"I Never Said Goodbye,” a film by Yev K'banchik and produced by Pinecone Collective, makes its U.S. premiere at AREA 405. The film explores themes of memory, displacement, and the search for closure through a deeply personal lens. Following the screening, guests are invited to join a discussion about the film’s themes and creative process. Light snacks will be provided as we gather for an evening of storytelling and reflection.

Learn more at pineconecreative.org.

Join Sasha Fishman for a hands-on workshop sculpting with living mycelium dough — a blend of reishi mycelium, clay, and paper pulp — developed by Sasha in collaboration with Lera Niemackl. After a brief presentation on mycelium’s role in sustainable design and construction, participants will shape dynamic, growing forms to take home or keep as they are in the gallery space.

Door at 5:00 p.m.
Performance at 6:00 p.m.

Maya Gurantz presents Endurance Performance Proposition #2 (Lenny Bruce Live at Carnegie Hall), a durational engagement reanimating the raw volatility of Bruce’s infamous 1961 performance, interrogating the friction between comedy, free speech, and bodily limits. Lucia Shuyu Li’s SING!SING!SING! explores vocal endurance as both rebellion and release of body movement and functionality.

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Exhibition Trembling Grounds: Push-Pull Practice dismantles and reconfigures the boundaries of art-making. The show spotlights nine artists — Deborah Castillo, Roman Sheppard Dawson, Sasha Fishman, Elli Fotopoulou, Maya Gurantz, Scott Keightley, Lucia Shuyu Li, Andrew Luk, and Yuhan Shen — whose works delve into multi-centered discourses and span disciplines including performance, video, interdisciplinary sculpture, and site-specific installation. By bringing together these constantly evolving practices, Trembling Grounds examines the concept of "crossing" as a transformative act — crossing subjects, media, languages, physical walls, restrictions, and so on. Crossing is not merely a movement but a rebellion, an active, dynamic force that traverses media and unsettles the familiar.

Learn more here: area405.com/trembling-grounds

Chaired by Andre Stone

Meetings take place at AREA 405 (405 E Oliver St) on March 10 at 7:00 p.m. and are open to the community (please email andrestone26@gmail.com for a copy of the agenda in advance).

All requests for community letters of support (e.g. for the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals) must be presented by the requester at a regular meeting. See the Committee Protocols and Procedures for details on location, how to request a place on a meeting agenda, and the committee’s rules.

For more information please visit greenmountwest.org.