BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML Sandhills Development\, LLC//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Fe eds v3.4.0//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Mike Block Trio feat. Joe K. Walsh and Zachariah Hickman X-WR-CALDESC:Portland Downtown X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20211107T060000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20211107T060000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mike Block Trio feat. Joe K. Walsh and Zachariah Hickman DESCRIPTION:6pm doors – 7pm show\n$20 adv. – $25 day of\n\nMike Bloc k Trio\, Featuring Joe K. Walsh (mandolin) and Zachariah Hickman (bass)\ , is a supergroup of three unique and virtuosic musicians. By fertilizin g American roots music with contemporary and international influences\, they bring an exciting and personal perspective to acoustic music.\n\nMi ke Block is a pioneering cello player\, singer\, composer\, and educator \, hailed by Yo-Yo Ma as the "ideal musician of the 21st-Century." Passi onate about cross-cultural collaboration through music\, Mike is committ ed to inspiring individuals and connecting communities. At home in a wid e range of musical styles\, through a multi-genre approach to compositio n\, performance and education\, he seeks to inspire audiences and empowe r musicians to find joy in the full world of music.\n\nMike is member of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble (SRE)\, having joined in 2005 while a stu dent at The Juilliard School. Touring extensively throughout the world w ith SRE\, he has been featured as cello and vocal soloist\, contributed arrangements and compositions\, and earned a Grammy Award in 2017 for th eir album\, Sing Me Home. Mike also served as Music Director for SRE’s acclaimed opening concert of New York City's Central Park SummerStage 2 011 season "Night at the Caravanserai: Tales of Wonder".\n\nAs an innova tor\, Mike is among the first wave of cellists to adopt a strap in order to stand and move while playing. Employing his patented design\, The Bl ock Strap\, Mike was the first standing cellist to perform at Carnegie H all. The NY Times characterized the performance as\, "Breathless ... Hal f dance\, half dare."\n\nJoe K. Walsh is a Bluegrass mandolin player and singer known internationally as an exceptionally tasteful player from h is work with the legendary Gibson Brothers band\, which the Internationa l Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) has named winner of awards for Ente rtainer of the Year\, Album of the Year\, Vocal Group of the Year\, and Song of the Year. Joe has also released two recordings under his own nam e\, featuring original compositions and vocals\, as well as friend and l egendary fiddler Darol Anger\, with whom Joe regularly tours. After bein g the first mandolinist to graduate from the Berklee College of Music on that instrument\, Joe returned to Berklee in 2011 as both a mandolin in structor and as Managing Director of the American Roots Music Program.\n \nZachariah Hickman is a double bassist\, singer\, multi-instrumentalist and producer based out of Boston\, MA. Originally from Lynchburg\, VA\, he received his formal training in jazz performance and composition fro m the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. For most of his adult life he has t oured with singer-songwriter Josh Ritter\, traveling all over the world and recording 7 full-length albums. Currently\, he is performing as bass ist and musical director for Ray Lamontagne. He has performed at many no table venues and festivals\, including Carnegie Hall\, Radio City Music Hall\, Red Rocks\, Bonaroo\, Dublin Castle\, The Fillmore\, and the Roya l Albert Hall. With Josh Ritter\, he has also performed with the Boston Pops in Symphony Hall\, the New York Pops in Central Park\, and many oth er orchestras in Europe and the United States. Television appearances in clude five David Letterman appearances\, Conan O’brien\, Ellen Degener es\, and Late Night with Jools Holland for the BBC. As a producer\, Zach ariah as made records with a number of talented singers\, including Rose Cousins (for which he won a Canadian JUNO award)\, Mark Erelli\, Laura Cortese\, Miss Tess\, and his own bluegrass band Barnstar! He has also p roduced and ringmastered his own circus\, released his own brand of must ache wax\, and runs a vaudeville style variety show\, Zack Hickman’s H ouse of Ill Repute.\n\nCovid-19 Protocols:\n\nWe are very excited to be hosting live music shows again in our listening room. OLS is committed t o providing a safe environment for all who work\, listen\, or perform li ve music in our venue. Because our venue is so small\, we will require a ll staff\, volunteers\, performers\, and patrons to show proof of full v accination against COVID-19 when they attend OLS events AND to wear mask s indoors unless they are actively drinking\, eating\, or performing.\n\ nProof of vaccine must come directly from the health care provider that performed the vaccination and can be a photo or physical copy of the vac cination card or record with an accompanying photo ID. Full vaccination means that the date of the performance you are attending is:\n\n* at lea st 14 days after your second dose of an FDA or WHO authorized two dose C OVID-19 vaccine\, or\n\n* at least 14 days after your single dose of an FDA or WHO authorized single dose COVID vaccine.\n\nWe hope we can ease these restrictions once further progress has been made reducing transmis sion of the virus. Until then we greatly appreciate your patience and co operation.\n\nOne Longfellow Square does not assume liability\; the tick et holder will assume all risks involved. By purchasing a ticket to this event you agree to assume full liability for any risks incurred before\ , during and after the event and agree to the current Terms of Use. URL;VALUE=URI:https://portlandmaine.com/events/mike-block-trio-feat-joe- k-walsh-and-zachariah-hickman/ UID:urn:uuid:cccdb5ea-d732-4594-9821-ccbcb1b64a50 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260501T104324Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T220000 LOCATION:181 State St.\, Portland\, Maine 04108\, US END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR