From drag chickens to Black faith rituals, CounterPulse’s Spring Season has something for everyone. Brace yourselves for a kaleidoscope of art experiences that will meld your mind and leave you forever transformed!
February 2-4 at Grace Cathedral
CounterPulse and OYSTERKNIFE present
mouf//full
A site specific performance of ritual, dance, and song that honors Black faith across diaspora.
Starting Tuesday, February 6
Coffee Break
Every Tuesday this February through March, Stop by and have a cup of coffee on your way to work, school, or on your daily walk. Meet CounterPulse staff and find out how to get involved!
Friday, February 9
Block Fest: Valentine Card Making
Come get your polysexual, alternative lifestyle, heart- full – of love, Valentine Greetings on! These cards will turn some heads and woo some hearts!
Saturday, February 10
QAOTIQ
A queer dance event highlighting local SF artists and performers for fans of acid techno and house music.
Sunday, February 18
SF Cinematheque presents Queering the Wreckage: Marion Scemama’s Relax Be Cruel
A night of 35mm film for lovers of deep cuts and art movies featuring Marion Scemama’s legendary lost film Relax Be Cruel which is an embodiment of the end of this queer, pre-AIDS, pre-gentrification era and a fascinating forgotten work of punk/no wave neo-realism.
March 7-9
Viewing Pleasure
A solo performance about chicken, television, sex changes, digestion, consumption, and transformation. For fans of the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen, Nymphowars, and transsexuality.
Thursday, March 14
INNERSPACE : Tunnel of Love
CounterPulse’s Annual Benefit Banquet and Art Party. Spend the night at our interstellar amusement park with a group of community leaders and luminaries committed to supporting CounterPulse’s mission.
Friday, March 22
Block Fest: Celebrating BIPOC Women’s History
March is Women’s History Month and this year we are celebrating the contributions that BIPOC women have made at our button making workshop. Everyone is welcome to come exercise your creative muscles.
Sunday, March 24th
Luther Price: New Utopia and Light Fracture with SF Cinematheque
A night of 35mm film for lovers of deep cuts and art movies featuring copious images derived from the depths of Luther Price’s collages.
March 28-30
The Queering Dance Festival presents FROLIC!
An annual extravaganza of newly commissioned works by Queer and Trans Bay Area movement artists featuring two compelling programs of Queer and Trans experimentation, depth and joy.
Saturday, April 13
Block Fest: Crochet Jam
Social-practice artist Ramekon O’Arwisters led a community-building activity that incorporated crocheting strips of fabric into individual free-form and organic soft sculpture that individuals kept as souvenirs for their participation in a community project that fosters social interaction, creativity, and liberation.
Wednesday, April 17
Open Stage
A free, wild, and welcoming event that brings you to the stage to share whatever you’re working on: a xylophone performance, food art installation, your latest diss track — the stage is OPEN. Hosted by Justin Ebrahemi.
April 20
SF Urban Film Fest presents Creating a Future for Home
In the film “Home is A Hotel”, a diverse group of San Franciscans strive against systemic forces and a housing crisis with hope and humor in their search for a place to call home. Their search takes them from their 80 sq ft SRO hotel rooms to the Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods that support them.
April 27 & 28
SF Youth Theater presents Are We Dreaming? A Midsummer Metamorphosis
This adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream offers a new twist to the classic story with new elements devised by longtime SFYT artists, Dyana Dìaz and Leslie Price. Music, mayhem, and magic abound in this production that’s perfect for all ages.
DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS PRODUCTION HAS BEEN POSTPONED
Princess Nautanki by Devendra Sharma
This high and authentic level nautanki production will be a rare opportunity for the pan South Asian and non-South Asian audience to see a multi-lingual musical theater from a different part of the world with rarely seen instruments, poetical meters, and singing.
Stay tuned for announcements about dates for Fall 2024!
May 10-12 & 17-19
Bow & Arrow Circus Theatre Collective present Dark Side of the Circus
An intricately choreographed ensemble piece performed to Pink Floyd’s classic album by the best of the Bay Area’s circus talent. Loosely following the narrative of the album’s classic companion piece, “The Wizard of Oz”.
June 6-8 & 13-15
Contemporary choreographers Diana Lara and gizeh muñiz-vengel develop new works centering flow in the natural world as an instigation point to explore queerness, Latinx heritage, and the body as a wild sacred space.
Get tickets now and check out our full calendar at counterpulse.org/events
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