Monarch Butterfly by rocío sánchez (2026 AIR) features Melissa Almaguer (tap dance and percussion) and Kenneth Jiménez (double bass). Together, the trio explores the elusive monarch’s migratory journey through sound and movement, with each instrument articulating distinct states of motion.
Isabella Thorpe-Woods presents "Envelop/e," her second program as ISSUE’s 2026 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow. Bringing together choreographers Jade Manns and Ella Dawn W-S for site-specific duets, they navigate presence and absence, repetition and rupture, and the tension between inherited geometries and shifting landscapes.
"Spiriting Off" is a new solo work by luthier Webb Crawford (2026 AIR) for electric guitar, tenor banjo, and five-string banjo.
ISSUE closes the summer season with the return of Matana Roberts (2009 AIR). Opening the evening, Ben Vida (2013 AIR) will perform music from his 2026 release, "Oblivion Seekers" with vocalist Sara Magenheimer.
John Jesurun, a winner of the MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship in 1996, is widely acknowledged as one of the foremost innovators of avant-garde theater, creating virtuoso works that overlap media and language in surprising and unpredictable ways.
Liz Kresch has maintained a dedicated yoga practice since 1996. Her teacher training was completed with Adrienne Burke at Atmananda currently Centerpoint Studio in early 2004.
Artist-in-residence, Duane Pitre, performs new work. Joined by Tristan Perich at ISSUE Project Room.
ISSUE Project Room & Moby invite you to attend a private listening party, video screening, and rare concert performance.
Acclaimed composer and musician Amy Denio and novelist/singer-songwriter Rick Moody trade spots reading and accompanying one another on a variety of experiments in text and music.
An evening of syncopated static.
Readings of the work of William S. Burroughs, Marquis DeSade & Edgar Allan Poe with Steve Buscemi, Richard Hell, Chloe Webb, Tom Davis, & special guests and music by Trevor Dunn, Yuka Honda, Sean Lennon, Doug Weiselman & Hal Willner.
American composer, improvisor, guitarist and banjoist, Eugene Chadbourne, performs at ISSUE Project Room.