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Event Proposals

Workshop? Concert? Film screening? Performance? Interested in renting the space? Collaboration?
Events@YesOuiSiSpace.com

UPCOMING EVENTSAPRIL 2012

Monday, April 30th /// 8-10pm

HARDCORE night at YES.OUI.SI. Waste Management (MA) and Wreck of the Zephyr (L.A.) $5 ja!ja!ja!

Wednesday, May 9th /// 8-10pm

Jack Wright, Father & Son, Jesse Collins, and Adventures of Box Head $5-10 suggested donation dada:dada:dada

Thursday, May 10th /// 8-10pm

First Worst Thirst, Moishe’s Circus, and Kenan’s Cousins $5-10 suggested donation dada:dada:dada

Friday, May 11th /// 8-10pm

Crush Freeks, Angela Sawyer, Friendship Ceremony, Krause/diamanda and the WhiteHaus’ “Mystery Band” $5-10 suggested donation dada:dada:dada

Tuesday, May 15th /// 8-10pm

Beasts of Improv on Parade and Movie Night, with Pat Muchmore $5-15 suggested donation dada:dada:dada

Tuesday, May 22nd /// 8-10pm

Katze, Funny Money, Epistasis and Dog Suicide ja!ja!ja!

Wednesday, May 23nd /// 8-10pm

Hannah Levinson Solo Viola Recital, an amazing night of new music, with guest violinist Leah Asher. Featuring Grisey’s monumental “Prologue,” and a premiere of Yes.Oui.Si. curator Ryan Krause’s brand new work for viola, commissioned by Hannah. FREE dada:dada:dada

B.A. ZIMMERMANN - Sonata for Solo Viola
BRENDAN FAEGRE - Four Koans for Violin and Viola
RYAN KRAUSE - Clouds at Stake (world premiere)
PIERRE BOULEZ - Anthemes 1 for solo violin
GERARD GRISEY - Prologue for solo viola

Tuesday, May 29th /// 8-10pm

Steve Norton presents two of his projects, Kilter (w/ Curt Newton) and Duck That (w/ Josh Jefferson and Angela Sawyer::QUACK), the legendary Anthony Coleman plays organ, the ferocious Valerie Kuehne plays cello, and Chris Watford and Derek Beckvold cough their way through Ryan Krause’s “Splenetic Cultures”  $5-10 suggested donation dada:dada:dada


PAST EVENTSMARCH 2012

Friday, March 2nd /// 8-10pm

Love Experiment’s YESOUISI Residency continues with special guests China Fox

Saturday, March 3rd /// 8-10pm

Lady Bird RenditionsJulia Easterlin , Nina Violet Mia Friedman, and VAVÁ

Tuesday, March 6th /// 8-10pm

King Arthur Logan Strosahl multi-movement tone poem jazz

Friday, March 9th

Closing of THE SALON

Friday, March 16th /// 6-9pm

Opening Fiesta of ¡CUBA RICO! paintings by Enrique Flores-Galbis

Friday, March 24th /// 8-10pm

the release of the newest edition of Spirited Magazine “NOIR GENERATION”

Thursday, March 29th /// 8-10pm

CUDDLE MAGIC and COWBOY BAND!!!indie chamber folk of the highest level

Friday, March 30th /// 8-10pm

THE IMPROVISATION POOL -combos large and small curated by saxophonist Jorrit Dikstra APRIL 2012

Friday, April 6th /// 8-10pm

Come check out the final event for Love Experiment’s YES.OUI.SI spring residency, featuring Tiger Speak: hip hop/jazz/soul; and they’re both releasing records that night.

Sunday, April 8th /// 5-8pm

Closing Fiesta for Cuba Rico!

Thursday, April 12th /// 6-9pm

Opening for Peter Simon’s photography exhibition

Wednesday, April 18th /// 8pm

Jeff Beam (ME), Camp Hope (MA), Holiday Mountain (MA). A night of earnestly grooving New England indie rock, with a tinge of psychedelia and a whiff of grunge, featuring Yes.Oui.Si’s own Wrong Clothing artist Zach Lanoue behind the kit. ja!ja!ja! $5

Thursday, April 19th /// 8pm-10pm

“Contour Lines.”New music saxophone extraordinaire Zach Herchen presents a night of music for sax and electronics, including works by area composers Katarina Miljkovic, Victoria Cheah, Kati Agócs, and Benjamin Taylor, who will be present for a pre-concert talk on his piece, as well as technical demonstration of its electronic processes. $5

Friday, April 20th /// 8pm

“The 4:20 Show” Modus Operandus, Full Tang, The WIG. Live band with electronics performing from the new album of I.D.M. artist Modus Operandus (AKA Moses Eder), with The WIG spinning a dance set, and Full Tang’s own raging afro-beat dance party to close. Buy tickets here!$7 in adv., $10 at the door

Saturday, April 21st /// 8pm-10pm

“Altered States” Philippe Petit/PAS Musique(FR/NY), PascAli(NY), and Bullet Hell(CHI). improv with electronics, projections, basses bound with unknown contraptions and invisible sounds, dirty, synthy video game noise. dada:dada:dada FREE

Wednesday, April 25th /// 8pm-10pm

Bob Jordon/Derek Beckvold. The good guys from JP double-heading all-original-tune jazz combos. FREE

Friday, April 27th /// 8-10pm

Music and Dance with Gracie Coates, Rachel Ruggles, and Courtney Deri