BACKGROUND > NextNow is a performance series focused on bringing together an eclectic blend of 
improvised music and arts, drawing on a diverse community of musicians and sound artists.  Curated by 
Mika Pontecorvo with the help of the collective improvisation project Cartoon Justice, the series takes a 
low-overhead DIY approach to performance events, in support of a counter-narrative to the excess of the 
corporate-mediated big-ticket art and performance world.  Showcasing local and international artists 
sharing their unique creative visions in sonic improvisation: http://nextnow.edgebuzz.tv/

NextNow has launched a twice-yearly festival-style celebration of improvised, experimental and new 
music, and added an intermedia improvisation components. Last May's NextNow festival 
was a benefit the Homeless Action Center. Our winter show benefitted Earthjustice and The Coalition On 
Homelessness.

NextNow has produced and curated over 20 evening performances showcasing local, national and 
international new music artists, and 5 Festivals to raise money for non-profit organizations helping 
homeless and the environment causes.

NEXT  EVENT >
HSP2018 - Post-Beefheart Art Celebration - Benefit/Fedtival 
LOCATION: Temescal Art Center - 511  48TH street. Oakland, Ca 
DATE/TIME: Friday 7:00-10pm Jan.26th, 
           Saturday 1:00 to 10pm Jan.27th 2018...
COST: $12 donation for Homeless Action Centr and EarthJustice.
PERFORMERS:
Friday  26.Jan  --
07:00pm  Josh Marshall / Daniel Pearce
07:45 Alison Niedbalski  Group
08:30 United Separatists – Tim Orr & Drew Wheeler
09:00 Crow Crash Radio
09:30 David Slusser – Lost Planet

Saturday  27.Jan --
01:00 Alien Planet – Shiela Bosco/Collette McCaslin
01:30 Tracy Hui 
02:00 Monopiece: Nathan Corder, Matt Robidoux, Timothy Russell + guest vocalist 
02:30 Amy Melissa Reed/Kevin Robinson
03:00 ebolabuddha
03:30 Thollem
04:00 Karl Evangelista & Ben Goldberg
04:30 Peter Whitehead
05:00 Cartoon Justice + Jaroba, Aaron Levin
05:30 Rent Romus/Kevin Murray
06:00 Weeks/Allen/Levin/Duff Quartet
06:30 Gabby Fluke-Mogul
07:00 Claude Palmer
07:30 Usufruct - Polly Moller Springhorn & Tim Walters
08:15 RiotNozzle
09:00 Faults - Jaroba + Bachman + Corcoran
09:30 Skull Crusher Trio
10:00 Open Improv Session

Previous Events:

Lingua Incognita Session Nights - Open Ensemble Improv Jam - 
Tuesday 7PM 09.May.2017  at Cyprian's Center 2092 Turkstreet (Turk at Lyon sts)

A laboratory for exploring Emergent Form from Collective Imporovisation drawn from elemental 
idea in Miles Davis' Bitches Brew/Electric Era work and Ornette Coleman's PRIMETIME band ... 
and we progress from there...Quantum Organic Creation...

PREVIOUS EVENT = Hardly Strictly Personal 2017 -  A Celebration of Post-Beefheart Art
A Benefit for the EarthJustice and Homeless Action Center at the Finnish Kaleva Hall, 
1970 Chestnut Street, Berkeley, CA. (near University Ave and San Pablo blvd)

PREVIOUS EVENTS >


All Tomorrows' After Parties 2016  :  3  days JUN 2016
HARDLY STRICTLY PERSONAL 2016 - A Celebration of Post-Beefheart Creative Art  : 3  days JANUARY 2016
All Tomorrows' After Parties  :  3  days MAY 2015
HARDLY STRICTLY PERSONAL - A Celebration of Post-Beefheart Creative Art  :  2  days JANUARY 2015
All Tomorrows' After Parties  : 2  days MAY 2014