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The performance will be accompanied by a visual installation by landscape photographer Deborah O’Grady designed to capture the grandeur of Utah’s desert landscapes. A co-commission with Los Angeles Philharmonic, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and Washington Performing Arts, the performance will celebrate the centenary of the National Park Service. Using Cal Performances’ model of artistic literacy, staff will engage local middle- and high school students in a creative process inspired by Messiaen’s work and the landscape photography of Ms. O’Grady. The Trust will document and disseminate the process and the work online.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Inc. (aka Healdsburg Jazz)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$20,000 (Healdsburg, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Music\u003cbr>\nTo support the Oceans of Time: A Journey Through the Music of Billy “Jabali” Hart component of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival. The two-day mini-festival will celebrate the diverse career, creative vision, and impact of drummer Billy Hart. Proposed programming includes a reunion of Hart with his pioneering Enhance and Quest ensembles as well as performances by his Oceans of Time group and his current quartet with pianist Ethan Iverson, Ben Street, and Mark Turner. Other participating artists may include NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman as well as Geri Allen, Steve Coleman, Mark Feldman, Eddie Henderson, Dave Holland, Oliver Lake, Billy Harper, and other musicians Hart has performed with throughout his career.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Marin Theatre Company (aka MTC)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$20,000 (Mill Valley, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Theater & Musical Theater\u003cbr>\nTo support the premiere of “Swimmers” by Rachel Bonds. The play is set in a business industrial park and its plot travels up the floors of an office building in which no one does any work. The news of a sexual harassment case quickly ascends the building’s 11 floors and eventually ends up on the roof. As the details of the situation become more ambiguous and surreal, coyotes howl in the distance and the end of the world may be nigh. \u003cem>Swimmers\u003c/em> will feature a multicultural cast and will mark Bonds’ premiere as a playwright in California’s Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>AXIS Dance Company (aka AXIS)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$20,000 (Oakland, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance\u003cbr>\nTo support Dance Access Education and Outreach programs in the Bay Area and on a national tour. AXIS will offer a variety of events for youth and adults with and without disabilities who are based locally and nationally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Project activities may include dance classes, school assemblies, a dance camp for youth, teacher training, and a dance apprentice program for students with spinal cord injuries. Additional activities may comprise workshops for emerging choreographers and professional dancers, community workshops, lecture-demonstrations, and presentations. A new program that will be offered locally and while on tour will include open rehearsals and movement experience for veterans.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Destiny Arts Center (aka Destiny Arts)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$20,000 (Oakland, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Arts Education\u003cbr>\nTo support Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company’s collaboration with professional dancers, choreographers, and theater artists, culminating in dance theater productions that express life challenges and aspirations. Productions will combine hip-hop, modern, and aerial dance with acting and dramatic recitation. The project will support rehearsals leading up to a spring performance as well as auditions, retreat, and rehearsal for a fall performance. Students will have many opportunities to perform in self-produced concerts, conferences, festivals, and other community venues.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>East Bay Performing Arts (aka Oakland East Bay Symphony)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (Oakland, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nTo support the creation and premiere of a new work by composer Van-Anh Vanessa Vo performed by Oakland Symphony with related educational activities. The work, titled “Notes from Vietnam” will be scored for orchestra and dan tranh, a traditional Vietnamese zither. The premiere will feature the composer as soloist. Communityevents may include workshops on Vietnamese culture and traditional music instruments as well as performances by the composer’s dan tranh zither students.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (aka Leonardo)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$15,000 (Oakland, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Artist Communities\u003cbr>\nTo support residencies for artists and scientists. Artists whose works are inspired by mathematics or scientific disciplines will connect with scientists who are involved in art-related research and/or who are artist themselves at Leonardo. Previously, Santa Cruz choreographer mathematician/educator Karl Schaffer collaborated with Spanish physicist Guillermo Munoz to create a new dance based on string polyhedra. Additional activities will include presentations of the residents’ work in public forums, as well as the publication of their work in an international journal and online.