#  Yvette Janine Jackson and Jessica Shand at Waterworks 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **September 19, 2025** 

 07:30PM - 09:30PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Metropolitan Waterworks Museum**  



 

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Non-Event presents: **Yvette Janine Jackson and Jessica Shand**  
performing a modified version of Jackson’s radio Opera *ENTF (Backspace)*

*Note: the museum has limited parking, so please take public transportation, carpool, or bike, if possible. The museum is a 10-minute walk from the Cleveland Circle stop on the C branch and the Reservoir stop on the D branch of the Green Line.*

*The museum is fully* *accessible to people with disabilities. If you have questions, call the museum at 617-277-0065 or email* [*susanna@nonevent.org*](mailto:susanna@nonevent.org)*.*

Non-Event presents a collaborative performance by Yvette Janine Jackson and Jessica Shand based on Jackson’s radio opera *ENTF (Backspace)* in the unique acoustics of the Great Engines Hall of the Metropolitan Waterworks Museum. The piece is presented as part of the Radio Opera Workshop, a project exploring narrative soundscapes.

**About the artists**  
[**Yvette Janine Jackson**](https://www.yvettejackson.com/) draws on her experiences as a theatrical sound designer to create an aesthetic of narrative soundscape composition she calls “radio opera.” Her compositions have been heralded as “immersive non-visual films” (The Guardian). Jackson is a recipient of the 2025 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts.

Jackson’s projects often draw from history to examine relevant social issues. Her album *Freedom* is described as “one of the most unique releases to chronicle the Black American experience” (The Wire). Recent projects include Hello, Tomorrow! for orchestra and electronics co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and American Composers Orchestra; and *T-Minus*, A Radio Opera commissioned by the International Contemporary Ensemble. Her permanent installations *Underground (Codes)* and *Destination Freedom* can be experienced at Wave Farm in Acra, New York, and the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. She currently lives in Cambridge, MA.

[**Jessica Shand**](http://www.jessicashand.com/) is a flutist, producer, composer, and researcher currently based out of Providence, RI. She merges contemporary experimental classical, jazz, and electronic performance practices with mathematics and computer science to (de)construct sound as a relational interface between and among humans and machines.

This performance is presented with the support of the Waterworks Museum and WZBC 90.3 FM.

Tickets: $20/General Admission | $15/students and Non-Event members. No one turned away for lack of funds.

Visit the Non-Event website for more information and tickets.



 

 



 

 

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