Mamaliga
FRIDAY, MAR 31 — Doors at 7:00 PM; Show at 7:30 PM Boisterous and driving, lilting and elegiac, Mamaliga melds the klezmer melodies of old country Yiddishland with new-era sensibilities, crafting intricate arrangements of original and traditional tunes to make you dance, laugh and cry – perhaps all at...
Janoah Bailin’s “rOng: a sOund circus”
SATURDAY, APR 1 — Doors at 7:00 PM; Show at 7:30 PM SUNDAY, APR 2 — Doors at 3:00 PM; Show at 3:30 PM janoah … anygoodjokes? conjures a circus ring that centers “rings” in their myriad forms – juggling props, jewelry (and associated myths/meanings), reverberating sounds and so much...
Big Lux: Hip Hop Violinist
SATURDAY, APR 8 — Doors at 7:00 PM; Show at 7:30 PM Big Lux is a larger-than-life musician changing the way people see the Violin, and the world. His unique sound is a blend of the styles and cultures he’s absorbed throughout his life across five continents and multiple war...
FREE Songwriting Workshop w/ Big Lux
Songs are Like an Emotion… (How Writing a Song Around 1 Big Idea Simplifies Everything) SATURDAY, APR 8 — Doors at 2:30 PM; Show at 3:00 PM In this workshop, hip hop violin musician Big Lux guides the class through a pop songwriting session, with a focus on the lyrics and melody....
BONDEKO Album Release Celebration
FRIDAY, APR 14 — Doors at 7:00 PM; Show at 7:30 PM Intercultural band Bondeko will be sharing the recording of their first album One Minute Please! with live music, film, art, and discussion. Based in Portland, Maine, Bondeko is the coming together of three generations and three distinctive musical lineages from three very...
the coldharts’ EDGAR ALLAN
SATURDAY, APR 15 — Doors at 7:00 PM; Show at 7:30 PM Eleven-year-old Edgar Allan has only one goal: to be the most remarkable boy at English boarding school. He has only one obstacle: Edgar Allan. Edgar Allan is a two-person dark musical-comedy, adapted from the short story William Wilson by Edgar...
Nicolas Boulerice w/ Frédéric Samson “Maison de pierres — Confiné aux voyages”
FRIDAY, APR 21 — Doors at 7:00 PM; Show at 7:30 PM Nicolas Boulerice (founding member of Le Vent du Nord) and double bassist Frédéric Samson, join forces to bring you traditional songs of centuries past made anew in a jazz setting—Confiné aux voyages. Nicolas and Frédéric invite the audience to...
Bread & Puppet’s “Inflammatory Earthling Rants (with help from Kropotkin)”
SUNDAY, APR 23 — 3:30 PM & 7:30 PM Earthlings are now aflame and consequently need inflammatory rants, directed against the arsonist: Western Civilization and its incompetent government. The habitual pragmatic communication jargon won’t do, so the ranters have to resort to the original language which was tasked to...
Thabisa | Folk & Afro-Beat Fusion
FRIDAY, APR 28 — Doors at 7:00 PM; Show at 7:30 PM Thabisa is a sensational rockstar who fuses world music with folk, jazz, soul, R&B, and Afro-Pop to create an atomic blend of colorful sounds of joy, hope, and longing. A South African native now residing in New Haven,...