Casual Alien in concert

Saturday, Dec 9
Doors open 7pm, Concert starts 8pm
Tickets $10, available at door

Atmospheric re-entry with Phoenix’ live techno rave group Casual Alien.

An full evening of electronic music and synced video art with cosplay.

Inviting psychonauts to inter-dimensional clubbing at its best.
You won’t want to miss the fun of an abduction while being
probed with all original ambient, psy-trance,
EDM , glitch, IDM, Goa, psychedelic and chill electronica

“Reminds me of Shpongle, Ott or Juno Reactor!” -DJ Aphex
“Find the others” -Terence McKenna

Firestage Presents: Ladies on Fire Nine

Doors open at 7pm. Show starts at 8pm.
Tickets: $10 advance $15 door.

For the 9th year, Firestage presents “Ladies on Fire” a variety show extravaganza celebrating the inspiring talent, indisputable relevance and social might of female artists!

Enjoy a beautiful evening of eclectic performances by local and visiting ladies, featuring live music, poetry, stand-up comedy, burlesque, fire dance, performance art and experimental theater, among other surprises!

The gorgeous and epic lineup of “Ladies on Fire Nine” includes:
· Music by Sarah Chapman, Tatiana Crespo, Elena Vega and E Alo.
· Performance art by Crystal Cruz and Hanna Walsh.
· Burlesque by Morgan Moondust.
· Poetry by Rosemarie Dombrowski, Lauren Perry, Anna Flores, Leah Marche, Suzanne Steinberg and Nadine Sabulsky.
· Stand-up comedy by Dana Whissen, Mo Urban and April Walterscheid.
· Fire dance by Crimson Phoenix and Sherri Amour.

(see below for more details about these wonderful performers)

You are bound to be mesmerized by the unmistakable power of female artists, join us at the gorgeous Alwun House, in the heart of the Historic Garfield District!

Produced by Ernesto Moncada & Alwun House

Hosted by “Ernastina” and special surprise co-host!

ARTIST BIOS:
Rosemarie Dombrowski is the founder of Rinky Dink Press, a poetry editor at Four Chambers Press, and the co-founder and host of the Phoenix Poetry Series, which is about to enter its tenth year. She has been nominated for several poetry-related awards and her work has appeared in numerous publications. Her collections include The Book of Emergencies, a lyrical exploration of the culture of autism, and The Philosophy of Unclean Things, a celebration of phobias, superstitions, and decay.

April Walterscheid is a vegan who baton twirled in parades in 3rd then gave it all up to pursue comedy. She wrote for Vegan News until a sheep got her fired. She’s performed at The Comedy Store, Flappers, Tempe Improv, and House of Comedy. And if that information doesn’t get your butts in these seats you are probably dying in a hospital somewhere and she is very sorry to hear that.

Tatiana Crespo, also known as Tchachi Punqueen, is a songwritter, singer, guitar, and accordion player from Costa Rica. Her songs are bilingual, and talk about issues of mass consumption and immigration. Her songs vary from Cumbias to French Waltzes, but one thing is consistent: Her Passion. You can see her playing all over Phoenix with her band Las Chollas Peligrosas (don’t miss her upcoming solo show at the Crescent Lounge on December 26th).

Some fun facts about Dana Whissen:
• Michael Bolton, Kenny G, and Jordan Knight from NKOTB were her first loves .
• She opened for Iliza Shlesinger a few months ago. That was super neat.
• Gets her strength and power from rain and thunderstorms.
• Studied musical theater in college for a little while.
• Studied longform improv at the Torch Theatre in Phoenix for five years
• Saw the movie Speed 2 in the theater FOUR TIMES when she was twelve years old
•Watches Roseanne EVERY DAY. It’s her medication.
•Audiences seem to really enjoy her. Thank god for that!

