MAPP (Mission Art Performance Project)
Saturday, October 4th, 2025
6:30 pm – Doors
7 p.m. to 10 p.m. event
THIS IS A FREE EVENT
(Donation is encouraged)
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM:
Red Poppy Art House
2698 Folsom @23rd
Curator: Dina Zarif
7:00 pm- 7:40 pm Amelia Romano (Lever Harp Untamed)
7:50 pm -8:50 pm Louda y Los Bad Hombres (Latin and Jazz Rhythmics)
9:00 pm -10:00 pm Sambamba trio (Rio de Janeiro’s samba)
Exhibition: Andrea Guskin’s newest body of work: Fracture Zones.
THIS IS A FREE EVENT!
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EXHIBITION:
Fracture Zones | art, music, words
Inspired by the geographical language and imagery of topographic maps, particularly the large scars forming “fracture zones” deep beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, she uses these fissures as a metaphor for the layers of emotional experience related to ancestry, immigration, and lost family narratives.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Andrea Guskin is a San Francisco Bay Area based multidisciplinary artist who was raised amongst the woods and college campuses of Wisconsin and Ohio.
She works across multiple disciplines including photography, sculpture, and painting. She often uses everyday domestic materials and tools for mending–such as thread, foil, spices– to explore ancestry, domesticity and strategies for repair and transformation in our daily lives.
After studying painting at Antioch College in Ohio, Guskin moved to New York City and became part of the art and songwriting communities on the Lower East Side, joining a group of visual and performing artists working in a 19th century school building now known as The Clemente. She exhibited her work and performed her songs regularly in the East Village (Sidewalk Cafe, C Note, CBGB’s Gallery).
Since moving to California, she has regularly exhibited her work throughout the state (Berkeley Art Center, H Gallery, Mercury 20 Gallery), often combining her experience in museum education with her creative practice to lead participatory art events. Andrea is a 2025 recipient of the San Leandro Arts and Culture grant for her community cyanotype project, Local Roots. In 2023, she graduated with an M.F.A in Interdisciplinary Arts from Mills College at Northeastern University. She currently lives in San Leandro with her husband and two sons.
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ABOUT THE PERFORMANCES:
Classical to Charismatic
Lever Harp Untamed
Presenting works from the 17th century and today, Amelia celebrates the lever harps eclecticism — a voice as relevant today as it was in the castles of 16th century Ireland.
Featuring:
Amelia Romano - Lever Harp
Amelia Romano is re-imagining the lever harp to showcase the instrument’s versatility.
The lever harp is often played by folk musicians and designed to play folk music from countries including Ireland and Scotland. In this context, oftentimes the lever mechanisms at the top of the instrument are set in the key of the song and left that way throughout the folk song. Conversely, on the classical pedal harp, one can easily change notes by stepping on the pedals.
Amelia’s vision has taken on both harp worlds and tackles complex classical passages on the lever harp by shifting the mechanisms mid-song, which is fascinating to watch. While pedal harps weigh 80 pounds, lever harps weigh 25 making them very portable. Romano lived in South Africa for a year and has toured in Europe, the southern United States and Pacific Northwest, bringing her enthusiasm for lever harps to classical music, wherever she goes.
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Louda y Los Bad Hombres
Latin and Jazz Rhythmics Bilingual Spanish Vocals
Featuring original music and reimagined Pop and Afro-Latin covers, LBH seamlessly blends their jazz studies, international influence, and open hearts through their instruments to your seat, to your moving feet.
Featuring:
Leo Nava – Guitar and Tres
Marley Edwards – Upright
Dave Eagle – Percussion
Laura Camacho – Vocals and Percussion
Louda y Los Bad Hombres came to life during the Revolution Cafe days of the Mission District. Since 2018, this group has played large, small, new, and retired venues throughout the Bay Area.
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Sambamba
Celebrating the spirit of Rio de Janeiro’s samba
Sambamba brings the spirit of Rio de Janeiro’s samba to Red Poppy, celebrating the music of Paulinho da Viola, Martinho da Vila, Zeca Pagodinho, Almir Guineto, Jorge Aragão, Revelação, Arlindo Cruz, Fundo de Quintal, and beyond for a true Carioca experience.
Featuring:
Lau Paiva – Guitar, Vocals, Percussion
Rodrigo Lemes – Cavaquinho, Vocals, Pandeiro
Andrew Scott – Pandeiro, Tantan, Reco-reco, cajon, tamborim
+ Surprise Special Guests!
Sambamba is a Bay Area group specializing in the authentic joy of samba and bossa nova, singing the songs that every Brazilian seems to know. The core of Sambamba is a trio, which can expand to a quartet or quintet depending on the situation. The band members have been playing together in various Bay Area groups for over 20 years. Their diverse backgrounds bring an eclectic mix of influences to their music.
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ABOUT MAPP:
Launched in 2003, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly, multidisciplinary, intercultural event that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces, such as private garages, gardens, living rooms, studios, street corners, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kaleidoscope of individuals and communities.
We will continue our work in presenting unique artistry to the communities that we serve.
RED POPPY MAPP TEAM:
Artistic Director | Managing Director: Dina Zarif
PR and Digital Marketing: Anjali Varma
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