• August 18, 2009

    Introduction to My New Work”From Beijing to San Francisco”

    By Published On: August 18th, 2009

    My project “From Beijing to San Francisco” at CP  is a newly commissioned musical piece, bringing the guqin, a Chinese scholarly art, into an innovative, multidisciplinary stage performance, and introducing the ancient, living tradition of the guqin into modern life. It uses a guqin player’s own story to illustrate the fate of the guqin, an ancient

  • August 15, 2009

    Live from Riser Rebuild

    By Published On: August 15th, 2009

    Hi friends, This is Jez here, Board Prez of CounterPULSE. Last week Lily wrote a blog post about our exciting new riser rebuild. If you're interested in helping out, contact Julie at 415.626.2060 or via email (julie [@] counterpulse.org) to find out more! I just got back into town and decided to stop by and

  • August 13, 2009

    Riser Rebuild

    By Published On: August 13th, 2009

    Last weekend, a small group of volunteers, including yours truly, carefully demolished the old risers at CounterPULSE. Having never used a power drill before, and in the company of those who have, I faked my way through the day, unscrewing, de-nailing, and generally having a blast. Apparently, I have a knack. The cool part of

  • August 5, 2009

    Words First: A Monthly Solo Performance Series

    By Published On: August 5th, 2009

    Wed. Aug. 5, 7:30pm, $7-10 (Members $3-5)

    Janine Brito, in "Poetry for the Pathetic & Repugnant," is having trouble surviving her day, let alone her breakup. Alex Koll lets you into the world of a balloon animal-maker in "I'm That Guy." Zahra Noorbakhsh (photo, right) is an Islamic preteen, struggling to save her mother from the fiery pits of hell in "Hijab or Hammer-Pants?" Buy Tix Now!

  • August 4, 2009

    Freedom

    By Published On: August 4th, 2009

    middle (line) Look fast. Move slow. The ground is on fire, but I don't worry myself with that anymore. If I was at home I would ask if the fumes were toxic. Now, toxic is relative and intersections are the eye of the storm. In Ghana, 'Nature' is the holy book that tells people what

  • July 29, 2009

    Ayelo yeku daba

    By Published On: July 29th, 2009

    beginning (circle) kokou katamani When I first formed my company, Ase Dance Theatre Collective, Kokou Katamani taught us a song. I'll never forget that he came all the way from California just to perform in one of my pieces. I was a student at The Ailey School then and it was my first time living away

  • July 25, 2009

    Perverts Put Out!

    By Published On: July 25th, 2009

    Sat. July 25, 7:30 pm, $10-15 (Members $5-10)

    San Francisco's long-running pansexual performance series is back for its traditional pre-Dore-Alley-Fair edition, featuring longtime faves Thomas Roche and horehound stillpoint, emcees Carol Queen and Simon Sheppard, and much more! Join your fellow pervs for some explicit, twisted fun! Photo of George Davis by Simon Sheppard. Buy Tix Now!

  • July 21, 2009

    Shaping San Francisco’s New Wiki

    By Published On: July 21st, 2009

    FoundSF.org is Shaping San Francisco's new wiki. Found San Francisco is a living archive of the city providing people with access to its lost history. Hundreds of people have contributed stories, photos, video oral histories and more. Our project shows that history is much more than Richter scales and gold rushes. Browse the archive by

  • July 21, 2009

    Special Rental Discount

    By Published On: July 21st, 2009

    CounterPULSE is offering a special 20% discount on July and August 2009 evening event & performance bookings! Please visit our online rental calendar to check availability and submit a rental request form to reserve space today! Now is also the time to book for events in the upcoming Fall 2009 Season! The CounterPULSE printed calendar

  • June 29, 2009

    The Myal Healer

    By Published On: June 29th, 2009

    I was in Jamaica a few weeks ago interviewing both academics and healers who are in some way affiliated with Myal or the practice of healing. I also spent time at the African -Caribbean library there pouring over and through literature on Myal and  its evolution. I made several discoveries, and was able to photograph

  • June 29, 2009

    It’s like the classic “Russian Doll”

    By Published On: June 29th, 2009

    I'm sure that most of you are familiar with the traditional wooden Russian Doll.  It opens up like a box to find another exact replica inside (only smaller) and then yet another, and another, etc.  The more I research, the more I find and the plethora of information slowly seeps into my initial ideas.  This

  • June 26, 2009

    Rebecca Whittington: Bharatanatyam (Indian Classical) Dance Performance

    By Published On: June 26th, 2009

    Fri. & Sat. June 26-27, 8pm Sun. June 28, 6pm, $15 Rebecca Whittington, trained by Arul Francis, performs classical Bharata Natyam. Program: alarippu, jatiswaram, varnam, padam. Compositions of the Tanjore Quartet, as choreographed by Pandanallur Subbaraya Pillai. More information: arulfrancis.com Buy Tix Now!