Nadine Sabulsky is the Prima Imagina of SatoriaNation and originator/developer of “Naked Life Coaching™ Transformational speaker, author, mom, movie star, super-heroine, synergist, karaoke singer, dancer, serial entrepreneur, adventuress, inventor, designer, goddess & more!

Suzanne Steinberg is a poet, painter, writer and film-maker. She enjoys writing and drawing flowers. She has written three fictional biographies about Nietzsche, Freud and Carl Jung and is currently writing about Sylvia Plath. She has made two feature films and two shorts, and created countless amount of paintings hanging in rehab mental facilities. She runs the OCD film festival and Arizona Writes.

Mo Urban is a Tucson comedian who runs a weekly open mic comedy show at Café Passe every Wednesday. She also cohosts and co-produces The Dating Game at The Flycatcher with Bethany Evans and the comedy variety show “What Now” with Amber Frame at Tucson Improv Movement. Mo also hosted and organized the all-female portion of Tucson Improv Movements first Women’s Comedy Festival in February of 2017. She was also the feature act on their Best Show, Ever showcase for The Tucson Women’s Comedy Festival.

Leah Marche, an alumna of ASU’s School of Journalism, is a Phoenix native and longtime advocate and participant within the arts and culture landscape of the Valley. Listed among Phoenix New Times’ 100 Creatives, creative ventures Leah has co-founded or founded include: BlackPoet Ventures; L!VE POET!C; WE JAZZ JUNE; Storyscope; Arizona Music Video Awards; and Black Horizons Festival. She curates an ongoing JAZZmeetsPOETRY series at The Nash and the monthly entrepreneur storytelling event FuckUp Nights Phoenix.

Crimson Phoenix an international award winning painter/illustrator began spinning fire in 2010 while working as an underground set designer in downtown Phoenix. Her “arsenal” houses nearly a dozen different fire tools, as well as some delightful led props, used to mesmerize her audience. With performances ranging from soft and sensual to hot and heavy, Crimson Phoenix will capture your imagination and set your soul on fire.

Elena Vega is a poet and singer-songwriter from Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. She is the editor of Lata Oscura Publishing and a freelance photographer. She also has an on-line radio show “La Rolera”. She is currently presenting her “Choro-Beat”, a fusion of loop music, poetry and performance art, which resulted from her most recent collection of poems, “Sirena Maldita”.

LIGHTHOUSE

Viewing Tue-Fri, 12-6pm
Play in the glow. With gallery lights off, art emitting light installed throughout gallery and into the gardens. Infused interactive light installations creating a transcendent aesthetic experience. Curator Landy Headley selected artists displaying imaginative integration of mediums, from functional to conceptual; light-boxes, lamps, art shrines, video, interactive light installation, neon, LED, fire, mixed media. If it glows, flickers, flashes, video, neon, shines in a darkened room.

First Friday December 1

Opening Concert First Friday Dec. 1
Tickets $15 available at door – 7pm door

Undoubtfully the funkiest klezmer band in the world, blending traditional klezmer with the foot stomping feel of R&B rhythms, tossing in a jazzy in between. This unique 9 piece ensemble of whacky musicians using southeastern European roots with sarcastic hip-gyrating Afrobeat rhythms will blow your mind and send you bopping in high gear! Just as the art is self illuminated Jerusafunk will emit light into your soul. Lighted costume contest. No host Bar. 21+

Diversly Dixon Art Exhbit Opening
Tickets $9 advance, $14 door
Featuring solo exhibition by Baron Dixon. Enjoy the many media, and many modes of expression. Delve into the wide, wild world whirling inside the mind of artist Baron Dixon, which puts him all over the creative map!

Opening Acts:
Complementing the wacky world of Baron Dixon is the equally wonky Obscure Entertainment- Phoenix’s own avant garde sideshow burlesque duo. Closing the evening is LoveBomb Go-Go, sensual purveyors of Intergalactic glam performance-art, indie-Balkan-funk-punk music by way of Portland, Oregon.