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Kitka, Inc. (aka Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$15,000 (Oakland, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works\u003cbr>\nTo support the creation and presentation of “Iron Shoes.” The ensemble will work in collaboration with stage director/choreographer Erika Chong Shuch and members of her dance-theater company The ESP Project, as well as composer Janet Kutulas and production designer Allen Willner, to create a multidisciplinary piece inspired by Eastern European fairy tales. The artists will explore themes of female empowerment and disempowerment, confinement and mobility, youth and age, daily life and dreams, and the relationship to self.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Living Jazz\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (Oakland, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Challenge America\u003cbr>\nTo support: In the Name of Love, the 14th Musical Tribute Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The tribute will include the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and the Oakland Children’s Community Choir, as well as proposed vocalists Paula West, Terrance Kelly, Patti Cathcart, Zoe Ellis, and Destani Wolff, specializing in the performance of jazz and gospel music. The event, intended to serve a predominantly African-American community, will also include a tribute to vocalist, pianist, and composer Nina Simone. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Inc. (aka OIGC)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (Oakland, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Challenge America\u003cbr>\nTo support a free gospel concert featuring pianist, composer, and arranger Dr. Edwin Hawkins, with related outreach. The project, intended to serve economically disadvantaged, primarily African-American residents, will feature the world premiere of “I Ain’t Here To Stay,” a new vocal suite about African-American male slave experiences, influenced by traditional spirituals and composed by vocalist Terrance Kelly. Hawkins will also premiere his own new compositions and conduct a performance that will include gospel choirs such as the Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir, the Universal Gospel Choir, the Portland Interfaith Gospel Choir, the Limon Interfaith Gospel Choir, the SKRUK choir, and the Total Experience Gospel Choir. Associated outreach activities\u003cbr>\nwill include workshops and panel discussions covering composition, choir management, organizational growth, board development, and performance techniques for choirs and solo vocalists. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Project Bandaloop (aka BANDALOOP)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$30,000 (Oakland, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance/Imagine Your Parks\u003cbr>\nTo support the creation and presentation of a dance work to commemorate the National Park Service’s centennial, an Imagine Your Parks project. Coyote Waltzes by Artistic Director Amelia Rudolph will explore the Native American myth of the trickster coyote through dances. The work will be performed on mountains in Yosemite National Park. Young performers from Oakland’s Destiny Arts will be involved in the execution of the work. The company also will work with Yosemite staff to connect the next generation of park stewards to its mission, introducing them to environmental responsibility and conservation through the project. The work will be presented to the public through social media platforms and livestreaming. BANDALOOP also plans to share\u003cbr>\nthe work through interactive projections of the performance on city buildings. “Coyote Waltzes” will culminate in a performance on the Great Wall in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Youth Radio\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$60,000 (Oakland, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Arts Education\u003cbr>\nTo support the Arts Pathway initiative for youth. Participating students from underserved communities will receive mentoring from professional artists, develop platforms to distribute their art at the community and national level, and operate downtown Oakland’s only storefront youth arts center (known as 1719 Broadway). Works created in the Arts Pathway program will be presented to public audiences, displayed in public spaces, and distributed through a national media network.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>East Bay Center for the Performing Arts\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$65,000 (Richmond, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Arts Education\u003cbr>\nTo support the Young Artist Diploma Program. The project is a multi-year dance, media, music, and theater training program for middle and high school students from underserved communities in west Contra Costa County. Professional artists will teach ongoing group classes and individual lessons that will take place in the Iron Triangle Neighborhood of Richmond, California. In addition to Western art forms (classical music, ballet, jazz, contemporary dance, hip-hop, voice), instruction is also offered in the music and dance of Mexico, West Africa, and Laos, and the Caribbean. After the fourth year, some students can continue to be involved in the program as paid teaching assistants, mentoring younger students. The participating students will receive individual coaching and increased opportunities for solo and small ensemble performances at a wide variety of community and professional events.