Parallel Listening Series
Photo courtesy of Founder Amanda Robinson
Parallel Listening Series
The Parallel Listening Series combines literature, music, sound, and performance art into a live, free public event at Gallery5. This event creates a dynamic space for artists and audience members, developing an intentional environment where deep listening promotes reflection and inspiration. The performance pairs creative writers with musicians, blending a literary reading with an improvised score. Because art practices can often be siloed, the Parallel Listening Series seeks to explore the interconnectedness of language and sound, art and community.
Parallel Listening Series has featured:
Writers: JJJJJerome Ellis, Rosa Castellano, Camille DeAngelis, Summer Sullivan, Kendra DeColo-Korine, Laura Chow Reeve, Hiram Larew, Josh Galarza, Kisha Hughes, Chelsea Jackson, Joanna Suzanne Lee, Sam Christian, Fairoz Bsharat, Rabeetah Hasnain, Matthew Wimberley, Divine Okechukwu, Sarp Demiral, Anna Leanard, S. Preston Duncan, J.A. Holm, April Sopkin, Avery Fogarty, Caleb Stacy, Tara Shea Burke, Jesse Lacy, Dustin King, Camryn Claude, and Jake Ziemba
Performers: JJJJJerome Ellis, Holy River, Hot Spit, Fyt, All the Saints Theatre, Eli Owens, PT Burem & Erik Akers, Betsy Podsiadlo, Steve Van Dam, Dave Watkins, Kodi Crone, Todd Blair & Jefferey Alan Jones, Remoraorta, Beatrice Kelly, Dean Knight, and Classical Revolution
Parallel Listening Series will return January 2026.
Trey Burnart Hall is the committee chair for Parallel Listening Series. Photos by Scott Elmquist courtesy of Style Weekly.
Photo courtesy of Trey Burnart Hall
“Every day under fascism it’s easier to control people who feel alone. And so connecting through art across mediums and across communities to me is a political act,” he says. “Joy as an act of resistance.”
Sponsorship
Sponsorships help us maintain community access to this free program! We structure sponsorships for businesses large and small, and also offer a sliding scale recognition level for individual supporters.
Sponsorships are structured so that you can sponsor one Listening Series of your choice, or an entire calendar year of programming.
“In memory of our fallen comrades”