Freestyle: ISKAY [POSTPONED] - Charlotte Street

Posted January 1, 2024

Saturday, January 13, 2024 from 1:00-3:00 PM

Join us for the debut of Charlotte Street’s Freestyle performances, a low-key Second Saturday afternoon social gathering featuring intimate performances, communal zine-making, and free coffee from local pop-ups.

Live music will be provided by ISKAY, music duo Amado Espinoza and Pedro Calderon who specialize in traditional South American music. Come and go as you please for a casual afternoon of zine-making and FREE coffee provided by local Latinx + Indigenous family-owned business Café Corazón. Sketching, writing, and connecting with community are encouraged.

Event Details

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When

Saturday, January 13 from 1:00-3:00 PM

Where

Charlotte Street Campus (3333 Wyoming St)

ABOUT ISKAY

Amado Espinoza is a unique performing artist, composer, and instrument maker from Cochabamba, Bolivia, who respects his folk traditions of the Andes Mountains while creating compositions that are sincere to his musical-wanderlust personality

He is joined by his musical brother, Pedro Calderon (Peru) who plays flutes, guitar, and vocals.

Can’t make it to the first Freestyle performance? Join us next time on the following Saturdays at 1:00-3:00 PM:

February 10
March 9
April 13
May 11
June 15
July 13
August 10
September 14
October 12
November 9

ABOUT CAFÉ CORAZÓN

Café Corazón is a local Latinx & Indigenous family-owned business specializing in classic and specialty Latinx coffee and espresso drinks and traditional Yerba Mate tea.

Next Event

Scratch Night – December 2024

When

Thursday, December 12, 2024 from 7:30-9:00 PM

Where

Charlotte Street Stern Theater (3333 Wyoming St)

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Hope-Lian Vinson

Hope-Lian Vinson is a Kansas City-based visual artist whose works recast elements of the built environment to explore internal narratives of history and identity. With a B.F.A in Painting, Art History, and a Social Practice Certificate from the Kansas City Art Institute, Hope-Lian works at the intersections of art and ecology by using locally-sourced clay and natural materials to reference place and geological processes. They have showcased works in MdW Atlas, SITE ONE, Sapien Gallery, and have recently returned from the Chop Wood Carry Water arts residency in the Driftless region of NW Illinois. They currently serve as the Marketing + Communications Manager at Charlotte Street, where they use their artistic background in community-organizing to provide critical support for Charlotte Street programs and initiatives.