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Sat, Jun 06Join us for an ecstatic, rapturous and profoundly engaging sonic immersion. Michael Century (accordion), Chris Fisher-Lochhead (viola), and Zach Layton (17-string bass) utilize Pauline Oliveros’s Expanded Instrument System (EIS) for an expedition into the depths of human-machine co-creation.
Sat, Jun 20Come take part in one of America’s oldest living polyphonic singing traditions! 3pm: Singing School led by Stefan Amidon. 4pm: Community Shape-Note Sing, 6pm: Potluck, at 7pm: we offer the documentary AWAKE MY SOUL: THE STORY OF SACRED HARP. The Potluck and Film are free for shape-note particiants!
Sat, Jun 20Join us for a documentary as ruckus and uplifting as the Music itself! For participants, America’s oldest living polyphonic singing tradition is the key that unlocks mysteries: songs of both beauty and sorrow, of life and of death, that cause feet to stomp and tears to flow, often at the same time.
Sun, Jun 21“After the Revolution, who’s going to pick up the garbage on Monday Morning?” Believing that acts of routine maintenance—diaper changing, trash collection, environmental care—could be reframed as art, trailblazing artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles transformed the concept of public art in radical ways.
Sat, Jun 27Erich von Stroheim’s epic swan song pulls no punches! A spectacular masterwork of erotic ecstasies and horrors, there is no tale as torrid as that of Queen Kelly! Newly Restored in 4K, Experience it on the big screen with a powerful live soundtrack performed on our historic Estey Organ!
Sun, Jun 28NEW DATE! Venture to Shangri-La with this rarely-screened Utopian vision from director Frank Capra!! Our TRANSCENDING CYNICISM Series Finale!
Mon, Jul 20Join us July 20th to celebrate humanity's achievements in space and to promote peaceful lunar exploration! Enjoy NASA footage of the 1969 moon landing with a live sountrack by B.MEZ: a project featuring members of Birdsongs of the Mesozoic: Michael Bierylo, Ken Field, Rick Scott, Roger Miller
Video by Maralie Armstrong
Photo by Kristopher Radder
The belfry contains the permanent installation of the Weather Warlock drone synthesizer
Video by Maralie Armstrong
The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary was built in a similar fashion to a European opera house allowing for incredible acoustics and visceral sonic resonance. The versatile stage area has comfortably accommodated chamber orchestras, full-scale opera productions, and dozens of choral singers. The Estey pipe organ has been regularly maintained since installation in 1906 and is in perfect working order for performances ranging from classical to avant-garde. Ornately carved antique pews on 3 levels provide a seating capacity of 425. The venue also features a retractable cinema screen and projection capability.
Epsilon Spires hosts a multimedia art gallery on the top balcony of the Sanctuary with a curatorial focus on interactive installations that merge art and science to investigate the political implications of perception and subjectivity.