For the second year in a row The Luminary Center for the Arts and the Partnership for Downtown presents the Post Performances, a free monthly performance series to be held once a month in the summer of 2011 at the Old Post Office Plaza. The Post Performances will pair innovative visual artists and musicians to [...]
On July 1st at 8pm, The Luminary will host a special performance upstairs by NewVillager and US English as a part of the US English-curated GOLDEN C/AGE CONCERTS in which they pair installations and innovative sounds together each show. NewVillager is a band/art collective from San Francisco and NYC that will be returning from a [...]
On July 4th, The Luminary presents a special show with of Montreal as a part of the monthly Elevator Music Series. Of Montreal will perform in the intimate gallery space at The Luminary in this unique opportunity to see the band in the kind of creative setting the band is most at home in. It [...]
THE LUMINARY CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS POST PERFORMANCE 1: Oberhofer + Ryan Thayer June 4th, 2011 from 7-10pm at the Old Post Office Plaza For the second year in a row The Luminary Center for the Arts and the Partnership for Downtown presents the Post Performances, a free monthly performance series to be held [...]
On March 22nd, The Luminary welcomes Small Black to the Elevator Music Series. The band’s pulsing patchwork synths and pop hooks lock in for a mesmerizing and dynamic live show. Building off of 2010′s swelling “New Chain” full-length, Small Black has become one of the most highly-anticipated new bands over the past year. Rising stars [...]
On Friday, April 22nd, The Luminary welcomes The Joy Formidable to the Elevator Music Series. The Joy Formidable’s panoramic and anthemic rock has found them superstardom in their native UK and growing acclaim in the US after earning raves from Rolling Stone, NME, The New York Times and Pitchfork and sharing the stage with Passion [...]
On Sunday, March 27th, The Luminary presents post-dubstep pioneers Mount Kimbie to the Elevator Music Series. Mount Kimbie has released some of the most organic and exciting electronic music coming out of the dubstep era in London over the past several years. The two-piece merges found-sound samples and rolling percussion to pioneer a new direction [...]
On Saturday, April 23rd, The Luminary welcomes Lightning Bolt to the monthly Elevator Music Series. Lightning Bolt is a noise rock duo from Providence, Rhode Island, composed of Brian Chippendale on drums and vocals and Brian Gibson on bass guitar. Lightning Bolt are known for their guerrilla-style live performances, where they typically play on the [...]
**Note: This date has changed to May 19th** On May 19th, The Luminary presents Cold Cave as a part of the monthly Elevator Music Series. Cold Cave are an experimental electronic pop group from Philadelphia and New York City who make melodic synthscapes with jackhammer beats. They acknowledge the dark roots of synthesizer music as [...]
On Monday, March 28th, The Luminary will present Destroyer with The War on Drugs as a part of the monthly Elevator Music Series. A mainstay on record players of literate listeners, Destroyer makes the kind of music you want to study up on just to appreciate. As a member of The New Pornographers and Swan [...]
On Friday, October 15th, new art + music label Post Literate launches with a special collaborative release by US English and Glitch, with guests Phaseone and 18 & Counting. US English will be releasing their debut EP, What Frontier, the first of three serial EP’s being released to build into a full-length. Glitch, curated and [...]
THE LUMINARY CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS THE POST PERFORMANCES: Jon Hardy and the Public + Dave Lang and Andy van der Truin August 21st, 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 [...]
On Friday, July 30th, The Luminary and 88.1 KDHX welcome Cults and Light Pollution to the Elevator Music Series. The show brings together two of the most exciting acts to have emerged this year, each garnering near-universal acclaim. Both exude the energy of the recent beach-vibe in indie rock without succumbing to any seasonal fad. [...]
On Saturday, July 31st, The Luminary and 88.1 KDHX welcome Bear in Heaven and Twin Sister as a part of the monthly Elevator Music Series at The Luminary Center for the Arts. Incorporating elements of electronic music and krautrock, Bear in Heaven has seen near-universal acclaim for its album Beast Rest Forth Mouth, including the [...]
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 [...]
