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"content": "\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://clarionmusic.com/showgirl-magic-museum/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Showgirl Magic Museum\u003c/a> occupies the basement of the \u003ca href=\"https://clarionmusic.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clarion Performing Arts Center\u003c/a>, located down a back alley in San Francisco’s Chinatown. In the corner of the unassuming space, crammed with costumes, hats, jewelry and other memorabilia dedicated to the neighborhood’s nightclub history, there’s a photo of Pat Chin posing with Frank Sinatra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That picture was taken after he filmed \u003cem>Pal Joey\u003c/em> here in San Francisco,” says Chin, who worked as a chorus girl at Chinese Sky Room, one of around eight local nightspots, in the 1950s. “Sinatra rushed over to help me off the stage, lit my cigarette and did a lot of small talk. He was a complete gentleman.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Nightlife Destination\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the 1930s to the 1960s, San Francisco’s Chinatown was a nightlife destination, where celebrity sightings, if not full-on flirting opportunities, were commonplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sidewalks bustled at 3 a.m. Busloads of tourists came through, and the neighborhood thrived with an array of glitzy supper clubs like \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_City_(nightclub)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forbidden City\u003c/a>, Chinese Sky Room and Club Mandalay, where you might run into the likes of Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recently opened Showgirl Magic Museum aims to memorialize this glamorous past, with the support and from the viewpoint of the Asian American entertainers who put Chinatown on the international nightlife map.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was a dancer during the ’60s,” says museum founder and Clarion Performing Arts Center vice president Cynthia Yee. “And so it only made sense to me that I would try to bring back the history of Chinatown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904476\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13904476\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51835_IMG_5744-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51835_IMG_5744-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51835_IMG_5744-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51835_IMG_5744-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51835_IMG_5744-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51835_IMG_5744-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51835_IMG_5744-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside the Showgirl Magic Museum in San Francisco’s Chinatown. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Asian Discrimination Abounds\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee says discrimination against Asian residents in San Francisco was rampant during the days when the clubs flourished. Remnants of the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chinese Exclusion Act\u003c/a>, which barred many Chinese people from living and working in the U.S., were still in effect. Even the bands that played the Chinese nightclubs were predominantly white.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In those days, the musicians union was very strong,” Yee says. “Chinese musicians were not allowed to join the union.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were especially few professional opportunities for women, Yee adds. The burgeoning Chinatown club scene gave some measure of financial independence to the young Asian American women who worked in these nightspots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904480\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13904480\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51844_cynthia-yee-ms-chinatown-1967-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"772\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cynthia Yee as ‘Miss Chinatown,’ in 1967. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Cynthia Yee)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yee found herself hitting the road with famous dancer \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/dorothy-toy-dazzling-dancer-known-as-the-asian-ginger-rogers-dies-at-102/2019/07/27/73722096-b08b-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dorothy Toy\u003c/a> (a.k.a “The Asian Ginger Rogers”) as a teenager, after Toy—whose family owned the building in Chinatown where Yee lived as a child—needed to hire a replacement dancer for her troupe at short notice. Yee had been inspired by Toy to take dancing classes as a girl, and jumped at the tantalizing offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We traveled throughout the United States, to the Caribbean, and Europe,” Yee says. “We used to run around in a checker limousine and it would hold 12 of us with all of our luggage and all of our wardrobe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Chin got her start as a dancer after quitting a low-rung job at the stock exchange and facing few prospects except cafe or restaurant work. Chin says the clubs were clamoring for talent, and soon found herself treading the boards at Chinese Sky Room after responding to an ad she saw one day in a local paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They hired me immediately because they couldn’t find too many Chinese girls who would be willing to reveal their legs in public,” Chin says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904474\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13904474\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51840_Toy-and-Wings-Oriental-Playgirl-Revue-publicity-for-Chinese-Skyroom-Nightclub-circa-early-1960s-qut-800x568.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51840_Toy-and-Wings-Oriental-Playgirl-Revue-publicity-for-Chinese-Skyroom-Nightclub-circa-early-1960s-qut-800x568.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51840_Toy-and-Wings-Oriental-Playgirl-Revue-publicity-for-Chinese-Skyroom-Nightclub-circa-early-1960s-qut-1020x724.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51840_Toy-and-Wings-Oriental-Playgirl-Revue-publicity-for-Chinese-Skyroom-Nightclub-circa-early-1960s-qut-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51840_Toy-and-Wings-Oriental-Playgirl-Revue-publicity-for-Chinese-Skyroom-Nightclub-circa-early-1960s-qut-768x545.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51840_Toy-and-Wings-Oriental-Playgirl-Revue-publicity-for-Chinese-Skyroom-Nightclub-circa-early-1960s-qut-1536x1090.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51840_Toy-and-Wings-Oriental-Playgirl-Revue-publicity-for-Chinese-Skyroom-Nightclub-circa-early-1960s-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Advertising for ‘Toy and Wing’s Oriental Playgirl Revue’ at Chinese Sky Room, circa 1960s. Dorothy Toy and Paul Wing were famous dancers on San Francisco’s Chinese nightclub scene, which flourished from the 1930s to 60s. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Showgirl Magic Museum)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Like many other Chinatown chorus girls, who performed three shows a night in skimpy sequined outfits before predominantly white audiences, Chin didn’t tell her family about her line of work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I kept it a secret for a long time,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chin says her parents eventually found out when they saw her picture in the paper, by which time they didn’t have the will to do anything about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By then it’s too late,” Chin says. “Because here I am earning a living and sending money home. And there’s no complaints there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee’s family, meanwhile, took a more benign view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most families would shun at the idea of joining the show,” she says. “But I was lucky because Dorothy Toy had promised my mom that she would take care of me. And she did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Scene in Decline\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the late 1960s, the elegant showgirls and big bands of Chinatown’s nightclubs started to fall out of fashion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chin and Yee blame the topless venues that started to proliferate in nearby North Beach, like the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor_Club\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Condor Club\u003c/a>, which became notorious after a cocktail waitress named \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Doda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carol Doda\u003c/a> first danced in a topless swimsuit in 1964.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13904481\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51838_pat-chin-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51838_pat-chin-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51838_pat-chin-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51838_pat-chin-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51838_pat-chin-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51838_pat-chin-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51838_pat-chin-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pat Chin chats with KQED at the Showgirl Magic Museum. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I guess people would rather go see the topless performers and go-go dancers who danced inside of cages on Broadway,” says Chin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It killed a lot of the business,” adds Yee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Toughening zoning laws in the neighborhood also played a role in the dwindling of the scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13914487']“The community leaders changed the zoning to protect Chinatown,” says \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/entertainment/entertainment-representative-steven-lee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steven Lee\u003c/a>, a member of \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/departments/city-administrator/entertainment-commission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco’s Entertainment Commission\u003c/a> and the owner of \u003ca href=\"https://www.lionsdenbarandlounge.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lion’s Den Bar and Lounge\u003c/a>, one of very few new nightclubs to have opened in Chinatown in the last few years. “There was a lot of bars in Chinatown at the time and they didn’t want them to become strip clubs. They wanted to keep Chinatown historic. So after a while, the entertainment scene in Chinatown was near nothing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, according to the San Francisco Entertainment Commission, entertainment could only be offered in the neighborhood in conjunction with an existing restaurant permit. That requirement was lifted as part of Chinatown’s zoning reorganization legislation in 2019, and Lee says he’s eager to see Chinatown’s nightlife scene spring back to life. Lion’s Den, which offers food as well as live music and DJs, opened its doors in March of this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And that’s why I wanted to open Lion’s Den,” Lee says. “It’s trying to show that we can maybe help Chinatown a different way than just having a store selling back scratchers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13904482 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51845_lions-den-qut-e1633997514794-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"772\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outside the Lion’s Den Bar and Lounge, one of very few new nightspots to have opened in Chinatown in recent years. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chinatown’s Nightlife Prospects\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Running a nightclub today is different than it was in the 1950s. There are parking issues, and car break-ins are on the rise. The yo-yoing COVID-19 restrictions of the past 18 months have added a further layer of challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People were starting to come out,” Lee says. But as soon as the Delta variant caused new restrictions, “tables were canceling and bands were canceling, because we’re requiring vaccine cards now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there’s the recent spate of racially motivated attacks against the local Asian population to contend with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former showgirl Chin, who’s now in her 80s and lives in the Richmond but spends a lot of time in her old neighborhood, says she misses the Chinatown of her youth—not just because of the bustle, but also because of its safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was so lovely then. I would go out at midnight just to pick up the \u003cem>Examiner\u003c/em> for my mother. So here I am, a little girl, about 9 or 10 years old, still walking the streets and it’s safe.” Chin says. “We didn’t have to worry about people hitting us over the head or robbing us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not that this former chorus girl plans to stay home anytime soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2004, Chin and Yee have been members of the \u003ca href=\"http://grantavenuefollies.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grant Avenue Follies\u003c/a>, a performance group that focuses on vintage tap dance routines. It’s a way of bringing back the glory days of the Chinatown nightclub scene, along with preserving its artifacts at the Showgirl Magic Museum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gzk0fQhV9I\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year the group made an artistic departure. They got political, creating a rap in response to racist attacks against Asian elders with impassioned lyrics like, \u003cem>“The elders are your teachers, the elders are your guides / When you mess with them, you’re committing suicide.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high-energy video for the “Gai Mou Sou Rap” racked up over 80,000 views on YouTube and made the evening news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to show people that you can’t bully us,” Chin says. “Because we will fight back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Learn \u003ca href=\"https://clarionmusic.com/showgirl-magic-museum/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more about the Showgirl Magic Museum here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recently opened Showgirl Magic Museum aims to memorialize this glamorous past, with the support and from the viewpoint of the Asian American entertainers who put Chinatown on the international nightlife map.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was a dancer during the ’60s,” says museum founder and Clarion Performing Arts Center vice president Cynthia Yee. “And so it only made sense to me that I would try to bring back the history of Chinatown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904476\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13904476\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51835_IMG_5744-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51835_IMG_5744-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51835_IMG_5744-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51835_IMG_5744-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51835_IMG_5744-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51835_IMG_5744-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51835_IMG_5744-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside the Showgirl Magic Museum in San Francisco’s Chinatown. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Asian Discrimination Abounds\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee says discrimination against Asian residents in San Francisco was rampant during the days when the clubs flourished. Remnants of the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chinese Exclusion Act\u003c/a>, which barred many Chinese people from living and working in the U.S., were still in effect. Even the bands that played the Chinese nightclubs were predominantly white.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In those days, the musicians union was very strong,” Yee says. “Chinese musicians were not allowed to join the union.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were especially few professional opportunities for women, Yee adds. The burgeoning Chinatown club scene gave some measure of financial independence to the young Asian American women who worked in these nightspots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904480\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13904480\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51844_cynthia-yee-ms-chinatown-1967-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"772\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cynthia Yee as ‘Miss Chinatown,’ in 1967. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Cynthia Yee)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yee found herself hitting the road with famous dancer \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/dorothy-toy-dazzling-dancer-known-as-the-asian-ginger-rogers-dies-at-102/2019/07/27/73722096-b08b-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dorothy Toy\u003c/a> (a.k.a “The Asian Ginger Rogers”) as a teenager, after Toy—whose family owned the building in Chinatown where Yee lived as a child—needed to hire a replacement dancer for her troupe at short notice. Yee had been inspired by Toy to take dancing classes as a girl, and jumped at the tantalizing offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We traveled throughout the United States, to the Caribbean, and Europe,” Yee says. “We used to run around in a checker limousine and it would hold 12 of us with all of our luggage and all of our wardrobe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Chin got her start as a dancer after quitting a low-rung job at the stock exchange and facing few prospects except cafe or restaurant work. Chin says the clubs were clamoring for talent, and soon found herself treading the boards at Chinese Sky Room after responding to an ad she saw one day in a local paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They hired me immediately because they couldn’t find too many Chinese girls who would be willing to reveal their legs in public,” Chin says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904474\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13904474\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51840_Toy-and-Wings-Oriental-Playgirl-Revue-publicity-for-Chinese-Skyroom-Nightclub-circa-early-1960s-qut-800x568.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51840_Toy-and-Wings-Oriental-Playgirl-Revue-publicity-for-Chinese-Skyroom-Nightclub-circa-early-1960s-qut-800x568.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51840_Toy-and-Wings-Oriental-Playgirl-Revue-publicity-for-Chinese-Skyroom-Nightclub-circa-early-1960s-qut-1020x724.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51840_Toy-and-Wings-Oriental-Playgirl-Revue-publicity-for-Chinese-Skyroom-Nightclub-circa-early-1960s-qut-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51840_Toy-and-Wings-Oriental-Playgirl-Revue-publicity-for-Chinese-Skyroom-Nightclub-circa-early-1960s-qut-768x545.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51840_Toy-and-Wings-Oriental-Playgirl-Revue-publicity-for-Chinese-Skyroom-Nightclub-circa-early-1960s-qut-1536x1090.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51840_Toy-and-Wings-Oriental-Playgirl-Revue-publicity-for-Chinese-Skyroom-Nightclub-circa-early-1960s-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Advertising for ‘Toy and Wing’s Oriental Playgirl Revue’ at Chinese Sky Room, circa 1960s. Dorothy Toy and Paul Wing were famous dancers on San Francisco’s Chinese nightclub scene, which flourished from the 1930s to 60s. