Red Poppy Art House

Cairo Guitar Collective: New Compositions by Egyptian Composers
2018-06-03 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Cairo Guitar Collective performs newly commissioned works by Egypt’s best composers. The program features Bahaa El Ansary’s avant-garde trio for two guitars and oud (Love the sounds, which sounds, as it sounds), Ashraf Fouad’s tuneful guitar trio (Tre Angoli), Amr Okba’s sensual guitar duet (A Case for Meditation), as well as Karim Frege’s playful guitar duet (The Silk Road).

FEATURING:
Taha El Mansy – guitar, oud
Pawel Kuzma – guitar
Chelsea Green – guitar

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Cairo Guitar Collective (CGC) is dedicated to the performance of quality works for small guitar ensembles and is comprised of some of the best classical guitarists in Egypt. CGC offers its audience the experience of hearing the guitar played in surprising ways. The collective’s mission is to perform beyond Egypt as representatives of Egypt’s music culture; commission new compositions for guitar duet, trio, and quartet; unite a community of classical guitar enthusiasts throughout Egypt; provide professional performance experience for aspiring classical guitarists; conduct educational outreach presentations and workshops throughout Egypt; and spread awareness of AUC’s Bachelor of Musical Arts degree program.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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June 2nd MAPP @ Red Poppy Art House
2018-06-02 17:00 - 22:00
Launched in 2003, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly, multidisciplinary, intercultural happening 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.

RPAH PROGRAM:

Time
Performance/Event
Description

5:00-7:00
Fernanda Martínez: Suspended
Artist reception & visual art exhibition

7:05-7:30
Misha Khalikulov & Elise Kwon
Cello & piano

7:35-8:05
San Pancho
Jazz Latin soul ft. Daniel Riera (guitar), Arturo Riera (percussion), Camille Mai (vocals)

8:15-8:45
Jody Richardson & David Katz
Violin & guitar free improvisations

9:00-9:30
Emad Bonakdar Trio
Persian, flamenco & jazz ft. Emad Bonakdar (strings), Nima Hafezieh (piano), Matineh Shaker (vocals)

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Fernanda Martínez’s art is best recognized for its highly expressive spirit and its fascinating colors and contrasts. Through her work, she explores the relation with the environment by incorporating nature elements as themes and abstract shapes that reaffirm her appeal for flowers and plants. Her artwork highlights a free character with a marked emphasis for colorful patterns, using gouache and acrylic as mediums.

Cellist Misha Khalikulov and pianist Elise Kwon specialize in both classical and non-classical music that incorporates soulful, elegant, and sentimental arrangements.

Daniel Riera is a flutist, bassist, wind-controllerist, producer, composer, and sound designer from San Francisco. He is active as a stage performer with his jazz quartet, the Daniel Riera Ensemble, and groups such as Soltrón, Blind Willies, Marcus Cohen and the Congress, and the Retromaniax. He is also a hip-hop producer with credits including 2013 iTunes chart-topping album Cardboard Castles by Watsky. Riera releases his solo hip-hop/electronic music under the alias Tito Tunes.

A Bay Area native of Vietnamese and French descent, Camille Mai was born in 1993 and started composing for piano as soon as she could reach the keys. In 2005, her family moved to Paris, where she studied composition with pianist Jay Gottlieb and performed with local jazz and pop acts. By the age of 18, she had recorded two EPs. Now a regular of the San Francisco music scene, Mai has been featured in venues as diverse as Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, the SF Conservatory of Music, Carnaval SF, Peace Day Fest, and the Red Poppy Art House where she was a resident artist in 2014 and 2015. In 2015, she organized a tour of the West Coast with her then-jazz ensemble The View From Bernal Hill. Mai has also been commissioned as a composer for interdisciplinary projects like Día de los Muertos at Davies Hall, Teobi’s Dreaming, and 43 Artists for Ayotzinapa.

Equally at home in contemporary styles as they are in the traditional music of their respective home cultures, San Francisco native Jody Richardson (violin) and Israeli-born David Katz (guitar) play spontaneously erupting music that draws freely from all available sources.

Emad Bonakdar is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and performer with a style influenced by his love of traditional Persian music, coupled with expressive and soulful flamenco music. His first concert in fusion music was in Tehran in 1991, and his first album, ARG, was inspired by the culture of the ancient Persian Empire. He has also composed movie scores including Mom’s Guest. Bonakdar was nominated in New York’s World Music Festival in 2004, and he performed for a benefit concert for the 2003 Bam (Kerman) earthquake. In the U.S., he formed the band Mezghoon with vocalist Mima Goodarz.

Matineh Shaker grew up in Iran and moved to the United States in 2008. She was interested in singing from a very young age and received vocal and piano training in Iran. Later, she expanded her skills by studying piano and music theory with Tal Zilber from New England Conservatory. Shaker took vocal and solfège lessons along with Persian classical music—radeef—with Shadi Ebrahmi, and she further fine-tuned her skills with Mojgan Shajarian. She joined Sayeh Ensemble in Boston in 2014, with the mission of writing and playing Persian classical music for an Iranian audience, as well as specially familiarizing the non-Iranian audience with such music. She performed as a solo and duet vocalist in numerous events across New England, from Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts and Harvard Silk Road Project, to many performances at cultural events in universities and two popular full-feature concerts in Boston. Shaker was a performer in a cross-cultural music company in New York, Floating Tower, singing in Farsi alongside musicians from the Middle East and improvising on Persian tunes. She continues to be inspired by the music of cultures from around the world to advance her vocal art.

