Julie & Elizabeth’s Anti-Capitalist Concert Series
Julie & Elizabeth’s Anti-Capitalist Concert Series is excited to present Gathering Utopias, our 2024-2025 season of concerts and reading groups designed to collectively consider and discuss our utopian imaginary.
For several weeks before each concert we will meet to read and d
discuss material relevant to the theme of the concert.Gathering Utopias is inspired by Ursula LeGuin’s “Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction.” "Utopia" literally means "no place," signifying that utopia needn’t be a specific location or a singular concept where everyone lives the same way under a unified, abstract ideal. Rather than defining a single conception of utopia, we aim to gather multiple ideas and concepts, and place them in a carrier bag of utopian possibilities.As we work toward our utopian visions, our first concert will focus on defining our needs and desires in our utopias, the second concert will focus on imaging our utopias in detail, and the third concert will present musical vignettes of the utopias we created together.We invite you to join us in reading, discussing, and listening!
Concert 1: NEEDS AND DESIRES
October 19th, 7pm
South Oxford Space, 138 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn
Featuring the music of Jen Baker, Kate Amrine, Julie Harting, and Elizabeth Adams, Visual art by Colleen Asper and Bronwyn Roe, Performed by Kate Amrine (trumpet), Jen Baker (trombone), Mara Mayer (bass clarinet), Elizabeth Adams, Colleen Asper, and Bronwyn Roe (voices), Remarks by Hagen Blix - Suggested donation: half your hourly wage
READING GROUP NIGHTS, 7pm
The Word is Change Bookstore, 368 Tompkins Ave, Brooklyn - FREE
September 27th: “The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction” by Ursula LeGuin and “Evidence” by Alexis Pauling Gumbs
October 4th: TBD
October 11th: TBD