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Showgirl Magic Museum)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Like many other Chinatown chorus girls, who performed three shows a night in skimpy sequined outfits before predominantly white audiences, Chin didn’t tell her family about her line of work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I kept it a secret for a long time,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chin says her parents eventually found out when they saw her picture in the paper, by which time they didn’t have the will to do anything about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By then it’s too late,” Chin says. “Because here I am earning a living and sending money home. And there’s no complaints there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee’s family, meanwhile, took a more benign view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most families would shun at the idea of joining the show,” she says. “But I was lucky because Dorothy Toy had promised my mom that she would take care of me. And she did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Scene in Decline\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the late 1960s, the elegant showgirls and big bands of Chinatown’s nightclubs started to fall out of fashion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chin and Yee blame the topless venues that started to proliferate in nearby North Beach, like the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor_Club\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Condor Club\u003c/a>, which became notorious after a cocktail waitress named \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Doda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carol Doda\u003c/a> first danced in a topless swimsuit in 1964.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13904481\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51838_pat-chin-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51838_pat-chin-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51838_pat-chin-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51838_pat-chin-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51838_pat-chin-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51838_pat-chin-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51838_pat-chin-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pat Chin chats with KQED at the Showgirl Magic Museum. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I guess people would rather go see the topless performers and go-go dancers who danced inside of cages on Broadway,” says Chin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It killed a lot of the business,” adds Yee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Toughening zoning laws in the neighborhood also played a role in the dwindling of the scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“The community leaders changed the zoning to protect Chinatown,” says \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/entertainment/entertainment-representative-steven-lee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steven Lee\u003c/a>, a member of \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/departments/city-administrator/entertainment-commission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco’s Entertainment Commission\u003c/a> and the owner of \u003ca href=\"https://www.lionsdenbarandlounge.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lion’s Den Bar and Lounge\u003c/a>, one of very few new nightclubs to have opened in Chinatown in the last few years. “There was a lot of bars in Chinatown at the time and they didn’t want them to become strip clubs. They wanted to keep Chinatown historic. So after a while, the entertainment scene in Chinatown was near nothing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, according to the San Francisco Entertainment Commission, entertainment could only be offered in the neighborhood in conjunction with an existing restaurant permit. That requirement was lifted as part of Chinatown’s zoning reorganization legislation in 2019, and Lee says he’s eager to see Chinatown’s nightlife scene spring back to life. Lion’s Den, which offers food as well as live music and DJs, opened its doors in March of this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And that’s why I wanted to open Lion’s Den,” Lee says. “It’s trying to show that we can maybe help Chinatown a different way than just having a store selling back scratchers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13904482 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/RS51845_lions-den-qut-e1633997514794-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"772\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outside the Lion’s Den Bar and Lounge, one of very few new nightspots to have opened in Chinatown in recent years. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chinatown’s Nightlife Prospects\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Running a nightclub today is different than it was in the 1950s. There are parking issues, and car break-ins are on the rise. The yo-yoing COVID-19 restrictions of the past 18 months have added a further layer of challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People were starting to come out,” Lee says. But as soon as the Delta variant caused new restrictions, “tables were canceling and bands were canceling, because we’re requiring vaccine cards now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there’s the recent spate of racially motivated attacks against the local Asian population to contend with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former showgirl Chin, who’s now in her 80s and lives in the Richmond but spends a lot of time in her old neighborhood, says she misses the Chinatown of her youth—not just because of the bustle, but also because of its safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was so lovely then. I would go out at midnight just to pick up the \u003cem>Examiner\u003c/em> for my mother. So here I am, a little girl, about 9 or 10 years old, still walking the streets and it’s safe.” Chin says. “We didn’t have to worry about people hitting us over the head or robbing us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not that this former chorus girl plans to stay home anytime soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2004, Chin and Yee have been members of the \u003ca href=\"http://grantavenuefollies.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grant Avenue Follies\u003c/a>, a performance group that focuses on vintage tap dance routines. It’s a way of bringing back the glory days of the Chinatown nightclub scene, along with preserving its artifacts at the Showgirl Magic Museum.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/_gzk0fQhV9I'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/_gzk0fQhV9I'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Earlier this year the group made an artistic departure. They got political, creating a rap in response to racist attacks against Asian elders with impassioned lyrics like, \u003cem>“The elders are your teachers, the elders are your guides / When you mess with them, you’re committing suicide.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high-energy video for the “Gai Mou Sou Rap” racked up over 80,000 views on YouTube and made the evening news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to show people that you can’t bully us,” Chin says. “Because we will fight back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When the first wave of COVID-19 closures hit in March 2020, nobody could predict exactly when (or indeed, if) arts spaces would be able to open their doors again to in-person performance. Initially it seemed as if reopening might happen within three weeks. Then another month. Then another. And here we are, seventeen months later, when a large number of venues are still dark or operating at limited capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/fallarts2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13901773\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsPreview2021_400x400_blue.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsPreview2021_400x400_blue.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsPreview2021_400x400_blue-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the rise of the delta variant, performing arts spaces have had to navigate this year’s reopening with an abundance of caution and maximum flexibility. In practical terms, this has meant fluctuating performance dates, last-minute cancellations and postponements, and the understanding on both sides of the stage that things could change at any moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite this, the artistic imperative to create, communicate, and connect remains strong in the Bay Area. With the caveat that dates, locations, and COVID-19 protocols might change between now and showtime, here’s a roundup of essential fall performances to put on your calendar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Reminder\u003c/strong>: COVID precautions remain in flux. Proof of vaccination is a requirement for many indoor events. Before making plans, and again before arrival, be sure to check event websites for the latest protocols.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901821\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_sfbatco_ITooSingAmerica_ensemble2019_photocredit_NataliaPerez-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901821\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_sfbatco_ITooSingAmerica_ensemble2019_photocredit_NataliaPerez-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_sfbatco_ITooSingAmerica_ensemble2019_photocredit_NataliaPerez-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_sfbatco_ITooSingAmerica_ensemble2019_photocredit_NataliaPerez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_sfbatco_ITooSingAmerica_ensemble2019_photocredit_NataliaPerez-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_sfbatco_ITooSingAmerica_ensemble2019_photocredit_NataliaPerez-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_sfbatco_ITooSingAmerica_ensemble2019_photocredit_NataliaPerez.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The ensemble from a 2019 production of ‘I Too Sing America.’ \u003ccite>(Natalia Perez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfbatco.org/new-roots-theatre-festival\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">New Roots Theatre Festival\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Brava Theater Center, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nOct. 16 and 17\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not content to welcome audiences back with a single play, San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company (SFBATCO) has instead curated an entire festival. The inaugural New Roots Theatre Festival includes an Afrofuturist play in verse by Aidaa Peerzada, a musical centering the East Bay’s Betty Reid Soskin (the oldest living park ranger in the United States), a performance from SF’s Cuicacalli Ballet Folklórico, and short pieces produced by Black-led organizations including Lorraine Hansberry Theatre Company, African-American Shakespeare Company, AfroSolo, and PUSH Dance. (The companies are organized into “pods” that perform in tandem, with repeating shows, so audiences can see the whole program over the course of the weekend.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, SFBATCO will revive their award-winning \u003cem>I, Too, Sing America\u003c/em>. First conceptualized in 2018 by music director Othello Jefferson, \u003cem>ITSA\u003c/em> sets works by notable artists of color such as Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Frances Chung and Beyoncé to music and movement. This timely revival includes new materials for 2021 while celebrating the long history of revolutionary poetry and prose as an American tradition. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901819\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CounterPulseFestival_Radius_VariousPerformers_photocredit_RobbieSweeny-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901819\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CounterPulseFestival_Radius_VariousPerformers_photocredit_RobbieSweeny-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CounterPulseFestival_Radius_VariousPerformers_photocredit_RobbieSweeny-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CounterPulseFestival_Radius_VariousPerformers_photocredit_RobbieSweeny-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CounterPulseFestival_Radius_VariousPerformers_photocredit_RobbieSweeny-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CounterPulseFestival_Radius_VariousPerformers_photocredit_RobbieSweeny-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CounterPulseFestival_Radius_VariousPerformers_photocredit_RobbieSweeny.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Performers for ‘Radius’ at the CounterPulse Festival. \u003ccite>(Robbie Sweeny)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://counterpulse.org/event/festival2021/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The CounterPulse Festival\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Various venues; also online\u003cbr>\nSept. 9–18\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rescheduled CounterPulse Festival—featuring performances, panels, poetry, film, and workshops—comes to both physical and virtual space in San Francisco, Oakland, and even the Santa Cruz Mountains. As an artistic home to many of the Bay Area’s most imaginative multidisciplinary performers, CounterPulse’s focus on embodied liberation and communal arts practice lends itself to festival mode. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some standouts include new work from FACT/SF, a facilitated conversation between Bay Area-based “Queeratorial collectives” entitled “Fuck the System,” an embodied divination workshop with Amara Tabor Smith, and a film series inspired by the writings of Jean Genet and Sufi mystic Ibn Arabi, instigated by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and partially narrated by his alter ego Faluda Islam. The weeklong festival culminates with \u003cem>Radius\u003c/em>, an improvisational outdoor performance exploring power dynamics and collaborative energies, featuring dance artists, experimental electronic musicians, and CounterPulse’s artistic and executive director Julie Phelps. 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When artistic couple Marísa and Lev move into their new apartment, their quotidian squabbling can’t distract from a series of unexplainable events unfolding around them. But are they being haunted by their own fragmented dysfunction, or by a tormented spirit with cause to linger? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently rewritten with a pair of alternate endings, Gómez’ nervy script gradually reveals itself to be about much more than a few flying tchotchkes; it also addresses gentrification, generational wealth, racial inequity, and displacement. Featuring Jordan Don and Troy Rockett as the troubled protagonists—with direction by Mina Morita and Karina Gutiérrez, and special effects design by Devon LaBelle—Crowded Fire’s production of \u003cem>The Displaced\u003c/em> offers both a savvy indictment of our time, and a seasonally appropriate scary story. Masks and proof of vaccination are required, while select shows allow a proof of negative COVID test instead (check website for dates).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901820\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_Galatea_AbbeyLee_photocedit_JenniferGriego-1020x835.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"524\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13901820\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_Galatea_AbbeyLee_photocedit_JenniferGriego-1020x835.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_Galatea_AbbeyLee_photocedit_JenniferGriego-800x655.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_Galatea_AbbeyLee_photocedit_JenniferGriego-160x131.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_Galatea_AbbeyLee_photocedit_JenniferGriego-768x628.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_Galatea_AbbeyLee_photocedit_JenniferGriego-1536x1257.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_Galatea_AbbeyLee_photocedit_JenniferGriego.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abbey Lee in ‘Galatea.’ \u003ccite>(Jennifer Griego)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ci.rohnert-park.ca.us/city_hall/departments/spreckels_performing_arts_center\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘Galatea’\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Spreckels Performing Arts Center, Rohnert Park\u003cbr>\nSept. 3–19\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the many shows forced to postpone in March 2020 was \u003cem>Galatea\u003c/em>, a science fiction play by North Bay playwright David Templeton. Set in the year 2167, the play follows the revival and reintegration process of an android traveler known as Seventy-One. The only survivor from the Galatea, a long-destroyed space shuttle, Seventy-One is encouraged by a pair of amiable doctors to remember the events that led them to escaping the fate that befell the rest of their crewmates. Nothing is quite what it seems, and several key plot twists stretch the narrative in unexpected directions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the heart of the play is a thoughtful examination of what it means to be human in an era where synthetic lifeforms predominate. What are the characteristics that can be shared with our AI comrades, and what will always be the sole provenance of “organics?” Templeton’s smartly constructed fantasy won an honorable mention from the Will Glickman Award panel (of which I am a member) in 2020, and is finally receiving its well-deserved stage premiere. Proof of vaccination or recent negative COVID test, and masking, is required.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901825\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheImmortalReckoning_PeachesChristcenterensemblemembers_photocredit_JoseAGuzman-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901825\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheImmortalReckoning_PeachesChristcenterensemblemembers_photocredit_JoseAGuzman-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheImmortalReckoning_PeachesChristcenterensemblemembers_photocredit_JoseAGuzman-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheImmortalReckoning_PeachesChristcenterensemblemembers_photocredit_JoseAGuzman-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheImmortalReckoning_PeachesChristcenterensemblemembers_photocredit_JoseAGuzman-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheImmortalReckoning_PeachesChristcenterensemblemembers_photocredit_JoseAGuzman-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheImmortalReckoning_PeachesChristcenterensemblemembers_photocredit_JoseAGuzman.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘The Immortal Reckoning’ with Peaches Christ (center) and ensemble members. \u003ccite>(Jose A. Guzman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.intothedarksf.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘The Immortal Reckoning’\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Old Mint, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nSept. 