Nima Hafezieh is an Iranian composer and pianist born in 1994 in Iran. His talent in music was found at the age of four, and he was awarded a piano from the president of Iran at the age of 10. Going to music school at 15, he was accepted to Tehran Music School to study piano and composition. Hafezieh is currently working as a music transcriber/editor and music education advisor in support of the blind musicians and students with the Association of Blind Students and Graduates in Iran. He is known amongst the disabled as an ingenious artist.

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Time: 5:00pm event
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Suspended: Artist Reception w/ Fernanda Martínez
2018-06-02 17:00 - 19:00
For her first solo exhibition at the Red Poppy Art House, Fernanda Martínez presents Suspended, a story of contemplation and revelation. Inspired by nature, the artist reveals patterns and colors belonging to a slow dimension, visible only through contemplation. Suspended is a celebration of life, of authenticity, of the present moment; it shows the beauty of process.
In conjunction with the June 2nd MAPP, the Red Poppy invites you to join the artist and curator for the opening reception from 5:00-7:00pm.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Fernanda Martínez’s art is best recognized for its highly expressive spirit and its fascinating colors and contrasts. Through her work, she explores the relation with the environment by incorporating nature elements as themes and abstract shapes that reaffirm her appeal for flowers and plants. Her artwork highlights a free character with a marked emphasis for colorful patterns, using gouache and acrylic as mediums.
Martínez is a self-taught Mexican artist based in Oakland, California. She graduated in communications and moved to California where she created La Tinta, her personal brand. La Tinta’s original art and products can be found in local Bay Area stores and select online platforms.

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Time: 5:00pm event
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Viktorija Gečytė & Gene Perla Quartet: Jazz for Today
2018-06-01 19:30 - 22:00
Lithuanian singer Viktorija Gečytė and American double-bassist Gene Perla have been enchanting audiences for the past 10 years, touring the U.S. and Europe. Their music springs from the Great American Songbook, including jazz standards, original compositions, and rarely performed musical gems.

FEATURING:
Viktorija Gecyte – vocals
Gene Perla – double bass
Sean Gough – piano
Jon Arkin – drums

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Viktorija Gečytė started her singing career as a child television star in her native Lithuania. After graduating from Lafayette College in the United States, she settled down in Paris where she performs regularly at jazz clubs and festivals. Elegant, swinging, and sophisticated beyond her years, Gečytė bears comparison with the greats. She has great phrasing, impeccable timing, a low velvet voice with smoky hues, and hits every note on the button.
Raised in New Jersey, Gene Perla studied classical piano and trombone. After attending Berklee School, he moved to New York and performed with Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Elvin Jones, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, Joni Mitchell, Buddy Rich, Sonny Rollins, Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra, and Sarah Vaughan. Perla formed publishing and record labels and toured South America for six months with Steve Grossman and Don Alias. Other efforts include a Tony Award for Broadway’s City of Angels, as well as teaching music business at Lehigh University and the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in NYC.

Learn more: (Viktorija) Facebook | YouTube | (Gene) Facebook
Photo by: Peter Tilley

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Pascal's Triangle: No-Boundaries, Modern Jazz Piano Trio
2018-05-27 19:30 - 22:00
Grammy-nominated jazz pianist and composer Pascal Le Boeuf presents a collection of new and classic original works with an “advanced-propulsion rhythm team” (New York Times) comprised of Bay Area heroes Giulio Xavier Cetto on bass and Malachi Whitson on drums.

FEATURING:
Pascal Le Boeuf – piano
Giulio Xavier Cetto – bass
Malachi Whitson – drums

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Described as “sleek, new” and “hyper-fluent” by the New York Times, Pascal Le Boeuf is a Grammy-nominated composer, pianist, and producer whose works range from modern improvised music to cross-breeding classical with production-based technology. He is widely recognized for his polyrhythmic approach to chamber music and hybridization of disparate idioms.
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Photo by: Nadine Sherman

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $20-25 general / $15 student. Ticket availability at the door is limited and contingent on online sales.
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Rumberos de Radio Habana: Monthly Community Rumba
2018-05-27 14:00 - 17:00
Rumba music originated in the Afro-Cuban neighborhoods of Havana and Matanzas as the soundtrack to community, partnered dancing and get-togethers as a means of cultural expression. Its global diaspora means rumba rhythms have found their way into other genres of music such as country, rock, and blues, and continue to impact the genres of today. Rumberos de Radio Habana bring their own contribution to the Red Poppy on the fourth Sunday of each month for a free afternoon of beat-making, hip-shaking, and good company.

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 2:00pm event
Admission: Free; donations accepted for musicians ($5-10)
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California Choro Club: Celebrating 40 Years of SF Carnaval!
2018-05-26 19:30 - 22:00
Celebrating 40 years of SF Carnaval, the Red Poppy Art House and curator Andrew Scott present two days of Carnaval-inspired performances. On Saturday, California Choro Club brings the upbeat sounds of samba and choro directly from Brazil to San Francisco.

