• February 12, 2009

    Lost Landscapes III: Film Fragments of San Francisco

    By Published On: February 12th, 2009

    So I was a bad boy tonight.  I was supposed to go home and do work.  I was supposed to go home and finish a grant proposal so my boss can proof it tomorrow (sorry if you're reading this JR).  But I thought it would be much more worth my while to attend the weekly

  • February 4, 2009

    Who is the alien? Some ramblings during the making of ANIMoid.

    By Published On: February 4th, 2009

    Ever since I was a kid I’ve loved science fiction. My mom used to write novels and stories herself. She introduced me to the great sci fi writers and I’ve been hooked ever since - not so much to the hard science, but to the question, “what if...?” I’ve especially loved the women writers like

  • February 4, 2009

    Leslie Seiters’ Incidental Fear of Numbers

    By Published On: February 4th, 2009

    I want to start by admitting that I am indeed the Theater Manager at CounterPULSE and no I was not prodded to post this. But being in that position allows me a sometimes rare opportunity to see the progression of the shows and the space from one week to the next and it continues to

  • January 30, 2009

    A new season of 2nd Sundays begins February 8

    By Published On: January 30th, 2009

    2nd Sundays A Monthly Salon with CounterPULSE and Dancers’ Group Sunday February 8, 2pm Free at CounterPULSE 1310 Mission St. @ 9th San Francisco This monthly salon offers emerging & established choreographers an opportunity to show their work & receive feedback from other artists, community members, and presenters. Please join us for an afternoon of

  • January 24, 2009

    What’s Cookin’ So far……

    By Published On: January 24th, 2009

    My company Deep Waters Dance Theater is in the process of making this piece we are calling, "...our daily bread". We are exploring the ways that food shapes our cultural identities, how we all have food stories and folklore that ties who we are to the food we eat. We are also looking at how

  • January 23, 2009

    Punany Poets

    By Published On: January 23rd, 2009

    The infamous Punany Poets came through CounterPULSE last weekend. They owned the stage and had a delightfully erotic affair. Comment about the show below.

  • January 23, 2009

    Some reflections, midway through the ANIMoid adventure.

    By Published On: January 23rd, 2009

    by Katarina Eriksson (Winter Artist in Residence in collaboration with Cathie Caraker) One of the breeding grounds for this project is the subtext of two aliens who have come to earth and inhabited human bodies. I do think of it as a dance piece (as opposed to a dance theater piece), where the human body

  • January 21, 2009

    TALKS! Shaping San Francisco History Wiki Workshop

    By Published On: January 21st, 2009

    Wed. Jan. 21, 7:30pm, Free Years in the making! Shaping San Francisco has finally completed its arduous migration to a wiki-format. Check it out BEFORE Wednesday at foundsf.org! Explore the new living archive of the city’s history with Chris Carlsson and LisaRuth Elliott. Get a demonstration of how to use it, and suggestions and guidelines

  • January 19, 2009

    Jess Curtis/Gravity – Big Benefit Bash

    By Published On: January 19th, 2009

    Jess/Curtis Gravity presents a Big Benefit Performance Bash OLD SCHOOL/NEW RULES at CounterPULSE Saturday January 24,  8pm www.jesscurtisgravity.org • www.counterpulse.org A multi-generational roster of all-stars from San Francisco and beyond come out to support Jess Curtis/Gravity’s upcoming 2009 San Francisco Season and you’re invited. Art, Party and Delectable Tidbits of Dance, Improvisation and Body-based Performance

  • December 18, 2008

    Surviving the Economic Meltdown: DANGER or OPPORTUNITY?

    By Published On: December 18th, 2008

    Thank you to all who attended the discussion last night!  It was very thought provoking and one of the best Shaping San Francisco talks that I have attended. I grew up in Seattle, WA and was raised with the idea that money is equal to life energy and time and that it is important to

  • November 22, 2008

    Map of the Mango Planet: Part II. The North Pole

    By Published On: November 22nd, 2008

    MAP OF THE MANGO PLANET   PART II. THE NORTH POLE  Saturday November 22, 2008  8p.m. Performance                              North is an established position and direction relative to another location on the Mango planet and within its systems, countries, states, bodies, not dependent upon changes made within those other locations.  However, if everything turned upside

  • October 15, 2008

    Songs About Global Warming

    By Published On: October 15th, 2008

    My HOT Lobotomy (a multi-media theatrical EVENT opening this Friday here at CounterPULSE!) was created as a collaborative effort - not only between creator/director David Szlasa, his creative team (including Sara Shelton Mann, James Clotfelter, Calvin LL Jones & Katrina Rodabaugh), and his star performers Erin Mei-Ling Stuart and Spencer Evans - but