TYP Connects: MOCA

265 South Church Avenue,Tucson AZ 85701

17 November, 2022

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TYP Connects are our monthly socials designed to gather, explore, connect, and enjoy our TYP community. This month join us for a free evening at MOCA and celebrate the launch of Kid Congo Powers’ memoir Some New Kind of Kick. Plus, galleries open late, live music by KXCI Community Radio DJs, food by Fork n Fire, and free beer by Barrio Brewing Company. Don’t miss this lively time to gather around art, music, and drinks! 7:00 PM: Reading from Some New Kind of Kick by Kid Congo Powers, followed by a Q&A and book signing. Some New Kind of Kick is an intimate, coming-of-age memoir by legendary guitarist Kid Congo Powers, detailing his experiences as a young, queer Mexican-American in 1970s Los Angeles through his rise in the glam rock and punk rock scenes. Published by Hachette. About the Exhibitions On view in the the Main Hall is author Lynn Xu’s debut exhibition based on her book-length poem, And Those Ashen Heaps That Cantilevered Vase of Moonlight. This monumental commission features large-scale banners, video, audio elements, and site-specific interventions that give Xu’s text physical, spatial, and sonic form. Kenneth Tam: Silent Spikes, is a solo exhibition on view in the East Wing Galleries that features a two-channel video installation with accompanying photographs that investigates the intersections of masculinity, race, and labor. Plein Air is a group exhibition on view in the East Wing Galleries that explores shifting ideas of western landscape, painting, and fieldwork and includes works by Susanna Battin, Esteban Cabeza de Baca, iris yirei hu, KB Jones, Hillary Mushkin, Sterling Wells, and Paula Wilson. Come meet other TYP Members and young professionals in the community at an awesome venue! Registration:FREE for TYP MembersFREE for Community membersWhat is TYP?Tucson Young Professionals is a group of young business and community leaders focused on creating an innovative, prosperous and inclusive Greater Tucson for young professionals. Together we create a voice to help impact the development and growth of Tucson. Welcoming ages 21-45. Learn more on our website and connect with us @tucsonyoungprofessionals on Facebook and Instagram.