FEATURING:
Katia Moraes – vocals
Eduardo Souza – Brazilian guitar
Ted Falcon – violin, mandolin
Rebecca Kleinmann – flute
Ami Molinelli – percussion

ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Since arriving from London 30 years ago, Andrew Scott has been an active Bay Area musician, producer, and audio engineer. He runs Studio 401 in Bernal Heights providing recording, mastering, and live-sound services. His wife, Pauline, is a highly regarded local artist, and his children, Chloë and Jody, are established local musicians.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Katia Moraes began performing in the 1980s, sharing the stage with the high-energy Brazilian band O Espirito da Coisa. Since then, she has worked with some of the foremost acts around the globe, including Sergio Mendes, Airto Moreira, Oscar Castro-Neves, Rita Lee, Elba Ramalho, Sandy and Junior, Banda Cheiro de Amor, George Duke, Alex Acuña and Justo Almario’s Tolú, Latin Project, and Praful. In 1990, Moraes moved to LA, where she began working as a voiceover artist in film and television. In 2011, she created the annual musical entitled Brazilian Heart, a celebration paying homage to inspiring Brazilian singer-songwriters. (Photo by: Jorge Vismara)
Brazilian guitarist Eduardo Souza performs with the choro group Folha Seca, as well as with Gypsy Jazz Club, Tiago Tunes, Sérgio Morais, and Alessandra Terribili. He leads his own samba trio where he sings original compositions and plays guitar. His musical influences include Chico Buarque, Villa-Lobos, Dilermando Reis, Adoniran Barbosa, Manu Chao, Piazzolla, Bach, Flaming Lips, and Camarón de la Isla.
American violinist, mandolinist, and composer Ted Falcon grew up listening to jazz and the Brazilian music of Villa-Lobos, Tom Jobim, and Luiz Bonfá. He has lived and worked as a professional musician in New York City, Los Angeles, São Paulo, and Brasília. Falcon has written and published several books about Brazilian music for the Escola de Choro Raphael Rabello (Clube do Choro), the nation’s most respected choro school. He has performed with Hermeto Pascoal, Dominguinhos, Armandinho Macêdo, Thiago Espirito Santo, Hamilton de Holanda, and many other incredible Brazilian musicians. In the U.S., Falcon has performed alongside David Grisman and Mike Marshall, and has recorded with Suzanne Vega and Ben E. King.
Rebecca Kleinmann is an acclaimed flutist, singer, and composer with a 20-year professional career marked by diversity and improvisation. An explorer at heart, she rockets and flows between genres, one day leading The Rebecca Kleinmann Jazz Quartet, the next day performing with a Brazilian choro ensemble, and then later at night jamming in flamenco juergas. Kleinmann’s international career has taken her to perform on stages across the globe, including Melbourne’s International Women in Jazz Festival, SESC in São Paulo, Birdland in New York City, Blue Whale in Los Angeles, SF Jazz Center, San Jose Jazz Festival, Yoshi’s San Francisco and Oakland, Piedmont Piano, the Sound Room, Oracle Arena, and the Paramount Theatre in Oakland.
Ami Molinelli is a professional percussionist and educator specializing in Brazilian and Latin percussion, especially the pandeiro. She is the co-leader of the Brazilian choro and jazz ensemble Grupo Falso Biano, whose last CD was released in 2017. She has toured with Duo Violao, which consists of acclaimed seven-string Brazilian guitarist, composer, and choro master Rogerio Souza and Edinho Gerber. Molinelli’s performance and recording credits include theater, television (NBC), and live performances with artists such as Rogerio Souza, Jovino Santos-Neto, Hamilton de Holanda, Teka, Jai Uttal, and Michael Spiro. (Photo by: Rosaura Sandoval)

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Lisa Silva & Voz Du Brasil: Celebrating 40 Years of SF Carnaval!
2018-05-25 19:30 - 22:00
Celebrating 40 years of SF Carnaval, the Red Poppy Art House and curator Andrew Scott present two days of Carnaval-inspired performances. Lisa Silva, a fixture in the Brazilian music scene for many years, brings her joyous energy on Friday for an evening of samba, bossa, baiao, and samba reggae.

FEATURING:
TBA

ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Since arriving from London 30 years ago, Andrew Scott has been an active Bay Area musician, producer, and audio engineer. He runs Studio 401 in Bernal Heights providing recording, mastering, and live-sound services. His wife, Pauline, is a highly regarded local artist, and his children, Chloë and Jody, are established local musicians.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Sam Reider and the Human Hands: Bluegrass, Jazz Manouche & Folk
2018-05-24 19:00 - 20:15
Sam Reider and the Human Hands celebrate the West Coast release of their debut record, Too Hot to Sleep, featuring mind-bending instrumental music performed by virtuoso bluegrass and jazz musicians.

FEATURING:
Sam Reider – accordion, piano
Alex Hargreaves – violin
Dominick Leslie – mandolin
Roy Williams – guitar
Dave Speranza – bass

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Jazz pianist turned roots musician, Sam Reider is redefining American music on the accordion. He has been featured at Lincoln Center and on NPR, and performed alongside pop stars, virtuosos, and folk musicians around the world, including Jon Batiste and Stay Human, viral YouTube sensation CDZA and T-Pain, Americana singer Jim Lauderdale, and Grammy Award-winning Venezuelan musician Jorge Glem. Reider’s debut record, Too Hot To Sleep, presents his distinct compositional voice alongside an ensemble of top-drawer musical collaborators and compadres called The Human Hands.
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EVENT DETAILS

Time: 6:30pm doors / 7:00pm show
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Édessa: Balkan, Armenian & Turkish Music
2018-05-19 19:30 - 22:00
A rare night of music presented by Édessa, the Balkan dance band explores a different repertoire from the Balkans, Turkey, and Armenia.

