by Frances Phillips | Jul 10, 2019 | News
In his recently published essay, Andrew Lam writes: STANDING IN CONTRAST to the public narrative of itself—the male version of events—are the private dialogues shared by the city’s inhabitants: the story of desires and ambition, thirst for knowledge, yearning to...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 21, 2019 | News
Sue Mark of Marksearch (collaborating with Kala Art Institute) and Golden Gate Branch Library (Oakland) are hosting “Neighborhood Connections: Black Panther Party Films + Skills Workshop,” on Saturday, June 22, 2-4 p.m. The afternoon features Saturu Ned,...
by Frances Phillips | May 8, 2019 | 2017, Literary Arts, News
In 1954, police raided Tommy’s Place in San Francisco. Newspaper headlines declared it a lesbian vice academy. Over the last two years, writer and visual artist Katie Gilmartin has dug into the history of the raid on Tommy’s Place and other LGBTQ bars in...
by Frances Phillips | May 3, 2019 | 2017, Literary Arts, News
Celebrating the lives of Afro-Cuban artists in the United States, We Have Ire is a new and timely performance, commissioned by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and developed through a collaboration among lead artist Paul S. Flores, director Rosalba Rolon,...
by Frances Phillips | Apr 12, 2019 | 2016, News, Performing Arts
Multidisciplinary artist Niloufar Talebi’s Abraham in Flames, premieres at Z Space in San Francisco on May 9-12. Developed through a collaboration among Talebi, composer Aleksandra Vrebalov, Director Ray Rallo, and Merola Opera Program, Abraham in Flames...
