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20 Jun, 2008

$12 Tickets to The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac This Weekend

2008-06-20T22:32:28-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , |

A limited number of $12 tickets are available for advance ticket buyers at www.discotix.com.  Just use the code queen to receive $8 off the general admission ticket price to Taylor's show.  "The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac plays at 8p tonight (Friday); 10p Saturday; and 8p on Sunday. If you're not familiar with Taylor, check out the links below to view online videos: Taylor Mac at SF MOMA Taylor Mac & Novice Theory Performing in LA You can also visit Taylor

8 Sep, 2012

Rehearsing for Homo File

2016-04-07T01:17:31-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Seth Eisen|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Here are a few pics of our cast working on Homo File in rehearsal. Ned Brauer and Michael Soldier rehearsing for the Dr. Kinsey and Sam Steward scene at Kinetic Arts center. Ned and Michael working with the amazing Emily Park at Kinetic Arts. See more on our little promo video of the show here: http://kck.st/P9utau

4 Apr, 2014

Queer Tattoo History and my visit to Modern Electric

2014-04-04T16:36:51-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed), Homepage Links, Seth Eisen, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Sam Steward's fascinating life as a shapeshifter linked many disparate worlds: literature, sexual research, academia and tattoo art.  For this iteration of Homo File I've taken a dive into researching Steward's life as a tattoo artist. In this world he went by the name Phil Sparrow. I recently read his fascinating and really well written book Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos: A Social History of the Tatoo with Gangs, Sailors and Street-Corner Punks 1950-1965. It's pretty pricey since it is a

27 May, 2014

Kindred Mirror- Surprising Spirit–On Sam Steward and Homo File

2016-04-07T01:15:25-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Images, Seth Eisen, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I saw my college art instructor Seth Eisen at the Homo File Salon, his greeting was warm and sincere in his thanks for my support. Nevertheless his genuine warmth couldn't hide some genuine curiosity as to my presence. He asked me to come up with a few words as to what Sam Steward's significance was to me as a straight- identified male, and how I saw Sam as bridging our cultures. This is the most concise answer I can

16 Jun, 2015

CP interviews Zürich arts curator, networker, and contexualizer, Marc Streit, for the (X)change micro-festival

2016-03-02T01:54:44-08:00By |Categories: (X)Change, CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , , |

CP: Marc, in one sentence,what is your story? MS: I have a passion for contemporary dance and performance, based in Zurich, loving San Francisco and having a queer mindset! CP: What was the genesis of Zürich Moves? Where did the inspiration to create the festival come from? MS: I wanted to create a platform for boundary-crossing artistic engagement and create a network of artists, who collaborate and nurish their work even outside the given frame of zürich moves! festival. CP:

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