BUZZBANDS: GP 2017 lineup
KEVIN BRONSON on May 1st, 2017
http://buzzbands.la/2017/05/01/grand-performances-announce-lineup-2017/
Grand Performances, whose cross-discipline and cross-cultural fare at California Plaza have long been a staple of downtown L.A. culture, has announced its 2017 lineup of music, dance, theater, film, spoken word and children’s entertainment for the summer.
The series’ 31st season has a typically global reach, and its highlights include: William Close’s Earth Harp (which will be strung from a 52-story skyscraper onto the concert stage); Latin Grammy winners Septeto Santiaguero from Cuba; an L.A./Guadalajara “exchange” night featuring Gaby Moreno and Caloncho; another (Colombia/L.A.) with Sidestepper and Buyepongo; the Irag/Syria pairing of Rahim AlHaj and Asher Shasho Levy; the Congo’s L’Orchestre Afrisa International; a special program from Miguel Atwood-Ferguson; another from Mark de Clive-Lowe; Daedelus and much more.
The concerts are free. Full schedule below; see the Grand Performances calendar for info on each event.
June
2: Gospel lunch with Kenneth Crouch (noon)
2: William Close & the Earth Harp Collective (8 p.m.)
3: William Close & the Earth Harp Collective (5 p.m.)
9: Screening of “Bridging the Divide,” documentary on L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley (8 p.m.)
11: Secret City (noon)
17: L.A. x GDL: Gaby Moreno and Caloncho (8 p.m.)
23: Long Beach Opera, Robert Xavier Rodriguez’s “Frida” (8 p.m.)
24: Miguel Atwood-Ferguson (8 p.m.)
July
1: Hip Hop: First Peoples, New Voices, with Frank Waln, the Sampson Brothers, Tanaya Winder, Lightning Cloud, and Mare Advertencia Lirika (8 p.m.)
7: “The Thanksgiving Play” by Larissa FastHorse (8 p.m.)
8: Rahim AlHaj, “Letters from Iraq,” and Asher Shasho Levy (8 p.m.)
9: Cornerstone Theater Company presents “A Concert Reading” with Magic Fruit (7 p.m.)
15: L’Orchestre Afrisa International, with Ricardo Lemvo (8 p.m.)
21: Sidestepper and Buyepongo (8 p.m.)
22: Riffat Sultana, Meklit and Ulali (7 p.m.)
28: La Linea, with composer Roberto Mendoza, choreographer Manual Ballesteros and visual artist Gerardo Audiffred (8 p.m.)
29: Mothership Landing: Funk and The Afrofuturist Universe of ’77 (8 p.m.)
30: Peter & the Wolf, The Classical (3 and 4:30 p.m.)
30: What Began in the Fires (spoken word, 8 p.m.)
August
4: No Sides Now – Dance that Abandons Boundaries (8 p.m.)
5: Dorian Wood – Entre Les Étoiles (Among the Stars) and Kaumakaiwa Kanaka’ole (8 p.m.)
6: Peter & the Wolf, Big Funky Jazz Band (3 and 4:30 p.m.)
10: 9066::13769 (Executive Orders that Exclude) (film and art, 7 p.m.)
11: Gospel lunch with Kenneth Crouch (noon)
11: Septeto Santiaguero (8 p.m.)
12: Hamed Nikpay (music and dance, 8 p.m.)
13: Peter Y la Loba – Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band (3 and 4:30 p.m.)
18: Dayme Arocena (noon)
18: Cameron Graves – Solo Piano, Ensemble and Leon Ware Tribute (8 p.m.)
19: Daedelus – Grooves for COLA20 (8 p.m.)
20: Peter & The Wolf – Edición Latinx (3 and 4:30 p.m.)
26: Mark de Clive-Lowe – Mirai No Rekishi (History of the Future) (8 p.m.)
September
22: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Carlos Izcaray, conductor (8 p.m.)