This summer, McEvoy Foundation for the Arts hosts a diverse program of free concerts and film screenings co-presented with Canyon Cinema, Noise Pop, and the Roxie Theater. For the Sake of Summer expands upon the film and music motifs and cultural themes explored in MFA’s concurrent exhibition, Ragnar Kjartansson: Scenes from Western Culture, on view May 25 – September 1.

Concerts:
June 14 | Lia Ices + r beny
June 28 | FAN + Screaming
July 12 | Angelo De Augustine + Many Rooms
July 26 | Young Lovers + There’s Talk 
August 9 | Lomelda + Spellling
August 23 | Christopher Willits + Danny Paul Grody

Co-presented with Noise Pop

Screenings:
June 21 | Lost in Translation, directed by Sofia Coppola, 2003 
Co-presented with the Roxie Theater
 
July 19 | Love it or Leave it, an evening of experimental 16mm films by Lewis Klahr, Jodie Mack, Julie Murray, Tomonari Nishikawa, Tom Palazzolo, Jack Smith, and Scott Stark

Co-presented with Canyon Cinema

All shows at 7pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm.

General admission tickets for these free events may be reserved up to one hour before showtime at mcevoyarts.eventbrite.com. Seating is limited. Please arrive early.