Shea Presents: Emma Ayres for Quarantunes

Friday, May 15, 2020, 8:00 pm until 9:00 pm
ALL PROCEEDS RAISED FROM THIS SHOW WILL BE DONATED TO Shea Theater Arts Center.

Shea Presents Presents: Emma Ayres for Quarantunes
Friday, May 15 at 8PM.

In the wake of Covid-19 show cancellations, your favorite venues and arts hubs in the 413 have come together to create an online concert series because now the show must go on…line.

ALL PROCEEDS RAISED FROM THIS SHOW WILL BE DONATED TO Shea Theater Arts Center.

Ways to donate:

1. Venmo Program Coordinator Emma Ayres at @emmaayres

2. PayPal the Shea Theater at:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=behEzHL0y2D7AghjI3pACGWUcTTH_lkhbbZDwicIbP2K-zXq-gtfgtzBid6YixrJLx0QD0&fromUL=true&country.x=US&locale.x=en_US

OR sheatheaterartscenter@gmail.com
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Emma Ayres is an Azorean-American singer-songwriter. She calls what she writes: folk journalism. Like a magpie atop a shimmering nest of 27 years of stories, the cinematic reel of Americana inspired sounds leads the listener through an archive of familial memory, the high lonesome rasp of loves lost and won, and an unshakable political ethos. Like a dog howling at something you can't see but makes you bristle regardless, her music makes you stop… and listen.

Ayres’s passion for storytelling steers the helm of the song—she released her much-awaited EP “Encyclopedia of the Broken-Hearted” on December 31, 2019, recorded at Echo Base Studios and Produced by Nate Mondschein. She is currently working on a folk-opera about the socio-political history of the flooding of the Quabbin Valley titled: “The Water Project,” which will be performed at the Ko-Festival in July 2020.
Emma Ayres plays and sings in Western-Mass based projects Ruby Mack and Old Flame. Ayres’s voice has been compared to Lucinda Williams with the fire of Ani DiFranco and her lyrics call upon her passion for metaphor and mythology.

Booking: Abbie Duquette at Loudmouth Pro, abbie@loudmouth.pro

Follow Emma Ayres:
Instagram: @emmaayresmusic
Facebook: www.facebook.com/emmaayresmusic
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3UaGHkUFMP9YeCVV9P6M2E?si=MglcFVFkS-yeUIw4ca009g&nd=1

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Exciting News for A Happening IV: Leviathan

Cloudgaze and Eggtooth Productions are thrilled to announce that we have received a generous grant from the Markham-Nathan Fund for Social Justice to support our 2024 Immersive Arts Festival, “A Happening IV: Leviathan.”

This festival will transform the Shea Theater into an exploration of theme, hosting installations, music, theatrical performances, and movement pieces, featuring the collective contributions of over 30 local artists. Audiences will experience otherworldly environments and narratives inspired by folklore, fairy tales, horror motifs, American literature, and the mythos of the Old Testament, all of which delve into the central question guiding the festival: "What does it mean to encounter something greater than yourself and to be consumed by it?" Through this theme, we explore how a community reemerges and imagines itself after destruction and transformation.

With the support of the Markham-Nathan Fund, we are excited to create an event that complicates perspectives and fosters meaningful dialogue. We are grateful for this partnership and for the work of the Markham-Nathan Fund for Social Justice.

Thanks to the Mass Cultural Council for their vital support this year.We'd also like to thank the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts for their support in the form of a Flexible Funding grant. We couldn't do this work without you!