THE LUMINARY CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS
THE POST PERFORMANCES: Phaseone + Daniel Shown

June 19th, 2010 from 7-9pm at the Old Post Office Plaza

The Luminary | Center for the Arts, in conjunction with the Partnership for Downtown, is pleased to present a free monthly performance series entitled Post to be held once per month in the summer of 2010 at the Old Post Office Plaza. The Post Performances will pair some of the best local visual artists and musical performers to create site-specific, one-time performances with the goal of creating a platform encouraging collaboration among the local visual and performing art cultures, highlighting emerging talent in the region and promoting the artistic environment of the Plaza. The second installment will take place on Saturday, June 19th from 7-9pm pairing acclaimed local producers Phaseone and Parisian with video artist Daniel Shown.

The performance is free, all ages and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to bring seating and are welcome to bring food and drinks to the event (no glass please).

THE LUMINARY CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS

May 22, 2010 from 7-9pm at the Old Post Office Plaza
The Luminary | Center for the Arts, in conjunction with the Partnership for Downtown, is pleased to present a free monthly performance series entitled Post to be held once per month in the summer of 2010 at the Old Post Office Plaza. The Post Performances will pair some of the best local visual artists and musical performers to create site-specific, one-time performances with the goal of creating a platform encouraging collaboration among the local visual and performing art cultures, highlighting emerging talent in the region and promoting the artistic environment of the Plaza. The first installment will take place on Saturday, May 22nd from 7-9pm pairing local standouts Theodore with the large-scale sculpture of BJ Vogt.

Theodore, whose recently-released album Hold You Like a Lover has been featured nationally in magazines such as Paste, is one of the area’s most creative and engaging live bands. They will be performing amidst a large installation by BJ Vogt called A Human Geology. Originally created for the Schmidt Art Center, A Human Geology stands over 12 feet tall and will create a monolithic structure to accentuate Theodore’s naturalistic lyrics and Americana sound. The performance is free and open to the public.

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NOTE: THE SHOW IS NOT SOLD OUT. ONLINE SALES ARE CLOSED, BUT TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE WHEN DOORS OPEN AT 7:30PM!

On Saturday, April 24th, The Luminary will present The Album Leaf with Sea Wolf as a part of the Elevator Music Series. The Album Leaf is touring in support of its recent release, A Chorus of Storytellers (Sub Pop), a dream-pop masterpiece winning worldwide acclaim. Recalling the best parts of Sigur Ros (who the band has recorded alongside) and widescreen post-rock, The Album Leaf is known for their opulent live show. Opening will be Sea Wolf, a LA-based indie band who has been steadily rising in the ranks of tastemakers over their first two albums.

Doors will open at 7pm. Show at 8pm.

$12 advance/$14 at the door

Tickets are available in advance at Brown Paper Tickets.

The Elevator Music Series is presented by The Luminary and KDHX.

On Saturday, June 26th, The Luminary and 88.1 KDHX welcomes Frog Eyes with Jumbling Towers and Art Majors as a part of the Elevator Music Series. The show will be the final stop on the tour in support of their upcoming release, Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph, which blends expansive lyrics with an unbridled, straigh-to-tape sound that is easily among the legendary band’s best.

Tickets are $10 in advance and are available through Brown Paper Tickets here.

On Thursday, March 11 we will open the second season of the Elevator Music Series with a special engagement with Califone. The band will be performing live to the film All My Friends are Funeral Singers and will follow the film with a set from the band’s back catalogue.  All My Friends are Funeral Singers is the new album from the experimental Chicago roots-rock band as well as the first feature film from writer-director (and Califone’s frontman) Tim Rutili. Fresh off of an opening stint with Wilco, this will be a great chance to see the band in an intimate and artful setting.

Tickets are $12 and are available online at Brown Paper Tickets.

Doors will open at 7pm and the show/film will begin promptly at 8pm. Tickets are general admission, but seating will be available on a first come, first served basis.

The Elevator Music Series is presented by The Luminary and KDHX.

Suckers merged as the sound and aesthetic of three one-man bands playing together. Pan, Quinn and Austin each played multiple instruments per song: singing, shouting and chanting in unison. The trio knew they were missing something or someone, and thankfully, that person arrived in drummer/keyboardist Brian Aiken, fresh off a year abroad in Hungary. Once Brian was on board, the band hit their stride, packing local venues and sharing bills with friends and kindred spirits in Yeasayer, MGMT, Dragons Of Zynth, Chairlift, Kyp Malone and Awesome Color, among others. Their heralded live performances feature group singing, primal beats, future sounds, Serbian interpretive dancers, trumpet blasts, religious truths and sheer enjoyment.

Tickets: $8adv/$10dos available online at Brown Paper Tickets.

Doors: 7pm  Show: 8pm

Band sites:

Suckers

Cold Bear Scout

The Books are one of the most revered and influential instrumental acts of the last decade, weaving enigmatic narratives through interlocking melodic themes into what cannot be described as anything short of breathtaking. The band will be making a rare live appearance in an environment set up specially for the performance in our contemporary gallery space.

With a cut-and-paste musical aesthetic, The Books, a.k.a. Nick Zammuto and Paul de Jong, did not invent the audio collage, but they have perfected the idea of incorporating found sound into their music. The result is kind less-is-more future-fold, cliche-free and miraculously organic.

Openers Lymbyc Systym  is an instrumental duo comprised of brothers Mike and Jared Bell. Hailing from Austin, Texas and Brooklyn, NY respectively, the pair began tinkering back in 2001, laboriously experimenting and completely hellbent on establishing something fresh and unique from deep beneath the indie canopy. The have most recently toured with Broken Social Scene and This Will Destroy You and are known as one of the most engaging live acts emerging today.

September 20th 2009 @ 8pm

On Saturday, October 10th, Syna So Pro will be releasing her striking debut full-length at The Luminary with Glass Waves and A Light Sleeper. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door.

“Syna So Pro’s one-woman act is a cerebral exercise in harmony, melody and looped choral madness. Shades of Imogen Heap’s twinkling mysticism mingle with ethereal dreampop and crunchy rock textures, as she loops bass, keyboard and violin (among other instruments) to create haunting layers of music.”

Annie Zaleski, RFT

Hear Emily Wells here.

With locals Old Lights and Dear Vincent.

Tickets $8

Doors: 7pm   Show 8pm

Myspace: myspace.com/abevigoda