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10 Sep, 2009

Patio Party with a Purpose

2009-09-10T17:00:06-07:00By jez|Categories: Events|Tags: El Rio, Performing Diaspora, W. Kamau Bell|

A benefit for CounterPULSE’s Performing Diaspora Thurs. Sept. 10, 5-9pm, $10-15 sliding scale at El Rio, 3158 Mission St., SF, CA, www.elriosf.com Come party with CounterPULSE at El Rio for an evening of happy hour specials with an awesome line up of entertainment for your viewing pleasure. Vivvyanne Forevermore hosts an evening with a DJ set from Senior Oz from Afrolicious and performances from: Vidya Sundaram, Opal Palmer Adisa, Jaclyn Burleigh & Sheena Johnson, Lily Taylor, W. Kamau Bell, and

9 Sep, 2009

TALKS! Final Tap: An Unofficial History of Beer

2009-09-09T19:30:01-07:00By jez|Categories: Events, Talks|Tags: John Jota Leaños, Sean Levon Nash, Shaping SF, Talks|

Wed. Sept. 9, 7:30pm, Free The rise of microbrewers in American is preceded by a rich social and revolutionary history of beer and brewing, spanning from the Mayans to the Mayflower, from the Founding Fathers through Manifest Destiny, and from Prohibition to the corporatization of beer. Artists John Jota Leaños and Sean Levon Nash will consider this history of beer and invite regional microbrewers to talk about American brewer patriotism and the issues surrounding locally controlled beer production. Enjoy craft-beer

6 Sep, 2009

Bike Tour: Labor history

2009-09-06T12:00:42-07:00By jez|Categories: Events|Tags: bike tour, Shaping SF|

Sun. Sept. 6, Noon, $15-50 sliding scale to benefit Shaping SF From the pre-urban history of Indian Slavery to the earliest 8-hour day movement in the U.S., the ebb and flow of class war is traced. SF's radical working class organizations are shaped in part by racist complicity in genocide and slavery, but from the 1870s to the 1940s there were dozens of epic battles between owners and workers, culminating in the 1934 General Strike and its aftermath. This is

2 Sep, 2009

Words First

2009-09-02T19:30:01-07:00By jez|Categories: Events|Tags: words first|

Wed. Sept. 2, 7:30pm, $7-10 (Members $3-5) This month's performance review includes Kenny Yun in "Lettucetown Lies." He's Gay. He's Asian. He's coming of age in Lettucetown. If that's not bad enough, he's got a crush on a hick. Adolescence! It's fun, it's lies. In Lettucetown; David Allen Moss; Bruce Pachtman in "Solo Show #2." Yesterday Bruce had a bad day. Actually he's had 700 bad days... in a row. But today everything changed for the better. For the really,

28 Aug, 2009

Koreni, making peace with the past to move forward as life gets in the way of ART

2009-08-28T15:09:33-07:00By Danica|Categories: CounterPULSE, Danica Sena Gakovich, Events, Performing Diaspora|Tags: Danica Sena Gakovich|

The very spontaneous nature of art rarely gives way to "schedules", ie. scribbling notes on a bathroom floor at 4am so as not to wake up the household, 2-hour rehearsals that turn into 10 hours, starting with violins and ending up with tambourines, constant breaking of commitments due to double-booking or financial constraints...and yet as performers, choreographers, collaborators we must adhere to some semblance of organization so as not to disappear into our microcosmic "bubbles". A famous Spanish dancer who

5 Aug, 2009

Words First: A Monthly Solo Performance Series

2009-08-05T19:30:36-07:00By jez|Categories: Events|Tags: Alex Koll, Janine Brito, words first, Zahra Noorbakhsh|

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!

25 Jul, 2009

Perverts Put Out!

2009-07-25T19:30:25-07:00By jez|Categories: Events|Tags: Carol Queen, Center for Sex and Culture, Perverts Put Out|

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!

26 Jun, 2009

Rebecca Whittington: Bharatanatyam (Indian Classical) Dance Performance

2009-06-26T18:00:59-07:00By Ryan Crowder|Categories: Events|Tags: Bharata Natyam, CounterPULSE, Dance, Indian diaspora, Performance, Rebecca Whittington|

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!

20 Jun, 2009

Melissa Hudson Bell and dancers

2009-06-20T20:00:16-07:00By Ryan Crowder|Categories: CSA, Events|

Cake In My Face: New Dances with Betty Crocker and Misbehavior Sat.-Sun. June 20-21, 8pm $20 (Members $15, or with donation of non-perishable food item) Five misbehaving, mess making performers serve up an evening of new theatrical dances creatively re-imagining the history and mythology of Betty Crocker. Weaving contemporary dance with circus tricks, storytelling, and of course food - the dance queries how the presence of one Beatrice "Betty" Crocker has affected notions of American female domestic identity. Through it

18 Jun, 2009

Undine and You Don’t Know Jack

2009-06-18T20:00:51-07:00By Ryan Crowder|Categories: CSA, Events|

Hand2Mouth Theatre and the Carpetbag Brigade Thurs.-Fri. June 18-19, 8pm, $18 (Members $13) Special double bill performance, produced in association with the NET (Network of Ensemble Theaters) summit. Buy Tickets Now! You Don't Know Jack Adding a Jungian twist to Jack and the Beanstalk, You don’t know Jack is the Carpetbag Brigade’s surreal, comic tragedy of an alcoholic dead man and his wildly dysfunctional family. Inspired by The Sibling Society by Robert Bly, this hour-long nightmare fairy tale mixes physical

6 Jun, 2009

Sonya Smith & dance ceres with special guest, Sadie Weinberg present in/divisible

2009-06-06T09:13:46-07:00By Ryan Crowder|Categories: Events|Tags: Brittany Brown Ceres, CounterPULSE, dance ceres, sadie weinberg, Sonya Smith|

Thurs.-Sat., June 4-6, 8pm, $15 (Members $10) Emerging choreographers Brittany Brown Ceres and Sonya Smith present world-premiere dances in a flight of sensual entwinement through societal lore, fortifying a journey from despair to empowerment. Navigating metaphors of intra- and interpersonal entanglement, hidden limitations, and visceral emotion, Smith & Ceres shape an evening of fluid, curious and frenzied dance. Buy Tickets Now!

5 Jun, 2009

Stephen Pelton Dance Theater

2009-06-05T15:50:49-07:00By Ryan Crowder|Categories: Events|Tags: Stephen Pelton Dance Theater|

Dances for the Next Depression Stephen Pelton Dance Theater Thurs.-Sat. June 11-13, 8pm Sun. June 14, 7pm, $20 (Members $15) Depression? Again?? SPDT’s sixteenth annual home season will see you through with the premiere of Sugarfoot Stomp. Created in collaboration with playwright-in-residence Brian Thorstenson, this new dance will be performed to the irresistible sounds of Larry Clinton & His Orchestra. Season highlights include a revival of and a white light in the back of my mind to guide me and

Patio Party with a Purpose

TALKS! Final Tap: An Unofficial History of Beer

Bike Tour: Labor history

Words First

Koreni, making peace with the past to move forward as life gets in the way of ART

Words First: A Monthly Solo Performance Series

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

Perverts Put Out!

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

Rebecca Whittington: Bharatanatyam (Indian Classical) Dance Performance

Melissa Hudson Bell and dancers

Undine and You Don’t Know Jack

Sonya Smith & dance ceres with special guest, Sadie Weinberg present in/divisible

Stephen Pelton Dance Theater

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