23–Oct. 31\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As fans of horror movies can attest, sometimes the best way to escape the stresses of real-life horror (such as, say, a raging pandemic and an overheated planet) is through a good old-fashioned haunting. When longtime horror aficionado Joshua Grannell a.k.a. Peaches Christ first debuted their collaborative brainchild \u003cem>The Terror Vault\u003c/em> in 2018, it ushered in a new standard of haunted attraction for the Bay Area. It’s a standard certain to be upheld in this year’s production: \u003cem>The Immortal Reckoning\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using the imposing architectural features of the old San Francisco Mint—stone walls, vaulted ceilings, dusty chandeliers, and a subterranean warren of interconnected rooms—costumed characters will guide audiences through a rare collection of supernatural artifacts, rumored to be conduits to an “immortal” realm. Levels of interactivity can be opted into (and out of, should you change your mind) and limits are thankfully respected. Still, expect to be menaced, mocked, questioned, sniffed and startled by all manner of homicidal creatures while jostling your way through a disorienting maze designed by the diabolically talented David Flower. Masks and proof of vaccination are required, with no exceptions or refunds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901826\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_BrunsAmpitheater_photocredit_zbaislova-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_BrunsAmpitheater_photocredit_zbaislova-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_BrunsAmpitheater_photocredit_zbaislova-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_BrunsAmpitheater_photocredit_zbaislova-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_BrunsAmpitheater_photocredit_zbaislova-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_BrunsAmpitheater_photocredit_zbaislova-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_BrunsAmpitheater_photocredit_zbaislova.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bruns Ampitheater. \u003ccite>(Zhanara Baisalova)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://calshakes.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘The Winter’s Tale’\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Bruns Ampitheater, Orinda\u003cbr>\nSept. 1–26\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nestled in the Orinda hills and open to the darkening sky and emerging stars, the Bruns Amphitheater provides a stellar setting for Shakespearean fare—and for audiences wary about returning to indoor theater. A romance wrapped in a tale of abandonment and loss, \u003cem>The Winter’s Tale\u003c/em> was last performed at the Bruns in 2013. Emphasizing renewal, redemption and hope, this fresh adaptation from artistic director Eric Ting and dramaturg Phillipa Kelly should provide a welcome escape and a pertinent reflection. Proof of vaccination is not required; masks are required for unvaccinated audience members and all other patrons when not “actively eating or drinking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901823\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_SFTrolleyDances_LaMezcla_KirstenMillan_VanessaSanchez_photocredit_AmaniPhotography-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901823\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_SFTrolleyDances_LaMezcla_KirstenMillan_VanessaSanchez_photocredit_AmaniPhotography-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_SFTrolleyDances_LaMezcla_KirstenMillan_VanessaSanchez_photocredit_AmaniPhotography-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_SFTrolleyDances_LaMezcla_KirstenMillan_VanessaSanchez_photocredit_AmaniPhotography-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_SFTrolleyDances_LaMezcla_KirstenMillan_VanessaSanchez_photocredit_AmaniPhotography-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_SFTrolleyDances_LaMezcla_KirstenMillan_VanessaSanchez_photocredit_AmaniPhotography-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_SFTrolleyDances_LaMezcla_KirstenMillan_VanessaSanchez_photocredit_AmaniPhotography.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kirsten Millan and Vanessa Sanchez from La Mezcla. \u003ccite>(Amani Photography)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Dance it Out\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Accustomed to creating site-responsive works to suit a variety of (often) non-traditional spaces and occasions, Bay Area choreographers have demonstrated their innate resiliency time and time again. This ability to adapt and innovate has allowed many artists in the dance community to find ways to create together, even during the darkest days of the pandemic. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://counterpulse.org/event/mercy/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘Meet Us Quickly With Your Mercy’\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>CounterPulse, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nOct. 14–17\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Flyaway Productions’ \u003cem>Meet Us Quickly With Your Mercy\u003c/em>, artistic director Jo Kreiter grapples with the historical throughline of slavery leading to the present-day mass incarceration of Black Americans, as well as with a new rise in trans-Atlantic anti-Jewish sentiment and white nationalism. Using aerial apparatus fashioned to resemble cages suspended above the ground, and music composed by the late Jewlia Eisenberg, Flyaway Productions performs this second part of their ongoing Decarceration Trilogy with the walls of CounterPulse’s Tenderloin building as their backdrop. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.hopemohr.org/bacchae\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘Bacchae Before’\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco; also online\u003cbr>\nLive performance Sept. 28–Oct. 2; online Oct. 2\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003cem>Bacchae Before\u003c/em>, Hope Mohr Dance ties together the tragedy of Euripides’ \u003cem>The Baccae\u003c/em> (via Anne Carson’s notable translation) with the modern-day violence of gender reveal parties. Performed by Belinda He, Wiley Naman Strasser, Karla Quintero, and Silk Worm—with puppetry by C. Michael Chin, and additional text and co-direction provided by Maxe Crandall—\u003cem>Bacchae Before\u003c/em> distills and refracts a classical text of frenzy and filicide through a trans-centered, gender-affirming perspective. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://epiphanydance.org/san-francisco-trolley-dances\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Trolley Dances\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Throughout San Francisco\u003cbr>\nOct. 16–17\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the welcome return of Trolley Dances, curated by Kim Epifano’s Epiphany Dance Theater, audiences will ride the K and L lines from the Castro to the East Cut, encountering short vignettes from Babatunji & Charmaine, Epiphany Dance Theater, Joe Landini & Dancers, La Mezcla, Parangal Dance Company, and Rising Rhythm. More than a celebration of public transportation, Trolley Dances is a transformative interrogation of public space and the porous boundaries between performer and spectator. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901818\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CircusBella_ensemble_photocredit_RonScherl-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901818\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CircusBella_ensemble_photocredit_RonScherl-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CircusBella_ensemble_photocredit_RonScherl-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CircusBella_ensemble_photocredit_RonScherl-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CircusBella_ensemble_photocredit_RonScherl-768x509.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CircusBella_ensemble_photocredit_RonScherl-1536x1018.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CircusBella_ensemble_photocredit_RonScherl.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Performers from Circus Bella. \u003ccite>(Ron Scherl)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Circus Freeks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Need something to take the kids to? Maybe just in need of a little whimsy? Catch these circus performances—one outdoors, one indoors. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.circusbella.org/humorous\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Circus Bella\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Various locations\u003cbr>\nAug. 26-Oct. 3\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having kicked off at Oakland’s DeFremery Park on Aug. 26, Circus Bella’s \u003cem>Humorous\u003c/em> will embark on a free, 12-performance tour of parks and public spaces through Oct. 3. A one-ring, people-powered circus, Circus Bella eschews circus animals in favor of mainstays such as aerialists, acrobats, and clowns. Directed by company founder Abigail Munn, \u003cem>Humorous\u003c/em> features some of the Bay Area’s most prolific circus performers: creative clowning duo Jamie Coventry and Natasha Kaluza, queer circus icon Toni Cannon, and aerialist Dwoira Galilia. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.clubfugazisf.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘Dear San Francisco’\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Club Fugazi, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nOngoing starting Sept. 22\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those ready to brave the great indoors, Club Fugazi in North Beach hosts the circus-y love-letter-to-the-city \u003cem>Dear San Francisco\u003c/em>. At the longtime home of the now-shuttered Beach Blanket Babylon, the circus collective 7 Fingers boasts SF-raised founders, an immensely talented international cast, and some of the Bay Area’s best designers—including Jake Rodriguez, Alexander V. Nichols, and Keiko Shimosato Carreiro. Masks and proof of vaccination with ID required for all patrons. Unvaccinated children 5-11 may attend with vaccinated adult(s). \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When the first wave of COVID-19 closures hit in March 2020, nobody could predict exactly when (or indeed, if) arts spaces would be able to open their doors again to in-person performance. Initially it seemed as if reopening might happen within three weeks. Then another month. Then another. And here we are, seventeen months later, when a large number of venues are still dark or operating at limited capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/fallarts2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13901773\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsPreview2021_400x400_blue.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsPreview2021_400x400_blue.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsPreview2021_400x400_blue-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the rise of the delta variant, performing arts spaces have had to navigate this year’s reopening with an abundance of caution and maximum flexibility. In practical terms, this has meant fluctuating performance dates, last-minute cancellations and postponements, and the understanding on both sides of the stage that things could change at any moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite this, the artistic imperative to create, communicate, and connect remains strong in the Bay Area. With the caveat that dates, locations, and COVID-19 protocols might change between now and showtime, here’s a roundup of essential fall performances to put on your calendar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Reminder\u003c/strong>: COVID precautions remain in flux. Proof of vaccination is a requirement for many indoor events. Before making plans, and again before arrival, be sure to check event websites for the latest protocols.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901821\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_sfbatco_ITooSingAmerica_ensemble2019_photocredit_NataliaPerez-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901821\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_sfbatco_ITooSingAmerica_ensemble2019_photocredit_NataliaPerez-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_sfbatco_ITooSingAmerica_ensemble2019_photocredit_NataliaPerez-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_sfbatco_ITooSingAmerica_ensemble2019_photocredit_NataliaPerez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_sfbatco_ITooSingAmerica_ensemble2019_photocredit_NataliaPerez-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_sfbatco_ITooSingAmerica_ensemble2019_photocredit_NataliaPerez-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_sfbatco_ITooSingAmerica_ensemble2019_photocredit_NataliaPerez.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The ensemble from a 2019 production of ‘I Too Sing America.’ \u003ccite>(Natalia Perez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfbatco.org/new-roots-theatre-festival\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">New Roots Theatre Festival\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Brava Theater Center, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nOct. 16 and 17\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not content to welcome audiences back with a single play, San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company (SFBATCO) has instead curated an entire festival. The inaugural New Roots Theatre Festival includes an Afrofuturist play in verse by Aidaa Peerzada, a musical centering the East Bay’s Betty Reid Soskin (the oldest living park ranger in the United States), a performance from SF’s Cuicacalli Ballet Folklórico, and short pieces produced by Black-led organizations including Lorraine Hansberry Theatre Company, African-American Shakespeare Company, AfroSolo, and PUSH Dance. (The companies are organized into “pods” that perform in tandem, with repeating shows, so audiences can see the whole program over the course of the weekend.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, SFBATCO will revive their award-winning \u003cem>I, Too, Sing America\u003c/em>. First conceptualized in 2018 by music director Othello Jefferson, \u003cem>ITSA\u003c/em> sets works by notable artists of color such as Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Frances Chung and Beyoncé to music and movement. This timely revival includes new materials for 2021 while celebrating the long history of revolutionary poetry and prose as an American tradition. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901819\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CounterPulseFestival_Radius_VariousPerformers_photocredit_RobbieSweeny-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901819\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CounterPulseFestival_Radius_VariousPerformers_photocredit_RobbieSweeny-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CounterPulseFestival_Radius_VariousPerformers_photocredit_RobbieSweeny-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CounterPulseFestival_Radius_VariousPerformers_photocredit_RobbieSweeny-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CounterPulseFestival_Radius_VariousPerformers_photocredit_RobbieSweeny-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CounterPulseFestival_Radius_VariousPerformers_photocredit_RobbieSweeny-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CounterPulseFestival_Radius_VariousPerformers_photocredit_RobbieSweeny.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Performers for ‘Radius’ at the CounterPulse Festival. \u003ccite>(Robbie Sweeny)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://counterpulse.org/event/festival2021/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The CounterPulse Festival\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Various venues; also online\u003cbr>\nSept. 9–18\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rescheduled CounterPulse Festival—featuring performances, panels, poetry, film, and workshops—comes to both physical and virtual space in San Francisco, Oakland, and even the Santa Cruz Mountains. As an artistic home to many of the Bay Area’s most imaginative multidisciplinary performers, CounterPulse’s focus on embodied liberation and communal arts practice lends itself to festival mode. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some standouts include new work from FACT/SF, a facilitated conversation between Bay Area-based “Queeratorial collectives” entitled “Fuck the System,” an embodied divination workshop with Amara Tabor Smith, and a film series inspired by the writings of Jean Genet and Sufi mystic Ibn Arabi, instigated by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and partially narrated by his alter ego Faluda Islam. The weeklong festival culminates with \u003cem>Radius\u003c/em>, an improvisational outdoor performance exploring power dynamics and collaborative energies, featuring dance artists, experimental electronic musicians, and CounterPulse’s artistic and executive director Julie Phelps. Pre-registration is required, and proof of vaccination and masks are required for indoor events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901824\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheDisplaced_TroyRockett_JordanDon_photocredit_CheshireIsaacs-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901824\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheDisplaced_TroyRockett_JordanDon_photocredit_CheshireIsaacs-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheDisplaced_TroyRockett_JordanDon_photocredit_CheshireIsaacs-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheDisplaced_TroyRockett_JordanDon_photocredit_CheshireIsaacs-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheDisplaced_TroyRockett_JordanDon_photocredit_CheshireIsaacs-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheDisplaced_TroyRockett_JordanDon_photocredit_CheshireIsaacs-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheDisplaced_TroyRockett_JordanDon_photocredit_CheshireIsaacs.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘The Displaced’ stars Troy Rockett and Jordan Don. \u003ccite>(Cheshire Isaacs)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"http://www.crowdedfire.org/displaced/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘The Displaced’\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potrero Stage, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nSept. 9–Oct. 2\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another play postponed by the pandemic, \u003cem>The Displaced\u003c/em> by Isaac Gómez is a two-hander horror story with a solid reputation for inspiring unease. When artistic couple Marísa and Lev move into their new apartment, their quotidian squabbling can’t distract from a series of unexplainable events unfolding around them. But are they being haunted by their own fragmented dysfunction, or by a tormented spirit with cause to linger? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently rewritten with a pair of alternate endings, Gómez’ nervy script gradually reveals itself to be about much more than a few flying tchotchkes; it also addresses gentrification, generational wealth, racial inequity, and displacement. Featuring Jordan Don and Troy Rockett as the troubled protagonists—with direction by Mina Morita and Karina Gutiérrez, and special effects design by Devon LaBelle—Crowded Fire’s production of \u003cem>The Displaced\u003c/em> offers both a savvy indictment of our time, and a seasonally appropriate scary story. Masks and proof of vaccination are required, while select shows allow a proof of negative COVID test instead (check website for dates).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901820\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_Galatea_AbbeyLee_photocedit_JenniferGriego-1020x835.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"524\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13901820\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_Galatea_AbbeyLee_photocedit_JenniferGriego-1020x835.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_Galatea_AbbeyLee_photocedit_JenniferGriego-800x655.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_Galatea_AbbeyLee_photocedit_JenniferGriego-160x131.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_Galatea_AbbeyLee_photocedit_JenniferGriego-768x628.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_Galatea_AbbeyLee_photocedit_JenniferGriego-1536x1257.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_Galatea_AbbeyLee_photocedit_JenniferGriego.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abbey Lee in ‘Galatea.’ \u003ccite>(Jennifer Griego)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ci.rohnert-park.ca.us/city_hall/departments/spreckels_performing_arts_center\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘Galatea’\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Spreckels Performing Arts Center, Rohnert Park\u003cbr>\nSept. 