Events

Character Projects supports independent artists and organizations, and sometimes hosts public events. Want to join our email list of events? You can contact us HERE.

Upcoming

We’re transitioning to life without a storefront, but still ticking… so stay tuned for new things to emerge.

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Saturday, May 21, 2022
Highland Park Storefront Closing Sale!

After 7 great years it’s time to move on to new adventures… but not before we hold a final closeout sale with crazy deals on a huge assortment of amazing lights and other unique items from the shop. We’ll be posted items daily on Instagram until the sale, so take a look and then come over on 5/21 from 12-4pm.

Saturday, May 21st 12-4pm 6042 Monte Vista St, LA 90042

We’ll continue to exist in other forms after the storefront closes, so stay in touch.

Until then, stay healthy and positive in these challenging times, let’s cultivate wellness together.

With love and solidarity,

Character Projects

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Sunday, January 19, 2020
RRReflect- A community event focused on wellness and self care

Grey Photography Volunteer Flyer (2)
Free but RSVP required, you can get more info and sign up HERE.

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Saturday, November 16th 2019
Clank Clack Sound Series

Booker Stardrum + Corey Fogel (Drum Duo)
Davy Sumner’s Synthbee Ensemble
Kathleen Kim + Pauline Lay (Violin etc Duo)

8-10PM
$5 Suggested Donation

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Friday, October 18 2019
(Rare) Friday Night Show

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I Confess (Jesse Perlstein of Sontag Shogun, NYC) + Shinya Sugimoto (Osaka)
LA Fog
Yek Koo

8-10PM
$5 Suggested Donation

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Saturday, August 24th 2019

Clank Clack
Four Year Anniversary Show and Party!

Celebrating four years of intimate performances and community support of independent artists at Character Projects.

Live performances by:

Carmina Escobar
Laura Steenberge
Jonathan Silberman

8PM, music then hangout
$5 Suggested Donation

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2018

Saturday, November 10th 2018
Clank Clack Sound Series

Micaela Tobin
Kee Avil (Montreal, QC)
Black Givre (Montreal, QC)
Doctor 9

7:30-10PM, Music starts at 8
$5 Suggested Donation

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Saturday, September 9th 2PM (Event held at Art in the Park)
Eric Kiersnowski’s ‘Birdie is Falling’ Album Release

Eric Kiersnowski
LA Fog
Doctor 9

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Art in the Park Summer Concert Series
Saturday, August 25th 2PM (Event held at Art in the Park)
Jeff Parker + Pegasus Warning

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Art in the Park Summer Concert Series
Saturday, July 28th 2PM (Event held at Art in the Park)
Very Be Careful + LA Fog

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Art in the Park Summer Concert Series
Saturday, June 23rd 2PM (Event held at Art in the Park)
Lori Goldston + Jessika Kenney + Eyvind Kang

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Saturday, May 12, 2018
Clank Clack Sound Series
Solo Guitars

Solo performances by:

Eric Kiersnowski
Gabe Deutsch
Philip Graulty

7:30-10PM, Music starts at 8
$5 Suggested Donation

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Saturday, May 5, 2018
Clank Clack Sound Series
Voice Recital: To Sing is Not a Song

7:30-10PM, Music starts at 8
$5 Suggested Donation

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Saturday, March 24, 2018
Clank Clack Sound Series

Jaap Blonk (Netherlands)
Laura Steenberge
Marta Tiesenga

7:30-10PM
$5 Suggested Donation

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Friday, March 16, 2018
Clank Clack Sound Series

Cello, Guitar and Voice (Melbourne, Berlin, Los Angeles)

Judith Hamann (Melbourne, AUS) and Jessika Kenney Duo, Cello & Voice
Julia Reidy (Berlin, DEU), Solo Guitar
Micaela Tobin, Solo Voice

7:30-10PM
$5 Suggested Donation

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Saturday, February 24, 2018
Clank Clack Sound Series

Improvised Music: Solos y acompañados

Carmina Escobar, voice
Wilfrido Terrazas, flute (Mexico)
Cory Hills, Percussion

7:30-10PM
$5 Suggested Donation

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Saturday, February 10, 2018
Clank Clack Sound Series

‘Percussive Valentine’

Corey Fogel
and
Booker Stardrum

7:30-10PM
$5 Suggested Donation

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Saturday, January 13, 2018
Alias Readings and Music, curated by Deenah Vollmer & Ginger Buswell

Alias is a readings & music series hosted by Deenah Vollmer & Ginger Buswell in different venues and neighborhoods throughout LA.

Join us for our first show in Highland Park at Character Projects!

featuring:
ginger buswell
joe del rio
jolie holland
katy jarzebowski
viva padilla
janet sarbanes
rebecca schiffman
deenah vollmer

snacks & beverages provided!