FEATURING:
George Chittenden – clarinet, guitar
Ari Langer – violin
Lise Liepman – santouri, accordion
Sean Tergis – darabuka, defi, tupan

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Édessa captures the passion and vitality that is at the heart of Balkan music, playing the intricate time signatures and highly ornamented modal music that is characteristic of the Balkans with authority and joy. An understanding of the distinct connection between this music and its expression in Balkan dance informs the ensemble’s performances and derives from decades-long involvement as both musicians and dancers. Using both traditional and modern instruments, their style interweaves the ancient and mesmerizing sounds of the zurna and davul; the lyrical and sweet melodies of the Greek islands; the haunting, trance-like pentatonic tunes of Epirus; and—at the other end of the acoustic spectrum—contemporary Bulgarian wedding music. Édessa travels nationally and internationally and is in constant demand for events ranging from American-style folk dance camps, workshops, and parties, to a variety of ethnic celebrations including Greek Glendi (festival), Roma spring celebrations, Armenian parties, Kurdish wedding celebrations, and Bulgarian national holidays.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Pablo Estigarribia and Adrian Jost: Tango for Piano & Bandoneon (TWO SHOWS)
2018-05-18 19:00 - 22:00
Tango finds new life when a Bay Area favorite meets world-class talent from Buenos Aires. Touring together for the first time, Pablo Estigarribia and Adrian Jost present an evening of tango for piano and bandoneón, as well as solo pieces. From classics like “El Choclo” to original compositions, their collaborations bring new life into the heart of tango—a tradition layered with fresh harmonies and perspectives. Stories of life, love, and loss are articulated through the hands and minds of two great talents.

FEATURING:
Pablo Estigarríbia – piano
Adrian Jost – bandoneon

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
The ascent to a new pinnacle in tango music evolution began when Pablo Estigarribia, a classically trained virtuoso pianist, discovered tango in 2005. A native of Argentina, he is privileged to have studied, composed, arranged, and performed with legendary figures such as Emilio Balcarce, Horacio Cabarcos, Maria Graña, and Victor Lavallen. Estigarribia was awarded the prestigious Gardel Prize in 2015 for Best Tango Recording by a New Artist and is widely recognized as one of the best tango musicians of his generation.
Born on the French Riviera in Switzerland, Adrian Jost first studied the accordion and bayan with the country’s best teachers until coming to the U.S. to pursue his master’s degree at Northwestern University. It was there that Jost discovered Argentine tango and started the transition to the iconic bandoneon. In 2001, he co-founded Trio Garufa, a popular San Francisco-based tango group that enthralled audiences in the U.S., Europe, Argentina, Colombia, and Canada.
Photo by: Denisa Rensen

EVENT DETAILS

Time: (First Show) 6:30PM doors / 7:00-8:15PM show
(Second Show) 8:30PM doors / 8:45-10:00PM show
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Diaspora: Sephardi, Greek & Near Eastern Music
2018-05-17 19:30 - 22:00
Diaspora’s Red Poppy debut features an eclectic mix of music from Southern Europe and the Near East. Leah Sirkin, Steve Brock, and Tano Brock are the core members of this San Francisco family band. Special guests joining them for the night include Arabic drum master Faisal Zedan and dancer Nicole Maria.

FEATURING:
Leah Sirkin – violin, vocals
Tano Brock – clarinet, oud, vocals
Steve Brock – tabla, kanjira
Faisal Zedan – darabuka, riqq, frame drums
Nicole Maria – dance

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Diaspora plays Sephardi music—music of the Jews of the Mediterranean—which has roots in the musical traditions of Medieval Spain. The soulful and lively songs in varied meters are sung in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish). Diaspora also performs tunes from Greece, Turkey, the Balkans, and Afghanistan.
Learn more: Leah Sirkin | Tano Brock | Steven Brock | Faisal Zedan | Nicole Maria

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Ashley Broder Trio: Original Chamber Folk
2018-05-13 19:30 - 22:00
Renowned instrumentalists Ashley Broder, Ben Schreiber, and Aria DiSalvio join forces to perform Broder’s originals and some traditional fiddle favorites. Mandolin, electric mandolin, fiddle, and cello weave melodies, textures, and harmonies to create a sound that has been described as cinematic and transportive.

FEATURING:
Ashley Broder – mandolin, electric mandolin, fiddle
Ben Schreiber – fiddle
Aria DiSalvio – cello

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Southern California-based composer and instrumentalist Ashley Broder is fluent on mandolin (both acoustic and electric), violin, and cello. She crafts melodies, sonic textures, and haunting harmonies that distinguish her works easily from the norm. Her original compositions draw inspiration from an eclectic range of genres, including folk, jazz, classical, pop, and rock. Classically trained in violin as a child, Broder discovered the mandolin at age eight, then took up the cello in college. She has been described as a “mandolin phenomenon” by the San Diego Tribune and is sought after by a wide range of musicians needing to round out their sound.
Ben Schreiber is a contra-dance fiddler and tune-writer, native to St Louis but currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area. He plays fiddle in several dance bands and is known for his driving energy and lyrical stylings. Schreiber began playing the violin at the age of three and was classically trained. Around the age of 12, he shifted his focus to folk music. After a brief foray into the world of competitive bluegrass, he became drawn towards the contra-dance community and eventually formed several local Midwest bands. In addition to contra-dance music, Schreiber also plays for English Country Dancing and was a member of the klezmer band Yidn.
Aria Disalvio has extensive experience as a performer, teacher, and recording artist. She performs regularly with chamber groups including Trio Dagabo and New Music Works, as well as being a lead cellist in the San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers, led by master Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and folk trio One Lane Bridge. A teacher for over 12 years, Disalvio shares her passion for music with students of all ages in her private cello studio in Santa Cruz, as well as at Sierra Fiddle Camp and The Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Trance Mission Duo: Rhythmic & Melodic Soundscapes
2018-05-12 19:30 - 22:00
Trance Mission Duo presents new music from their upcoming album and chestnuts from their vast repertoire. Melodic, haunting, rhythmic, and pulsating, their global jazz and trance dance music has delighted audiences all over the world.

