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APOLAKI: Opera of the Scorched Earth

 APOLAKI: OPERA OF THE SCORCHED EARTH By Micaela Tobin with Jay Carlon Friday and Saturday, July 21–22, 2023 | 7:30 PM Programming: APOLAKI: Film Screening and Q&A Zorthian Ranch ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 2020-Current Year, LACE, Performance Tagged With: apolaki, bakunawa, CalArts, experimental opera, experimental vocalist, jay carlon, Micaela Tobin, opera

Multifarious Behavior

May 5, 1997 Performances by Sharon Alward incorporated multimedia and hypertext to portray the body; Merlin Coleman's work utilized extensive vocal techniques; and Clara Kamunde performed traditional ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1995-1999, LACE, Performance Tagged With: 1997, Clara Kamunde, Merlin Coleman, multi-media, Multifarious Behavior, music, opera, Sharon Alward

Jessica Hagedorn and Han Org / Airport Music

September 17, 1993 A collaborative new work that is part cultural transvestism, part slide show commentary, and part ham radio opera. Participants: Jessica Hagedorn, Han Org ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1990-1994, Exhibition, LACE, Performance Tagged With: Airport Music, Exhibition, Han Org, Jessica Hagedorn, Jessica Hagedorn and Han Org/Airport Music, music, opera, performance, radio, radio opera

Swan Song

 October 8, 1988 Nancy Barton and her mother, Marjorie, a former opera singer, employed conventions of tragic opera, autobiography and feminist theory as a subtext to the larger theme of the ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1985-1989, LACE, Performance Tagged With: 1988, Nancy Barton, opera, performance, Swan Song, theater

Shelley Hirsch

February 19, 1988 Experimental vocalist Shelley Hirsch improvised with opera, country music, extended vocal technique, parody, characterization, movement and objects. ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1985-1989, LACE, Performance Tagged With: 1988, experimental, movement, music, opera, performance, Shelley Hirsch

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As part of a special Mother’s Day celebration in As part of a special Mother’s Day celebration in 1990, Freshly Wrapped Candies headlined a two-night celebration of motherhood at LACE, featuring an eclectic group of artists, musicians, poets, and performers. 

Among them was Anna Homler, who will be performing with Jeff Schwartz and David Javelosa during “ENDURANCE” next Sunday, May 17. 

Pictured here: Freshly Wrapped Candies performing; swipe to see the event’s flyer. Wishing a lovely weekend to all the moms and mother figures!
Printed Matter’s 2025 LA Art Book Fair is happen Printed Matter’s 2025 LA Art Book Fair is happening soon at the ArtCenter College of Design! From May 15-18, stop by Booth C13 to say hi to the LACE team and browse our publications. 

LAABF (@printedmatter_artbookfairs) features artists and collectives, small presses, institutions, galleries, and much more. Check out their website for a full calendar of events. We hope to see you there! @printedmatterinc
Happening May 16 and 17, “ENDURANCE” presents Happening May 16 and 17, “ENDURANCE” presents performance art and interdisciplinary work by elder artists. 🔶 

Pictured here is “BLACK GOLD/FEVER,” a 2011 multi-media performance by Ulysses Jenkins. The performance called back to the artist’s 1980 piece, also performed at LACE, entitled “Columbus Day: a doggerel.” Utilizing dance, video projections, music, and spoken word, “BLACK GOLD/FEVER” measured the toll placed upon the environment and Indigenous peoples. 

See Ulysses Jenkins and the Dark Bob as part of “ENDURANCE.” This event is free to attend with RSVP. Tickets are going quickly, and LACE has created a wait list to accommodate interest. Click the link in our bio for more information. 

Please note: Because seating is very limited for this program, we ask that if you can no longer attend, you release your ticket so someone else may attend. Performance line-up subject to change.
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