The Golden Hour: Alex Tatarsky & Yva Las Vegass

The Golden Hour with Joseph Keckler presents its finale for the year on Sat, Dec. 14 with fearless solo performer Alex Tatarsky and the “queen of joropunk” Yva Las Vegass. This is the fourth Golden Hour, a live performance series bringing some of today’s boldest and most visionary artists together into an inviting variety show format.

NPR Tiny Desk performer Yva Las Vegass mixes Venezuelan folkloric music and boleros from the radio stations of their childhood with punk, folk, electronica, salsa, and grunge. Their first gig was in the 2nd grade and they haven’t stopped since. With years of experience playing for mixed audiences, they strive to build a channel of communication that eliminates the language barriers, leaving only the pure unadulterated emotion. A long-time resident of Seattle, where they performed as a street musician and formed the band Sweet 75 with Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, Yva moved to New York City in 2006. “I’ve come this far… might as well keep going.”

Tatarsky will share highlights of their acclaimed “tour de farce” Sad Boys in Harpy Land. Tatarsky collages narratives of artmaking and despair into a semi-autobiographical tour-de-farce, as told by a young Jewish woman who thinks she is a small German boy who thinks he is a tree. Equal parts sad clown, demented cabaret, and extended crisis of meaning, this unhinged solo takes place in the hellscape of the mind.

Keckler hosts and shares musical performances throughout.

Tickets are $35.