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Umbral: Wendy Chinchilla Araya, Carlo Costa & Sabrina Salamone
Saturday, June 7, 2025 – 8:00 pm
22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201
2025 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow Kenneth Jiménez presents Umbral, a multisensory event that centers on the visionary Costa Rican performer Wendy Chinchilla Araya. With live score by percussionist Carlo Costa and violinist Sabrina Salamone.

27th Annual MATA Festival
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 – 7:00 pm
Thursday, June 12, 2025 – 7:00 pm
Friday, June 13, 2025 – 7:00 pm
Saturday, June 14, 2025 – 7:00 pm
22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201
MATA presents its 27th annual MATA Festival, this year in partnership with ISSUE Project Room at the limited capacity 22 Boerum Pl. theater. Featuring four concerts across four nights, this year’s festival explores the concept of INTERGALACTIC INFINITY: Music Between Spaces.

Artists-In-Residence 2025
Zosha Warpeha: Ballad & Air
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 – 8:00 pm
22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201
ISSUE is pleased to present 2025 Artist-In-Residence Zosha Warpeha’s second commission “Ballad & Air” featuring Henry Birdsey performing on bagpipes.

Artists-In-Residence 2025
Qiujiang Levi Lu (卢秋江): Phantom Orbit
Thursday, June 26, 2025 – 8:00 pm
NYU Brooklyn: The Garage
Phantom Orbit is an immersive performance by 2025 Artist-In-Residence Qiujiang Levi Lu in collaboration with experimental musician Ka Baird. Staged within an 18-speaker dome at NYU Brooklyn’s “The Garage” space, it is presented in partnership with Harvestworks.