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.
The powerful trio makes a tour stop at ISSUE.
CITY DREAMS INC.
A multimedia performance
Legendary video artist and tool designer Bill Etra will show works and discuss his thirty eight years of experimental video in a live performance featuring his latest digital tool designs
With these gentlemen on the edge of their improvisational seats, allowing their future musings to connect and disconnect, Michael Evans’ Fulminate Trio features Ken Filiano (double bass), Anders Nilsson (electric guitar) and Michael Evans (acoustic and electronic percussion).
“Even sleepers & dreamers are collaborators on what goes on in the universe.”
-Heraclitus