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 | 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,...
by Frances Phillips | Mar 13, 2016 | 2014, News, Performing Arts
On March 19 at 8 p.m. and March 20 at 7 p.m., composer and musician John Calloway and the Community Music Center are premiering El Son de la Mision, an exploration of the music of San Francisco’s Mission District from the 1960s to the present. The music is...
by Frances Phillips | Jan 22, 2016 | 2012, News, Performing Arts
Placas: The Most Dangerous Tattoo, a play developed by Paul Flores in collaboration with the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN), returns to the Bay Area with performances on January 21 through 24 at the Iron Triangle Theater at the East Bay Center for the...
by Frances Phillips | Jan 20, 2016 | 2014, News, Performing Arts
Composer and multi-faceted musician Van-Ahn (Vanessa) Vo’s new stage production, The Odyssey from Vietnam to America, premieres on January 22 and 23, 2016 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. The piece, four years in the making, draws upon...