3–19\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the many shows forced to postpone in March 2020 was \u003cem>Galatea\u003c/em>, a science fiction play by North Bay playwright David Templeton. Set in the year 2167, the play follows the revival and reintegration process of an android traveler known as Seventy-One. The only survivor from the Galatea, a long-destroyed space shuttle, Seventy-One is encouraged by a pair of amiable doctors to remember the events that led them to escaping the fate that befell the rest of their crewmates. Nothing is quite what it seems, and several key plot twists stretch the narrative in unexpected directions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the heart of the play is a thoughtful examination of what it means to be human in an era where synthetic lifeforms predominate. What are the characteristics that can be shared with our AI comrades, and what will always be the sole provenance of “organics?” Templeton’s smartly constructed fantasy won an honorable mention from the Will Glickman Award panel (of which I am a member) in 2020, and is finally receiving its well-deserved stage premiere. Proof of vaccination or recent negative COVID test, and masking, is required.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901825\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheImmortalReckoning_PeachesChristcenterensemblemembers_photocredit_JoseAGuzman-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901825\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheImmortalReckoning_PeachesChristcenterensemblemembers_photocredit_JoseAGuzman-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheImmortalReckoning_PeachesChristcenterensemblemembers_photocredit_JoseAGuzman-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheImmortalReckoning_PeachesChristcenterensemblemembers_photocredit_JoseAGuzman-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheImmortalReckoning_PeachesChristcenterensemblemembers_photocredit_JoseAGuzman-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheImmortalReckoning_PeachesChristcenterensemblemembers_photocredit_JoseAGuzman-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_TheImmortalReckoning_PeachesChristcenterensemblemembers_photocredit_JoseAGuzman.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘The Immortal Reckoning’ with Peaches Christ (center) and ensemble members. \u003ccite>(Jose A. Guzman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.intothedarksf.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘The Immortal Reckoning’\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Old Mint, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nSept. 23–Oct. 31\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As fans of horror movies can attest, sometimes the best way to escape the stresses of real-life horror (such as, say, a raging pandemic and an overheated planet) is through a good old-fashioned haunting. When longtime horror aficionado Joshua Grannell a.k.a. Peaches Christ first debuted their collaborative brainchild \u003cem>The Terror Vault\u003c/em> in 2018, it ushered in a new standard of haunted attraction for the Bay Area. It’s a standard certain to be upheld in this year’s production: \u003cem>The Immortal Reckoning\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using the imposing architectural features of the old San Francisco Mint—stone walls, vaulted ceilings, dusty chandeliers, and a subterranean warren of interconnected rooms—costumed characters will guide audiences through a rare collection of supernatural artifacts, rumored to be conduits to an “immortal” realm. Levels of interactivity can be opted into (and out of, should you change your mind) and limits are thankfully respected. Still, expect to be menaced, mocked, questioned, sniffed and startled by all manner of homicidal creatures while jostling your way through a disorienting maze designed by the diabolically talented David Flower. Masks and proof of vaccination are required, with no exceptions or refunds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901826\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_BrunsAmpitheater_photocredit_zbaislova-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_BrunsAmpitheater_photocredit_zbaislova-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_BrunsAmpitheater_photocredit_zbaislova-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_BrunsAmpitheater_photocredit_zbaislova-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_BrunsAmpitheater_photocredit_zbaislova-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_BrunsAmpitheater_photocredit_zbaislova-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_BrunsAmpitheater_photocredit_zbaislova.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bruns Ampitheater. \u003ccite>(Zhanara Baisalova)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://calshakes.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘The Winter’s Tale’\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Bruns Ampitheater, Orinda\u003cbr>\nSept. 1–26\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nestled in the Orinda hills and open to the darkening sky and emerging stars, the Bruns Amphitheater provides a stellar setting for Shakespearean fare—and for audiences wary about returning to indoor theater. A romance wrapped in a tale of abandonment and loss, \u003cem>The Winter’s Tale\u003c/em> was last performed at the Bruns in 2013. Emphasizing renewal, redemption and hope, this fresh adaptation from artistic director Eric Ting and dramaturg Phillipa Kelly should provide a welcome escape and a pertinent reflection. Proof of vaccination is not required; masks are required for unvaccinated audience members and all other patrons when not “actively eating or drinking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901823\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_SFTrolleyDances_LaMezcla_KirstenMillan_VanessaSanchez_photocredit_AmaniPhotography-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901823\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_SFTrolleyDances_LaMezcla_KirstenMillan_VanessaSanchez_photocredit_AmaniPhotography-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_SFTrolleyDances_LaMezcla_KirstenMillan_VanessaSanchez_photocredit_AmaniPhotography-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_SFTrolleyDances_LaMezcla_KirstenMillan_VanessaSanchez_photocredit_AmaniPhotography-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_SFTrolleyDances_LaMezcla_KirstenMillan_VanessaSanchez_photocredit_AmaniPhotography-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_SFTrolleyDances_LaMezcla_KirstenMillan_VanessaSanchez_photocredit_AmaniPhotography-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_SFTrolleyDances_LaMezcla_KirstenMillan_VanessaSanchez_photocredit_AmaniPhotography.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kirsten Millan and Vanessa Sanchez from La Mezcla. \u003ccite>(Amani Photography)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Dance it Out\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Accustomed to creating site-responsive works to suit a variety of (often) non-traditional spaces and occasions, Bay Area choreographers have demonstrated their innate resiliency time and time again. This ability to adapt and innovate has allowed many artists in the dance community to find ways to create together, even during the darkest days of the pandemic. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://counterpulse.org/event/mercy/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘Meet Us Quickly With Your Mercy’\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>CounterPulse, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nOct. 14–17\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Flyaway Productions’ \u003cem>Meet Us Quickly With Your Mercy\u003c/em>, artistic director Jo Kreiter grapples with the historical throughline of slavery leading to the present-day mass incarceration of Black Americans, as well as with a new rise in trans-Atlantic anti-Jewish sentiment and white nationalism. Using aerial apparatus fashioned to resemble cages suspended above the ground, and music composed by the late Jewlia Eisenberg, Flyaway Productions performs this second part of their ongoing Decarceration Trilogy with the walls of CounterPulse’s Tenderloin building as their backdrop. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.hopemohr.org/bacchae\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘Bacchae Before’\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco; also online\u003cbr>\nLive performance Sept. 28–Oct. 2; online Oct. 2\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003cem>Bacchae Before\u003c/em>, Hope Mohr Dance ties together the tragedy of Euripides’ \u003cem>The Baccae\u003c/em> (via Anne Carson’s notable translation) with the modern-day violence of gender reveal parties. Performed by Belinda He, Wiley Naman Strasser, Karla Quintero, and Silk Worm—with puppetry by C. Michael Chin, and additional text and co-direction provided by Maxe Crandall—\u003cem>Bacchae Before\u003c/em> distills and refracts a classical text of frenzy and filicide through a trans-centered, gender-affirming perspective. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://epiphanydance.org/san-francisco-trolley-dances\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Trolley Dances\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Throughout San Francisco\u003cbr>\nOct. 16–17\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the welcome return of Trolley Dances, curated by Kim Epifano’s Epiphany Dance Theater, audiences will ride the K and L lines from the Castro to the East Cut, encountering short vignettes from Babatunji & Charmaine, Epiphany Dance Theater, Joe Landini & Dancers, La Mezcla, Parangal Dance Company, and Rising Rhythm. More than a celebration of public transportation, Trolley Dances is a transformative interrogation of public space and the porous boundaries between performer and spectator. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901818\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CircusBella_ensemble_photocredit_RonScherl-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901818\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CircusBella_ensemble_photocredit_RonScherl-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CircusBella_ensemble_photocredit_RonScherl-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CircusBella_ensemble_photocredit_RonScherl-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CircusBella_ensemble_photocredit_RonScherl-768x509.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CircusBella_ensemble_photocredit_RonScherl-1536x1018.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/FallArtsTheater_CircusBella_ensemble_photocredit_RonScherl.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Performers from Circus Bella. \u003ccite>(Ron Scherl)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Circus Freeks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Need something to take the kids to? Maybe just in need of a little whimsy? Catch these circus performances—one outdoors, one indoors. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.circusbella.org/humorous\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Circus Bella\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Various locations\u003cbr>\nAug. 26-Oct. 3\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having kicked off at Oakland’s DeFremery Park on Aug. 26, Circus Bella’s \u003cem>Humorous\u003c/em> will embark on a free, 12-performance tour of parks and public spaces through Oct. 3. A one-ring, people-powered circus, Circus Bella eschews circus animals in favor of mainstays such as aerialists, acrobats, and clowns. Directed by company founder Abigail Munn, \u003cem>Humorous\u003c/em> features some of the Bay Area’s most prolific circus performers: creative clowning duo Jamie Coventry and Natasha Kaluza, queer circus icon Toni Cannon, and aerialist Dwoira Galilia. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.clubfugazisf.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘Dear San Francisco’\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Club Fugazi, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nOngoing starting Sept. 22\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>What makes a city? Is it the space it inhabits, or the people who inhabit its space? Is it the architecture and infrastructure of today, or the histories of the past culminating in the now? When you encounter the stories of a city, whose voices get to be heard?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All these questions are in my mind while attending \u003cem>SPACES: Oakland\u003c/em> on Saturday, July 10, in and outside of Oakland’s City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An imposing Beaux Arts granite “wedding cake” festooned with decorative details—bunches of figs and grapes, a pair of imposing eagles—City Hall becomes decidedly less impressive when I enter its scuffed side doors to see low ceilings, roped-off staircases, and dim corners. But the pre-show energy this weekend is crackling, expectant. This is the first indoors performance I’ve attended since March 2020, and it’s difficult to not feel a certain kind of way about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost immediately, the single line into the entrance becomes a loosely-determined quartet of groups, each assigned a different color and (eventually) a different guide. My group, with black yarn tied around our wrists, stands below the iridescent shimmer of textile artist \u003ca href=\"http://www.infoflow.com/pat/cityhall.jpg\">Patricia Ravarra’s “Vermillion Bird\u003c/a>” while we wait for the show to begin. Music by Oakland artists drifts in from another part of the building while we wait: snatches of Digital Underground and ’60s soul from resident DJ Dion Decibels. Finally we’re whisked up to the third floor and seated along the top of the grand staircase. The green group sits across from us, with red and white down below. The music suddenly ceases, the silence jarring. And then the drumbeats begin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899910\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899910\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_SarahCrowell_audience_photocredit_LaurenStevenson-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_SarahCrowell_audience_photocredit_LaurenStevenson-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_SarahCrowell_audience_photocredit_LaurenStevenson-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_SarahCrowell_audience_photocredit_LaurenStevenson-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_SarahCrowell_audience_photocredit_LaurenStevenson.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Crowell leading a group of audience members to their next destination in ‘SPACES: Oakland.’ \u003ccite>(Lauren Stevenson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Because there are four different seating arrangements, I can’t say for sure what occurs in view of each. But from my vantage point the first dancer I see is Sarah Crowell, floating in from the south elevator like a fog-edged cloud, dressed in flowing whites and soft grey. Moving with purpose behind the green group and down the grand staircase to inhabit its center, her arms are raised as if in prayer or in welcome, while her clothing blends in with the marble of the stairs and her movements match each thoughtful drumbeat with precision and \u003cem>élan\u003c/em>. As she dances down towards the audience seated on the main level, another dancer—Macio Payomo, dressed in green—begins to ascend, leaping up the stairs exuberantly to take Crowell’s place in the center. In all, four dancers join the ritual, and before they split off into four directions to be our guides, they meet in the middle of the staircase and dance reflections of each other’s joy as the percussion and vocals—provided by Christelle Durandy and Mena Ramos—swell into every corner of the space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our guide is Rashidi Omari, the current director of Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company (co-founded by Crowell in 1988). Tall, lithe, dressed in black with brick-colored accents, Omari guides us through gestures and hip-hop dance moves to the first of three storytellers we will meet that evening. He is Miguel Binion, a resident of 32nd Street in West Oakland, who sits comfortable in an office chair and folds his clothes right in front of the door to the Mayor’s office. It’s appropriate, he tells us with a smile, that he’s been assigned this spot to sit, because his story is going to be about a friend he calls “the Mayor of Ghost Town.” He has an easy, animated way of conveying his story: both the lighter moments and the culminating grief of it. He owns his story completely, gently. A loving reflection of a friendship. A loving reflection of his small corner in a vast city of stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899908\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899908\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_RashidiOmari_photocredit_LaurenStevenson-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_RashidiOmari_photocredit_LaurenStevenson-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_RashidiOmari_photocredit_LaurenStevenson-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_RashidiOmari_photocredit_LaurenStevenson-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_RashidiOmari_photocredit_LaurenStevenson.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rashidi Omari in the opening dance number of ‘SPACES: Oakland.’ \u003ccite>(Lauren Stevenson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In performance, as in writing, there is an almost ubiquitous drive to “tell the stories” that need to be told, presumably on behalf of those who might not have the tools (that is to say the access) to reach as broad or varied an audience. But within that dynamic is a tricky navigation. At the heart of lifting up the stories of others, creatives must constantly negotiate what it means to share vs. explain. To champion vs. exploit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaimera Productions—a French and American hybrid founded in 2016—takes a different approach. First by empowering a quartet of fierce local dancers to fully occupy the 100+ year-old architecture of City Hall itself (via choreography by Lauren Cox), from the grand sweep of the marble staircases to the quotidian frames of security gates and hearing room doorways. And secondly by bringing in a cohort of local voices to tell their uniquely personal stories on a rotating schedule, creating a mosaic of what it means to be in and of Oakland, without trying to compress it into a single narrative that strips away the individuality. A project underwritten in part by a years-long artistic conversation between \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandsaintdenis.org\">Oakland and Saint-Denis\u003c/a>, Kaimera Productions will launch \u003cem>SPACES: Saint-Denis\u003c/em> in September, and hope to expand out into other cities by 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899909\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899909\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_RashidiOmari_window_photocredit_LaurenStevenson-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_RashidiOmari_window_photocredit_LaurenStevenson-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_RashidiOmari_window_photocredit_LaurenStevenson-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_RashidiOmari_window_photocredit_LaurenStevenson-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_RashidiOmari_window_photocredit_LaurenStevenson.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rashidi Omari performs an interstitial dance behind the windowpane of a room located in Oakland’s City Hall. \u003ccite>(Lauren Stevenson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At its core, \u003cem>SPACES: Oakland \u003c/em>is a journey that each participant—performer and audience member—takes on their own, while still held in community. Because of the variety of featured storytellers, the different configurations of spaces and guides, and the multifarious audience members, no one experience can be said to be definitive. In this way above all, \u003cem>SPACES: Oakland\u003c/em> feels to me like genuine engagement rather than a blandly envisioned diversity experiment. It’s intensely personal, heartbreakingly sincere, and ecstatically joyous all at once.