FEATURING:
Beth Custer – clarinets, percussion, vocals
Stephen Kent – didgeridoo, sinter-style cello, percussion, vocals

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Trance Mission Duo (TMD) just returned from a successful European tour wherein they performed with drummer Michael Baird in Belgium and the Netherlands to sold-out venues. TMD features two extraordinary multi-instrumentalists/composers with mountains of global accolades to their credit that continue the musical traditions they started in the 1990s. Founded in 1991 by Stephen Kent and Beth Custer, this seminal fourth-world quartet out of the Bay Area performed extensively on the West Coast and in Europe, and created four universally acclaimed recordings released on San Francisco’s City of Tribes label. The music of Trance Mission is as fresh and alive today as it was at its inception, with performances that snap, crackle, and pop with infectious improvisational spirit and humor. The duo is currently working on a new release slated for 2018.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Madelina y Los Carpinteros w/ Wentworth-Romero Duo: A Celebration of Latin-American Roots
2018-05-11 19:30 - 22:00
An evening of folk-inspired Latin American music of resistance and joy, Madelina y Los Carpinteros, plus special guest Tito Guerra, present traditional and original music from Chile, Argentina, the Andes Region, Colombia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Madelina y Los Carpinteros is a multicultural Latin American ensemble following the tradition of Nueva Canción and Nueva Trova, movements that came out of the Americas’ liberation struggles to freshly embody the folk roots with an enriched lyricism. The group sings original compositions and presents new interpretations of music from South America, the Andes, and Puerto Rico.
Wentworth-Romero Duo shares the night, playing an eclectic mix of classical, Latin, Brazilian, and global music. Francisca Wentworth and Tom Romero, a flute-guitar duo, have performed together around the San Francisco Bay Area since 2010.

FEATURING:
Fernando Torres – guitar, tiple, Venezuelan cuatro, charango, zampoña, percussion
Madeleine Zayas – vocals, cajón, güiro, Venezuelan maracas, bombo
Denis Schmidt – guitar, charango, tiple, zampoña, bongos, drumset, effects
Craig Thomas – Puerto Rican cuatro, upright bass, zampoñas
Francisca Wentworth – flute
Tom Romero – guitar
Tito Guerra – soprano saxophone, accordion, bass, vocals

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Originally from Chile, Fernando “Feña” Torres is a musician, composer, poet, and journalist. He masters several Latin American folk string and wind musical instruments. He started to perform publicly at the zenith of what was later known as the Chilean New Song Movement. After being expelled from Chile by the military dictatorship in 1977, Torres came to the U.S. as a political refugee. He was a founding member of one of the first South American music ensembles in the Bay Area, Grupo Raiz. Torres has composed music for theater and film and collaborated with many Bay Area and international musicians such as Pete Seeger and Holly Near.
Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Madeleine Zayas is a Latin American singer/interpreter, songwriter, and choreographer based in Oakland. She is the lead singer and artistic muse of the bands with whom she has been performing throughout the Bay Area since 2012. Her singing career began as a duo with Brandon Vance and as co-founder of Buena Trova Social Club. With a love of dance at an early age, Zayas became a choreographer at age 10 and a professional dancer at age 15. She has performed in theaters and on television in Puerto Rico, California, and Nevada since 1985, and has shared the stage with Inti-Illimani, Holly Near, and John Santos. Zayas believes in art and cultural activism as a positive force of communication and a tool for social change.
Denis Schmidt, born in Paris, has been playing South American folk music since the 1970s. After studying this music in Perú, Bolivia, and Ecuador, he came to the Bay Area and started playing with different groups such as Grupo Raíz, Pueblo Unido, Canta Tierra, and Madelina y los Carpinteros. Guitar, charango, zampoñas, and percussions are among the many instruments Schmidt plays.
Craig Thomas started playing guitar in the 1960s. He has played folk songs in archetypical ‘60s smoke-filled coffee houses and ‘70s West Coast scenes. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, he joined in on debates on both sides of the question, “Is jazz a folkloric musical form?” In the 90s, he started learning to play music from latitudes to the south, from the Caribbean to South America, including folkloric music, popular music, and Latin jazz. A life-long respect for songs of struggle has connected him with Madelina y los Carpinteros, with whom he plays string bass and Puerto Rican cuatro.
Francisca Wentworth plays flute, alto flute, South American pan pipes, and quena. She began playing at the age of 13, guided by her grandmother, world-renowned harpsichordist Alice Ehlers. She later studied with Roger Stevens in Los Angeles and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. While living in London, Wentworth attended a week-long master class with flute great James Galway. During her travels in Europe, she performed in Austria and London with various guitarists and in Spain with the Pepe Million Trio. Wentworth has shared the stage with artists including Inti-Illimani, Pete Seeger, Holly Near, and Bonnie Raitt.
Tom Romero is a music teacher at Kehillah’s Jewish High School in Palo Alto, California. He is an active musician who has been teaching guitar in the wider San Francisco Bay Area for over 15 years. He has a BA in music from California State University, Long Beach, where he studied classical guitar with Kurt Schuster. Romero then received his teaching credential and MA in music teaching from Notre Dame University, where he studied classical guitar with Richard Patterson. Romero has composed original music for short films and documentaries, and he currently performs with the Aurora Mandolin Orchestra/Ensemble, Three Times Bad, and the Silver Strings Ensemble.
Tito Guerra is a self-taught Bohemian and Chilean multi-instrumentalist. “Mis manos son lo único que tengo.”

