Newport Live and Norman Bird Sanctuary will be presenting the award winning singer/songwriter “The Suitcase Junket” at The Norman Bird Sanctuary in Middletown on Friday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35 and available through EventBrite and via Newport Live or Norman Bird Sanctuary websites.

This is the last summer show of the season.

Matt Lorenz performs a show that is grand in its imagery, sound, and staging, though solitary in its thrift and self-reliance. What instruments he requires, Lorenz builds from scratch and salvage. What parts five players would perform, he performs alone.

The spectacle of his one-man set bears constant comparison to legends of showmanship, brilliance, madness, and invention. The End is New was produced by trusted friend, producer Steve Berlin of Los Lobos.

“The things I value are under attack," Lorenz writes. "And writing songs and making art are the methods I have for responding. I have tried to use my observations and reflections of the world bent through my fun-house-mirror mind to show what I see; a planet stressed. ... We can do better.”