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And at the end of the event, watching the death-defying aerials of BANDALOOP swooping weightless against the imposing exterior walls—led by Rose Huey, as Crowell, Payomo, and Omari dance below—it feels not like an homage to an Oakland of the imagination but a celebration of an Oakland very much of the present. 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But within that dynamic is a tricky navigation. At the heart of lifting up the stories of others, creatives must constantly negotiate what it means to share vs. explain. To champion vs. exploit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaimera Productions—a French and American hybrid founded in 2016—takes a different approach. First by empowering a quartet of fierce local dancers to fully occupy the 100+ year-old architecture of City Hall itself (via choreography by Lauren Cox), from the grand sweep of the marble staircases to the quotidian frames of security gates and hearing room doorways. And secondly by bringing in a cohort of local voices to tell their uniquely personal stories on a rotating schedule, creating a mosaic of what it means to be in and of Oakland, without trying to compress it into a single narrative that strips away the individuality. A project underwritten in part by a years-long artistic conversation between \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandsaintdenis.org\">Oakland and Saint-Denis\u003c/a>, Kaimera Productions will launch \u003cem>SPACES: Saint-Denis\u003c/em> in September, and hope to expand out into other cities by 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899909\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899909\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_RashidiOmari_window_photocredit_LaurenStevenson-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_RashidiOmari_window_photocredit_LaurenStevenson-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_RashidiOmari_window_photocredit_LaurenStevenson-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_RashidiOmari_window_photocredit_LaurenStevenson-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/SPACESOakland_RashidiOmari_window_photocredit_LaurenStevenson.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rashidi Omari performs an interstitial dance behind the windowpane of a room located in Oakland’s City Hall. \u003ccite>(Lauren Stevenson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At its core, \u003cem>SPACES: Oakland \u003c/em>is a journey that each participant—performer and audience member—takes on their own, while still held in community. 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"content": "\u003cp>When I Zoom into D’Arcy Drollinger’s world, an audible sound check drifts in from the next room, folks wander in and out of the frame to ask logistical questions, and Drollinger himself looks like he’s been awake for days, though his disposition is sunny and enthusiastic. After a year and a half of the pandemic—the last seven months of which his queer nightlife hub \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoasis.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Oasis\u003c/a> has been completely closed—the grand reopening of Oasis, scheduled for Pride weekend, is finally just around the corner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opening with the Drag Disco party Princess feels especially meaningful, as it was formerly a staple of the Stud collective at their former Ninth St. digs, which shuttered just over a year ago. With the Stud collective still venue-less, it’s a symbolic melding of two beloved nightlife staples to usher in a new era of what Drollinger is calling “Oasis 2.0.” After a pandemic-induced realization that Oasis’ past programming (and ticket prices) might have attracted a somewhat insular group of regulars, Drollinger’s new vision includes more accessible pricing structures, a wider range of parties and producers, and the idea that Oasis could be—should be—a “clubhouse” for all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel a responsibility,” he elaborates. “Because we’re coming out of this pandemic where I feel like certain people don’t really have a home… as performers and audience members are gone. And I want to be here for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899061\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899061\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_DArcyDRollinger_photocredit_Gooch-800x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_DArcyDRollinger_photocredit_Gooch-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_DArcyDRollinger_photocredit_Gooch-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_DArcyDRollinger_photocredit_Gooch-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_DArcyDRollinger_photocredit_Gooch.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">D’Arcy Drollinger living it up at Oasis. \u003ccite>(Gooch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even if Oasis’ very existence hadn’t been threatened by the multiple crises that COVID-19 brought to the forefront, it would have been a hectic year for Drollinger. In February of 2020, he assumed full ownership of the business after co-owner Heklina sold back her stake and moved more or less full-time to Palm Springs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two began working regularly together 10 years ago while Heklina was managing Rebel, a bar on Market Street. Offered a Tuesday night slot, Drollinger decided to put on parodies of \u003cem>Sex in the City\u003c/em>—inspired in part by Heklina’s success with her popular \u003cem>Golden Girls \u003c/em>series. The show was a hit, and gradually Drollinger moved from Tuesdays to weekends, adding new shows to the roster, such as \u003cem>Designing Women\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Friends\u003c/em>, as well as one of her original works—\u003cem>Shit and Champagne\u003c/em>. In 2014, they got word that Rebel was closing for good. And that’s when the idea of co-owning a venue of their own began to take shape. On New Year’s Day, 2015—after months of negotiating for and remodeling the space at 298 11th Street— they opened the doors to the public, and Oasis was born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899059\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13899059 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_CabaretStage_photocredit_Gooch-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_CabaretStage_photocredit_Gooch-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_CabaretStage_photocredit_Gooch-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_CabaretStage_photocredit_Gooch-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Oasis_CabaretStage_photocredit_Gooch.jpg 959w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cindy Goldfield, D’Arcy Drollinger, and Steven LeMay celebrating Drollinger’s birthday on the cabaret stage at Oasis. \u003ccite>(Gooch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A hybrid cabaret, theater, dance club and bar, Oasis is set apart from its fellow gay clubs and spaces partially by an attention to production elements. These include in-house technicians to run the shows, and a sturdy, theater-quality stage that, as Drollinger terms, “elevates” the experience for performers, who may be more accustomed to the glare of bare bulbs and makeshift platforms. While audiences stayed at home this past year, Drollinger added the equipment necessary to stream live performances from the space—a practice he intends to keep once live audiences return. Streaming is partly to keep the “clubhouse” accessible to a larger audience, and partly because Drollinger leaned hard into broadcasting during the shutdown, founding a subscriber-based streaming platform called Oasis TV. In addition to airing archival video of his signature staged parodies, Drollinger tapped a talent pool of local queens to create or guest star in a variety of talk shows, drag shows, makeup shows, cooking shows, and other original content created with a playful, queer emphasis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know that there are other gay TV networks like Logo,” Drollinger says about the experiment. “(But) I feel like there isn’t really a drag-centered television network.” By filling that niche, Drollinger hopes that Oasis TV will outlive its pandemic origins and remain a home for the drag community both at home and further afield. “I’d like to expand it into a full network,” he enthuses. “I feel like it’s a great asset and it really does have a lot of possibility.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite Drollinger’s creativity in creating platforms and income streams—such as the bespoke drag queen dinner delivery service, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoasis.com/meals-on-heels\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Meals on Heels\u003c/a>—Oasis was by no means spared the financial stresses that the pandemic wrought across San Francisco nightlife. Even the unanticipated windfall of their 11th hour telethon in early March, during which they raised over $268,000, has already mostly been spent on debts incurred during the pandemic, and on reopening costs. As Drollinger points out, there are government programs at the federal and the local level designed to help small businesses and entertainment venues to survive, but most of the money earmarked for them has yet to be distributed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13898639']“It’s crazy…we’re going to reopen before we get any money that was supposed to be here to help us get through this,” comments Drollinger. “I know there’s lots of red tape and so many people involved, but I feel like nobody really understands how hand-to-mouth we are in this business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Financial and operational struggles aside, Drollinger is thrilled to be able to open Oasis to a full capacity Pride crowd this weekend and beyond. Although scrambling to fill the calendar while simultaneously hiring back staff and renovating to reopen has been hectic, Drollinger promises some surprises on the horizon. In the immediate future, Oasis favorite Matthew Martin will star in a new original show penned by Michael Phillis called \u003cem>The Hand That Rocks the Crawford\u003c/em>, which reimagines female-led thrillers such as \u003cem>Basic Instinct\u003c/em> and \u003cem>The Hand That Rocks the Cradle\u003c/em> as starring Joan Crawford. Princess will continue weekly, and Drag King revue \u003cem>Dandy\u003c/em> will strut it out on July 3.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All in all, Drollinger is optimistic for the future of Oasis and for nightlife in general. “For the most part I think people—maybe even more so—are going to want to come out, and if history serves us, it’s possibly going to be a roaring ’20s situation,” he remarks. “We’ll see…but everything seems to be pointing to everybody’s sort of desperation to be together again.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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With the Stud collective still venue-less, it’s a symbolic melding of two beloved nightlife staples to usher in a new era of what Drollinger is calling “Oasis 2.0.” After a pandemic-induced realization that Oasis’ past programming (and ticket prices) might have attracted a somewhat insular group of regulars, Drollinger’s new vision includes more accessible pricing structures, a wider range of parties and producers, and the idea that Oasis could be—should be—a “clubhouse” for all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel a responsibility,” he elaborates. “Because we’re coming out of this pandemic where I feel like certain people don’t really have a home… as performers and audience members are gone. 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"content": "\u003cp>With Juneteenth now \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/06/17/1007602290/biden-and-harris-will-speak-at-the-bill-signing-making-juneteenth-a-federal-holi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a federal holiday\u003c/a>, there’s sure to be excitement in the air all around the country this Saturday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the Bay Area, Juneteenth has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11824731/berkeley-juneteenth-2020\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">long been celebrated\u003c/a> in many ways, from formally organized celebrations to casual cookouts by the lake. This year, we’ve rounded up a handful of them to plan your weekend around. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Bay Area Juneteenth Events\n\u003ch2>\n\u003c/h2>\u003c/h2>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Second Annual Oakland Juneteenth Fest\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWhile all of Lake Merritt is guaranteed to be one big celebration, the amphitheater hosts DJs, art installations, small local businesses, live artists, food vendors, and more. Presented by the Alena Museum, L.E.G.I.T., and Afrocentric Oakland. Lake Merritt Amphitheater. June 19, 12-8pm. \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CP04DU9BqeH/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Black Liberation Walking Tour \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nJoin the Friends of the Hoover Durant Public Library for a day of art, food, and live music celebrating the launch of the Black Liberation Walking Tour. Exploring the civil rights movement, the Great Migration, and contemporary Black liberation movements, the self-guided tour spans 100 years of history in West Oakland. June 19, 11am-4pm. \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/572413663743456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Juneteenth With MoAD\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco’s Museum of the African Diaspora presents a day of virtual workshops and roundtable talks. The day’s conversations explore the legacies of Black women in rock music, the role of dance in the Black social experience, and the history of the Juneteenth holiday. June 19, 11am-5pm. \u003ca href=\"https://www.moadsf.org/blog/celebrate-juneteenth-with-moad/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Monumental Reckoning’ Unveiling with Dana King\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe day before Juneteenth, world-renowned sculptor Dana King unveils a new work at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park of 350 ancestral sculptures. Replacing the recently removed Francis Scott Key monument, the new four-foot statues depict the African ancestors that would become America’s first enslaved people. June 18, 5-6:30pm. \u003ca href=\"https://www.monumentalreckoning.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Juneteenth at the Bayview Opera House\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nA free afternoon of live music, poetry, dance, and more on the outdoor stage at the Bayview Opera House in its first in-person event since the beginning of the pandemic. June 19, 1-3pm. \u003ca href=\"https://bvoh.org/juneteenth-2021-art-culture-solidarity/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Grace Cathedral Presents Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco’s majestic Grace Cathedral is the setting for this Juneteenth celebration of Black music, including R&B, gospel and jazz. Led by Oakland-based DJ Nina Sol, the event streams online to kick off the day. June 19, 10am–11:30am, at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. \u003ca href=\"https://gracecathedral.org/calendar-events/music-at-grace-presents-juneteeth-a-celebration-of-freedom/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Outdoor Afro and East Bay Regional Parks Juneteenth Free Parks Day \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe East Bay Regional Park District joins forces with Outdoor Afro to waive park entry fees to its regional parks. With the goal of getting 50,000 people out in nature nationwide, Outdoor Afro encourages Americans to reflect on what freedom means by spending time in nature. June 19. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/civica/press/display.asp?layout=11&Entry=671\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sonoma County Juneteenth\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nVirtual event with presentations and a performance by Zakiya Hooker, daughter of blues legend John Lee Hooker. June 19, 1pm–3pm. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sonomacountyjuneteenth.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here.\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Black Neighborhood Juneteenth Hike\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nJoin the Black Neighborhood for a five-mile hike at Wildcat Canyon in El Cerrito, CA. June 19, 9am. \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CQHriZdMCpJ/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Mural Program Art Clash\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nCelebrate Juneteenth with an afternoon mural contest complete with a $1,000 prize; audience decides the winner. Auction of murals to follow. June 19, noon-4pm. Seventh West, Oakland. \u003ca href=\"http://@7thwestoakland\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Juneteenth on the Waterfront \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nCUESA and MegaBlack SF celebrate Juneteenth with a farmer’s market on the waterfront, featuring a range of local Black-owned businesses at the Embarcadero Ferry Terminal Plaza. July 19, 8am-2pm. \u003ca href=\"https://megablacksf.org/juneteenth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899017\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 768px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/image3.jpeg\" alt=\"Painters in a lot painting on canvases\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13899017\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/image3.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/image3-160x107.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bay Area Mural Program offers a grand prize of $1,000 at their Juneteenth event on Saturday. \u003ccite>(Courtesy BAMP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>More Juneteenth Events\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/berkeley-lab-live-science-scratching-the-surface-tickets-156001132587\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Scratching the Surface: A Hip-Hop STEM Story\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAn exploration of the physics of turntables and their importance in hip-hop with MacArthur Fellow Dr. Carl Haber, hip-hop artist Jahi, and DJ Miles Green. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sneaker-museum-oakland.myshopify.com/products/tickets-banned-exxhibit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sneaker Museum Oakland Presents ‘Banned’\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nLearn how the Jordan 1 laid the groundwork for sneaker culture. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfjazz.org/EXHIBIT\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jazz Photography of Chuck Stewart Across from SFJAZZ\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFrom 8am-10am on Saturday, SFJAZZ installs a new collection of photos of jazz stars on the empty school building at Franklin and Fell Streets. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://soulslicepizza.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Soul Slice Grand Opening\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nSoul food on a biscuit crust, inspired by Southern ingenuity. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>With Juneteenth now \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/06/17/1007602290/biden-and-harris-will-speak-at-the-bill-signing-making-juneteenth-a-federal-holi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a federal holiday\u003c/a>, there’s sure to be excitement in the air all around the country this Saturday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the Bay Area, Juneteenth has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11824731/berkeley-juneteenth-2020\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">long been celebrated\u003c/a> in many ways, from formally organized celebrations to casual cookouts by the lake. This year, we’ve rounded up a handful of them to plan your weekend around. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Bay Area Juneteenth Events\n\u003ch2>\n\u003c/h2>\u003c/h2>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Second Annual Oakland Juneteenth Fest\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWhile all of Lake Merritt is guaranteed to be one big celebration, the amphitheater hosts DJs, art installations, small local businesses, live artists, food vendors, and more. Presented by the Alena Museum, L.E.G.I.T., and Afrocentric Oakland. Lake Merritt Amphitheater. June 19, 12-8pm. \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CP04DU9BqeH/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Black Liberation Walking Tour \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nJoin the Friends of the Hoover Durant Public Library for a day of art, food, and live music celebrating the launch of the Black Liberation Walking Tour. Exploring the civil rights movement, the Great Migration, and contemporary Black liberation movements, the self-guided tour spans 100 years of history in West Oakland. June 19, 11am-4pm. \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/572413663743456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Juneteenth With MoAD\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco’s Museum of the African Diaspora presents a day of virtual workshops and roundtable talks. The day’s conversations explore the legacies of Black women in rock music, the role of dance in the Black social experience, and the history of the Juneteenth holiday. June 19, 11am-5pm. \u003ca href=\"https://www.moadsf.org/blog/celebrate-juneteenth-with-moad/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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June 19, 1-3pm. \u003ca href=\"https://bvoh.org/juneteenth-2021-art-culture-solidarity/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Grace Cathedral Presents Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco’s majestic Grace Cathedral is the setting for this Juneteenth celebration of Black music, including R&B, gospel and jazz. Led by Oakland-based DJ Nina Sol, the event streams online to kick off the day. June 19, 10am–11:30am, at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. \u003ca href=\"https://gracecathedral.org/calendar-events/music-at-grace-presents-juneteeth-a-celebration-of-freedom/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Outdoor Afro and East Bay Regional Parks Juneteenth Free Parks Day \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe East Bay Regional Park District joins forces with Outdoor Afro to waive park entry fees to its regional parks. With the goal of getting 50,000 people out in nature nationwide, Outdoor Afro encourages Americans to reflect on what freedom means by spending time in nature. June 19. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/civica/press/display.asp?layout=11&Entry=671\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sonoma County Juneteenth\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nVirtual event with presentations and a performance by Zakiya Hooker, daughter of blues legend John Lee Hooker. June 19, 1pm–3pm. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sonomacountyjuneteenth.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here.\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Black Neighborhood Juneteenth Hike\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nJoin the Black Neighborhood for a five-mile hike at Wildcat Canyon in El Cerrito, CA. June 19, 9am. \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CQHriZdMCpJ/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Mural Program Art Clash\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nCelebrate Juneteenth with an afternoon mural contest complete with a $1,000 prize; audience decides the winner. Auction of murals to follow. June 19, noon-4pm. Seventh West, Oakland. \u003ca href=\"http://@7thwestoakland\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Juneteenth on the Waterfront \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nCUESA and MegaBlack SF celebrate Juneteenth with a farmer’s market on the waterfront, featuring a range of local Black-owned businesses at the Embarcadero Ferry Terminal Plaza. July 19, 8am-2pm. \u003ca href=\"https://megablacksf.org/juneteenth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899017\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 768px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/image3.jpeg\" alt=\"Painters in a lot painting on canvases\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13899017\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/image3.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/image3-160x107.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bay Area Mural Program offers a grand prize of $1,000 at their Juneteenth event on Saturday. \u003ccite>(Courtesy BAMP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>More Juneteenth Events\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/berkeley-lab-live-science-scratching-the-surface-tickets-156001132587\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Scratching the Surface: A Hip-Hop STEM Story\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAn exploration of the physics of turntables and their importance in hip-hop with MacArthur Fellow Dr. Carl Haber, hip-hop artist Jahi, and DJ Miles Green. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sneaker-museum-oakland.myshopify.com/products/tickets-banned-exxhibit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sneaker Museum Oakland Presents ‘Banned’\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nLearn how the Jordan 1 laid the groundwork for sneaker culture. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfjazz.org/EXHIBIT\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jazz Photography of Chuck Stewart Across from SFJAZZ\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFrom 8am-10am on Saturday, SFJAZZ installs a new collection of photos of jazz stars on the empty school building at Franklin and Fell Streets. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://soulslicepizza.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Soul Slice Grand Opening\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nSoul food on a biscuit crust, inspired by Southern ingenuity. 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"content": "\u003cp>Influential choreographer and dancer \u003ca href=\"https://www.annahalprin.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anna Halprin\u003c/a> has died at age 100. Her art spanned high modernist works and collaborations with artists like John Cage to community-oriented projects that have helped guide people through serious illnesses. Her death was \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/TamalpaInstitute/posts/10159445643281812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced\u003c/a> by her family; no other details were given.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born Anna Schuman in Winnetka, Ill., in 1920, Halprin began studying dance as a little girl. She later pursued her studies at the University of Wisconsin, where she met landscape architect Lawrence Halprin; they were married for 70 years before his death in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11316701\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 458px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/AnnaLawrence640.jpg\" alt=\"Photographer unknonwn, Anna and Lawrence Halprin, circa 1940.\" width=\"458\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11316701\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/AnnaLawrence640.jpg 458w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/AnnaLawrence640-400x559.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/AnnaLawrence640-429x600.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photographer unknonwn, Anna and Lawrence Halprin, circa 1940. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Anna Halprin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After World War II, the couple settled in San Francisco—a move that reoriented Halprin away from the tight modernist circles of their former home, New York City, and towards different modalities. In 1955, Halprin founded the groundbreaking \u003ca href=\"https://annahalprindigitalarchive.omeka.net/exhibits/show/san-francisco-dancers-workshop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Dancers’ Workshop\u003c/a>, where her students included Simone Forti, Yvonne Rainer, Trisha Brown and Meredith Monk. She collaborated there with composers John Cage, Terry Riley and La Monte Young, among other creative forces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her husband was an influential figure in his own field, designing the memorial to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., as well as Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco, a 1.5-mile walkway in the old city of Jerusalem and parts of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System in Calif. The couple also collaborated: Mr. Halprin designed an outdoor deck on their home that served as a work space for his wife, which meandered through the redwoods by Mt. Tamalpais.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That had a tremendous impact on me,” Anna Halprin told \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/garden/in-california-a-marriage-of-dance-and-design.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> in 2014. “The dance deck was an eye-opener to taking theater to where people are rather than expecting people to come to you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Halprin’s most famous work arguably was 1965’s \u003ca href=\"https://annahalprindigitalarchive.omeka.net/exhibits/show/san-francisco-dancers-workshop/parades-and-changes\">\u003cem>Parades and Changes\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, in which her dancers undressed to nudity. When the piece premiered in 1967 at New York’s Hunter College, it was promptly banned, and arrest warrants were issued for all the performers, including composer Morton Subotnick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr />\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://archive.org/embed/right-on-ceremony-of-us_11873_pm0047625\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Halprin was fully conscious of the power of art in addressing social issues. In the late 1960s, she brought together Black and white dancers for her work \u003ca href=\"https://archive.org/details/right-on-ceremony-of-us_11873_pm0047625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Ceremony of Us\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Later works, including her \u003ca href=\"https://planetarydance.org/the-dance/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Planetary Dance\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, is centered around the idea of community engagement and renewal, and is meant to be performed by anyone who chooses to participate. In her vision, dance was a deeply democratic activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_11316687']After she was diagnosed with cancer in the early 1970s, Halprin began using dance as a tool of recovery and for addressing grave needs, both for herself and others. She developed specific programs for those suffering from cancer and AIDS. With her daughter Daria, in 1978 she founded the \u003ca href=\"https://www.tamalpa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tamalpa Institute\u003c/a>, an educational and research arm of the Dancers’ Workshop. (The Halprins also had another daughter, Rana.) Much of her work involved the connections between art and healing; as her husband ailed, she created such works as 2000’s \u003cem>Intensive Care: Reflections on Death and Dying\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/aWxpn8wOj70\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In all, Halprin created more than 150 dance pieces and wrote three books, the most recent of which, 2019’s \u003cem>Making Dances That Matter: Resources for Community Creativity\u003c/em>, was written with psychotherapist Rachel Kaplan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Part of the challenge I have faced in my work,” Halprin wrote, “is to take our practice of mostly ornamental or performative dance to a place where it can serve multiple community, social and survival needs. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Influential choreographer and dancer \u003ca href=\"https://www.annahalprin.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anna Halprin\u003c/a> has died at age 100. Her art spanned high modernist works and collaborations with artists like John Cage to community-oriented projects that have helped guide people through serious illnesses. Her death was \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/TamalpaInstitute/posts/10159445643281812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced\u003c/a> by her family; no other details were given.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born Anna Schuman in Winnetka, Ill., in 1920, Halprin began studying dance as a little girl. She later pursued her studies at the University of Wisconsin, where she met landscape architect Lawrence Halprin; they were married for 70 years before his death in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11316701\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 458px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/AnnaLawrence640.jpg\" alt=\"Photographer unknonwn, Anna and Lawrence Halprin, circa 1940.\" width=\"458\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11316701\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/AnnaLawrence640.jpg 458w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/AnnaLawrence640-400x559.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/AnnaLawrence640-429x600.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photographer unknonwn, Anna and Lawrence Halprin, circa 1940. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Anna Halprin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After World War II, the couple settled in San Francisco—a move that reoriented Halprin away from the tight modernist circles of their former home, New York City, and towards different modalities. In 1955, Halprin founded the groundbreaking \u003ca href=\"https://annahalprindigitalarchive.omeka.net/exhibits/show/san-francisco-dancers-workshop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Dancers’ Workshop\u003c/a>, where her students included Simone Forti, Yvonne Rainer, Trisha Brown and Meredith Monk. She collaborated there with composers John Cage, Terry Riley and La Monte Young, among other creative forces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her husband was an influential figure in his own field, designing the memorial to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., as well as Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco, a 1.5-mile walkway in the old city of Jerusalem and parts of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System in Calif. The couple also collaborated: Mr. Halprin designed an outdoor deck on their home that served as a work space for his wife, which meandered through the redwoods by Mt. Tamalpais.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That had a tremendous impact on me,” Anna Halprin told \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/garden/in-california-a-marriage-of-dance-and-design.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> in 2014. “The dance deck was an eye-opener to taking theater to where people are rather than expecting people to come to you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Halprin’s most famous work arguably was 1965’s \u003ca href=\"https://annahalprindigitalarchive.omeka.net/exhibits/show/san-francisco-dancers-workshop/parades-and-changes\">\u003cem>Parades and Changes\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, in which her dancers undressed to nudity. When the piece premiered in 1967 at New York’s Hunter College, it was promptly banned, and arrest warrants were issued for all the performers, including composer Morton Subotnick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr />\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://archive.org/embed/right-on-ceremony-of-us_11873_pm0047625\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Halprin was fully conscious of the power of art in addressing social issues. In the late 1960s, she brought together Black and white dancers for her work \u003ca href=\"https://archive.org/details/right-on-ceremony-of-us_11873_pm0047625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Ceremony of Us\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Later works, including her \u003ca href=\"https://planetarydance.org/the-dance/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Planetary Dance\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, is centered around the idea of community engagement and renewal, and is meant to be performed by anyone who chooses to participate. In her vision, dance was a deeply democratic activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>After she was diagnosed with cancer in the early 1970s, Halprin began using dance as a tool of recovery and for addressing grave needs, both for herself and others. She developed specific programs for those suffering from cancer and AIDS. With her daughter Daria, in 1978 she founded the \u003ca href=\"https://www.tamalpa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tamalpa Institute\u003c/a>, an educational and research arm of the Dancers’ Workshop. (The Halprins also had another daughter, Rana.) Much of her work involved the connections between art and healing; as her husband ailed, she created such works as 2000’s \u003cem>Intensive Care: Reflections on Death and Dying\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/aWxpn8wOj70'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/aWxpn8wOj70'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>In all, Halprin created more than 150 dance pieces and wrote three books, the most recent of which, 2019’s \u003cem>Making Dances That Matter: Resources for Community Creativity\u003c/em>, was written with psychotherapist Rachel Kaplan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Part of the challenge I have faced in my work,” Halprin wrote, “is to take our practice of mostly ornamental or performative dance to a place where it can serve multiple community, social and survival needs. This is a book about creating dances that matter to people in their real lives, repurposing dance as a vehicle for social change and community resilience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Copyright 2021 \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>With vaccinations rolling along and Bay Area counties moving out of restrictive tiers, we’re seeing more and more reopenings of movie theaters, museums, attractions and even live music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below is a regularly updated list of what we know is open. Check back for updates to guide your weekend planning, and as always, adhere to your county’s mandates and guidance for COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: Hours and policies may be different than what you were used to pre-pandemic. Some venues may require \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11867934/covid-vaccine-passports-how-they-could-work-when-you-might-need-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proof of vaccine\u003c/a>. It’s advisable to follow the links to each venue’s website for more details. