Have you heard of the BLACK FORTRESS OF OPIUM? A band from Boston led by Ajda the Turkish Queen?
Check out her new video!!
BLACK FORTRESS OF OPIUM – Boston’s gothicana band with an new video!!
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Movie – catch the TV premiere of The Glass House on Sundance Channel!!!
Catch the TV premiere of The Glass House All Across the USA!!!
Monday, November 16, 9:00 PM on Sundance Channel.
@ SYMPHONY SPACE – EXTREMELY HUNGARY FES presents Fire + Fire: a collaborative and conceptual music-theatre work.
Thu, Nov 19 at 8 pm
Sat, Nov 21 at 8 pm
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
$30; Members $25; Students $15; Day of Show $35
As part of the yearlong Extremely Hungary festival, Fire + Fire is a collaborative and conceptual music-theatre work that will explore and underscore the dual histories of musical expression and political oppression that mark Black American and Roma peoples in, respectively, the USA and Hungary. It will feature an ensemble of 16 performers from both cultures who are both deeply rooted in their ancestral traditions and intensely experimental in their expression of them. The ensemble employs a fusion of spoken word, movement and “jam sessions” to create a brand new vernacular that will spring this tale of two cultures to life.
On the Black American side these include drummer, percussionist and Gullah musicologist David Pleasant; Delta blues guitarist, vocalist and banjoist Valerie June; vocalist and violinist Mazz Swift; guitarist, banjo and kora player Ayodele Maakheru; electronic vocal maven LaTasha Nevada Diggs; and visual artist Marilys Ernst.
SYMPHONY SPACE
Symphony Space fosters artistically and culturally diverse performing arts, literary, and film programs that bring artists and audiences together in an atmosphere of exploration and intimacy. Reaching audiences throughout New York City, the wider metropolitan area, and – through distribution of programs via media such as radio, recordings, podcasts and touring – the nation, we:
- Present and produce a calendar of innovative, multidisciplinary arts events;
- Provide a first-rate affordable facility for artists and producers;
- Nurture relationships with established and emerging artists and other cultural organizations who will use Symphony Space as a venue for adventurous artistic growth;
- Take a position of leadership in curriculum-based arts education for children and adults.
Symphony Space’s two-fold operating philosophy is to create and present its own artistic offering and, at the same time, to support artists’ own endeavors and enrich our calendar by providing a subsidized rental facility.
LE POISSON ROUGE
(Le) Poisson Rouge is a multimedia art cabaret founded by musicians on the site of the historic Village Gate. Dedicated to the fusion of popular and art cultures in music, film, theater, dance, and fine art, the venue’s mission is to revive the symbiotic relationship between art and revelry; to establish a creative asylum for both artists and audiences.
LPR prides itself in offering the highest quality eclectic programming, impeccable acoustics, and bold design. The state-of-the art performance space, engineered by the legendary John Storyk/WSDG, offers full flexibility in multiple configurations: seated, standing, in-the-round, and numerous alternative arrangements. The adjoining lounge is open during the day as a café, and at night as a secondary bar and event space. A work of art itself, the physical facilities are the embodiment of the experimental philosophy that drives the venue.
