Formed in NYC in 1993, the improvising collective No-Neck Blues Band (NNCK) favors anonymity, autonomy, and obfuscation. Alongside founding member Keith Connolly (2016 AIR), they return to open ISSUE’s Fall season at First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn.
ISSUE presents the first commission from Eden Girma (2026 AIR). Part dreamscape and part summoning circle, an intimate diasporic familial archive is pieced together through the eyes of a five-year-old child.
In partnership with Franklin Furnace as part of their 50th anniversary commemoration and November release of "Back to the Present: 50 Years of Free Expression with Franklin Furnace" ISSUE presents an evening of performance and conversation.
Incorporating elements of noise, trance and minimalism, Sergei Tcherepnin (2012 AIR) presents new work for Serge Modular synthesizer.
ISSUE presents a two-part evening featuring interdisciplinary artists MV Carbon (2010 AIR) and Keke Hunt (2023 AIR).
Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship 2026
2026 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow Isabella Thorpe-Woods will present her first program, Dear, at ISSUE’s 22 Boerum Pl. theater. Over the course of her fellowship, the artist will share a series of events that explore letters as a curatorial prompt, and the ways they both fail and succeed in transmitting meaning or reaching their desired destination.
Traveling from Ensenada, Baja California, across the border into San Diego, 2026 Artist-In-Residence rocío sánchez traces the acoustic, cultural, and ecological resonances of the US-México Borderlands for their first commission.
Artists-In-Residence 2026
2026 Artist-In-Residence Webb Crawford presents their first commission. A luthier whose practice centers on modern reconstructions of historical stringed instruments, Crawford explores their recontextualization within experimental music.
ISSUE presents a first-time collaboration between multimedia artist and 2014 ISSUE AIR Raul de Nieves and interdisciplinary artist Dawn Kasper (2015 AIR) in honor of the anniversary season. The evening will open with a performance by Justin Allen (2020 AIR).
2009 ISSUE AIR Tristan Perich presents a new composition written for solo clarinet and a multitude of small speakers placed throughout ISSUE’s 22 Boerum Pl. theater.
ISSUE’s 2026 Winter Season Opening concert, After Nan Shepherd, co-presented with Brooklyn Music School is a work of chamber music composed by 2011 ISSUE AIR, Nate Wooley.
ISSUE Project Room closes its 2025 season with Light of Day, a new work-in-progress by cellist and co-founder of the Books, Paul de Jong, presented with longtime friend and collaborator Beth Daunis.