LoveBomb Go-Go are intergalactic freaks on a mission to mend, with music, the divisions of civilization; seeking universal equality and striving, even, to re-establish purposefulness for each and every life.

LoveBomb Go-Go differs from the average band not just because they come from outer space (via Portland, Oregon), but they play all original music drawing from many influences, including New Orleans and Balkan brass bands, contemporary rock music, and the Sun Ra Arkestra. The outlandish performance will be a full instrumental & visual onslaught featuring vocals, electric bass, and an invasion-sized force of horns and with a hard driving percussive force, and least we forget the spaced out hyper-kinetic Go-Go dancers.

Monsters Ball
Tickets $15 advance $20 door, 7pm

Limited supply of Reserved Tables
$175 includes admission for four seated at table – see below.

Alwun’s annual blow-out Halloween Ball is a “not-to-be-missed” high-energy art party. This year Monsters Ball rips into our impending politico apocalypto. A blow-out thriller stage show, live music, clowns, crowds costumed for cathartic revelry and spirited prizes. Doors creak open at 7pm.

Performances start immediately at 7pm with The Dry Surfinis playing their own brand of erie beat-surf-jazz.
Ignite Collaborative presents a haunting performance as your favorite childhood fear – CLOWNS. Witness a sexy clown duet, a group of innocent girls going through a transformation, and more! Opendance with Michèle Ceballos Michot, Fernando Lino in “Border Puta Trumped.“

Climaxing with the Pain Proof Punks who love to blur the line between pleasure and pain and tantalizing the senses with their tawdry talents!! They revel in all that is Halloween and bring a spectacular two part indulgence for our favorite Holiday!
Part One, brings special treats and surprises as they cosplay with
characters bringing delight and fright.
Part Two, unleashes the true darkness and depravity of Halloween showcasing trickery and truly sinister acts. Enter the world of Aerials, Burlesque, Circus Arts, Bondage, and Sideshow.

Pain Proof Punks Performers:
Rusty The Clown, Lexi Locket, Dr. Ozwald Copperchops , Irene Silver, Little J Sinclair, Morgan Moondust, Crystal Frost, Victoria Joelle, Nyhel, Miss Wonderland

Kenny Thames Combo

Tickets: $8 advance, $12 door
Doors Open at 7, concert at 8pm.

Since moving to Phoenix, Kenny has established a career in music, blending his gospel roots with jazz technique. He refers to his style as “Jazz-pel!” He continues to perform in country clubs, casinos, resorts, and private events thorough out the state of Arizona.

His band includes William Gilliard, the percussionist (who has performed with him for 18 years) Lonze Reynolds plays sax, and Elias Armendariz as bassist. The group has two regular vocalists, Anthony Keyes, and Cree Turner, introduced tonight in his debut performance with the combo.

Kenny has created his own music academy with an enrollment currently of 50, with a staff of 3, offering piano, guitar, vocals, and saxophone instruction. Teaching music to approximately a thousand people of all ages to realize their dream of creating music over the last 52 years.

Kenny resides in Phoenix, working from his studio in Central Phoenix. He has three children and 7 grandchildren, all residing in the Valley. Kody Pendant, his 7 year old chihuahua/min-pin mix is involved in most of his professional and personal activities.

Cleodora presents Cabaret Noir

Tickets $15 advance, $20 door
Doors Open at 8, show starts promptly at 9pm.

Join us for an evening of sultry entertainment at “Cabaret Noir” a cabaret variety show celebrating the unconventional side of sensuality with beautiful dancers, adult comedy, and sexy acrobatic acts!

Pandora’s Circus of Sin

Tickets: $12 advance – $15 available at door

Doors open 8pm show at 9pm – Raffles and Prizes!

Gather round sweet darlinks for a most tawdry tale of blood and bawds! This Halloween season we’re paying homage to antiquity’s most sinful women! From the lethal ladies of literature to mythological monsters!

These feme fatales are the makers and mistresses of your nightmares.