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Each One Reach One\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$20,000 (S. San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Theater & Musical Theater\u003cbr>\nTo support the Playwriting Workshops. The program will provide arts education services to incarcerated teenagers. Each workshop cycle will provide as many as ten, three-hour sessions to detainees who will be mentored one-on-one to create and develop one-act plays. Workshops will take place inside San Francisco’s\u003cbr>\nJuvenile Justice Center, the Success Center of the San Francisco Youth Summer Program, the San Mateo County Youth Services Center, and Camp Kemp for Girls. Participants will learn how to articulate a dramatic narrative, explore conflict through dialogue, create characters, and how to write a dramatic climax and resolution. Each\u003cbr>\nworkshop will culminate with the reading of participants’ plays by professional actors before an audience of parents, peers, teachers, probation officers, and invited members of the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>3rd I South Asian Independent Film (aka 3rd i Films)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Challenge America\u003cbr>\nTo support the San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival. The festival will screen full-length features, documentaries, and short films by independent South Asian filmmakers from the United States, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Canada, and Europe. The festival’s focus – its screenings, media artist presentations, and panel discussion – is intended to offer a diverse range of perspectives on the lives of South Asian people in places through the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Asian American Women Artists Association (aka AAWAA)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Challenge America\u003cbr>\nTo support a multidisciplinary art exhibition inspired by the life and work of Japanese-American civil rights leader Yuri Kochiyama. The exhibition will feature invited and juror-selected emerging and established artists from around the country. Priority outreach will be focused on Asian- and Pacific Islander-American, AfricanAmerican,\u003cbr>\nand Latino communities, but the exhibition will be open to artists of all ethnicities and genders. Exhibition programming will include a panel discussion. The primary exhibition site will be SOMArts Culture Center in San Francisco, with a smaller satellite exhibition held in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc. (aka BAVC)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$50,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Media Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support the provision of video and audio preservation services. Through the Preservation Access Program, the Bay Area Video Coalition will work with media artists and cultural organizations to ensure that artistically significant works are preserved and made available to the public for live and online exhibitions. Approximately\u003cbr>\n300 hours of audiovisual material as well as media in early digital formats are expected to be preserved. Recent clients include The Other Minds Music Festival, Dance Theatre of Harlem, The Poetry Center and American Poetry Archive, and Video Data Bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts & Technology (aka BAYCAT)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Arts Education\u003cbr>\nTo support the BAYCAT Youth Powered Media Program. Students will develop skills such as artistic expression, critical thinking, and effective communication, while receiving comprehensive instruction in digital media arts technology. As youth media producers, students will collaborate to create programming for the award-winning, youth-created TV show, “Zoom In.”.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Center for Asian American Media (aka CAAM)\n\u003ch3>\n\u003ch5>$25,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003c/h3>\u003c/h3>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Media Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support CAAMFest 2016, a media arts festival showcasing the work of Asian and Asian-American artists. Held in San Francisco, Berkley, Oakland, and San Jose, the festival features film, music, and digital media as well as live events and multimedia performances. Festival programming will include screenings from the filmmaking workshop “Muslim Youth Voices” and works portraying untold stories of Asian and Asian-American experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Center for the Art of Translation\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$35,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Literature\u003cbr>\nTo support the publication and promotion of print and electronic versions of the journal “Two Lines,” as well as books in translation. Dedicated to building an audience for world writing, the journal often features writers who are well known in their own languages but unknown in English. Books selected for publication will highlight the ethnic, cultural, and gender diversity of international literature.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Community Music Center (aka CMC)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Arts Education\u003cbr>\nTo support the Young Musicians Program (YMP). This free program for diverse middle and high school students from underserved communities focuses on a variety of musical styles including Latin, Jazz, popular, and classical. The Mission District YMP is a bilingual program primarily for Latino youth and focuses on repertoire and skills\u003cbr>\nfundamental to Latin traditional and popular music. YMP works with students nominated by their public school music teachers to study chamber music, jazz, and string orchestra. The project also provides group classes in chamber music, jazz and string orchestra, and theory and music history to advanced students. Each component provides multiple community-based performance opportunities for youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>CounterPulse\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance\u003cbr>\nTo support the CounterPULSE Artist Residency and Commissioning (ARC) Program. The program will identify local emerging and mid-career choreographers whose work is ready to be appreciated by a larger audience. CounterPULSE will provide space and support for those artists to create new dances. During the residency, some of the artists will develop, teach, and perform new works. Other artists will be commissioned to continue developing their works into full length world premieres. Residency tracks include Edge, focusing on contemporary work; Performing Diaspora, focusing