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MAPP: Mission Arts & Performance Project
February 4, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Free
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.
RED POPPY SCHEDULE:
7:15pm: Sara Marinelli, “January in the Blood” (A Lyric Essay)
Sara Marinelli reads a lyric essay about her family’s story. Memory and loss, family and community ties, the separation from one’s own cultural roots and their relocation elsewhere are some of the themes explored in her writing.
7:30pm: Niva Flor w/ Miko Tolliver (Acoustic Soul)
8:00pm: Axel Herrera (Chamber Music)
Axel Herrera presents works written in a traditional classical language as well as works informed by his Latin American heritage. The repertoire includes “Cuarteto Gallant,” “Duet for Violin and Viola,” “Duet for Harpsichord and Saxophone,” and “Heartbeat and Memory.” Scored for string trio and ethnic percussion, “Heartbeat and Memory” honors the 43 students who went missing in Iguala, Mexico, in 2014. Performing with Herrera is Rodrigo Santic on saxophone, Jen Mathers on cello, Hillary Lewis on viola, and Alejandra Contreras and Patrick Galvin on violin.
8:30pm: StringQuake (Electric Harp, Cello, Percussion)
Amelia Romano, Misha Khalikulov, and Josh Mellinger perform an original repertoire through unusual instrumentation–electric harp, cello, and percussion–to explore far-flung sounds inspired by Greece, India, Africa, and the Americas.
9:00pm: Love Songs from Around the World (Spanish, Latin & Iranian Music)
Harpist Amelia Romano and percussionist Josh Mellinger join vocalist Dina Zarif for flamenco-inspired rhythms, Mexican classics, and Iranian folk tunes in a seamless soundscape of tragedy and triumph. Traveling from Spain to Mexico and Iran, each note invites the listener into a distinct world holding the universal message of love and loss.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Born in Naples, Italy, Sara Marinelli is a writer, translator, and educator. She earned her PhD in English from the University of Rome and an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. Her stories appear in New American Writing, Blue Mesa Review, and many Italian publications. For her fiction, she was awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Byrdcliffe Art Colony, and BANFF Center for the Arts. Sara teaches Comparative Literature at the University of San Francisco, co-curates an all-women reading series titled Hazel Reading Series, and is currently working on her first novel.
Niva Flor is an independent singer/songwriter based in Oakland, CA. Born in the Jersey suburbs and into an extraordinary community of teachers, creatives, activists, lovers, dreamers, old souls, and survivors, Niva learned at an early age the transformative power of music. “Eclectic, corky, funk-jazzy soul” is how she describes her sound. Fresh but affectionately familiar, Niva’s soulful vocals calm, evoke, and challenge.
Axel Herrera is a San Francisco-based composer of classical music. Born in Chile, he grew up in the port city of Valparaiso, home to a thriving generation of artists and musicians. He received his earliest musical training at the age of 12 at the Escuela Artística de Valparaiso, a community based school.
A captivating harpist and songwriter, Amelia Romano blends dynamic rhythms and raw vocals that produce an intimate, energizing experience. Her latest album, New Perspectives, features a tango-style Mexican bolero, contemporary flamenco music, Venezuelan joropo, and a touch of American blues. These compositions reflect her personal stories of loss and love that leave the listener clamoring for more.
Dina Zarif is a performer and vocalist. She recently appeared in a Persian traditional musical, Tarabnameh, at Stanford and a shadow light production, Feathers of Fire, at San Francisco’s Cowell Theater, Brooklyn’s BAM, New York’s Met, Harvard, and UCLA. Dina received her MA in Landscape Architecture from University of Tehran, College of Fine Arts.
Time: Event 7:00PM
Admission: Free
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