Welcome To

Saint Joseph's Cultural Center

A Beautiful Landmark Monument and Community and Cultural Art Center

Historic Rose Garden . Weddings . Concerts . Dance . Yoga . Taiko Dojo . Moving Ground Studio

3rd Floor Artists . African Drumming . Grass Valley Museum . Classes

410 South Church St. Grass Valley, CA 95945 (530) 272-4725

Located on the Corner of Church & Chapel Two Blocks From Historic Downtown Grass Valley, California

Saint Joseph's Events Calendar

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MAY 23rd and 24th

Mt. St. Mary's Academy

Annual Variety Show

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MAY 25th

The return of the Devils Train

and three other young rock bands

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JUNE 9th

PIANO CLASS RECITAL

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FRIDAY, JUNE 14th at 7:00 PM

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FRIDAY, JUNE 21st at 7:30 PM

Vagabond Opera

Tickets are $20.00 in advance and $22.00 at the door

Tickets are available at BriarPach Market and

the Cultural Center office in Grass Valley

and online at www.brownpapertickets.com

European Cabaret! Vintage Americana! Balkan Belly Dance! Neo-Classical Opera! Old World Yiddish Theater! Welcome to the six-piece, Portland, Oregon-based Vagabond Opera.

Bohemian Cabaret ensemble Vagabond Opera is described by the Washington Post as “A band of ceaseless charisma, boundless energy, impeccable musicianship and more than a little touch of both the naughty and exotic.”� The group delivers passionate offerings of Bohemian cabaret for young and old. Paris hot jazz, gut bucket swing, tangos, Ukrainian folk-punk ballads, klezmer and vigorous originals meet a world of riverboat gambling queens, Turkish belly dancers, and the enigmatic Marlene Dietrich. Weaving elements of Kurt Weil, Duke Ellington and Edith Piaf with absurdist flair, theatrics and an old world mood, Vagabond Opera presents the new wave of opera–lusty voices singing in 13 languages and presenting a cabaret of rich musical phrasing, sparkling lyrics and indomitable stage presence, all played with exuberance, skill and a gritty Vagabond edge. This is Opera liberated and reinvented for everyone!

The band’s core lineup features vocalists, (including operatic tenor vocals), accordion, tenor saxophone, clarinet, cello, stand-up bass, and drums. Guest performers and dancers often appear with the ensemble.

Vagabond Opera is at the vanguard of a growing popularity in the Neo-cabaret phenomenon, and through their theatrical performances, lyrics in many languages, and an eclectic repertoire, they liberate opera from its usual construct, expanding musical and theatrical biodiversity. Vagabond Opera has performed all over the USA and in Europe. They have been featured on NPR, in the Washington Post and Jazziz Magazine, and have shared stages and players with such acclaimed acts as Pink Martini, Devotchka, The Decembrists, Balkan Beat Box, The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, and the Oregon Symphony. Vagabond opera has four full-length albums.

Vagabond Opera was created in 2002 by European-trained opera singer and composer Eric Stern. While still electrified by traditional opera, Stern created a new context for opera: Performance on a more intimate scale incorporating not only opera but elements of Weimar Cabaret, Arabic and Balkan forms, and the original music that springs from the ensemble’s fertile creative work. This is not your granny’s opera, but a visceral artistic ensemble that features powerful instrumental and vocal performances coupled with a highly eclectic and theatrical experience.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 22ND at 8:00 PM

$10.00 at the door only

AARON ROSS

MARIEE SIOUX

and Pregnant

Aaron Ross

Mariee Sioux

She grew up in Nevada City, California where she wrote verses since she was a young child. At 17 she traveled to Patagonia to volunteer at a school for indigenous children where she taught herself to play the guitar, and in 2006 she debuted her first self-released album A Bundled Bundle of Bundles. A year later in 2007 she released her first studio album Faces in the Rocks which featured her delicate acoustic guitar music alongside the Native American flute by Gentle Thunder, and mandolin played by her father Gary Sobonya. The album had a Native American theme to it, filled with references to nature and the Native American people. Since the debut of her first album, she has drawn comparisons from Joanna Newsom to Joni Mitchell, and she has toured through North America and Europe. Gift for the End, Mariee Sioux’s second album, draws its benevolent psychedelia from many sources. crisscrossed paths lead through California-folk like Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Kate Wolf, and Joanna Newsom, but also the likes of Linda Perhacs, Nick Drake and other UK psych folk staples.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 29th 7:30 PM

Rock night with

the Dirty Filthy Mugs from Reno,

the Dairy Surf Band and the Devils Train

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JULY 23rd - 28th, 2013

KUNDALINI YOGA LEVEL 2 TEACHER TRAINING

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th

the long awaited return of

TINA MALIA

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OCTOBER 5th

Wedding and Reception

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OCTOBER 6th at 2:00 PM

the Small Ensemble Music Festival

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OCTOBER 26th

The DEVILS TRAIN Rolls On

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