All proceeds benefit Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights

7-10PM
$5 Suggested Donation

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Saturday, December 9, 2017
Scrolls + Kim Free + Banyan Tree

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Scrolls
(Paloma Parfrey & Brian Miller)

Kim Free
(Trio)

Banyan Tree
(Improvisational duo)

8-10PM
Don’t be late!
$5 Suggested Donation

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November 1st and 2nd, 2017

Carmina Escobar’s Xantolo

“La memoria sabe de mí más que yo; y ella no pierde lo que merece ser salvado.”

“Memory knows more about me than I do; and she does not lose what deserves to be saved. “

Eduardo Galeano

Remembrance is the act of proclaiming memory. It constructs and articulates our personal narrative and that of the collective. In a ritual of representation of the cycle of life and death, in the metaphorical realm as well as in the actual, Xantolo is a performative installation/party around the syncretic Mexican celebration of the Day of the Death. A shout/whisper to our loved departed, but also a space for the remembrance of our own existence, it’s certain future, and the joy that it is to be alive.

This is event is proposed by Carmina Escobar and hosted by Jonathan Silberman at Character Projects. It takes place on the two celebratory dates of Día de los Muertos holiday Wednesday November 1st, Thursday November 2nd, from 7pm to 10pm.

Wednesday November 1st Starting at 7 p.m.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALTAR at the space of Character Projects.

Please come, hang out, and/or bring things to put on the altar, such as:

Objects of remembrance (pictures, personal items of whomever you are calling even if it is yourself, music)

Food, sweets, libations

Seeds

Glasses/ water

Flowers

Earth

Rocks

Music

Activities will cease around 10 p.m.

November 2nd doors open 7:00 p.m. performances 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

PERFORMANCES AT THE ALTAR.

A gathering of the living and a series of short performances at the altar in a ritual of remembrance. We’ll eat and drink from the altar.

* XANTOLO, Celebration of the Day of the Death as named in the region of la Huasteca, is a traditional celebration from Mexico of syncratic cosmovisions from the merging of the ancient pre hispanic and european cultures in which the cycle of life and death is celebrated.

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Monday, October 23, 2017
Clank Clack Sound Series

Gordon Grdina (Vancouver, BC) with Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang
(Guitar/Oud, Voice & Viola)

Patrick Shiroishi
(Saxophone, solo)

Jonathan Silberman
(Saxophone, solo)

7:30-10PM
Doors at 7:30, Music at 8, Over by 10
$5 Suggested Donation

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Saturday, October 14, 2017

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Saturday, September 23, 2017
Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang // Kat & Ben // Davy Sumner

Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang
(Voice & Viola)

Kat Shuman & Ben Finley
(Voice & Bass)

Davy Sumner
(first-ever work for the ForkOrgan, a homemade instrument constructed of electromagnetically sustained tuning forks)

8-10pm
$5 Suggested Donation

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Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Solo Guitars: Shane Parish + Eric Kiersnowski

Shane Parish
(1/2 of Ahleuchatistas from Ashville, NC)

Eric Kiersnowski
(Featherwolf, Rats, Godzik Pink)

8pm (Don’t be late or you’ll miss it!)
$5 Suggested Donation

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Friday, July 21, 2017
Melómana + Laura Steenberge/Mustafa Walker Duo + B200 (Music from Ghana)

Melómana (Linnea Sablosky, Hannah Levy, Maisie Dolan)

Laura Steenberge and Mustafa Walker (Viola da Gamba/Hurdy Gurdy duo)

B200 (Percussion ensemble featuring Mike Robbins, music from Ghana, Ewe Tribe)

As a nautilus vessel spirals around its history, Melómana collects and pours forth a love of folk tradition. Singing polyphony from Corsica, Bulgaria, the Republic of Georgia, and the Americas, Melómana is a new vocal trio comprised of Maisie Dolan, Hannah Levy and Linnea Sablosky. These three hail from from distinct musical backgrounds and both coasts of the U.S., sharing a foundation of versatile musicianship and a passion for close harmony. Melómana will tickle your ears with sounds across the spectrums of timbre and harmony from sparse to dense, smoothness to edge, and tradition to innovation.

8-10pm
$5 Suggested Donation

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Friday, June 2, 2017
Honey Child + LA Fog + Lucas Gorham

Honey Child
(A ‘Vocal Spectacle’ by Claire McKeown and company)
LA Fog
(Kelly Coats, Kathleen Kim, Giles Miller, Jonathan Silberman)
Lucas Gorham
(Solo, Lap Steel Guitar etc)

8-10pm
$5 Suggested Donation

Friday, February 17, 2017
Clank Clack Sound Series

In support of a National General Strike on Feb 17th, protesting the new administration: No Work, No School, No Shopping!

