paige starling sorvillo/blindsight • SF International Arts Festival Thu-Sat. May 22-24 & 29-31, 8pm $20 (Members $15, Thursdays: pay-what-you-can) Integrating contemporary butoh dance with stunning live video and an original sound score, blingsight creates a sense-saturated exploration of intimacy and violence. At 37˚celcius we have unprecedented potential to connect, to risk, to make contact inside [...]

Winter Artist in Residence Showing: Violeta Luna Burried in  the Body of Remembrance/ Enterrada en el Cuerpo del Recuerdo Wed. May 21 8pm Free for CP Members only Part one of a “border trilogy” on immigrant issues, by the interdisciplinary collective of immigrant artists “Secos & Mojados” the piece aims to develop a language for [...]

Liz Lerman is a choreographer who after years of discussing dance with fellow artists, began to devise a method to effectively provide feedback about artistic work. It’s something that CounterPULSE’s Executive Director Jessica Robinson is well-versed. I’ve decided to include it here. The following comes from http://www.communityarts.net. You can also visit Liz’s website Liz Lerman [...]

Wed. May 14, Dinner at 6pm, Music at 9pm Free Erick Lyle looks back at the past ten years of activism and guerilla art in San Francisco. Come join Lyle and collaborators in a night of free food, art, readings, and music, featuring Zara Thustra, Sy Loady, Shotwell, Black Rainbow, and many more!

Sun. May 11, 2pm Free This monthly salon offers emerging and established choreographers the opportunity to show their work and receive feedback from the artists, audience, and presenters. Featuring Cynthia Adams/Fellow Travelers, Jesse Hewit, and Sheena Johnson. No Reservations Necessary.