SHANE KOYCZAN
w/sg Derrick Brown
Friday, November 1, 2024, 8:00pm
Tickets: $25
“B.C. poet Shane Koyczan is at the heart of a Category Five creative hurricane.” –Vancouver Sun
Internationally recognized author and spoken word artist Shane Koyczan has emerged as a creator of
poetry that dares to belong to the people and speak directly to them in their own voice. In 2013, he
collaborated with animators to make the anti-bullying viral video “To This Day” which has had over 13
million views, and he performed a customized version “For the Bullied and the Beautiful” to acclaim at
the 2013 International TED Conference in Long Beach, California. Shane shapes his words and delivers in
multi mediums from authored, video, spoken word, operatic, and musically performed.
Derrick C. Brown is a poet, novelist, comedian, and storyteller. In 2023, Paste Magazine named his
Comedy and Poetry Record ‘Album of the Year.’ He is the winner of the Texas Book of The Year award
for Poetry. The New York Times calls his work “…a rekindling of faith in the weird, hilarious, shocking,
beautiful power of words.”
Category: Spoken Word
https://www.shanekoyczan.com/
https://brownpoetry.com/
NATALIE & BRITTANY HAAS with NIC GAREISS
Saturday, November 2, 2024, 8:00pm
Tickets: $20
“among the most exciting, moving musicians in the acoustic string music universe” –Darol Anger
Sisters Natalie (cello) and Brittany (fiddle) Haas began their musical lives together, filling their childhood
home with Bach suites and old-time tunes alike. It was on their own, however-following divergent paths
through disparate musical traditions, countries, and cultures-that they both arrived as virtuosi and
composers at the highest levels of contemporary string music. Fans of acoustic music can hardly
mention one without referencing the other’s work. With HAAS, these singular musicians finally record
together – in duo form – for the first time. It is a collaboration a lifetime in the making, and a music
encompassing travels through time and through the world From Nashville to Norway, the Celtic Isles to
California, Natalie and Brittany have absorbed, adapted, and made their own world of music. The result?
HAAS.
Named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch,” Nic Gareiss (he/they) has been hailed by the New York
Times for his “dexterous melding of Irish and Appalachian dance” and called “the most inventive and
expressive step dancer on the scene” by the Boston Herald. Nic has earned numerous accolades
including a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for traditional singer of the year and the Michigan
Heritage Award, the state’s highest distinction bestowed on traditional artists. Always jubilant, often
puckishly queer, Nic Gareiss has emerged as one of the most beloved and singular performers of
contemporary traditional dance and music.
Category: Chamber Folk
https://www.brittanyhaas.com/
https://www.nataliehaas.com/
https://www.nicgareiss.com/
