Urban Birds: Voices from the Hill
Arlington Garden
275 Arlington Dr, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA
California
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Description
Join us at Arlington Garden to celebrate the role of collective action in transforming neglected urban spaces. Once a desolate lot and former staging ground for the 710 freeway, Pasadena community members worked to transform the future site of Arlington Garden into the community gathering space and host for native flora and fauna that it is today.
Visitors will have an opportunity to hear and see variations on the music, artwork, and ideas represented at our May 11 event at Elephant Hill and participate in related activities for all ages. Drummer and composer Guillermo Brown will be performing an improvisational soundtrack of live loop-based music inspired by his Voices from the Hill composition, incorporating percussion from the instruments he created sourced from found objects, and recordings from the site over time. Dancer Shalandrea Houchen and artist Raul Baltazar will perform a ritual to help audience members rid themselves of unnecessary emotional baggage they may carry.
Hawk on Hand will be bringing their raptors, a great opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the wonderful birds living on Elephant Hill.
Families will be invited to make their own musical instruments from found objects and natural materials, incorporating seeds and other items gathered from Elephant Hill. Other workshops include planting local plants with the California Native Plant Society, Indigenous based arts and culture with Meztli Projects, and more. Visitors interested in how they can make positive contributions to their urban environments through guerilla gardening can join a tour of the garden with members of TestPlot – Elephant Hill who are working to re-establish native plants on the hillside.
Performance Schedule:
Noon-2:00 - A screening of the film created during our procession across Elephant Hill on May 11th. This features performances of music by Guillermo Brown, as well as art by Maria Maea and Raul Baltazar.
1:00 - Live falcons with Hawk on Hand
1:30 - Guillermo Brown drumming performance
2:00 - Dance performance and ceremony with Shalandrea Houchen, Raul Baltazar, and Guillermo Brown
2:30 - Jam session with your brand new trash instruments (see below)
3:00 - Q and A with Elva Yañez of Save Elephant Hill
This project is made possible by The Eric Stokes Fund, Earth's Best in Tune, a grant from the City of Pasadena Department of Cultural Affairs, a grant from the California Arts Council, and a grant from the Pasadena Community Foundation.
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Start:
2024-05-18T12:00:00-07:00
End:
2024-05-18T16:00:00-07:00
Category
Music
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