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w/ Sun Atoms (Member of Dandy Warhols), Flavor Crystals and Home Stereo

Wednesday June 25, 2025

Doors at 7:00 PM, Show at 8:00 PM

All Ages

Flute-playing soul-jazz phenomenon Ragan Whiteside has become one of the genre’s most consistently dynamic and popular artists. Thanks to her incredible skill and creativity on her chosen instrument, as well as her charismatic presence on stage, Whiteside is at the top of her game. That was demonstrated in October 2022, when she became the first artist to win the competitive Best Contemporary Jazz Artist Award at the inaugural Jazz Music Awards, held at the Cobb Energy Centre in Atlanta. Whiteside is also a 2023 NAACP Image Award Nominee and four-time nominee for the Smooth Jazz Network’s Best Artist Award.

Ragan's 7th album, RAGAN will be released in 2025, and her first single, "Steppin' Out," is already heating up the radio charts. Joining Ragan on this high-energy track is Rich Harrison a.k.a. the artist RAH (Evelyn Champagne King, Atlantic Starr) on drums and Phil Hamilton (Luther Vandross, Anita Baker, Al Jarreau) on guitar.

TARSHA FITZGERALD PRODUCTIONS creates Profound Magical Musical Performances with Extraordinary Music, Great Vibes and Memorable Experiences that are Unforgettable!

“...A legend...” – Robert Glasper
“...the best...” – New York Times
“Both old school and cutting-edge at the same time.” – The Wall Street Journal

2022 NEA Jazz Master Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr. is a musician/composer dedicated to mastering every era of jazz, soul, and funk and composing orchestral classical music. He has been called a "One man music festival" because his performances cover the history of music and show his knowledge of many styles is the basis for his innovations. According to geniuses Eddie Palmieri, Nicholas Payton, Carl Allen, and Mike Clark, he is a genius. Harrison is the recognized Big Chief of Congo Square in Afro-New Orleans culture, where he keeps alive one of the root contributors cultures to Traditional jazz. Harrison is also the innovator of three influential jazz styles, including a modern jazz twist to New Orleans' second-line music that blends classic jazz with hip-hop, funk, and soul music, called “Nouveau Swing.”

Artist, performer, and educator Karol Martinez discusses works in our installation Latin American Art / Arte Latinoamericano through a LGBTQ+ lens with Theresa Sotto, Ruth R. Marder Director of Learning & Community Engagement.

Queering the Collection is an in-gallery program series that invites artists and scholars to participate in conversations that connect queer-identifying perspectives with artistic and art-historical knowledge about works in our collection. Speakers will discuss works of art in our galleries, followed by a Q&A session with the audience.

Joshua Redman is one of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists to have emerged in the decade of the 1990s. The early influences of John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Cannonball Adderley, and his father, Dewey Redman, as well as The Beatles, Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, Earth, Wind and Fire, Prince, The Police, and Led Zeppelin drew Joshua more deeply into music. After graduating from Harvard College with a B.A. in Social Studies, he had already been accepted by Yale Law School, but deferred entrance for what he believed was only going to be one year to join friends in Brooklyn. Redman almost immediately found himself immersed in the New York jazz scene. In November 1991, five months after moving to New York, Redman was named the winner of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition.

Keystone Kards are not applicable for this show.

Colleen Green (Performing ‘I Want to Grow Up’ in it’s entirety)

with Rozwell Kid and Cosmic Halitosis

Sat. Jun. 28th 2025

Doors: 7:00 PM // Show: 8:00 PM

All Ages

Art Sherrod, Jr. [saxophone]
Eddie Baccus, Jr. [saxophone]
Travis Higgins [keyboards]
Craig Alston [bass]
Stanley Cooper [guitar]
Marvin Miller, Jr. [drums]
Vic Frierson [vocals]
Karen Linnette [vocals]
Deborah Poole-Williams [vocals]
Todd Googins [vocals]
Gene McBride [vocals]

MOTOWN! Just the name evokes sound and images of a past musical era full of great artists, classic songs, smooth choreography and exciting stage shows. In its 12 year history, MOTOWN & MORE: The Legacy Lives brings back this wonderful era of music performing your favorite Motown songs by legendary artists and music legends including The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Jackson 5, Martha & The Vandellas, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye and more.

Art Sherrod, Jr. [saxophone]
Eddie Baccus, Jr. [saxophone]
Travis Higgins [keyboards]
Craig Alston [bass]
Stanley Cooper [guitar]
Marvin Miller, Jr. [drums]
Vic Frierson [vocals]
Karen Linnette [vocals]
Deborah Poole-Williams [vocals]
Todd Googins [vocals]
Gene McBride [vocals]

MOTOWN! Just the name evokes sound and images of a past musical era full of great artists, classic songs, smooth choreography and exciting stage shows. In its 12 year history, MOTOWN & MORE: The Legacy Lives brings back this wonderful era of music performing your favorite Motown songs by legendary artists and music legends including The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Jackson 5, Martha & The Vandellas, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye and more.

BOB LOG III

with Strawberry Sleepover and Skribe

Thursday July 3, 2025

Doors at 7:00 PM, Show at 8:00 PM

All Ages

MC CHRIS with Swell Rell
“20 Years of Touring”

Fri. Jul. 4th 2025

Doors: 7:00 PM // Show: 8:00 PM

All Ages

mc chris is most widely known for his reoccurring character MC P Pants on Adult Swim’s Aqua Teen Hunger Force where he was also an animator and writer. He’s been featured in the Aqua Teen movie, the video game and most recently on a series of You Tube videos called Aqua Donk Side Pieces. He’s also starred on several Adult Swim series including The Brak Show and Sealab 2021. When he’s not voicing some of his iconic late-night characters, he’s a full-time touring rapper. A pioneer of the hip hop subgenre Nerdcore, mc chris has worked with Talib Kweli, Andrew WK, and Donald Glover. His fans include the likes of Gerard Way, Post Malone and T-Pain and he was even sampled by Run the Jewels for the latest Aqua Teen movie Plantasm. He’s toured with Reggie and Full Effect, Ninja Sex Party, Warped Tour, appeared on a GWAR album, performed at the gathering of the Juggalos and even had his own Honda commercial. Recently mc chris launched a podcast called None of This Matters with Dana Snyder the voice of Master Shake on Aqua Teen Hunger Force. mc chris is the widely accepted soundtrack to nerd culture. Not only does he rhyme about what nerds love most, but he was one of the first performers to encourage nerds to take pride in themselves and what they care about. He’s a full-time single father to his son, Tony, and lives in Los Angeles.