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>UPDATE: As of June 15, we will no longer be adding to this list. With California’s COVID restrictions mostly lifted, it is now more newsworthy if something is closed than if it’s reopened. Even live music and theatre are starting to trickle back. Congratulations to us all for making it through the long, lonely arts dry spell.—Ed. \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump To\u003c/strong>: \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#museums\">Museums\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> | \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#music\">Live Music\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> | \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#movies\">Movie Theaters\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> | \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#theatre\">Live Theatre\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> | \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sports\">Sports\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> | \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#other\">Other\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=”8284″ src=”https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/8284.js”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13894619\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs1-800x127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs1-800x127.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs1-1020x162.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs1-160x25.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs1-768x122.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs1.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"museums\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>Museums and Art Centers\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Open Now\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://asianart.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Asian Art Museum\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://bampfa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BAMPFA\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.bedfordgallery.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyartcenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Berkeley Art Center\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://museum.stanford.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cantor Arts Center and the Anderson Collection\u003c/a>, Stanford University\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://schulzmuseum.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles M. Schulz Museum\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cccsf.us/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chinese Culture Center\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://deyoung.famsf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">de Young Museum\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.calacademy.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Academy of Sciences\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://californiahistoricalsociety.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Historical Society\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://conservatoryofflowers.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conservatory of Flowers, San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.thecjm.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contemporary Jewish Museum\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.dirosaart.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">di Rosa\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca 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Culture\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmoma.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://sjmusart.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Jose Museum of Art\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.sjquiltmuseum.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://somarts.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SOMArts\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://svma.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sonoma Valley Museum of Art\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Opening Soon\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://museumca.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Museum of California\u003c/a> – opening June 18\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exploratorium\u003c/a> – opening July 1\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13894618\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Stubs2-800x133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Stubs2-800x133.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Stubs2-1020x169.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Stubs2-160x27.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Stubs2-768x127.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Stubs2.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"music\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>Live Music\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Most live music is currently outdoors; we’re noticing a general return to large indoor concerts starting in August–September. 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Novato\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://mrtipplessf.com/calendar/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mr. Tipple’s Jazz Studio\u003c/a> – Live jazz Thursday-Saturday\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13896318/sf-symphony-returns-to-in-person-concerts-in-may\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Symphony\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.hopmonk.com/twin-oaks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twin Oaks Roadhouse\u003c/a> – Outdoor music in Penngrove\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://theuctheatre.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UC Theatre\u003c/a> – Outdoor music every Friday and Saturday night\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Coming Soon\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/\">Stern Grove Festival\u003c/a> – returning June 20 for summer 2021; lineup announced soon\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://secondskyfest.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Porter Robinson’s Second Sky Festival\u003c/a> – returning Sept. 18 and 19 in Berkeley\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandsymphony.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Symphony\u003c/a> – Opening Oct. 15\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.operasj.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Opera San Jose\u003c/a> – Returns Sept. 30\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Outside Lands\u003c/a> – returning Halloween weekend; tickets sold out\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.oxbowriverstage.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Oxbow Riverstage\u003c/a>, Downtown Napa – Shows resume Aug. 14\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://live.stanford.edu/venues/frost-amphitheater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frost Amphitheater\u003c/a> – live performances resume July 1\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://yoshis.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Yoshi’s\u003c/a> – club is reopening for live music starting July 9 \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13894617\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs4-800x137.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs4-800x137.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs4-1020x175.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs4-160x27.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs4-768x131.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs4.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"movies\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>Movie Theaters\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Open Now\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca 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rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embarcadero Center Cinema in San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://fortmason.org/event/flix/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fort Mason Flix in San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>East Bay\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/oakland/amc-bay-street-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMC Bay Street 16, Emeryville\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-hayward/century-at-hayward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century at Hayward\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-san-leandro/century-16-bayfair-mall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century 16 Bayfair Mall\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-hayward/century-southland-mall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century Southland Mall in 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href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-redwood-city/redwood-downtown-20-and-xd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Redwood Downtown 20 in Redwood City\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-san-bruno/century-at-tanforan-and-xd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century at Tanforan in San Bruno\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.westwinddi.com/locations/capitol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Wind Capitol Drive-In in San Jose\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>North Bay\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemawest.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boulevard 14 Cinemas in Petaluma\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.santarosacinemas.com/roxy-14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roxy Stadium 14 in Santa Rosa\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.sebastianitheatre.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sebastiani Theatre in Sonoma\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.santarosacinemas.com/summerfield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Summerfield Cinemas in Santa Rosa\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-novato/century-rowland-plaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century Rowland Plaza in Novato\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-san-rafael/century-northgate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century Northgate in San Rafael\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-vallejo/century-14-vallejo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century 14 Vallejo\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-napa/century-napa-valley-and-xd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century Napa Valley\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.readingcinemasus.com/rohnertpark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reading Cinemas Rohnert Park\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.regmovies.com/theatres/regal-jack-london/1808#/buy-tickets-by-cinema?in-cinema=1808&at=2021-05-21&view-mode=list\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Regal Jack London\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.regmovies.com/theatres/regal-ua-berkeley/1172#/buy-tickets-by-cinema?in-cinema=1172&at=2021-05-21&view-mode=list\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Regal UA Berkeley\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.regmovies.com/theatres/regal-stonestown-galleria-screenx-4dx-rpx/1464#/buy-tickets-by-cinema?in-cinema=1464&view-mode=list\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Regal Stonestown\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://rialtocinemas.com/index.php?location=elmwood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rialto Cinemas Elmwood\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://rialtocinemas.com/index.php?location=sebastopol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rialto Cinemas Sebastopol\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13894616\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs3-800x130.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs3-800x130.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs3-1020x166.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs3-160x26.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs3-768x125.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs3.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"theatre\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>Live Theatre\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.broadwaysf.com/Online/default.asp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Gate Theatre\u003c/a> – 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13894619\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs1-800x127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs1-800x127.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs1-1020x162.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs1-160x25.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs1-768x122.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs1.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"museums\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>Museums and Art Centers\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Open Now\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://asianart.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Asian Art Museum\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://bampfa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BAMPFA\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.bedfordgallery.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyartcenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Berkeley Art Center\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://museum.stanford.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cantor Arts Center and the Anderson Collection\u003c/a>, Stanford University\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://schulzmuseum.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles M. Schulz Museum\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cccsf.us/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chinese Culture Center\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://deyoung.famsf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">de Young Museum\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.calacademy.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Academy of Sciences\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://californiahistoricalsociety.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Historical Society\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://conservatoryofflowers.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conservatory of Flowers, San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.thecjm.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contemporary Jewish Museum\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.dirosaart.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">di Rosa\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.icasanjose.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ICA San Jose\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://legionofhonor.famsf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Legion of Honor\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.mcevoyarts.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McEvoy Foundation for the Arts\u003c/a> (reservation required)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.numulosgatos.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">New Museum Los Gatos\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Community-Services/Arts-Sciences/Palo-Alto-Art-Center\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Palo Alto Art Center\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://sfmcd.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Museum of Craft and Design\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://richmondmuseum.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richmond Museum of History & Culture\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmoma.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://sjmusart.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Jose Museum of Art\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.sjquiltmuseum.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://somarts.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SOMArts\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://svma.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sonoma Valley Museum of Art\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Opening Soon\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://museumca.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Museum of California\u003c/a> – opening June 18\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exploratorium\u003c/a> – opening July 1\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13894618\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Stubs2-800x133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Stubs2-800x133.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Stubs2-1020x169.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Stubs2-160x27.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Stubs2-768x127.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Stubs2.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"music\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>Live Music\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Most live music is currently outdoors; we’re noticing a general return to large indoor concerts starting in August–September. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Open Now\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.audium.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Audium\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://backroommusic.com/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Back Room\u003c/a> in Berkeley – Outdoor live music\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.bluenotenapa.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blue Note Napa\u003c/a> – Concerts being held outdoors starting in May at Charles Krug Winery\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://thechapelsf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Chapel\u003c/a> – Outdoor shows with dinner\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.feinsteinssf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Feinstein’s at the Nikko\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.hopmonk.com/livemusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hopmonk Tavern\u003c/a> – Outdoor music in Sebastopol, Sonoma and Novato\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://mrtipplessf.com/calendar/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mr. Tipple’s Jazz Studio\u003c/a> – Live jazz Thursday-Saturday\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13896318/sf-symphony-returns-to-in-person-concerts-in-may\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Symphony\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.hopmonk.com/twin-oaks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twin Oaks Roadhouse\u003c/a> – Outdoor music in Penngrove\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://theuctheatre.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UC Theatre\u003c/a> – Outdoor music every Friday and Saturday night\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Coming Soon\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/\">Stern Grove Festival\u003c/a> – returning June 20 for summer 2021; lineup announced soon\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://secondskyfest.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Porter Robinson’s Second Sky Festival\u003c/a> – returning Sept. 18 and 19 in Berkeley\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandsymphony.