Trio Garufa is among the foremost interpreters of Argentine tango, and one of the few groups performing this unique musical form live in the Bay Area. Mixing a deep respect for the traditions of Golden Era Tango with the excitement of the modern Nuevo Tango of Astor Piazzola, their music is powerful, passionate, and always danceable. Artists include Adrian Jost, bandoneon, bayan; Guillermo Garcia, guitar; and Sascha Jacobsen, bass.

As part of their BAN 5 residency, the Red Poppy Art House (RPAH) explores the power that small spaces hold as vibrant centers where artists gather, create and make their home. Conceived as an on-site neighborhood experiment in cultural innovation, the RPAH acts as a meeting ground for artists of all disciplines, while engaging the complex social and economic issues of the arts landscape. In YBCA’s Room for Big Ideas (RBI), the Art House presents a month-long program of artists spanning disciplines and musical traditions of Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, joining the traditional to the contemporary, and exploring the ways in which design and arrangement of physical space invariably come to represent, if not impose, our values in material form.

This Public Program is supported by a generous grant from The Wallace Foundation.