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SAN FRANCISCO, CA, June 18, 2022 – Nol Simonse, Jim Cave, and Christy Funsch  present bold new performance works at CounterPulse Theater, as part of CounterPulse’s  Co-Production Series, on Thursday-Saturday September 8-10, 2022 at 7:30 PM PT.  Tickets are $20, and may be purchased online at counterpulse.org.   GET TICKETS Nol Simonse and Jim Cave will be sharing a devised theater piece that uses dreams,  mythology, séances, paganism, kink, and ghost stories as inspiration, and circles around  questions dealing with our

Here at CounterPulse we like to say the only thing we don't do is "just one thing" and this Fall Season is no different! From dance to drag to aerial to butoh and so much more, there's something for everyone coming up at 80 Turk! Check out our full schedule of upcoming events and get tickets now! August 11 - 13 • The Jaws of All are Red with Gore by Silk Worm August 21 • New Experiments by The

Founded in 2014, Zaccho Dance Theatre’s biennial San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival features internationally recognized aerial artists and exciting newcomers breaking into the field. For the 2022 festival, they are developing the New Experiments program here at CounterPulse. New Experiments is a unique opportunity for aerial artists to come together to build community, share ideas, and present new works in a mixed program on Sunday, August 21st at 7PM. GET TICKETS HERE Learn more about the featured artists and the

August 11-13, 2022 at 8PM PT • 80 Turk St, SF, CA •  www.counterpulse.org/redwithgore Remixing your favorite Saturday morning cartoons with drag and butoh, with performances by Silk Worm, Frank Leasing, and Hiroko Tamano  SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco-based artist and drag queen Silk Worm presents a world premiere at CounterPulse this fall. The jaws of all are red with gore takes the classic cartoon series Looney Tunes as its source material. Loosely representing Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd,

Help shape the future of CounterPulse! Fill out this brief survey letting us know your thoughts about how we can better serve the needs of our community. We are in an exciting moment to gather audience input and perspectives as we near the purchase of our building later this year. What would YOU like to see more of at CounterPulse? Participants will be entered into a raffle for a chance to win two tickets to this December's Performing Diaspora Residency premiere at CounterPulse! Take the

Directed by Krista DeNio Created & performed by Chloe Crotzer, Diana Lara, Tanja London, Heidi Erickson, Ashley Munday, Maicha Folch, Midy Zarem, Rosemary Hannon, Grace Shaver  Presented by KD>>MovingGround, CounterPulse, and Djerassi Resident Artists Program July 2-3, 2022 • 4:30-7:30  PM PT counterpulse.org/network the NETWORK project addresses human survival and what we truly need– from sustainable living practices to communal engagement and empathy, as we recognize and build our resilience. Considering climate change, and the many other crises we face,

The ABJD Series • Directed by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto • Presented by CounterPulse Saturday, June 11, 2022 • 4:00 PM PT • The Roxie Theater • counterpulse.org/the-abjd-series Tickets available here at a range of $14-$24. The ABJD Series is a four-part film series and finale of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s six year multi-media project, Tomorrow We Inherit the Earth. These films narrate the otherworldly journeys of Faluda Islam - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s alter-ego. Faluda was a fighter in a great future

The Artist Talks About His Upcoming Performance of FRE!HEIT with Michelle Jacques GET TICKETS “I felt I was lacking freedom, but I couldn’t find out what made me feel so unfree,” performance artist and co-founder of Shifts– Art in Movement David Brandstätter tells me about the inspiration behind FRE!HEIT, his evening length work that will have its US premiere as part of the Festival’s Summer Series in June.  It’s 5 p.m. Berlin time, and I speak via transcontinental and Atlantic zoom waves

Paying homage to Black American spirituality and African Diasporic rites of community, the 2022 CounterPulse Edge program presents [and then we must be] by Audrey Johnson and, in partnership with Afro Urban Society, Mixtape of the Dead & Gone #1- Egwu Onwu Ahamefula by Nkeiruka Oruche + Gbedu Town Radio. This year’s Edge performances invite the audience into conversation with the land, spirits, the afterlife, and the legacies that inform the rituals and practices around them.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA --  CounterPulse is proud to be unveiling the new light sculpture titled “Elektra” on the façade of our building at 80 Turk St by the award-winning art and design studio FUTUREFORMS. The installation of this world-class public art installation marks the summit of CounterPulse’s current capital campaign to purchase their building in downtown San Francisco later this year. “CounterPulse has been a guiding light for experimental arts in San Francisco, and with the new addition of this

SAN FRANCISCO, CA --   Tickets are now available for CounterPulse’s annual art party and auction Innerspace : Homecoming on Saturday May 7th, 2022. This one-night-a-year spectacular of art and performance will happen throughout CounterPulse’s building at 80 Turk Street in the Tenderloin. Don’t miss a diverse program of artists spanning many disciplines including the world premiere of Freeicecream.network by ARC Combustible Resident Artists h0tclub; the unveiling of a new light sculpture on CounterPulse’s façade by the award-winning art and design

Change has been a constant for CounterPulse for a long time. From moving into our new building in the Tenderloin in 2014, to pivoting our shows and performances to site-specific and digital formats throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, to our ever rotating cast of artists and accomplices, we have gotten really good at adapting on the fly and making things work as we go.However, now as we are working to Secure Our Stage here at 80 Turk St, it is important that we are also investing