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.
This installment of io brings together choreographer Kim Brandt (2015 AIR) and Isabella Thorpe-Woods (2026 SFCF). Centered around never-before-released footage from Clear Night (2016)—Brandt's eight-day AIR commission at Pioneer Works—the project revisits a performance that has remained largely unseen for nearly a decade.
Burgon and Dunn's repertoire consists of both strictly notated compositions as well as purely improvised music - a repertoire that walks the line between chamber music and extended technique.
These musicians (aka A-T-M) belong to a younger generation of live electronic performers Luc Ferrari recently described as "les nouveaux concretes" remaining true to the Schaefferian ideal of recontextualising magnetic sound.
Talking Stick is a truth based story telling series in which all forms of live performance are encouraged: Comedy, poetry, music, oral and text oriented storytelling.
A Tsunami Relief Benefit featuring performances, songs, poetry, dance, stand-up comedy, rock bands, and an art show all by New York City school kids. Proceeds from the event will go to MADRE, an International Women's Health Rights non-profit organization sending relief aid to tsunami devastated areas. www.madre.org
All levels welcome. Bring your own art supplies
Each session will include model(s) and musicians. Initiative for a creative community