• October 28, 2009

    TALKS! Climate Change/Climate Justice

    By Published On: October 28th, 2009

    (co-sponsored by Nature in the City) Wed. Oct. 28, Free What is going to be accomplished by "cap-and-trade?" How is global warming being co-opted by corporate power? What are equitable approaches involving local communities? How are the effects of climate change already appearing on the planet's and the Bay Area's ecosystems? What is the relationship

  • October 26, 2009

    Dance Discourse 7: “Authenticity vs. Tradition”

    By Published On: October 26th, 2009

    On October 15, 2009 a group of Bay Area artists, arts administrators and audience members met at CounterPULSE for the Dance Discourse Project 7: Dancing Diaspora. Co-presented by World Arts West/ San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and Dancers' Group the event was a part of the Fall 2009 season of Performing Diaspora. Learn more about

  • October 23, 2009

    Dance Discourse 7: How do we keep our dances from becoming museum pieces? Defining Tradition, Innovation, and Preservation in the Artistic Process

    By Published On: October 23rd, 2009

    On October 15, 2009 a group of Bay Area artists, arts administrators and audience members met at CounterPULSE for the Dance Discourse Project 7: Dancing Diaspora. Co-presented by World Arts West/ San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and Dancers' Group the event was a part of the Fall 2009 season of Performing Diaspora. Learn more about

  • October 23, 2009

    Dance Discourse 7: Traditional Dance is not a Christmas Tree

    By Published On: October 23rd, 2009

    On October 15, 2009 a group of Bay Area artists, arts administrators and audience members met at CounterPULSE for the Dance Discourse Project 7: Dancing Diaspora. Co-presented by World Arts West/ San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and Dancers' Group the event was a part of the Fall 2009 season of Performing Diaspora . Learn more

  • October 23, 2009

    Dance Discourse 7: Everyone’s Included, Discussions of Educating the Audience in all Types of Dance

    By Published On: October 23rd, 2009

    On October 15, 2009 a group of Bay Area artists, arts administrators and audience members met at CounterPULSE for the Dance Discourse Project 7: Dancing Diaspora. Co-presented by World Arts West/San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and Dancers’ Group, the event was a part of the Fall 2009 season of Performing Diaspora. Learn more about Performing

  • October 23, 2009

    Rest for the Constant Traveler Dance Continuum SF’s 3rd Annual Season

    By Published On: October 23rd, 2009

    Oct. 23-25, 8pm, $20 The dances of “Rest for the Constant Traveler” incorporate many disparate qualities; lyricism with physical athleticism, tenderness married with humor, moments of stillness infused with chaos. Movement, theater and film propel you into adventures with a novel view on life. Join DCSF on journeys of the mind, body and spirit. brownpapertickets.com

  • October 22, 2009

    Notes from a Scribe – Dance Discourse Project: Dancing Diaspora

    By Published On: October 22nd, 2009

    Dance Discourse 7: Discussion of “How does one’s identity give access to or create limitations on the use of traditional forms? What are the burdens…what are the freedoms?” On October 15, 2009 a group of Bay Area artists, arts administrators and audience members met at CounterPULSE for the Dance Discourse Project 7: Dancing Diaspora. Co-presented

  • October 22, 2009

    Performing Diaspora on the Airwaves!

    By Published On: October 22nd, 2009

    With Performing Diaspora fast-approaching, some of the artists took a break from the stage and headed over to KPFA's radio studios in Berkeley for a musical sneak-preview of their work on Stephen Kent's show, "Music of the World." In between tracks, our Executive Director Jessica Robinson Love joined them in the conversation about their performances

  • October 21, 2009

    TALKS! Bicycling in San Francisco

    By Published On: October 21st, 2009

    Wed. Oct. 21, 7:30pm, Free 17 years of Critical Mass and 10,000 members of the Bike Coalition?… what’s right, what’s not with the way bicycling and bicycling politics is developing at the end of the first decade of the 21st century? A broad discussion of bicycle etiquette, transportation and urban design, equipment and safety (good

  • October 18, 2009

    Performing Diaspora Work in Progress Showings

    By Published On: October 18th, 2009

    Sun. Oct. 18, 11am-2pm: Charlotte Moraga, & Devendra Sharma Sun. Oct. 24, 11am-2pm: Opal Palmer Adisa, Colette Eloi, and Adia Whitaker Sun. Oct. 24, 2-5pm: Yannis Adoniou, Catherine Clambaneva, and Leonidas Kassapides; Wang Fei; and Danica Sena Gakovich Three groups of artists present work to be shown in November at CounterPULSE’s Performing Diaspora Festival. This

  • October 17, 2009

    Bike Tour: San Francisco Ecological History (south)

    By Published On: October 17th, 2009

    Sat. Oct. 17, 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 south of downtown and SOMA, traversing the Mission, Mission Bay, Potrero Hill, Bayview, and the southeast coastline, including several new public parks. It's a social, historical and

  • October 15, 2009

    Dance Discourse Project 7

    By Published On: October 15th, 2009

    Presented by CounterPULSE, World Arts West/ San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and Dancers' Group Thurs. Oct. 15, 7:30pm, Free Join us for a lively discussion tackling some of the questions and ideas posed by Performing Diaspora. Questions include: What is tradition? What is innovation? What is preservation? How does one’s identity give access to or