expanding the tradition of this living cultural form by highlighting the important role women play in supporting our communities while continuing the legacy of resistance that was born in the sugarcane plantations of Puerto Rico by enslaved persons.
Las Bomberas de la Bahia perform nationally for educational institutions, cultural centers, and cultural festivals and in two commissioned original works. Don’t miss the infectious Boricua music of Las Bomberas!!
Las Bomberas de la Bahia performing on YouTube
Admission: $10-15. Doors at 7:00 Show at 7:30.
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

pickPocket ensemble
2013-09-13 19:30 - 22:00
The pickPocket ensemble – new music for the world cafe. Inspired by many world musical traditions, the pickPocket ensemble inhabit a country all their own. Original, fresh and engaging, the pickPocket ensemble create a contemporary chamber café music that moves both body and soul.
Chloe Allen – violin
Rick Corrigan – accordion and composition
Yates Brown – guitar
John Slattery – percussion
With special guests Doralice
“Their combined talents generate vivid imagery and infectious tunes that will instantly transport you to Europe’s sidewalk cafés. This group specializes in playful, timeless arrangements that blend the grace and sophistication of the chamber with the colors of the street.” –World Pulse Magazine
“Always rich in mood and atmosphere, they deftly meld inspirations and instrumentation from around the globe……” –Aquarius Records
For more about pickPocket ensemble:
pickpocketensemble.com
pickPocket on Facebook
“Remember the Moon” by pickPocket ensemble YouTube
Admission: $12-15. Doors at 7:00 Show at 7:30.
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

Michael Gallant Trio
2013-09-12 19:30 - 22:00
Former San Franciscan and current New York pianist, keyboardist, composer, and producer Michael Gallant returns to the Bay area to celebrate his critically acclaimed new trio album, Completely. The music draws from jazz and grunge rock, tango and swaggering funk, showcasing what Jazziz describes as “strong melodies and intense musicianship across several genres.” Gallant will appear with Andrew Higgins (bass) and Eric Garland (drums).
“★ ★ ★ ★. . . infectious and captivating.” —DownBeat
“Gallant moves from acoustic to electric, elegance giving way to grunge and grit . . . A superb debut by an artist unafraid and bending the tradition.” —All About Jazz
“This, my friends, is the future of jazz. Fresh, invigorating, progressive – there are simply not enough positive adjectives to list here. . . ★ ★ ★ ★ ★.” —Critical Jazz
More about Michael Gallant:
gallantmusic.com
facebook.com/gallantmusic
twitter.com/Michael_Gallant
youtube.com/gallantmusic
Admission: $10-15. Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm.
Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

Eva McGowan
2013-09-07 19:30 - 22:00
A unique performer, Eva McGowan has created her own, distinct style. She has a captivating honesty that enthralls audiences, entwining her rich storytelling and love of traditional blues, jazz and folk.

Her songs have been described as witty, poignant and sultry; she explores the world around her, with all it has to offer. Combined with accomplished guitar skills and interesting noting, she is sure to impress.

More about Eva:
evamcgowan.com.au

Admission: $15-20. Doors at 7:00 Show at 7:30.

Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

Lulacruza: Ancient Sounds from the Cloud Forest
2013-09-06 19:30 - 22:00
Lulacruza is an electronic folk duo at the junction of the hypermodern and the ancient. Their music weaves together hypnotic female singing, South American instruments, found sound objects, field recordings, and electronic manipulation. The result is cross-genre music unfolding with mesmerizing vocals, aquatic textures and up-tempo, handcrafted South American rhythms.

Alejandra Ortiz– voice, cuatro, shruti box, tar and kalimba.
Luis Maurette– electronics, bomba leguero, charango, amazonian flutes.

More about Lulacruza:
lulacruza.com
soundcloud.com/lulacruza
facebook.com/lulacruza

Admission: $15-20. Doors at 7:00 Show at 7:30.

Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

A Chicago/Bay Area Poet Gathering
2013-08-18 18:00 - 20:00
Eduardo Arocho, award-winning Boricua poet direct from Chicago, will be promoting his latest chapbook, “Hot Wings”, a collection of English, Spanish and Spanglish poems with themes of gentrification, urban violence, colonialism, and a few love poems.

