by Frances Phillips | Apr 27, 2017 | 2017, News, Performing Arts
Fresh Meat Productions announces Boys Bite Back, a program of new works by Sean Dorsey Dance, May 12-13, at Z Space in San Francisco. Dorsey promises an evening of powerful performance on navigating queer & trans masculinities – featuring new works by Sean Dorsey...
by Frances Phillips | Mar 9, 2017 | 2016, News, Performing Arts
Amara Tabor Smith of Deep Waters Dance Theater, Ellen Sebastian Chang, and Chapter 510 & the Department of Make Believe are bringing a portion of their two-year, multi-site episodic performance project, House/Full of Blackwomen , to Oakland, beginning on March 26....
by Frances Phillips | Jan 24, 2017 | 2017, News, Performing Arts
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s Performing Arts Program is hosting a webinar this Thursday, January 26, at 10 a.m. to introduce a new five-year initiative, the Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions. Nonprofit organizations based in the 11-county San Francisco...
by Frances Phillips | Dec 12, 2016 | 2014, News, Performing Arts
In collaboration with Asian Americans for Community Involvement, composer and instrumentalist Van-Ahn Vo developed The Odyssey: From Vietnam to America, a new multi-disciplinary work reflecting the stories of Vietnamese Boat People, which premiered in January 2016 at...
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 | Nov 2, 2016 | 2014, News, Performing Arts
On November 11 and 12 at 8 p.m., El Son de la Misión, A Musical Journey from 1960-Present, developed through a collaboration among composer/arranger John Calloway, scriptwriter and lyricist Carlos Barón, and other artists with the San Francisco Community Music Center,...