bay area food Archives - CounterPulse

27 Apr, 2011

Thank you’s, a poem and a recipe…..

2016-03-18T22:35:03-07:00By AmaraTaborSmith|Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE|Tags: AIR, Amara Tabor-Smith, ARC, artist residency commissioning, Artists in Residence, bay area food, commercial fishing, CounterPULSE, deep waters dance theater, food activism, louisiana gumbo, louisiana traditions, ocean life, our daily bread, poem, recipe, tabor smith, thanks|

This past Sunday was our final performance of, “Our Daily Bread” at CounterPULSE. After a two week run which included 8 sold out performances and one show for students from Mission High School, I am still feeling the overwhelm of such a wonderful, ass kicking, joyous and painful experience that was the making and performing of this work. It has been a journey that felt so right to complete it where it all began-at CounterPULSE. The process was magical in

20 Apr, 2011

Reflections on the opening weekend of “Our Daily Bread”

2016-03-18T22:35:15-07:00By AmaraTaborSmith|Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE|Tags: AIR, Amara Tabor-Smith, ARC, artist residency commissioning, Artists in Residence, bay area food, commercial fishing, CounterPULSE, deep waters dance theater, food activism, louisiana gumbo, louisiana traditions, ocean life, our daily bread, tabor smith|

Reflections on the opening weekend of "Our Daily Bread" This past Thursday, Our Daily Bread opened to very supportive and enthusiastic audiences. It was an amazing experience filled with love, food, exhaustion and the absolute commitment of all of the performers and creators who were integral to this experience. Laura Diamondstone created a magical environment in the lobby of CounterPULSE which really set the tone for the evenings experience. The first day I walked into the lobby while she was

4 Apr, 2011

The food chain is only as strong as the weakest link…

2016-03-18T22:35:28-07:00By AmaraTaborSmith|Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE|Tags: AIR, Amara Tabor-Smith, ARC, artist residency commissioning, Artists in Residence, bay area food, commercial fishing, CounterPULSE, deep waters dance theater, food activism, louisiana gumbo, louisiana traditions, ocean life, our daily bread, tabor smith|

The food chain is only as strong as the weakest link and other thoughts leading up to this monster called, “Our Daily Bread” It has been a minute since my last post and sooooo much has happened. The artistic crew who are conjuring this work, Our Daily Bread celebrated the 100th anniversary of International Women’s day and Mardi Gras this year by having an Eat-In in the middle of the afternoon of Tuesday, March 8th. MJ’s Brass Boppers kicked it

14 Feb, 2011

Letting go of gumbo..

2016-03-18T22:35:39-07:00By AmaraTaborSmith|Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Images|Tags: AIR, Amara Tabor-Smith, ARC, artist residency commissioning, Artists in Residence, bay area food, commercial fishing, CounterPULSE, deep waters dance theater, food activism, louisiana gumbo, louisiana traditions, ocean life, our daily bread, tabor smith|

For many years on my birthday, my mother would make her seafood gumbo. It was one of the few times I would ask her to make this dish and I always liked to share this experience with family and friends because my mother’s gumbo is an experience. It is thick, messy, full of crabs legs, shrimps, oysters and okra. We used to spread newspaper on the table, wear bibs and used nut crackers to crack the crab, the sound of

Thank you’s, a poem and a recipe…..

Reflections on the opening weekend of “Our Daily Bread”

The food chain is only as strong as the weakest link…

Letting go of gumbo..

EVENTS

NOStalgia POP

MENU