Solstice at the Center
Celebrate the winter solstice with warming food and meaningful music. Join Anderson Center, Zeitgeist, and guest chefs for Thai food and musical performance on Friday, December 20. We’ll gather to eat in the Anderson Center Café with community-style seating and plated dinners by Joe and Holly Hatch-Surisook. Following the prix fixe meal, enjoy a ritual performance in the connected Tower View Barn Space. We’ll end the evening with a special dessert by the Anderson Center Residency Chef.
Tickets include a three-course meal (all gluten-free with vegetarian and chicken options) and concert. Wine, beer, and a specialty cocktail will be available for sale. Doors open at 5 p.m., dinner service starts at 5:30 p.m., performance begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $65 general public/ $55 Anderson Center members
Appetizer and Entrée by Joe and Holly Hatch-Surisook
First Course: Laab Isaan Lettuce Wrap
Northeastern Thailand salad featuring chopped chicken or tofu with toasted rice powder, Thai chilies, mint, lime and lemongrass; served wrapped in lettuce leaf (mild spice)Entree: Curried Coconut Chicken or TofuCoconut marinated chicken thigh or tofu with curried peanut sauce and cucumber relish; served over jasmine rice
to carry forward, to leave behind (world premiere)
Performed by percussionists Heather Barringer and Patti Cudd of Zeitgeist, this ritual work is designed to invoke our best intentions and wishes as we embrace the move from dark to light
Dessert by the Anderson Center Residency Chef: Coconut Mango Mousse with Pistachios layers of light mango mousse with fresh mango pieces and creamy coconut whipped cream, with a pistachio crumble
Featured Collaborators:
Chef Joe Hatch-Surisook and his wife and collaborator Holly focus on people, nourishment, and community through Thai street food. Together, they ran the beloved Thai Restaurant Sen Yai Sen Lek on Central Avenue in Minneapolis for 14 years (along with sister sandwich shop Dipped & Debris). Eater Twin Cities has described their restaurants as “vibrant, essential spaces for people to gather and eat.” Joe was born in Bangkok and grew up helping his mother cook as part of a vibrant Thai community in Chicago, experiences that continue to influence his cooking today.
Zeitgeist‘s mission is to bring newly created music to life with performances that engage and stimulate. A quartet of musicians animated by a spirit of adventure and collaboration, Zeitgeist presents works of substance with passion and integrity, and strives to forge new links between musicians and music lovers through concerts, commissions, recordings, and dialogue with our audiences.