Opening Night: Discover The Space Vol. 2
Oct 1, 2015 • 11pm
OPENING NIGHT: DISCOVER THE SPACE VOL. 2 at 11 pm will feature National Sawdust Curators & Artists – steel pan performer and composer Andy Akiho, cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, and poet Roger Bonair-Agard; Cibo Matto with special guest Nels Cline; and National Sawdust Curator, James Murphy DJ Set (DFA / LCD Soundsystem).
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