• November 25, 2009

    To be a Rembetis one has to find Stavros

    By Published On: November 25th, 2009

    The 1923 exchange of population was a forcefull way for the Greek refugees to preserve their memory of their experiences and art forms because deep inside they knew that they were never going to return back to their beloved Asia Minor. My grand parents Leonidas and Despina spoke mostly in Turkish at home and they

  • November 25, 2009

    Rembetika Performaces

    By Published On: November 25th, 2009

    The actual performance of Rembetika was a very powerful experience because it felt dangerous in way that reminds me when we had to do experiments in chemistry class and didn't know the outcome. The performers were all very brave precise and fluid and seemed to understand the heavy soul of a Greek spirit that is

  • November 23, 2009

    Colette Eloi – Blog #3

    By Published On: November 23rd, 2009

    Now that I am on the other side of Performing Diaspora where I presented the piece “The Politics of Poverty” – Sankofa Wisdom, I would just like to say whew. I really enjoyed all the different cultural groups and learning more about their artistry. Looking into the subject of Poverty was painful on my heart.

  • November 18, 2009

    TALKS! Philippines: Immigration Politics and the Body

    By Published On: November 18th, 2009

    Wed. Nov. 18, 7:30pm, Free This panel brings artists and scholars together who work in the areas of Filipino history, colonization, decolonization and the creation of cultural forms. It will evoke and address our diasporic, transnational and shifting identities as Filipinos/Filipino-Americans and political relationships historically and today between the Philippines and the United States. Aimee Suzara,

  • November 18, 2009

    WHERE IS TIBET?

    By Published On: November 18th, 2009

    "All warfare is based on deception." Sun Tzu, 6th c. B.C. Politics is gentlemen's warfare. But when words fail, bombs fall. WHERE IS TIBET? invites you to consider the ancient history of China and Tibet before Tibet's occupation. It is a meditation on our human capacity to understand the nature of good and evil that

  • November 14, 2009

    Bike Tour: Ecological History (north)

    By Published On: November 14th, 2009

    Sat. Nov. 14, noon, $15-50 sliding scale to benefit Shaping SF This trip through San Francisco's lost sand dunes, ponds, creeks and coastline will focus on the city from downtown north, covering the heart of the city, the waterfront and Yerba Buena cove, Telegraph Hill, Black Point, and Crissy Field in the Presidio... It's a

  • November 13, 2009

    Contra-Tiempo, Colette Eloi, Opal Palmer Adisa, and Sri Susilowati premiere their work! A new line-up of artists re-define Diaspora

    By Published On: November 13th, 2009

    It wasn't easy to say goodbye to last weekend's Performing Diaspora artists, but yesterday, CounterPULSE eagerly opened its doors to all of the incredible performers who are taking the stage for the second weekend of the Performing Diaspora Festival -- some coming to us from all the way down in L.A. We caught up with

  • November 11, 2009

    TALKS! History & Politics Alcatraz 40th anniversary of Indigenous occupation

    By Published On: November 11th, 2009

    Wed. Nov. 11, 7:30pm, Free AIM-West and friends will revisit the historic occupation of Alcatraz, show video clips, tell stories, and most importantly, connect this important historic event with the decades of organizing and political resistance since that time.

  • November 11, 2009

    Dear Callie – Prumsodun Ok for Performing Diaspora

    By Published On: November 11th, 2009

    Prumsodun Ok is a Performing Diaspora Resident Artist at CountePULSE. See him at weekend 3 of Performing Diaspora, November 19-22. Buy tickets now! Dear Callie, I am walking with a bag in my hand.  It is small and brown, the head of a teddy bear just barely creeping out at the top.  I’ve thought much

  • November 11, 2009

    Bihag, my choreographic take on the Hip hop Tinikling, blog #3

    By Published On: November 11th, 2009

    Dulce Capadocia is a Performing Diaspora Resident Artist at CounterPULSE. See her at weekend 3 of Performing Diaspora, November 19-22. Buy tickets now! BIHAG  Works in Progress showing at Highways featuring Jill Parago and Dulce Capadocia,  Photo Credit:  Rudy Samonte Time. Time ticking. Time ticking loudly as numbered days pass in preparation for the anticipated

  • November 10, 2009

    Podcasting Diaspora!

    By Published On: November 10th, 2009

    Last Saturday, artists and community members used the CounterPULSE stage not for dancing, but for discussion: participants in the Performing Diaspora Symposium took the day to explore the rich, challenging themes that the Festival explores. In three separate sessions, panelists and audience members articulate some of the ideas that each Performing Diaspora artists stirs up

  • November 8, 2009

    CounterPULSE and Dancers’ Group present 2nd Sundays

    By Published On: November 8th, 2009

    Sun. Nov. 8, 2pm, Free K. Olive Mckeon helps us all get seated, Ana Flecha explores friendships between women, and Heidi Landgraf DanceAct traces two women's relationship from initial meeting to "I Do" in this month's dance salon of emerging & established choreographers. Photo by Stefanie Herzer—Heidi Landgraf DanceAct