Graminy - $7

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Members of Red Pine


"Permutations of Red Pine"


September 2026



A Red Pine tree was planted at the corner of 212 Merry Street in the late 60s that evolved over the decades into a cooperative household. We are making it a place for comity and creativity; Clarity and the imagination; we change detritus of early 21st century late stage capitalism into art, shrine, paintings, music, sculptures, urban Permaculture and homesteading experiments. We appreciate the used, the worn out, ever crumbling and reassembling; as we all are all the time.
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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Graminy - -class-grass- string ensemble

Michael Bell - mandolin
Mary Gaines - vocals, cello
Chris Wagoner - violin
Shauncey Ali - violin, viola
Chris Powers - guitar

Founded in 2010, Graminy is an instrumental and vocal string ensemble featuring some of the best of Madison-s veteran musicians. Graminy seeks to fuse the classical and grassroots traditions (\"class-grass\"), from Bach to bluegrass, from Copland to Celtic, from Gershwin to native American, from Kodaly to klezmer, and more. Drawing on all these styles, Graminy composes and arranges all its music, and includes lots of quick changes, generous improvisations, and occasional singing.

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