National Sawdust and Gabriela team up for a DJ takeover on Friday the 13th, just ahead of Valentine’s Day. Featuring Eli Escobar and Cosmo, the night brings deep grooves, driving beats, and all-out dancing on National Sawdust’s immersive Meyer Constellation Sound System. This is not a concert. It is a full-room dance floor built for movement, fun, and losing yourself in the sound. Whether you are single, coupled, or dodging Valentine’s plans altogether, this is the place to dance it out before the holiday hits. And on the spookiness of Friday the 13th. Bad luck optional. Good music guaranteed.

Join us for an evening featuring the work of composer Huang Ruo, including the NY Premiere of "A Dust In Time" performed by members of the National Sawdust Ensemble and "Song of Everlasting Regret" performed by mezzo-soprano Kelly Clarke and pianist Joanne Kang. Huang Ruo’s "A Dust In Time" traces a meditative journey inspired by Tibetan Buddhist sand mandalas. The one-hour palindromic passacaglia grows towards ecstasy from silence before returning to its source.

What is the sound of our personal histories? What happens when our family stories become melody and rhythm, and when that music fills the air in a room of listeners? Join Kaoru Watanabe and a dynamic ensemble of artists at National Sawdust for Bloodlines Interwoven—an evocative evening of original music and storytelling that honors the beauty of cultural inheritance and collective memory.

The conjunction of the lyrical voice, the bandoneon, and the strings finds the propitious and ironic color for this rare ritual designed for a dramaturgy with tango reminiscences.

The name of Wet’s fourth album, “Two Lives,” originated during a dramatic moment in 2022. Singer-writer Kelly Zutrau was in Portland with the producer Buddy Ross (Frank Ocean, Haim), and the two were struggling to focus on music. But Zutrau was jolted into action when she received some surprising news: She was pregnant. At first, she felt overwhelmed by grief. Her future suddenly felt narrow and constricted, the limitless potential of youth yanked from her in a single moment. That day, she wrote the lyric that would define the mood of the entire record: “I wish I could live two lives.” Zutrau and Ross wrote most of “Two Lives” in the days following the positive pregnancy test. “Two Lives” is a document of the uncertainty that surrounds life’s major transitions.

The name of Wet’s fourth album, “Two Lives,” originated during a dramatic moment in 2022. Singer-writer Kelly Zutrau was in Portland with the producer Buddy Ross (Frank Ocean, Haim), and the two were struggling to focus on music. But Zutrau was jolted into action when she received some surprising news: She was pregnant. At first, she felt overwhelmed by grief. Her future suddenly felt narrow and constricted, the limitless potential of youth yanked from her in a single moment. That day, she wrote the lyric that would define the mood of the entire record: “I wish I could live two lives.” Zutrau and Ross wrote most of “Two Lives” in the days following the positive pregnancy test. “Two Lives” is a document of the uncertainty that surrounds life’s major transitions.