on culturally specific work on the edge of tradition; and Combustible, focusing on innovative and culturally engaged work. Activities may also include dance workshops for the public taught by the artists-in-residence, and work-in-progress showings where residents and the public provide feedback on the work. The residencies will culminate in a fully produced premiere of the works, which will run during two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Crowded Fire Theater Company (aka Crowded Fire)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Theater & Musical Theater\u003cbr>\nTo support the premiere of “On a Wonderverse” by Geetha Reddy. The second in Reddy’s trilogy of plays inspired by Hindu mythology, the play centers on the deity Shiva the Destroyer. The work also explores the intersection between physics, women in science, and Hindu mythology. Set at CERN’s (the European Council for Nuclear Research) Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, a brilliant young physicist Alpheratz Schen leads a research team, but is overlooked when her male co-author receives the coveted Nobel Prize. Her frustration leads to another discovery that has the potential to unleash critical insight into the origins of life. The theater may partner with California Girls in STEM at The Lawrence Hall of Science as well as the Stanford branch of Tech Trek, a science camp for eighth-grade girls, to create conversations between the artists and young women around the issues in the play.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Cutting Ball Theater\u003c/h3>\n\n\u003cp>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Theater & Musical Theater\u003cbr>\nTo support the development and premiere of “Ondine” by Katharine Sherman. Based on an ancient mermaid myth that inspired Jean Giraudoux’s seminal 1938 work of the same title and Hans Christian Andersen’s \u003cem>The Little Mermaid\u003c/em>, Sherman’s \u003cem>Ondine\u003c/em> is a contemporary retelling of the story of a water spirit who comes to land\u003cbr>\nto be with her lover. The production will be directed by Founding Artistic Director Rob Melrose. The playwright will be in residence in San Francisco for the duration of the rehearsal period leading up to the world premiere production.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Exploratorium\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$40,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works\u003cbr>\nTo support a series of multidisciplinary works and performances celebrating the importance of light to the arts. Using items such as emulsion, film, lenses, mirrors, projectors, and screens, artists will create work that illuminates the physics of light that are fundamental to their creative practices. Exploratorium stresses that a transparent creative process and experiential learning will lead to a meaningful understanding of the project’s complex theme.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Eyes and Ears Foundation (aka San Francisco International Arts Festival)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$25,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works\u003cbr>\nTo support international artists at the San Francisco International Arts Festival. The festival will feature a variety of performances by artists from the Bay Area and approximately 10 different countries. Artist fees, per diems, hotel costs and legal fees to support international artists performing at the San Francisco Arts Festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Fort Mason Center\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>$20,000 San Francisco, CA\u003cbr>\nFIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works/Imagine Your Parks\u003cbr>\nTo support \u003cem>The Rainbow: Certain Principles of Light and Shapes Between Forms\u003c/em>, an Imagine Your Parks project. The Fort Mason Center will project a dense waterwall created by installation artist Michael Jones McKean at timed intervals to reveal a rainbow over the center’s three piers that extend into the San Francisco\u003cbr>\nBay. An accompanying exhibition created by McKean will include historical objects from the area. Fort Mason Center is located within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, part of the National Park Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Frameline (aka San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Media Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support the presentation and expansion of Frameline Encore, a year-round film exhibition program. All screenings are free. This year, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival program will include continued expansion to locations in Oakland, Berkeley, and surrounding areas in the East Bay. Feature-length and short film programs representing the LGBTQ community will be shown at each venue.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Garrett Moulton Productions (aka Garrett Moulton Productions)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance\u003cbr>\nTo support the creation and presentation of an evening-length work, by Co-Artistic Directors Janice Garrett and Charles Moulton. Titled \u003ci>To Hear the Angels Sing,\u003c/i> the work will explore the themes of transcendence and hope, and will be a large-scale new work comprised of Garret + Moulton’s six company dancers; an 18-dancer\u003cbr>\n“movement choir;” a chorus of 12 singers who will be integrated into the stage action; and an ensemble of eight musicians. The work will premiere at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and will include open rehearsals and post-show question-and-answer sessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Golden Thread Productions\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Theater & Musical Theater\u003cbr>\nTo support the premiere of “The Most Dangerous Highway in the World” by Kevin Artigue, and the West Coast premiere of \u003ci>Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat\u003c/i> by Yussef El Guindi. Set on the Jalalabad-Kabul Highway in Afghanistan. Artigue’s play portrays a precocious nine-year-old “business man” who survives by\u003cbr>\nselling old fish to truck drivers and the random passersby. Through humor and with poignant honesty, the playwright creates a world that is both foreign and familiar. