
"The songs are as charming, detailed and touching as ever. What more do you really need?"—Pitchfork
Khaela Maricich, who performs delightfully wry, lo-fi electro-pop under the name the Blow, returns to the Wexner Center with a special show that furthers her keen interest in boundary-blurring performance cabaret with a shimmying beat. Working with her collaborator, installation artist Melissa Dyne, who contributes sparkling visuals, lighting, and sonic elements for the evening, Maricich creates a witty narrative framework with twists about creating demos on spec for a tabloid-target actress looking to her for instant indie-pop cred. At a recent appearance at Joe's Pub, the Public Theatre's music venue, a New York Times reviewer offered this enthusiastic capsule: "The performance was an elaborate cabaret, replete with ornate stories about recording sessions, swapped life tales, and a pair of strappy gold pumps ostensibly given as a gift from (a celebrity muse, who shall go nameless) to Ms. Maricich.... They were terrific, the new songs, believable as identity-bending pop from a fallen celebrity or as deeply felt parody or as chipper performance art."
Special guest Blair opens the show.
The Blow - Knowing the Things That I Know
Program Support
Huntington
MAJOR SEASON SUPPORT
FOR PERFORMING ARTS
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR
THE WEXNER CENTER
Greater Columbus Arts Council
Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
ACCOMMODATIONS
The Blackwell
The Blow with Melissa Dyne