A dazzling display of drumming with virtuosi from India’s classical and folk traditions, this concert is under the direction of percussion legend Zakir Hussain, today’s pre-eminent tabla maestro and a chief architect of the world music movement.

This Roust the House Teen Performance Night will feature acts from students at the Media Arts Collaborative Charter School: The Marshions (hyphy/Bay Area Music by young up N Coming MC’s, J-Quizzum, M.L.K, and Midknight); plus the indie-rock group Forty Watt Frost from Albuquerque High School;  and from  Rio Rancho, the band, Morgan Laurence returns. .

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Outpost Youth Performance Programs are supported in part by a grant from the Urban Enhancement Trust Fund of the City of Albuquerque

An Evening of Improvised Commedia dell’arte directed by renowned director and actor, Bill Cusack. Working Classroom is known for producing thought-provoking work which resonates with culturally diverse audiences.

The Suite Unraveling is a Brooklyn-based performance art initiative combining elements of songwriting, improvised film, and avant-garde jazz, for which Lily Maase is the musical director, guitarist, and sole composer.

Led by Ravish Momin on drums,Trio Tarana, features the unique instrumentation of violin, cello and percussion, utilizing East-Asian, Middle-Eastern and North African rhythms.

Ten of Albuquerque’s top performance poets will compete for the title of ABQ Slam Champion as well as a spot on the 2010 ABQ Poetry Slam Team, which will represent the Duke City at the National Poetry Slam in St. Paul, MN in March.

Featuring contemporary weavings from Azerbaijan, this exhibit highlights the revival of traditional techniques nearly lost during the Soviet era. Curated by Flo Brown and Duane Bargar of Old World Imports, the show will double as a benefit for the Oupost Performance Space, with 25% of sales donated to the organization.

Drawing from hip-hop, jazz, Afro-Ecuadorian choir music, Cuban rhythms and the hypnotic trance music of Gnawa ritual, Sosa adds his own experimental touches, to create a fresh, original urban sound.

Gill will be performing from her new book Dark Enough (La Alameda Press)— offering small lyrics of astronomical observation and inquiry. Joining her will be Outpost regulars trombonist/composer Michael Vlatkovich, Mark Weber on hubkaphone, and Dave Wayne. percussion.

Tradiciones is Bauvallet’s tribute to La Epoca de Oro de la Música Tradicional de Cuba (The Golden Age of Traditional Cuban Music).

Lead tenor saxophonist of the World Famous Count Basie Orchestra— a chair that he has held since 1993, Lawrence returns to Outpost ready to groove.

This show will feature performances by the Santa Fe Opera’s Student-Produced Opera Program under the direction of Kristin Loree and John Bartlit; the Outpost African Drumming Class taught by Laryea Addy; bass player and vocalist Anya Lipkowitz.

Recently relocated to New Mexico from NYC, guitarist, composer Ila Cantor presents her first performance as a leader at The Outpost Performance Space, accompanied by frequent collaborator & native son, bassist Matt Brewer.

Using puppets and/or object theatre, a bridge between theatre, visual art and puppetry, Loren Kahn Puppet and Object Theater brings to life a hilarious and magical world, which delights tiny children and provokes reflection in teenagers and grownups.

Musician, poet, and playwright, and native of Tulsa, Harjo's most recent project, Wings of Night Sky,  Wings of Morning Light, is a unique, genre-bending one-woman play featuring her own original music.

Tonight’s show will feature acts from Amy Biehl High School and more.

New Mountain Books brings folk artist, Bill Staines with his extensive repertoire of folk songs.