by Frances Phillips | Dec 12, 2016 | 1996, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2016, Performing Arts
On Monday, December 5, five-time Creative Work Fund grantee Rhodessa Jones and her long-time artistic partner Idris Ackamoor received Theater Bay Area’s prestigious “Legacy Award” for their commitment to social justice and numerous contributions to...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 14, 2005 | 2005, Performing Arts
Young musicians at The Crowden School collaborating with composer, violinist, and producer Kaila Flexer and master Bulgarian folk musicians Duo Varimezovi on The Xylem Folkestra Project to create a body of new music that incorporates the meters of Bulgarian folk music...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 14, 2005 | 2005, Performing Arts
Z Space Studio collaborating with monologist Josh Kornbluth and campus-based Democracy Matters, a non-partisan, nonprofit organization working for campaign finance reform, to develop Citizen Josh, an evening-length theatrical monologue about democracy.
by Frances Phillips | Jun 14, 2005 | 2005, Performing Arts
Yerba Buena Arts and Events collaborating with bass player, orchestra and ensemble leader, and jazz composer Marcus Shelby to create Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, an original secular oratorio for jazz orchestra.
by Frances Phillips | Jun 14, 2005 | 2005, Performing Arts
Thick Description’s team of artists collaborating with performance artist, singer, and filmmaker Julie Queen to create and produce Ten Dollar Destiny, a multi-media production based on Queen’s research into psychics, fortune tellers, and psychology. The...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 14, 2005 | 2005, Performing Arts
Theater of Yugen collaborating with composer and musician Allen Whitman, an ensemble of actors and musicians, and playwright and director Erik Ehn to create a cycle of American Noh plays. The Cycle Plays are performed during the course of one day in the ritual...
