ON THE MENU: Wisteria Dinner

The peppery smell of fresh wisteria Lori

​ The Case for Reparations , by Ta-Nahisi Coates Jennifer

​            The difficulty of archiving artists’ work Cassils

Wild Seed , by Octavia Butler Jennifer

It was a winter of lions and tigers and bears Lori

Octavia Butler was without question made by the Lord Jennifer

The global power of textiles Tran

The Fire Next Time , by James Baldwin Jennifer

Looking for a chair that goes high when you go high Amahl

It’s like an out-of-sight, out-of-mind thing Derek

Artists: We need to maintain our strange Jennifer

I’m interested to see what I know and how that translates to electronic music Derek

In order for everyone to live, we need to give up something Jennifer

When Chucho Valdes asks you to come play, you reroute your way home via Miami Roman

Cristy swinging from a chandelier Cassils

Journaling time at Montalvo in order to remember Tran

Journaling can be an intense conversation with yourself Derek
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By Andrea Blum , Culinary Artist

Here’s what I cooked for the evening:
​Sablefish cooked in miso and ginger
A salad with fennel, parsley, butter lettuce and garlic flowers
White corn organic grits
Purple potatoes
Silken tofu with miso, ginger, garlic

Around the table tonight were…
Roman Filiu, Composer
Howard Hersh, Composer
Andrea Blum, Culinary Artist
Jennifer Johns, Musician and Performer
Tran T. Kim-Trang, Filmmaker
Amahl Khouri, Playwright
Derek Corns, Artist and Studio Manager of LAP Fellow Cassils
Kalisolaite Uhila, Performance Artist
Cassils, Performance Artist ​​