This event is a first in many ways! It will be Eduardo’s first time to the Bay Area to promote his works, the first father/son reunion in the Bay Area since 1993 for Luis and Ramiro while Luis was promoting the paperback of his bestseller memoir, Always Running, and the first time all four well-know poets will be reading together, along with newcomer, Nubia I. Books by Eduardo Arocho, Michael Warr and Luis J. Rodriguez will be available for sale and signing.

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ARTIST’S BIOS:

EDUARDO AROCHO

Eduardo Arocho was born and raised in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood where he currently resides. He is the author of five chapbooks of poetry including: Highway Island (2008), The 4th Tassel (2006) and Poems Behind The Máscara (2002). His poems have also been published in El Centro Journal, Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, New York, NY, (2001), Power Lines: Anthologyby Tia Chucha Press, (2000) and Open Fist: Anthology of Young Illinois Poets by Tia Chucha Press, (1993). Since 2007, Arocho has been a regular contributor toLa Voz del Paseo Boricua newspaper, published by the Puerto Rican Cultural Center of Chicago. In 2011, Eduardo Arocho was presented with the Hispanic Heritage Award in Fine Arts from his alma matter, Northeastern Illinois University. He is completing work on his collection of new and selected poems.

MICHAEL WARR

Michael Warr’s books of poetry include The Armageddon of Funk, We Are All The Black Boy, and Power Lines: A Decade of Poetry From Chicago’s Guild Complex, all published by Tia Chucha Press. His literary awards include the 2012 PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in Literature, 2012 Poetry Honor Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, the Gwendolyn Brooks Significant Illinois Poets Award, a National Endowment of the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, and others. A frequent collaborator with musicians, visual and performing artists, Michael’s poems have been dramatized on stage, depicted on canvas, and set to original music compositions. Most recently his poetry was reviewed in The Crisis Magazine, which was founded by W.E.B. DuBois. His poems, essays, and links to recordings and videos can be found at Armageddonoffunk.com.

LUIS J. RODRÍGUEZ

Luis J. Rodríguez has emerged as one of the leading chicano writers in the country with nine nationally published books in memoir, fiction, nonfiction, children’s literature, and poetry. Luis’ poetry has won a Poetry Center Book Award, a PEN Josephine Miles Literary Award, and Foreword magazine’s Silver Book Award, among others. His two children’s books have won a Patterson Young Adult Book Award, two “Skipping Stones” Honor Award, and a Parent’s Choice Book Award, among others. His novel, Music of the Mill, was published in the spring of 2005 by Rayo/HarpeCollins, and his latest memoir and sequel toAlways Running and National Book CriticsCircle Award finalist, It CallsYou Back: An Odyssey Through Love, Addiction, Revolutions and Healing was published in 2011 by Simon& Schuster. Rodriguez was named one of LA Weekly’s People of the Year in 2012. Rodriguez is also known for his valuable work as a peacemaker among gangs on a national and international level. In 2012 Rodriguez was the Justice Party Vice Presidential Candidate with Presidential candidate, Rocky Anderson, and has recently announced he will run for California Governor on the Justice Party ticket. Please visit his website at LuisJRodriguez.com.

RAMIRO RODRIGUEZ

Ramiro Rodriguez was born in Bellflower, California and raised in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago. He is the son of renowned chicano author and poet Luis Rodriguez. Ramiro was first published in the Journal Star Wall Paper, Chicago (1990), and Open Fist: Anthology of Young Illinois Poets, by Tia Chucha Press (1993). Affected by the gang life, Ramiro served a 13 ½ year prison sentence and was released in July 2010. Ramiro recently self-published his first chapbook of poetry titled, Coming Home(2013). Ramiro currently lives in Chicago where he works as a community organizer.

