Footlights: Lionel Loueke Trio

Event Type: 
Performance
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - Thursday, March 25, 2010

Lionel Loueke, from Benin, West Africa, returns to the Arts Center’s stage after performing with Esperanza Spalding and Gretchen Parlato in 2008. Loueke is known for his percussive tongue clicking, singing and syncopated guitar playing influenced by his African roots. This time, bassist Massimo Biolcati and drummer Ferenc Nemeth join Loueke on stage. Tickets for the Family Series are $13 each ($10 for Arts Center members and students through age 21). Performance series tickets are $27 each ($22 for Arts Center members and students through age 21).

Presenter

John Michael Kohler Arts Center

Organization Main Email: 
atritz@jmkac.org
Contact Information: 

608 New York Ave.
Sheboygan, Wi 53081
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The John Michael Kohler Arts Center is a nationally acclaimed visual and performing arts complex in downtown Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The Arts Center is devoted to innovative explorations in contemporary art, new models for community arts, unique educational partnering with an emphasis on early childhood education, presenting internationally acclaimed performing artists, as well as supporting practicing artists through a variety of residencies. The 100,000 square foot complex includes ten galleries, a theatre, an interdisciplinary performance space, studio-classrooms, meeting spaces, gift shop, and cafe. The Community Arts Department is one of the programming departments at the Arts Center—the others being Exhibitions, Performing Arts, Education, and Arts/Industry—and is comprised of five programs:  Connecting Communities, the ARTery, the Community Gallery, the Partnership Program, and Community Events.


Event Location
Venue: 
John Michael Kohler Arts Center
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