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Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm: Jazz & Pop Duo
2018-05-10 19:30 - 22:00
Jenna Mammina and Rolf Sturm are an acoustic duo presenting jazz and pop standards, as well as originals. Some of the material will be off of their two recordings, and some might be made up on the spot with the audience!

FEATURING:
Jenna Mammina – vocals
Rolf Sturm – guitar

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Vocalist Jenna Mammina has been recognized as one of the leading women of the jazz/pop crossover for three years in a row by Jazziz magazine. She has performed with Ricki Lee Jones, Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau, David Sanborn, Phish, and Rosemary Clooney. Mammina has appeared at Yoshi’s in Oakland, The Green Mill in Chicago, and festivals like Jazz Aspen, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage, and Monterey San Francisco.
Appearing on over 65 albums, guitarist Rolf Sturm has performed with or been on recordings featuring Loudon Wainwright, David Johansen (Buster Poindexter/NY Dolls), Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane), Maggie Roche, Eddie Arnold, Ike Willis (Frank Zappa), Roswell Rudd, Archie Shepp, Tony Trischka, John Medeski, and Catherine Russell. Sturm has also performed at the JVC Jazz Festival, Syracuse Jazz Festival, Toronto Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. His music has been featured on NPR and has received four stars in DownBeat magazine.
The acoustic duo has been Mammina and Sturm’s main focus since 2015. Together, they have toured throughout the United States, Europe, and Mexico performing at festivals, conferences, clubs, cafes, and house concerts. Their albums, Spark and Begin to Dance, have received rave reviews and airplay nationwide.
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Hazel Reading Series: Stories by Women
2018-05-07 20:00 - 21:30
Hazel Reading Series is a vibrant literary community founded in 2013. Each month, the all-women lineup of writers is carefully selected by the readers of the previous month. Through this curation-by-evolution process, they have created a sense of lineage and have come into contact with some of the best writers in the Bay Area—some at the beginning of their careers, some who have already published several books—and hosted evenings that are as unpredictable as they are unforgettable.
Hosted by Sara Marinelli, Hazel Reading Series comes to the Red Poppy for an incredible evening of stories by women.

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TBA

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Time: 8:00pm event
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Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers: Taboo Jazz from the ‘20s & Beyond
2018-05-05 19:30 - 22:00
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers perform classic jazz and blues songs ranging from the 1920s, ‘30s, ‘40s, and ‘50s, all about getting low and getting high.

FEATURING:
Lavay Smith – vocals
Danny Armstrong – trombone, vocals
Rob Barics – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Ron Belcher – bass
Chris Siebert – piano

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Lavay Smith is the vocalist and bandleader of the Red Hot Skillet Lickers, one of the top swingin’ jazz and blues bands in the world. She grew up in Southern California and the Philippines, becoming an internationally recognized diva of jazz and blues with a singing style influenced by Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Bessie Smith, Little Esther Phillips, and other legendary greats. Whether singing her own compositions or drawing on a large repertoire of classics, Lavay Smith and her all-star seven-piece band bake up an instant recipe for dancing and good times.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Jacob Szekely Trio: Indie Chamber Jazz
2018-05-04 20:00 - 22:00
As a composer and improvisor, Jacob Szekely has recreated a revolution by definitively expanding the sonic culture of the cello into the world of contemporary jazz. The trio’s influences range from classical, jazz, funk, rock, as well as Indian music. Their sound is highly complex, rhythmically and harmonically, while always grooving and with an unfailing sense of melody.

FEATURING:
Jacob Szekely – cello
Dennis Hamm – piano, keyboard
Gene Coye – drums

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Jacob Szekely began his studies at age three and grew up in a musical family where his talent was recognized early on. His family moved to Lexington, Kentucky, where fiddling and bluegrass music were in the air, and by the age of 13, Szekely expanded his listening to rock and jazz. “It took me a while to realize that I could improvise and play in different styles on the cello,” says Szekely. “I always knew that the sound of the cello was my voice, but there just wasn’t a template for that.”
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Time: 7:30pm doors / 8:00pm show
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Andrew Dixon ft. Julie Moon: Album Release & Original Music
2018-05-03 19:30 - 22:00
With music in the jazz tradition of late Coltrane and 70s Miles Davis, saxophonist Andrew Dixon comes to the Red Poppy to perform original compositions from his debut album release, East Oakland Run Down. Opening the evening is composer and pianist Julie Moon with solo works.

FEATURING:
Andrew Dixon – woodwinds
Dahveed Behroozi – piano
Giulio Cetto – bass
Mike Quigg – drums
Justin Rock – guitar
Julie Moon – piano

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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A Challenge of Being: A Collective Exploration w/ maria lentzou
2018-04-29 19:30 - 21:30
At the sound of a bell
0 choreography
on 11 golden moons
for $22 suggested donation
from 22 pairs of eyes
to witness 44min of authenticity
and interact in 5 possible ways
The Red Poppy Art House invites you to join “A Challenge of Being,” a collective exploration on empathy, presence, authenticity, and vulnerability. How vulnerable is it to be real? What prevents us from being authentic? What is the challenge to be present for another? How can we empathize with the uncomfortable?
“Within a simple and respectful structure, that is based on my practice of Authentic Movement, I let myself dive into the depths of the subconscious, to move and be moved. I have no intention to entertain you. I challenge myself to be wholeheartedly real at your presence, and I challenge you to be active witnesses; because “the soul cannot exist without its other side, which is always found in a ‘You’ (Jung, 1954). I surrender to the unknown, and You become the owners of your experience. I follow my inner impulses and You have the free will to just witness or to participate by ‘making special’. In any case, we are all co-creators of this collective Alive exploration.”

