Events
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October 19, 2025
The Vanishing Act ~ Riley Soloner ~ Ana Ratner ~ Mark Collins
Musicians moonlighting as magicians (with intentionally questionable magic), corporate clowning, a history of the almanac featuring artifacts, & a story of an angel who gently unthreads a curmudgeon.
June 8 , 2025
Blake Chernin ~ Noah Schamus ~ Erik “Lionheart” Slavin ~ Janae Imani Marable (Ellen.J)
Salon 4J: After Dark Edition — a sensual story, a theory on why cinema got less horny, yoni massage 101, and a soundscape to guide us through the choreography of a dance-floor makeout.
March 2, 2025
April Gulotti ~ Nadirah Farah Foley, PhD, MsED, Kylie Mitchell
A personality test scored by classical violin (Mozart for the optimists, Beethoven for the dramatics), followed by a convo on meritocracy (or the myth of it), and unsettling history of taxidermy’s colonial roots and its afterlives in the contemporary art world.
May 29, 2024
Mango Dreamgirl ~ Nadia Amokrane ~ Riley Soloner
Baroque pop to set the mood, a scientist explaining how research ideas actually happen (feat. a rare neurological disorder), and a clown teaching us the power of the mask, and the moment it slips.
February 25, 2024
Sara Camnasio ~ Clifford Thompson ~ Jack Adams
A seaside presidential race — Seagulls for “Traditional Values” vs. Flamingos for “Your Beak, Your Choice” — followed by a story that chuckled its way into something deeper, and an exploration of where poetry meets song, scored by acoustic guitar.
October 7, 2023
Nahia Orla ~ Frankey Smith ~ Dylan A. Smith
Bilingual music in the presence of an eclectic art installation, representation and responsibility in the comic world and a story of New York’s water supply—where it comes from, and what it carries.
April 16, 2023
Salome Egas ~ Lori Felipe-Barkin ~ Alex Chisholm, PhD
A one-woman piece rooted in the Ecuadorian immigrant experience, new scenes unfolding from a play in bloom, and a scientific (and slightly smoky) exploration of marijuana.
January 11, 2026
Jealyn McFadden ~ Michelle Martinelli ~ Tarynn Dier ~ Leila Olsen
Salon 4J: After Dark Edition — a sensual story, a theory on why cinema got less horny, yoni massage 101, and a soundscape to guide us through the choreography of a dance-floor makeout.