The Goddess (1934): Silent Film With Live Guitar Score by Gary Lucas, Followed By a Duo Performance
Schedule
Sat, 23 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
1 Park Avenue, Fort Lee, NJ, United States, New Jersey 07024 | Fort Lee, NJ
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Sat. May 23 | 7:00 PMThe Goddess (1934): Street walker by night, devoted mother by day, a woman fights to get her young son an education amid criminal and social injustice in China.
The Edge of Heaven Live: Chinese Pop Songs from the ’30s & ’40s, Performed by Gary Lucas and the incandescent Feifei Yang, with projections of images from Old Shanghai.
GARY LUCAS: The former Captain Beefheart guitarist has written over 300 compositions included co-writting Jeff Buckley's "Grace" and "Mojo Pin", the first two songs on Buckley's platinum "Grace" album; composed scores for film and television; recorded over 50 acclaimed albums to date in his own right in a variety of genres—jazz, rock, classical, folk, blues, dance, electronic, avant-garde and world music—and has performed in over 40 countries.
FEIFEI YANG is an internationally recognized Chinese string virtuoso, mezzo-soprano, and Voting Member of the Recording Academy (GRAMMY Awards). As a Global Music Award and Berlin Music Video Award winner, she has brought the erhu to major cultural stages. Featured by media outlets including CBS, NBC, and AFP, she is acclaimed for interpreting Chinese music with emotional depth, artistic refinement, and a distinctly modern voice.
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