Kalup Linzy, Lisa Kron & More Celebrate Creative Capital's 15th Anniversary, 11/24-26

Creative Capital celebrates its 15th anniversary milestone with artist events, community gatherings and special programs across the country, including a Joe's Pub program spotlighting their New York artists. "We are thrilled to be collaborating with Joe's Pub on this great series featuring Creative Capital's performing arts awardees," said Ruby Lerner, Founding Executive Director, Creative Capital. "All of us at Creative Capital are huge fans of Joe's Pub, and it's wonderful to celebrate our shared commitment to supporting adventurous artists over the past 15 years."

CHAMPAGNE JERRY
Monday, November 24 at 9:30PM

Joe's Pub mainstay Champagne Jerry, also known as Neal Medlyn, is a rapper and performance artist who, along with his producer, Max Tannone, and his onstage entourage, the Champagne Club, aim to transform the world each time they perform. Medlyn received the Creative Capital award in 2013 for King, a performance art project centered on Michael Jackson.

JOMAMA JONES AND SAMORA PINDERHUGHES
Tuesday, November 25 at 7:00PM

Jomama Jones and Samora Pinderhughes are FOUND for one night only at Joe's Pub. Jomama Jones traces the song lines for a rite of reconnection crafted with the visionary Samora Pinderhughes. Their first collaboration, the pair will interpret a series of songs associated with Josephine Baker, Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Labelle, and Diana Ross, among others, and reveal a new composition. Jomama Jones was funded in Creative Capital's first award round in 2000.

KALUP LINZY

Tuesday & Wednesday, November 25 & 26 at 9:30PM

Celebrating the release of his forthcoming album Art Jobs and Lullabies (2015), Kalup Linzy will perform live, with a six-piece band, selected material from the project, which is also the visual sequel to his 2013 release Romantic Loner (Linzy's Creative Capital-supported project, funded in 2008). The evening will also include music video interludes, skits and material from his previous albums Sweetberry Sonnet (2008), Sampled and LeftOva (2009), and Romantic Loner. The evening will also feature special guests.

DANNY HOCH / LISA KRON
Wednesday, November 26 at 7:30PM

Danny Hoch and Lisa Kron share the bill on this night, with each writer presenting excerpts of new work. Hoch, a 2006 Creative Capital awardee, shares parts of TAKING OVER, his heartbreakingly funny and devastating tour-de-force look at gentrification in New York City. The New York Times describes it as "... pulsing, seamless studies of character clashing with context, of people learning to sink or swim in suddenly unfamiliar waters."

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