Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/01/2023 - 09/28/2023
12:00 am
Location
West Kortright Centre
Categories
KIDSTOCK! 7/1 Saturday, 11am-4pm
Pay what you wish – suggested donation $20/family
Join us for a fun afternoon when we present KIDSTOCK! on July 1 from 11am to 4pm. This children’s event features live music by party brass band Brasskill and kindie rockers Rolie Polie Guacamole as well as a fabulous Bubble Circus with Doug Rougeux. Mike the Juggler will teach kids tricks of his trade and throw balls in the air. Additional children’s activities include free face painting, recycled fabric jewelry making, build-your-own-bubble wand, a native plant giveaway, an obstacle course, Carnival games and more.
Landscape and Garden Tour 7/16 Sunday
The 32nd annual tour to benefit the West Kortright Centre will be a journey along beautiful country roads. Get a rare insider look at how local garden enthusiasts have enhanced the natural beauty of their outdoor environments. On view will be a myriad of design sensibilities incorporating flowers, shrubs and trees, stonework, water elements, artwork, vegetable beds, and more.
*NOTE: The first time slot starting at 11am is SOLD OUT. Rain or shine. No dogs, please.
Meredith Monk and John Hollenbeck – Duet Behavior 2023 7/22 Saturday, 7pm
Duet Behavior 2023 is an intimate evening of Meredith Monk’s music as it has never been experienced. Through a conversational approach, long-time friends and colleagues Monk and Hollenbeck expand and improvise on pieces from across Monk’s 50+ year catalogue, combining her pioneering vocal magic with his inventive and masterful percussion to generate new arrangements of Monk’s iconic compositions.
Medicine Singers ft. Yonatan Gat & Lee Ranaldo — Laraaji & Mamady Kouyate 8/12, Saturday 4PM
We are presenting an epic lineup with a two part concert curated by Yonatan Gat.
Ambient legend Laraaji and West African guitar master Mamady Kouyate (Bembeya Jazz/Mandingo Ambassadors) will kick off with the event on the indoor stage followed by an outdoor concert by the Medicine Singers, Lee Ranaldo and Yonatan Gat.
The Medicine Singers embody decades of musical genres influenced by Native American music, offering what Pitchfork called a “vivid new context for the sound of the powwow drum, highlighting the debt that rock music owes to Native American music.” Their live show with legendary guitarist Yonatan Gat and Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth bridges multiple dimensions of sound and evokes a bodily experience that transcends mere observation.
Mali Obomsawin 9/28 Thursday, 7pm
Indoor concert
Mali Obomsawin is an award winning bassist/composer from Odanak First Nation. Her debut album Sweet Tooth (Out of Your Head Records 2022) has garnered international acclaim and quickly established her as a rising jazz star and an innovative folk music visionary. Seamlessly melding chorale-like spirituals, folk melodies, and post-Albert Ayler free jazz, Obomsawin’s compositions occupy a universe completely their own.
Sweet Tooth has topped year end lists from NPR, The Guardian, Jazz Critics Poll, and more, delivering a suite of “gripping, dynamic, and thunderous music.” —Jazz Times