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The production will introduce a new theatrical voice and will deepen the theater’s relationship with the Bay Area’s Afghan population. Golden Thread has served as an artistic home for Arab-American playwright El Guindi for more than 15 years. The theater will produce the second production of his play about the politics of representation in the publishing industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Idris Ackamoor & Cultural Odyssey (aka Cultural Odyssey)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$30,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Theater & Musical Theater\u003cbr>\nTo support the creation and production of \u003cem>When Did Your Hands Become a Weapon\u003c/em>. Cultural Odyssey CoArtistic Director Rhodessa Jones, who is also the director of the Media Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women, will collaborate with the Women’s HIV Program at the University of San Francisco Medical Center to develop a\u003cbr>\nmusical theater work focusing on the issues of violence and addiction. The Media Project uses the performing arts to work with female inmates and ex-inmates. Jones will utilize its longstanding method to empower women currently living in the community with HIV. Community forums will share information on HIV and encourage women living with the disease to develop supportive networks, overcome additions, and to leave abusive partners.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>inkBoat, Inc. (aka inkBoat)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$15,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works/Imagine Your Parks\u003cbr>\nTo support the creation and presentation of “The Monster and the Hero” an Imagine Your Parks project. inkBoat will collaborate with the theater company We Players and the Rova Saxophone Quartet to create a new multidisciplinary work inspired by \u003cem>Beowulf\u003c/em>. Working in the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park and adjacent Fort Mason, the artists will draw inspiration from the National Park Service sites, including Coast Miwok people settlements, U.S. military history, and historic ships. Workshop performances will be open to the public leading up to the premiere of the site-specific work.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Joe Goode Performance Group\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance\u003cbr>\nTo support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Joe Goode. The work will be performed to an original score by French string quartet Quatuor. Goode’s inspiration for the work is the French village Oradour-sur-Glane, which was completely demolished during the Nazi occupation of France. Goode and his company will interview residents of the village and their responses to the work will become verbatim text incorporated in the work. The work will premiere in San Francisco after its premiere in France during the Festival du Haut Limousin.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Kitchen Sisters Productions (aka The Kitchen Sisters)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$30,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Media Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support distribution of the podcast Fugitive Waves. Incorporating a documentary archive of interviews, music, field recordings, and audio, the program is devoted to telling little-known stories of culture, ritual, and tradition. Archival works will be digitized, prepared for distribution, and public access to the program will offered through the podcast and additional digital platforms. In 2016, episodes will include features on the lives, history, tradition, food, music, and rituals of Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, and native Hawaiians.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Kronos Performing Arts Association (aka KRONOS QUARTET)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$40,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/b> Music\u003cbr>\nTo support year one of Fifty for the Future, a commissioning project by the Kronos Quartet. Plans include the creation of five string quartets for players of multiple skill levels (ranging from beginner to pre-professional). Scores, individual parts, and an array of other project materials will be available online at no charge. Premieres of the new works will take place in conjunction with residencies throughout the country. Educational activities will include master classes and workshops.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Kulintang Arts (aka Kularts)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Challenge America\u003cbr>\nTo support \u003cem>Mariang Makiling\u003c/em>, a Filipino dance theater production and associated activities. Filipino folkloric choreographer Jay Loyola and musician and composer Florante Aguilar will work with Kularts to develop the piece inspired by Philippine myths and native spirituality. In advance of the public performance, Loyola will present an advanced dance workshop for members of the folkloric dance community.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>LEVYdance, Inc. (aka LEVYdance)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance\u003cbr>\nTo support AMP (Artists Maximizing Potential), a program that seeks to innovate the single choreographer dance company model. Choreographer Sara Shelton Mann and her dancers will engage in an eight-week residency to create a new work with LEVYdance. The program will support the artistic process from the research and development phase, to production and touring, and will include a technical residency at ODC Theater. The program will culminate in a performance and tour of the new work.