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
maria lentzou is an expressive arts therapist and interdisciplinary performing artist originally from Greece. She is the founder of Authentic Movement SF and a lead performance host at the Red Poppy since 2015. Her performance work has been presented locally at Z-space, Pianofight, Red Poppy Art House, CounterPulse, and internationally in England, Peru, and Argentina. mariA enjoys creating simple performative acts as an invitation to the imagination through embodied experiences that provide an all-time-in-between space, where playfulness meets sacredness and vice versa. Her mission is to honor the beauty of our multifaceted existences, along with the mystery of life-death-life in its paradoxical nature; to embody and communicate the power of authenticity, of humbleness, and of love.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Wahid: Sublime Inspirations from the Levant
2018-04-28 19:30 - 22:00
Wahid is a duo that blends jazz, Ottoman maqam, and traditional rebetika—Greek regional blues from the 1920s. While their instrumentation pairing of the oud and frame drum dates back thousands of years, they have created a new approach using a chromatic bass frame set and improvisation over song forms. Their fifth release, Resonance, is in heavy rotation on the Transglobal World Music Chart, as well as Dore Stein’s Tangents Radio.

FEATURING:
Dimitris Mahlis – oud
Chris Wabich – tuned frame drums/percussion
Learn more: Website

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Diana Gameros + Dorian Wood: Latinx Chants, Sorrows & Storytelling
2018-04-27 19:30 - 22:00
Dorian Wood returns to the Bay Area after nearly six years to perform songs from his most recent album, XALÁ, as well as past original works and reimagined folk standards. Diana Gameros then serenades us with lullabies from her albums, Arrullo and Eterno Retorno, plus new works on piano and electric guitar. An intimate evening of Latinx chants, sorrows, and storytelling, Gameros and Wood also collaborate on a selection of South American folk tunes.

FEATURING:
Diana Gameros – guitar, vocals, piano
Dorian Wood – vocals, piano

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Among the Bay Area’s bustling music scene is singer-guitarist Diana Gameros. Artists like GRAMMY winner Natalia Lafourcade and MacArthur Genius Taylor Mac have become fans and collaborators. From the age of 13, Gameros has resided in the United States, and for much of that time, she was an undocumented immigrant. Now with legal status through a work permit and a green card on the way, Gameros writes a love letter to her homeland with 13 standout renditions of classic Mexican songs on her latest album, Arrullo, which was just named one of the top albums of 2017 by NPR Alt. Latino.
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Dorian Wood seeks to glorify both the sanctity and irreverence of intimacy. Through the use of his corpulent body and booming voice, Wood revels in challenging the artist-audience separation, using subject matter informed by his own position in society as a queer man of color and an autodidact without a formal college education nor a strong alliance to any particular community. His work has been showcased in concert halls and performance spaces around the world, including at such institutions as LACMA (Los Angeles), The Stone (NYC), MASS Gallery (Austin), Kulturhuset (Stockholm), and Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin). As a musician, he has released over a dozen recordings, among them two back-to-back albums, Rattle Rattle and Down, The Dirty Roof, which showcase a series of doomsday-themed songs that incorporate over 60 musicians. His most recent album, XALÁ, marks the first time that Wood has recorded a full-length work in his mother tongue of Spanish.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Matt Renzi’s Arm-Sized Legging: Original Jazz & Contemporary Classical
2018-04-26 19:30 - 22:00
Arm-Sized Legging is a project consisting of woodwinds, cello, bass, and drums, playing a repertoire of all original compositions. The music explores textures and colors, as well as the various sonorities of the distinct instrumentation. Although many parts are written out, there is also plenty of room for improvisation; the group makes use of both free-form and traditional song forms to use as the basis of collective soloing. The addition of the cello to the standard jazz-saxophone trio adds a contemporary classical element to the mix.

FEATURING:
Matt Renzi – saxophone, oboe, English horn
Jessica Ivry – cello
John Wiitala – bass
Tim Bulkley – drums

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Multi-reedist Matt Renzi has been performing professionally for the past 20 years at international jazz festivals and music venues worldwide. For the past decade, he has been recognized multiple times by jazz organizations in Italy, Spain, Belgium, India, Israel, as well as in the United States for his advanced concepts in spontaneous group composition and collective improvisation with the Matt Renzi Trio. He also leads other projects, including Arm-Sized Legging and In Breath, which combine contemporary classical composition techniques and spontaneous improvisation. Renzi has performed and recorded with Marc Johnson, Michael Formanek, Eddie Marshall, Herbie Lewis, Ben Monder, Eberhard Weber, Bob Moses, Ralph Alessi, Bobo Stenson, and the Berlin Philharmanic Quintet.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Rumberos de Radio Habana: Monthly Community Rumba
2018-04-22 14:00 - 17:00
Rumba music originated in the Afro-Cuban neighborhoods of Havana and Matanzas as the soundtrack to community, partnered dancing and get-togethers as a means of cultural expression. Its global diaspora means rumba rhythms have found their way into other genres of music such as country, rock, and blues, and continue to impact the genres of today. Rumberos de Radio Habana bring their own contribution to the Red Poppy on the fourth Sunday of each month for a free afternoon of beat-making, hip-shaking, and good company.

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Time: Event 2:00PM
Admission: Free; donations accepted for musicians ($5-10)
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Rob Reich Quartet: Rapturous Music for Accordion
2018-04-21 19:30 - 22:00
Rob Reich has been bringing his creative vision to delighted audiences at the Red Poppy for the past 10 years. For an evening of original, rapturous music, he is joined by some of the Bay Area’s finest musicians.

