Thursday, December 18, 2008, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Performance, with pianist Gary Lutes, of Stille Nacht, by Alfred Schnittke, and Praise for the Immortality of Jesus from Quartet from the End of Time, by Olivier Messiaen
Reading of untitled Messiaen essay
InsideStoryTime: "Humbuggery"
Cafe Royale - 800 Post @ Leavenworth, San Francisco
Free admission
Monday, December 8, 2008, 5:45 p.m.
U.K. premiere of Apparition of the Eternal Church
In conjunction with the Barbican Centre's 7:30 p.m. BBC Symphony Orchestra concert featuring Messiaen's rarely performed Un sourire
The Barbican Centre
Cinema Three
Silk Street
London
NB - No appearance at this appearance.
Monday, November 10, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Arizona premiere of Apparition of the Eternal Church, Q&A/reading/remarks
Beyond Messiaen
Arizona State University
Frank Lloyd Wright's Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium
1200 S Forest Ave
Tempe, Arizona
Free admission
Saturday, November 1, 2008, 6 p.m.
Washington, D.C., premiere of Messiaen's Fantaisie for violin and piano, with Jerome Lowenthal, piano
Remarks about the Fantaisie, Messiaen, and Apparition of the Eternal Church; reading from OH MY GOD: Messiaen in the Ear of the Unbeliever, performance by Mr. Lowenthal of The Oriole from Messiaen's Bird Catalogue
Fantaisie, Theme and Variations, and Praise for the Immortality of Jesus from Quartet from the End of Time (Messiaen's complete works for violin and piano) performed on a violin from the Collections of Musical Instruments
Library of Congress
The Coolidge Auditorium
10 1st St, SE
Washington, DC
Free admission; no reservations required
Friday, October 31, 2008, 7 p.m.
Washington, D.C., premiere of Apparition of the Eternal Church, Q&A/reading/remarks
Library of Congress
Mary Pickford Theater
James Madison Building, 3rd floor
Independence Ave SE, between 1st & 2nd Streets
Free admission; reservations required
NB: (from the LOC website) RESERVATIONS may be made by phone, beginning one week before any given show. Call (202) 707-5677 during business hours (Monday-Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm). Reserved seats must be claimed at least 10 minutes before showtime, after which standbys will be admitted to unclaimed seats. All programs are free, but seating is limited to 60 seats.
Friday, October 24, 2008, 7 p.m.
New Hampshire premiere of Apparition of the Eternal Church
NHTI Film Society
Sweeney Auditorium
Concord, NH
Admission by donation
Monday, October 20, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Austin premiere of Apparition of the Eternal Church, Q&A/reading/remarks
American Guild of Organists, Austin Chapter
University Presbyterian Church, 2203 San Antonio Street
Thursday, October 16th, 2008, 9 p.m.
Canada premiere of Apparition of the Eternal Church, Q&A/reading/remarks
Vogue Theatre
9 Bridge Street
Sackville, NB, Canada
Sunday, October 12th, 2008, 1 p.m.
Screening of Apparition of the Eternal Church
Loyola University Museum of Art
820 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Admission TBA
Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 7 p.m.
Screening of Apparition of the Eternal Church
Accompanied by Bruce Barber, organ
Q&A/reading/remarks
Saint James Cathedral
Wabash and Huron
Chicago
Free admission
Saturday, October 4, 2008, 11:15 a.m.
Illinois premiere of Apparition of the Eternal Church, with Q&A
University of Chicago Presents 2008 Messiaen Festival
Max Palevsky Cinema
Ida Noyes Hall
The University of Chicago
1212 East 59th St
Chicago
Free admission
Friday, September 26, 2008, 1 - 3 p.m.
Texas premiere of Apparition of the Eternal Church, with Q&A/reading/remarks
Southern Methodist University symposium "Olivier Messiaen: The Musician as Theologian"
Smith Auditorium,
Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd.
Dallas
$15 general admission or $5 for students (contact linhn@smu.edu or 214-768-3515 for more information)
Friday, September 26, 2008, time TBA
Norway premiere of Apparition of the Eternal Church, with live organ accompaniment
Cinemateket Trondheim
Vår Frue Kirke (The Church of Our Lady)
$20 (US) admission
NB - I will not appear.
Friday, September 5, 2008, 9 p.m.
Rome premiere of Apparition of the Eternal Church
Rome International Film Festival (one of the finest emerging film festivals in the southeastern United States)
The Clocktower, 2 Government Plaza
Rome, GA
$7.50 general admission
NB - I will not be making an appearance at this appearance.
Saturday, August 23, 2008, 10 p.m.
Trannyshack Kiss-Off Party
With the Lady Bunny, Ana Matronic, Lady Miss Kier and Justin Bond
I will appear in Heklina's final number, probably around one in the morning
1300 Sutter @ Van Ness, San Francisco
$35 advance / $45 at the door
Wednesday, June 26, 2008, 10 p.m.
Minnesota premiere of Apparition of the Eternal Church and post-screening remarks
Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis
Free
Saturday May 3, 2008, 3 p.m.
Stephen Pelton Dance Theater Spring Workshop Open Studio, National Dance Week
Citizen Hill - a work in progress by Stephen Pelton and Brian Thorstenson
Margaret Jenkins Dance Lab
301 8th Street at Folsom, San Francisco
Free
Saturday, April 26, 2008, 11 a.m.
LA premiere screening of Apparition of the Eternal Church
LA premiere performance of Messiaen's Fantaisie for violin and piano, with pianist Steven Vanhauwaert
Jacaranda Music presents The OM Century
Laemmle's Monica 4-plex
1332 2nd Street, Santa Monica
Admission TBA
Friday, April 18, 2008, 7 p.m.
San Francisco premiere performance of Messiaen's Fantaisie for violin and piano, with pianist Jeffrey Smith
San Francisco premiere screening of my film Apparition of the Eternal Church
Reading from my book, based on the film, OH MY GOD: Messiaen in the Ear of the Unbeliever
Discussion and reception to follow
Grace Cathedral, 1100 California Street at Taylor, San Francisco
Free
Sunday, April 13, 2008, 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Messiaen At 100: A Life of Music, A Life of Faith
A special Forum at Grace Cathedral with a panel discussion of music and spirituality.
The Very Rev. Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral, will be joined by filmmaker yours truly, conductor Jean-Louis LeRoux, and Director of Music Jeffrey Smith
Gresham Hall, on the Crypt Level of the Cathedral
Grace Cathedral, 1100 California Street at Taylor, San Francisco
Free (donation requested)
Thursday, March 27, 2008, 7 p.m.
Best Sex Writing 2008
Reading from the BSW08 anthology, hosted by Carol Queen, with contributors Amy Andre ("The Study of Sex"), Violet Blue ("Kink.com and Porn Hysteria"), Greta Christina ("Buying Obedience"), Jen Cross ("Surface Tensions"), and Melissa Gira ("The Pink Ghetto"), and yours truly ("How Insensitive")
The Center for Sex and Culture
1519 Mission St. (between 11th and South Van Ness), San Francisco
Free (donation requested)
Saturday, March 15, 2008, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 16, 5:30 p.m.
"Messiaen's represenation of eternity in time-bound music"
Remarks delivered before performances of Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time
Taos Chamber Music Group
The Harwood Museum
38 Ledoux Street, Taos, New Mexico
$17 admission
