SPEAK: Wax Poet(s) Explores the Body in Resistance

Let’s talk about rage. Are you numb? Did it ever seem possible to be afraid of your phone? Dread checking the daily news; feel compelled to remain abreast of current […]

A ROVING ELEGY: The Anastasio Project

At the Eastside Arts Alliance’s rehearsal of The Anastasio Project, a multidisciplinary mobile public performance, young people are engaged in improvisational work that will eventually be a public offering. “Raw” is too […]

West Wave Dance Festival

SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts presents West Wave, a dance festival of digital and live performances. Pre-recorded virtual programs: Fri-Sun, Jun 11-13, 5pm PST Live performance: Sat, Jun 12, 8pm PST […]

West Wave Dance Festival

SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts presents West Wave, a dance festival of digital and live performances. Pre-recorded virtual programs: Fri-Sun, Jun 11-13, 5pm PST Live performance: Sat, Jun 12, 8pm PST […]

West Wave Dance Festival

SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts presents West Wave, a dance festival of digital and live performances. Pre-recorded virtual programs: Fri-Sun, Jun 11-13, 5pm PST Live performance: Sat, Jun 12, 8pm PST […]

West Wave Dance Festival

SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts presents West Wave, a dance festival of digital and live performances. Pre-recorded virtual programs: Fri-Sun, Jun 11-13, 5pm PST Live performance: Sat, Jun 12, 8pm PST […]

What’s a Live Film Festival?: And other fun questions like: Milkbar, a new organic drink or a collective of artists?

This September 12 through 14 MilkBar will be taking over the new Oakland Noodle Factory Arts Center for the 2008 MilkBar International Live Film Festival. The MilkBar Film Festival is […]

Arts Leadership and a Healthy Arts Community

I think it was sometime back in the ’90s when the arts field first started talking about a crisis of future leadership. We looked around and saw a LOT of […]

When Dance Hits Music: Two choreographers and a string quartet creatively collide in “StringWreck”

“Charlie and I recognize that we might be inviting catastrophe in terms of trying new things with new people in new situations where there’s just very little known ground,” says […]

In Practice: Body Nerds: Judith Butler and Monique Jenkinson

On November 3, 2017, philosopher Judith Butler took to the CounterPulse stage and, be still my beating heart, danced. Joined in mutual illustriousness by Monique Jenkinson in a tempered version […]