Natural Information Society and Lemuel Marc / Jake Meginsky (duo)
natural information society
lemuel marc / jake meginsky duo
friday, may 15, 2026 at 7:30pm
Hope Central Church
85 Seaverns Avenue
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
There are two parking lots associated with the church. Located 2 blocks from the Green Street T Station.
Admission: $20 general | $15 for students and Non-Event members
No one turned away for lack of funds
MCC Card to Culture holders get in free
Non-Event is pleased to present a rare Boston performance by Joshua Abrams’ Natural Information Society with an opening set of trumpet & electronics by Jake Meginsky and Lemuel Marc. This show is days after Non-Event officially turns 25, so there will be cake….
About the Artists
Joshua Abrams formed Natural Information Society (NIS) in 2010. With Abrams' orchestration of traditional & contemporary instrumentation, NIS creates long-form psychedelic environments informed by jazz, minimalism & traditional musics.
Current & former band members include Lisa Alvarado, Jason Adasiewicz, Mikel Avery, Ben Boye, Hamid Drake, Ben Lamar Gay, Emmett Kelly, Norberto Lobo, Artur Majewski, Nick Mazzarella, Jeff Parker, Frank Rosaly, Jason Stein, Kuba Suchar, Nori Tanaka & Chad Taylor. In 2015, Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas collaborated on Automaginary (Drag City).
Composer/filmmaker Jake Meginsky, a New Music USA award winner and Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellow in both music and film, has collaborated and performed with an extraordinary range of musicians including Milford Graves, Alvin Lucier, Joan La Barbara, Kim Gordon, Vic Rawlings, Greg Kelley, Bhob Rainey, Joe McPhee, Thurston Moore, William Parker, Daniel Carter, Paul Flaherty, John Truscinski, Arthur Brooks, and Bill Nace. His recordings can be found on NNA (Burlington, VT), Mantile (London), Second Sleep (Milan), Feeding Tube Records (Northampton, MA), Rel Records (Providence, RI), Open Mouth Records (Northampton, MA), Wooden Finger Records (Belgium), Ultra Eczema Records (Belgium), and Ecstatic Peace Records (London/Northampton). His latest solo album, 1000cuts, will be released on Ben Hall's Ornette Coleman Fiend Club records (OCFC) in 2026. He is presently artist in residence at the School for Contemporary Dance and Thought in Northampton, MA.
Lemuel Marc is a composer and trumpet player from Boston. They play regularly around New England with improvisers including Evan Palmer, Yoona Kim, Brittany Karlson, Michael Larocca and the Hivemind Brass Quintet. Lemuel's debut solo album, "Replace the Population" was released in 2025 on Relative Pitch Records. A video of their solo set from this 2024's Waterworks festival is available here.