NUBIA I

NUBIA I is the founder and director of Wombniverse and The Black Berry Beauty, a holistic institute dedicated to the health and wellness of women and the men who love them. She is an internationally known wellness coach, raw and living food chef, womb yoga instructor, dancer, poet and the author of A Raw Life: My Journey From Cooked to Raw Foods. She has helped many women and men find new life through her books, DVD’s, workshops and lectures. Nubia I holds an Associates Degree from Laney College in Arts and Humanities and a Bachelors Degree from California Institute of Integral Studies in Interdisciplinary Global Studies. She is the proud mother of one and resides in Oakland with her daughter and devoted spouse. You can contact Nubia through her website at theblackberrybeauty.com, email at nubiaisutton1@gmail.com or call 510-467-4463.

John-Carlos Perea Trio, Live at the Red Poppy Art House
2013-08-09 19:00 - 22:00
On Friday, August 9th the John-Carlos Perea Trio will perform works in progress from Perea’s forthcoming winter 2013 CD release “Creation Story” at the Red Poppy Art House in San Francisco, CA. Musically, the ensemble explores the intersections between American Indian, jazz, and improvised musics. This performance marks the first time that these musicians will perform collectively in a trio format. The group features John-Carlos Perea (electric bass, Native American flute, voice), Jimmy Biala (drums, percussion, voice), and Karl Evangelista (electric guitar).

TICKET INFORMATION:

This performance is free to the public. However, in order to respect space considerations at the venue, attendees are strongly encouraged to RSVP and obtain free tickets through brownpapertickets.com.

BIOGRAPHIES:

GRAMMY award winner John-Carlos Perea (Mescalero Apache, Irish, German, Chicano) maintains an active career as a performer and recording artist in San Francisco’s Jazz and World music scenes. First Dance (Aerep Music, 2001), his debut recording as a leader, featured Perea’s original musical compositions and performances on electric bass, Native American flute, and pow-wow singing. Thom Jurek noted that First Dance “feels like the late Jim Pepper’s Comin’ and Goin'” (allmusic.com). In addition to his musical activities, Perea holds a PhD in Music from UC Berkeley (2009) and serves as an assistant professor in the Department of American Indian Studies, College of Ethnic Studies, at San Francisco State University. More about him at johncarlosperea.com.

Percussionist Jimmy Biala is a long time collaborator with John-Carlos Perea. They have performed and recorded together in many diverse settings, including the Asian American Jazz Festivals in San Francisco and Chicago, concerts at the historical Paramount Theater in Oakland, and the Villa Montalvo Center for the Arts in Saratoga, California. As a professional educator, Jimmy leads workshops on American Jazz, Cuban and Brazilian percussion across North America, Europe, and Asia.

Guitarist Karl Evangelista ranks among a new wave of creative musicians grounded in jazz, 20th century experimentalism, popular song, and the exploration of the place of multiculturalism and ethnic co-existence in an increasingly post-cultural, trans-idiomatic cultural space. As the creative force behind boundary breaking group Grex, Evangelista has been called “essential current-and-future listening, his music “a near-seamless blend of modern jazz, contemporary structuralist composition, indie rock, and blues rock” (Tiny Mix Tapes). Via Asian Improv aRts, Evangelista was awarded a 2011 Zellerbach Grant for the composition of Taglish, a suite centered on Filipino-American culture; an album of the composition was successfully funded via Kickstarter and released in late 2012. Evangelista holds a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies from UC Berkeley (2006) and an MFA in Improvised Music from Mills College (2009).

Show is free. RSVP and tickets available at brownpapertickets.com Doors at 7:00 pm, show at 7:30 pm.

MAPP (Mission Arts Performance Project) August 3rd!
2013-08-03 13:00 - 22:00
August 3rd MAPP to Save City College!

The MAPP is a homegrown, intercultural, multidisciplinary neighborhood event that takes place the first Saturday every two months in the Mission District. This months’s MAPP features more than 15 venues—garages, cafés, studios, gardens, street corners—which artists transform into makeshift venues for the intimate experience of people and culture. Endeavoring to bridge the cultural divides of our communities, the MAPP gives space and voice to the multiplicity of perspectives and experiences that exist within urban settings.

Curator: Indira Urrutia
Visual Art: A Collaborative Installation
Family Art: 1:00-4:00pm.