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired (aka LightHouse for the Blind)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Challenge America\u003cbr>\nTo support Superfest, an international disability film festival. The festival will showcase multi-genre films complemented by panel discussions with filmmakers, actors, disability leaders, and audience members. The festival will provide assisted listening systems, live captioning, braille, large print programs, and audio description. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Magic Theatre, Inc. (aka Magic Theatre)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Theater & Musical Theater\u003cbr>\nTo support the Mid-Career Playwright Initiative. Playwright Jessica Hagedorn will be in residence to continue developing her seminal theater work “Dogeaters” and to create an adaptation for the stage of her novel, \u003cem>Gangster of Love\u003c/em>. She may revise the text of \u003cem>Dogeaters\u003c/em> to incorporate additional dialogue in Tagalog to make the play bilingual. The play will be produced for a San Francisco premiere and may feature immersive and interactive design and staging that will allow audiences to access the play’s exuberant and unpredictable world more closely. A possible approach may be transforming a found space in San Francisco’s historically Filipino Tenderloin neighborhood into the underground Manila disco in which the events of the play unfold. Community and student outreach efforts will accompany the production.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc. (aka Margaret Jenkins Dance Company)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$20,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance\u003cbr>\nTo support the creation and presentation of \u003cem>Site Series 2 (Inside Outside)\u003c/em>. Propelled by the vagabond nature of being a performance artist, a metaphor for all of life’s journeys, Margaret Jenkins and her company will choreograph small, site-specific works to be performed in non-traditional spaces, like churches, homes, and museums. The works can be presented as individual vignettes or as a complete evening-length work.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>ODC (aka Oberlin Dance Collective)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$25,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance\u003cbr>\nTo support the creation and presentation of new dance works. Co-Artistic Director Brenda Way will choreograph, \u003cem>Walk Back the Cat\u003c/em>, to a commissioned score by composer Paul Drescher, with set design by Alex Nichols. Guest artist Kate Weare will choreograph \u003cem>Criss Cross\u003c/em>. The works will premiere at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts prior to touring to Chico, California, and White Bird in Portland, Oregon.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>ODC Theater\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$30,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance\u003cbr>\nTo support the ODC Theater Presents program. The project will include The Walking Distance Dance Festival-SF, as well as presentations of Monique Jenkinson’s mini-series, \u003cem>Gender in Transition\u003c/em>, French-Algerian Compagnie Herve Koubi’s \u003cem>What the Day Owes to The Night\u003c/em>, Scott Wells’ and Keith Hennessy’s \u003cem>Touchy Subjects\u003c/em>, RAWdance’s \u003cem>Double Exposure\u003c/em>, and Hope Mohr Dance’s \u003cem>Manifesting\u003c/em>. ODC Theater’s primary mission is to be the West Coast’s premier venue for the contemporary performing arts and a home to nurture artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (aka Philharmonia)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Music\u003cbr>\nTo support period-instrument performances of an all-Mozart concert program. Under the direction of Music Director Nicholas McGegan, the project will feature guest artist keyboardist Kristian Bezuidenhout, who will perform on the pianoforte. Programming will include such works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as Concerto for\u003cbr>\nFortepiano no. 23 in A major, Symphony No. 27 in G major, and Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major. The project will celebrate Nicholas McGegan’s 30th anniversary as music director of the orchestra.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Playwrights Foundation, Inc. (aka Playwrights Foundation)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$25,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Theater & Musical Theater\u003cbr>\nTo support the Bay Area Playwrights Festival. The festival will include an artistic retreat, studio development of new plays, and publicly staged showings of full-length plays. Festival plays for staged readings will be selected through a competitive submission process. The festival also will present a workshop production of a play in development at a partner theater. Other festival activities will include a young theater-makers event, mentorship for emerging scenic designers, and an industry weekend, during which national new play producers are invited to San Francisco to see the plays.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco Arts Commission\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$35,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Local Arts Agencies\u003cbr>\nTo support Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities for San Francisco Artists. Working in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Housing, the Council of Community Housing Organizations, and private developers, the commission will offer comprehensive services integrating outreach, education, individualized support, workshops, peer-support, and access to the municipal services necessary to meet the basic eligibility requirements for affordable housing. Outreach will focus on low- to moderate-income artists to ensure that individuals are aware of the affordable housing options available.