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Symphony\u003c/a> – Opening Oct. 15\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.operasj.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Opera San Jose\u003c/a> – Returns Sept. 30\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Outside Lands\u003c/a> – returning Halloween weekend; tickets sold out\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.oxbowriverstage.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Oxbow Riverstage\u003c/a>, Downtown Napa – Shows resume Aug. 14\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://live.stanford.edu/venues/frost-amphitheater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frost Amphitheater\u003c/a> – live performances resume July 1\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://yoshis.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Yoshi’s\u003c/a> – club is reopening for live music starting July 9 \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13894617\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs4-800x137.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs4-800x137.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs4-1020x175.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs4-160x27.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs4-768x131.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs4.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"movies\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>Movie Theaters\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Open Now\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/san-francisco/amc-kabuki-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMC Kabuki 8 in Japantown, San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/san-francisco/amc-metreon-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMC Metreon 16, San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemasf.com/balboa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Balboa Theater\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-san-francisco/century-san-francisco-centre-9-and-xd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century San Francisco Centre 9\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-daly-city/century-20-daly-city-and-xd-and-imax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century 20 Daly City\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.landmarktheatres.com/san-francisco/embarcadero-center-cinema\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embarcadero Center Cinema in San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://fortmason.org/event/flix/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fort Mason Flix in San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>East Bay\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/oakland/amc-bay-street-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMC Bay Street 16, Emeryville\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-hayward/century-at-hayward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century at Hayward\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-san-leandro/century-16-bayfair-mall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century 16 Bayfair Mall\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-hayward/century-southland-mall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century Southland Mall in Hayward\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-union-city/century-25-union-landing-and-xd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century 25 Union Landing in Union City\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.renaissancerialto.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Grand Lake Theater\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemawest.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Livermore 13 Cinema\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.westwinddi.com/locations/solano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Wind Solano Drive-In in Concord\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemawest.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Veranda Luxe Cinema in Concord\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>South Bay/Penninsula\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/san-francisco/amc-newpark-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMC NewPark 12, Newark\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/san-jose/amc-mercado-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMC Mercado 20, San Jose\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/san-francisco/amc-dine-in-sunnyvale-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMC Dine-In Sunnyvale 12, Sunnyvale\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/san-jose/amc-saratoga-14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMC Saratoga 14, San Jose\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/san-jose/amc-eastridge-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMC Eastridge 15, San Jose\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-san-mateo/century-12-san-mateo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century 12 San Mateo\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-redwood-city/redwood-downtown-20-and-xd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Redwood Downtown 20 in Redwood City\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-san-bruno/century-at-tanforan-and-xd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century at Tanforan in San Bruno\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.westwinddi.com/locations/capitol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Wind Capitol Drive-In in San Jose\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>North Bay\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemawest.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boulevard 14 Cinemas in Petaluma\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.santarosacinemas.com/roxy-14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roxy Stadium 14 in Santa Rosa\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.sebastianitheatre.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sebastiani Theatre in Sonoma\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.santarosacinemas.com/summerfield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Summerfield Cinemas in Santa Rosa\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-novato/century-rowland-plaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century Rowland Plaza in Novato\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-san-rafael/century-northgate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century Northgate in San Rafael\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-vallejo/century-14-vallejo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century 14 Vallejo\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cinemark.com/theatres/ca-napa/century-napa-valley-and-xd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Century Napa Valley\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.readingcinemasus.com/rohnertpark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reading Cinemas Rohnert Park\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.regmovies.com/theatres/regal-jack-london/1808#/buy-tickets-by-cinema?in-cinema=1808&at=2021-05-21&view-mode=list\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Regal Jack London\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.regmovies.com/theatres/regal-ua-berkeley/1172#/buy-tickets-by-cinema?in-cinema=1172&at=2021-05-21&view-mode=list\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Regal UA Berkeley\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.regmovies.com/theatres/regal-stonestown-galleria-screenx-4dx-rpx/1464#/buy-tickets-by-cinema?in-cinema=1464&view-mode=list\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Regal Stonestown\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://rialtocinemas.com/index.php?location=elmwood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rialto Cinemas Elmwood\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://rialtocinemas.com/index.php?location=sebastopol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rialto Cinemas Sebastopol\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13894616\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs3-800x130.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs3-800x130.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs3-1020x166.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs3-160x26.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs3-768x125.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs3.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"theatre\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>Live Theatre\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.broadwaysf.com/Online/default.asp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Gate Theatre\u003c/a> – in-person performances resume Oct. 13 with \u003cem>Jesus Christ Superstar\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.broadwaysf.com/Online/default.asp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Orpheum Theatre\u003c/a> – in-person performances resume Nov. 3 with \u003cem>My Fair Lady\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Playhouse\u003c/a> – in-person performances resume June 8 with \u003cem>Hold These Truths\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13894619\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs1-800x127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs1-800x127.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs1-1020x162.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs1-160x25.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs1-768x122.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/stubs1.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"sports\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>Sports\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Available Now\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.nba.com/warriors/tickets/single\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Golden State Warriors \u003c/a>– Single-game tickets available now; negative test result or proof of vaccination required for entry\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/athletics/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland A’s\u003c/a> – Regular single-game tickets on sale now\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandrootssc.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Roots\u003c/a> – Home games start in June, \u003ca 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"content": "\u003cp>Thirty years ago this month, \u003cem>Madonna: Truth or Dare\u003c/em> was released to much fanfare. The documentary—part concert movie, part backstage exposé—captured the singer’s 1990 Blond Ambition world tour. It would be the highest grossing documentary of all time for the next 12 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, \u003cem>Truth or Dare\u003c/em> stands as a feminist moment awkwardly sandwiched between its second and third waves. At the same time, the movie is probably most remembered for its strides toward gay visibility. The film presented Madonna’s touring crew as one big, (usually) happy family. And because all but one of her dancers were gay, same-sex relationships were presented in the film as just the same as everyone else’s. In 1991, in the midst of the AIDS crisis, the impact of that cannot be overstated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSZeyJPQT2A\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t just Madonna’s relationships with her dancers, either. At one genuinely vulnerable point, she is seen dedicating a concert to \u003ca href=\"http://www.newnownext.com/keith-haring-birthday-60-madonna-brooke-shields/05/2018/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">her friend Keith Haring\u003c/a>, who had recently lost his life to AIDS-related complications. Later, we see her lunching with her friend Sandra Bernhard, as the two casually discuss the woman Bernhard is sleeping with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As one of the biggest pop stars in the world at the time, Madonna’s example mattered. She knew it, and so did Alek Keshishian, her 26-year-old director. “I was in this bubble where that was just all accepted,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/arts/music/madonna-truth-or-dare-alek-keshishian.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keshishian told the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> in 2016. “I felt instinctively that I wanted to get across how in Madonna’s world, homosexuality was just a fact of life. These dancers, who she felt so close to, they were going through that age of AIDS. There was still so much stigma against it. I felt personally the power of putting that out, but I had no idea that it might resonate with others quite the way it did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2016, \u003cem>Huffington Post\u003c/em>‘s \u003ca href=\"https://www.huffpost.com/entry/madonnas-groundbreaking-t_b_9238490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daryl Deino wrote\u003c/a> about the impact \u003cem>Truth or Dare\u003c/em> had on him as a closeted young man in Skokie, Illinois.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>[There] was a scene of a gay pride parade—something I had never seen before … Madonna’s dancers stand in the sidelines while people march, screaming, ‘We’re here. We’re queer. Get used to it!‘ There are all types of people … ‘Even I could fit in there,’ I thought. That moment changed my life … Madonna’s dancers were now my heroes. They let me know that it was okay to be different. Even if you are a part of the LGBT community, you wouldn’t understand what I felt unless you lived through the ‘80s or early ‘90s as a teenager.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>It’s important to acknowledge in 2021 just how crucial the documentary was at the time. Because for audiences watching now who didn’t live through the era, there is much in \u003cem>Truth or Dare\u003c/em> to be offended by.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one, the movie is riddled with gay slurs. It’s impossible not to flinch now, watching Madonna drop so many ‘F’ bombs. At one point, she tells one of her dancers, “I wouldn’t hire fags that hate women. I kill fags that hate women. In fact, I kill anybody who hates women.” Cringeworthy though it is, the scene is a reflection of the ‘90s as a period of reclaiming historically hostile language, and a reminder that allies at the time were permitted to do the same. (By the end of the decade, even the ladies of \u003cem>Sex and the City\u003c/em> were using the other ‘F’ word.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13915838']That outburst is especially tough to sit through after scenes in which the one straight dancer Madonna has hired appears to hate gay men. “It’s my first time working with fags,” Oliver Crumes tells the camera. “Have you ever seen [dancer] Luis [Camacho] walk in his underwear in front of just a whole bunch of people? I don’t have no kind of respect for these people. We know he’s a fag, or gay, or whatever you wanna call it. But you don’t have to show it to everybody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crumes \u003ca href=\"https://www.vulture.com/2021/05/madonna-truth-or-dare-oral-history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently admitted to \u003cem>Vulture\u003c/em>\u003c/a>: “Before the tour started, I was homophobic. I wasn’t all with it. Learning from all the guys what their lives were like when they were young was just mind-blowing. If it wasn’t for Madonna and that tour, I would never have got that experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the same interview, backing vocalist Donna DeLory stands by the movie as one that empowers women. “My daughter is 18,” she says, “and in this day and age, she watches that movie and sees nothing but strength. She sees a role model. To be around a woman like Madonna was just like, ‘Yes!’ We felt taken care of.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s true that, for the most part, the Madonna we see in \u003cem>Truth or Dare\u003c/em> is powerful, always in control, and astoundingly disciplined with her work ethic. She goes far above and beyond the 21st century idea of leaning in. But the way she handles a sexual assault, mid-tour, is jaw-dropping to witness in the post-#MeToo age. After one of her makeup artists, Sharon Gault, is attacked in New York City, the only member of the crew who seems appropriately concerned is dancer Carlton Wilborn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was at the club dancing,” Wilborn tells Madonna, backstage. “The next thing she knew was that she woke up in her room nude, and her stuff was stolen, and she went to the bathroom and her butt was bleeding.” Madonna responds by covering her face, nervously laughing, then offering an explainer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know how you wouldn’t remember something like that,” she says. “They drugged her ass. All I can think of is that she started talking about how she was on tour with me, she’s staying at the Ritz Carlton and those guys, whoever they were, got it in their mind that they were going to fuck with her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juxtaposed with the scene between Madonna and Wilborn is one in which Gault relays her experience. “I never thought that something like that would ever happen to me,” a visibly shellshocked Gault tells DeLory and fellow backing vocalist, Niki Haris. “It was a nice club. It was really nice. And there were nice people there, and I was dancing with these boys. I was totally sober … And then next thing I know, I wake up this morning. I’m never going to go out by myself again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_112976']At no point does anyone attempt to contact police, or the club at which Gault was drugged, or get medical or therapeutic assistance for her. The assault is treated as simply a hazard of being naive in New York City, and a particularly harsh life lesson. For anyone still wondering why so many of Harvey Weinstein’s and Bill Cosby’s accusers didn’t come forward sooner, this moment in \u003cem>Truth or Dare\u003c/em> stands as an efficient explainer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legacy of \u003cem>Truth or Dare\u003c/em> is further complicated by the fact that three dancers—Crumes, Gabriel Trupin and Kevin Stea—sued Madonna in 1992 over the film, in part, for invasion of privacy. The three had not wanted certain scenes included in the film, and felt they had not been adequately compensated for their contributions. The case was settled out of court in 1994. This year, Stea told \u003cem>Vulture\u003c/em>, “The choice I made to do the lawsuit was literally because I said, ‘What would she do? She would fight for herself’ … She kept telling me, ‘Don’t let people take advantage of you.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When all is said and done, \u003cem>Truth or Dare\u003c/em> may not be perfect, but it \u003cem>is\u003c/em> a perfect snapshot of early 1990s culture, messy though it was. Its status as a groundbreaking work of both female and LGBT empowerment is certainly warranted, despite how 2021 audiences might react to the language and attitudes caught on camera. That three of the dancers featured—Wilborn, Trupin and Salim Gauwloos— were, unbeknownst to audiences, living with HIV or AIDS at the time of filming only serves to give the film added poignancy. (San Francisco resident \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/OBITUARY-Gabriel-Trupin-3017397.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trupin\u003c/a> died just five years after appearing in \u003cem>Truth or Dare\u003c/em>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alek’s particular vision really paid tribute to gay culture,” dancer Kevin Stea noted this year. “Being gay himself and sharing the humanity of our community is what gave this movie long-lasting legs, and power, and iconic status.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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