FEATURING:
Rob Reich – piano, accordion
Ben Goldberg – clarinets
Ila Cantor – guitar
John Wiitala – bass

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Rob Reich is quintessentially what makes the San Francisco music scene a vibrant and vital mecca for independent music; he’s become one of its stalwart underground artists. His music combines strong melodic ideas, rhythmic drive, and a spirit of irreverence and experimentation. Reich is best known for his work with Tin Hat, Gaucho, and Circus Bella. (Photo by: Aya Okawa)
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Ramana Vieira: Contemporary Fado
2018-04-20 19:30 - 22:00
Ramana Vieira and her ensemble present rapturous rhythms and the passionate stirrings of fado, the folk music of Portugal. Also performing original compositions and American blues/jazz/pop standards, Vieira captivates her audience with the evocative laments of the old world classics blended with innovative instrumentation, creative layers, and soaring vocals.

FEATURING:
Ramana Vieira – piano
Brad Bivens – guitar
Leslie Thorne – acoustic bass

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Recognized by the New York Times as an American at the forefront of the fado resurgence, Ramana Vieira has also been described by Mundo Portugues newspaper as the “New Voice of Portuguese World Music.” She has received three international nominations with the International Portuguese Music Awards in 2015 and 2016. In addition to traditional fados and her masterful original compositions, Vieira has now compiled a synergetic repertoire that reflects the full scope of her identity by incorporating her background of American theater, blues, and soulful classics into her sets.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Jack Tone-Riordan Trio: Jazz Standards & Improvised Music
2018-04-19 19:30 - 22:00
Bay Area guitarist Jack Tone-Riordan presents music from his recently released trio recording, Deep Space. The band consists of homegrown, international talents Darrell Green on drums and David Ewell on bass. Tone-Riordan uses newly composed original music as well as favorites from the Great American Songbook as departure points for his compelling and explorative improvisations through spaces of jazz, blues, and elsewhere.

FEATURING:
Jack Tone-Riordan – guitar
Darrell Green – drums
David Ewell – bass

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Jack Tone-Riordan has been a well-loved guitarist on the Bay Area jazz scene for close to 20 years. He is a modern player with firm roots in the tradition. Local jazz fans know they can catch him on almost any given night of the week performing as a leader or sideman. Tone-Riordan has recorded and/or performed with some of today’s finest jazz musicians, including Dr. Lonnie Smith, Tony Monaco, Larry Goldings, Dayna Stephens, Eddie Marshal, Mike Clark, Jarrod Gold, and many more.
Oakland-raised Darrell Green has been playing drums for as long as he can remember. In 2005, He landed a scholarship at the Manhattan School of Music, where he began a comprehensive study of jazz performance. Shortly thereafter, he began working with David Weiss, saxophonists JD Allen and Sherman Irby, and the Myron Waldon/Daron Barrett Quartet. Green became a sought-after musician for both session work and live shows. Over a career that’s spanned more than two decades, he has become a master technician and prolific sideman. He has played, toured, or recorded with Pharoah Sanders, Red Holloway, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Steve Turre, Stefon Harris, Russell Malone, James Hurt, James Zollar, Brad Leali, Jesse Davis, Stacy Dillard, Sherman Irby, Faye Carol, Lavay Smith and the Red Hot Skillet Lickers, and Jeremy Pelt. Green is one of the most in-demand drummers in New York , Europe, and Japan. Though jazz is his primary focus, he is conversant in every genre from straight-ahead jazz to Latin and West African music.
David Ewell hails from Berkeley, California, and graduated from Berkeley High’s nationally renowned music program. He is well known as one of the most reliably hard-grooving bass players in the greater Bay Area music scene. Ewell has worked with Arthur Blythe, Bobby Watson, Greg Tardy, Babatunde Lea, Mark Levine, Bishop Norman Williams, Randy Vincent, and many other greats.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Hazel Reading Series: Stories by Women
2018-04-16 20:00 - 21:30
Hazel Reading Series is a vibrant literary community founded in 2013. Each month, the all-women lineup of writers is carefully selected by the readers of the previous month. Through this curation-by-evolution process, they have created a sense of lineage and have come into contact with some of the best writers in the Bay Area—some at the beginning of their careers, some who have already published several books—and hosted evenings that are as unpredictable as they are unforgettable.
Hosted by Sara Marinelli, Hazel Reading Series comes to the Red Poppy for an incredible evening of stories by women.

FEATURING:
Ashley Davis
Carolyn Wysinger
Dominica Phetteplace
Nancy Au
Raina León
Rose Heredia

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 8:00pm event
Admission: $5-10 suggested donation. No one turned away for luck of funds.
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José Antonio Rodriguez Trio: Flamenco Guitar Maestro
2018-04-15 19:00 - 20:15
One of Spain’s leading flamenco guitarists, Córdoba’s award-winning José Antonio Rodríguez makes a special San Francisco appearance at the Red Poppy.

FEATURING:
José Antonio Rodriguez – flamenco guitar
Patricio “Pachi” Cámara – percussion, vocals
Paco Peña – bass

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Acclaimed for his powerful and evocative renditions of contemporary flamenco, José Antonio Rodriguez has composed music for orchestras and dance companies, participated in major projects with Paco de Lucía and Alejandro Sanz, and appeared in Carlos Saura’s Flamenco. As a teenager in 1981 and 1982, Rodríguez won first prize for flamenco guitar at prestigious contests at Minas de la Unión and Jerez de la Frontera. His recent record, Adiós Muchachos, was declared by Spain’s El País newspaper to be the best flamenco album of the year.
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Time: 6:30pm doors / 7:00pm show
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