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.
From the archives, with The Festival of New Trumpet Music, 2nd annual Howl Festival, Cornelius Cardew's Great Learning, and performances by nmperign, Nabate Isles, The Ingrid Jensen Four, Stephen Haynes and Bugaboo, Taylor Ho Bynum, Russ Johnson and Save Big, Brian McWhorter, Jonathan Finlayson, Mark Gould, and more.
This tour marks a rare East Coast visit for Arizona based sound-artist and improviser Jeph Jerman, here joined by guitarist David Daniell and percussionists Tim Barnes and Sean Meehan. Each show will feature revolving duos.
Tonight will be Floriculture’s first performance of 2004. Inspired by Muhammad Ali and sexuality, they will perform several new compositions.
Storybook readings and films by local artists and children.
Featuring Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos, Elliot Sharp, Rebecca Moore with Prevention of Blindness