Thursday, February 27 at 7pm

Canvas Institute

150 Victory Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10301

RSVP: info@canvasinstitute.org

All tour stops are FREE AND OPEN TO ALL, but please RSVP as space may be limited.

Part of the Mobile Unit and Joe’s Pub’s collaborative series, In Transit, MICHA will tour to NYC Park sites, correctional facilities, and community venues, ending with a show at Joe's Pub.

This year, MICHA has been playing her nylon-string guitar that her abuelo gave to her father, inhaling new rhythms, learning favorite boleros and rancheras, and writing new tunes. In this intimate concert, she is mining deep into Latin American rhythms, memory and language. Joining her are Miriam Elhajli (guitar, vocals) and Reza Salazar (percussion).

MICHA is the project of vocalist, songwriter, musical theater composer and actor Michelle J. Rodriguez. With a voice that is “clear and compelling” and a sound that features “flourishes of bolero, bossa nova and even jazz” (Chicago Tribune), MICHA has captivated audiences at Joe's Pub (NYC), the Hideout (Chicago), and Steppenwolf (Chicago) with her stunning vulnerability onstage. MICHA was a finalist for NPR’s 2018 Tiny Desk Contest with her song “Nena Nena Nena,” praised for a “bilingual set spanning laid-back southern soul and Latin pop flare” (NPR).