Celebrating resistance, we invite you to join us for a night of music featuring eclectic musicians often associated with the drum set, who may or may not play drums on this night:

Corey Fogel
(Julia Holter Band, The Mae Shi, numerous other solo and group endeavors)

Nigel Lundemo
(Godzik Pink, Uphill Gardeners, Donut)

Jesse Nicholas Quebbeman-Turley
(Similar Fashion, Bright Whistles, Deseret Experimental Opera)

7:30-10pm
Free

*We strongly encourage that you donate money to the ACLU, supporting their great legal work to protect our rights.

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Friday, January 13, 2017
‘Red in the Missile Room’ Album Release

Special Event at Human Resources: 410 Cottage Home St, LA 90012
Co-Presented by Character Projects

A night of intimate performances in the reverberant sonic environment at Human Resources, in celebration of the release of Jonathan Silberman’s new solo saxophone album Red in the Missile Room.

Solo Performances by:

Jonathan Silberman
Laura Steenberge
Jake Rosenzweig
Eric Kiersnowski

8pm
$5 Suggested Donation

For more info please visit the Human Resources website

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Friday, December 23, 2016:

Like a Villain (Portland, OR)
FR/BLCK/PR (Free Black Press Radio, hosted by Busdriver)
with visuals by Moneekah

7:30-10pm
$5 Suggested Donation

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Friday, December 2, 2016:
Music and Readings, Collective strength and engagement in these times

Emily Lacy (tour homecoming)
Amarnath Ravva
Janet Sarbanes
Amina Cain
Sacred Destinies (Jet Elfman & Charlyne Yi)

7:30-10pm
Free

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Sunday, November 20, 2016:
Clank Clack Sound Series

An evening curated by Carmina Escobar:

Jaap Blonk (Netherlands)
Scott Cazan
Stephanie Smith

7:30-10pm
$5 Suggested Donation

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Saturday, October 15, 2016:
Films, Curated by Tuni Chatterji

Program:

Alee Peoples and Mike Stolz
SPOTLIGHT ON A BRICK WALL – 2016, 16mm Film, 8 min

“A performance film that navigates expectations of both the audience and the makers. A series of false starts. Dub treatment on the laugh track.”

Yoshie Sakai
KOKO’s Love: Episode 1 – 2014, Video, 11 min 14 sec

“An original East-Asian/Asian-American hybrid soap opera that re-imagines the melodramatic tropes of TV dramas to challenge the myth of the “model minority” and reveal the guise of superficial “perfection” of being both Asian-American and a woman. It is about a Japanese-American family, whose patriarch, Hiroshi, is a liquor store owner in South Central Los Angeles that annoyingly insists on the importance of having a male inherit the family business and not a female, his only child, a daughter named Yuki.”

Haruko Tanaka
The Soroban and the Present – 2015, 16mm film, 20 min 56 sec

“Part abacus (soroban) tutorial, part historical account, part freeway numerology meditation, and part guerrilla ringing and field recordings of 2 forgotten L.A. bells. It is all love for the city of Los Angeles which, according to the Pythgorean system of numerology, is a “1” – the primal force and number of creation and the most difficult of all lovers.”

Mike Stolz
With Pluses and Minuses – 2013, 16mm Film, 5 min

“A ground-less and boundless 16mm film in which a wall becomes a window to a swirling landscape.”

Doors open at 7:30pm
Program begins promptly at 8pm

$5 Suggested Donation

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Friday, September 23, 2016:
Clank Clack
One Year Anniversary Show and Party!

Celebrating one year of intimate performances and community support of independent artists at Character Projects. Live performances by:

Carmina Escobar
Laura Steenberge
Jonathan Silberman

7:30pm-Midnight (Music at 8pm)
FREE

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Thursday, August 25, 2016:
Weeknight Concert

Sopeli, polyphonic vocal trio singing music of Corsica, Bulgaria, and Republic of Georgia
Eric Kiersnowski, solo guitar
LA Fog
Emily Lacy, performing her tape piece ‘The Human Chain’

7:30-10pm
$5 Suggested Donation

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Saturday, June 4, 2016:
Clank Clack Sound Series

Filera (Mexico) -feat. Wilfrido Terrazas, Carmina Escobar, Natalia Perez Turner
Grant Capes
+ Possibly Others TBA

7:30-10pm
$5 Suggested Donation

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Saturday, April 2, 2016:
Clank Clack Sound Series

Gregg Belisle-Chi (Seattle)
Ted Byrnes, percussion (solo)
Davy Sumner, solo piece for percussion + electronics

7:30-10pm
$5 Suggested Donation

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Saturday, April 9, 2016:
Clank Clack Sound Series

Jake Rosenzweig, bass (solo)
Garrett Hickman, trumpet (solo)
Jonathan Silberman, saxophone (solo)