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A black woman with an orange headwrap stands in front of a light blue background. She is wearing light-colored silver earrings, a wedding ring and band, a large chunky v-shaped gold collar that lays over a long sleeve light brown and gold striped textured dress that has a wrap of fabric at the waist. Her eyes are closed, her lips are parted as if in mid-song and both of her arms are outstretched with her palms turned up
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NYC Tapestry: Home as Refuge

Sep 19 at 8:00pm

Featuring
Laurie Anderson
Raven Chacon, Natalie Diaz and thingNY
Emel
Forró in the Dark*
Wang Guowei
Angélique Kidjo
Michael Mwenso
Mwenso & the Shakes

Curated in Collaboration with Trinity Church Wall Street
Programming Consultant Annie Ohayon
Directed by Sarah Benson

Tickets for our Refuge concert series are Pay-What-You-Wish, ranging from $15 to $120 per ticket.

Run time: 90 minutes

REFUGE – a place or a feeling of safety, comfort, community, and regrowth.

Musicians from around the country and around the world have found refuge in New York, a city with a rich musical history, diverse cultural influences, and endless opportunities for collaboration and growth. Our first Refuge concert features a World Premiere commission by Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Raven Chacon and brings together extraordinary artists from Shanghai, West Africa, Tunisia, Brazil, Jamaica, France, Arizona and Minneapolis, who have all found their artistic home in New York.

*Forró in the Dark performs on the Vartan and Clare Gregorian Lobby Stage following the evening’s concert. Priority given to NYC Tapestry: Home as Refuge ticket holders.

Photo of Angélique Kidjo by Fabrice Mabillot.

Content Advisory

Please note: This production includes smoke/haze throughout the performance.

Laurie Anderson
A white woman with grey spiky hair and a teal oversized sweatshirt leans on a surface with one hand on her face
Laurie Anderson
Raven Chacon
An indigenous man with long dark hair, a mustache, and a beard, wears a black button down shirt
Raven Chacon
Natalie Diaz
Natalie Diaz
Emel
A Tunisian-American woman at a microphone wearing a black dress with a reflective blue and gold gem around her waist
Emel
Forró in the Dark
Three men wearing dark jeans and button down shirts lean against white shiplap
Forró in the Dark
Wang Guowei
An Asian man wearing a blue tunic sits with a Chinese two-string fiddle in front of a blue backdrop
Wang Guowei
Angélique Kidjo
A Black woman wears a multicolored head wrap, a layered necklace, and a black v neck shirt
Angélique Kidjo
Michael Mwenso
A Black man with locs half tied up in a pink scrunchie. He wears a red suit with a white button down shirt with a maroon and indigo pocket square
Michael Mwenso
Mwenso and the Shakes
A group of black men sitting on production trunks
Mwenso and the Shakes
thingNY
A group of men and women on a New York City Sidewalk
thingNY