From Wikinews, the free news source you can write!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
Saturday, February 28, 2026<\/strong> On the evening of February 16, 2026, an audience gathered at an undisclosed location to see a performance by three experimental musical acts in Long Island City<\/a><\/span>, Queens, New York<\/a><\/span>, as part of the ongoing Striped Light series of events. A volunteer contributor to Wikinews<\/i> attended the event as a reporter. There were somewhere between fourty and a hundred people in attendance. The doors opened for the event at 7:30 p.m. New York Time (0030 UTC).\n<\/p>\n Jennifer Gersten played the first set, as a soloist. She played the violin using a variety of techniques, holding it in a traditional manner as well as on her lap at times.\n<\/p>\n Jack Langdon played the second set, also as a soloist. He played a Native American flute<\/a><\/span> through amplification, taking advantage of the opportunity to explore extended techniques and unusual sounds with the flute.\n<\/p>\n John King and Leyya Mona Tawil performed the third set as a duo. King played guitar while using electronics and a laptop positioned on a table in front of him, while Tawil worked with electronics, multiple microphones, and unconventional objects; at one point, she danced on the amplified stage. In contrast to the earlier sets, this was a high-volume set.\n<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/en.wikinews.org\/wiki\/File:Stripedlight02-2026-_16.jpg\")
<\/a>
Image: Alex Lozupone (Wikimedia Commons)<\/a>.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n