Performances:

7:00 – 7:10 Nubia I, Spoken Word
7:15 – 7:45 Jorge Molina and The Spontaneous Combustion Opera
7:50 – 8:00 Xomena Sosa, Poetry
8:05 – 8:25 Leslie Simon, chair of the Women’s Studies Department at CCSF.
8:30 – 8:38 Adrian Arias, Poetry
8:40 – 8:52 La Tania, Flamenco Dance. Roberto Aguilar, guitar and Tregar Otton, violin.
9:00 – 9:45 Claudio Santome tenor, Adrian Borcea Piano

Street Instalation 23rd and Folsom by Ximena Soza 6:00 to 9:00

* MAPP is a FREE event — Join us!*

Family Art
2013-08-03 13:00 - 16:00
Date: Every Saturday Afternoon
Time: 1pm-4pm

All Activities are FREE unless otherwise listed.
Todas las actividades del programa de Arte en Familia son GRATIS a menos que esté indicado en el calendario.
Calendar activities are subject to change. Check website for updates.
Las actividades están sujetas a cambio. Revise la página web.

An Evening of Latin American Song with Community Music Center's Latin Vocal Workshop
2013-06-10 19:00 - 22:00
The Latin Vocal Workshop is a Community Music Center ensemble that sings Latin American boleros, ballads, rancheras, folk songs, Cuban son and trova, and villancicos. They are directed by Martha Rodríguez-Salazar and accompanied by Jennifer Peringer. Community Music Center is a non-profit music school and performance space that has been making music education accessible in the Mission District and beyond since 1921.

Free!

Art Auction with Adrian Arias
2013-06-08 15:00 - 20:00
Adrian Arias will host an art auction of his drawings at the Red Poppy Art House, on Saturday to raise money for his daughter Anais Azul’s college education and for the Red Poppy Art House. The day of the AUCTION will be full of drawings in all sizes, prices starting at $45. A group of artist friends will be improvising dance, music and poetry, and Adrian will prepare his ceviche…The event will commence at 3:03 pm and end at 8:03pm.

To preview Adrian’s drawings go to: adriandrawings.blogspot.com

MAPP
2013-06-01 13:00 - 22:00
* MAPP is a FREE event — Join us!*

The MAPP is a homegrown, intercultural, multidisciplinary neighborhood event that takes place the first Saturday every two months in the Mission District. This months’s MAPP features more than 15 venues—garages, cafés, studios, gardens, street corners—which artists transform into makeshift venues for the intimate experience of people and culture. Endeavoring to bridge the cultural divides of our communities, the MAPP gives space and voice to the multiplicity of perspectives and experiences that exist within urban settings.

Visual ART

Todd Brown, Marc Hors and Indira Urrutia

1:00-4:00 pm. Family Art

3:00 CMC‘s senior choirs, Coro Solera and Coro de la 30.

5:00-5:45pm Irma Gogiashvili, will be talking about her trip, sharing her photography, and also spreading the word about the film, currently in production “Creative Despite War”, a documentary that aims to show that Afghanistan is far more than a place of war and conflict.

6:00-9:00 Ximena Soza, Street installation. “Underneath the Soils” interactive installation on 23th Street, between Folsom and Treat. Please stop by to leave your stories of displacement and old shoes to add them to the piece.

7:00-7:15 “A Family’s Sanctuary” by Miguel Astudillo, this film is a nuanced portrait of Mayra Nogueira, an undocumented Mexican mother who came to San Francisco in search of better opportunities for her three children. With love, commitment and faith, she brings hope to keep her family together while her 18-year-old son faces deportation.

7:30 -7:55 Street intervention, 23rd @ Shotwell st. BAILOUT! or “Can you picture this prophecy? The temperatures are too hot for me. More info: www.nkdancetheater.com

8:00–8:50 Jetty Swart, Dutch singer, accompanying herself on the accordion. More info: http://www.jetblackpearl.com

9:00-9:45 Ensemble Mik Nawooj, performs the innovative music of composer/pianist JooWan Kim, who injects Western European Classical compositional techniques into such genres as hip-hop, rock, & pop. More Info: http://ensemblemiknawooj.com