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco Camerawork, Inc. (aka SF Camerawork)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$15,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Visual Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support an exhibition and publication series by emerging and underrepresented national and international artists. The selected artists will receive conceptual, logistical, financial, and administrative support to develop their work. The series will include gallery exhibitions in San Francisco, including public programming and the publication of three accompanying books with critical essays.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (aka SFCMP)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$15,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Music\u003cbr>\nTo support an artist residency project. The ensemble will present a residency, titled \u003cem>X-SCAPE: New Spaces for New Music\u003c/em>, which will explore space in the physical, metaphorical, and poetic sense, at the Z-Space Theater Artaud, in the Mission District of San Francisco. Programming will include works by composers such as David Lang, Gerard Grisey, Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexadri, Zosha DiCastri, Louis Andreissen, and Morton Feldman. Project activities will include educational events, such as pre-concert discussions, artistic director and composer talks open to the public, and student rehearsals with the ensemble.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco Film Society (aka SFFS)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$50,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Media Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support the 59th San Francisco International Film Festival, and other curated film series. Held in the spring, the festival includes films from around the world, educational programs, and live performances. Additional programming throughout the year will include a series devoted to cinema from Hong Kong, and Screenings in Schools, in which students view films and engage with the filmmakers in person or via Skype. In partnership with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFFS presents a year-round series celebrating established and emerging masters of cinema.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco Jazz Organization (aka SFJAZZ)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$45,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Music\u003cbr>\nTo support the SFJAZZ Collective’s commissioning, development, and performance of new original works by each member and arrangements of music by Michael Jackson. The ensemble will play as many as 18 live concerts on its 2016 national tour and present pre-concert talks, engage in master classes, workshops, school programs, and outreach events in tour cities which will include West Lafayette and Carmel, Indiana; Dubuque, Iowa; Louisville, Kentucky; North Bethesda, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; Detroit, Michigan; Saint Louis, Missouri; New York, New York; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; as well as Dallas and Houston, Texas. The SFJAZZ Collective members are Obed Calvaire, Robin Eubanks, Sean Jones, Matt Penman, Davis Sanchez, Edward Simon, Warren Wolf, and Miguel Zenon.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (aka San Francisco Jewish Film Festival)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$25,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Media Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support the 36th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and related activities. Held in the summer, the festival hosts film screenings, live music, and panel discussions in celebration of Jewish culture and tradition. Recent films screened at the festival included Doug Block’s \u003cem>112 Weddings\u003c/em>, \u003cem>The Green Prince\u003c/em> by Nadav Schirman, and \u003cem>Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem\u003c/em> by John Lollos.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco Opera Association (aka San Francisco Opera)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$90,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Opera\u003cbr>\nTo support the world premiere of \u003cem>Dream of the Red Chamber\u003c/em> by composer Bright Sheng with a libretto by playwright David Henry Hwang and Sheng. The text was written in the 18th century by Cao Xueqin, and is considered one of China’s four great classical novels, telling the story of a heartbreaking and timeless love\u003cbr>\ntriangle. The creative team may include Tony Award-winner David Henry Hwang, playwright and director Stan Lai, Academy Award-winning designer and art director Tim Yip, conductor George Manahan, and contralto Qiu Lin Zhang. Outreach activities will focus on the local and national Chinese-American community, college/university programs in music and Chinese/Asian studies, and cultural institutions in the Bay Area such as the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. As many as six performances will be presented in the fall of 2016 at the War Memorial Opera House.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco Performances, Inc. (aka San Francisco Performances)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works\u003cbr>\nTo support a series of music and dance performances. The series will feature performances by pianist Leif Ove Andsnes (Norway), pianist Jonathan Biss, the Brentano String Quartet, Dorrance Dance, the Dover Quartet, pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin (Canada), cellist Harriet Krigjh (The Netherlands), tenor Mark Padmore, Paul Taylor Dance Company, and pianist Javier Perianes (Spain). Educational and outreach activities will include lectures, open rehearsals, and workshops.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco Symphony (On behalf of San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$35,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Music\u003cbr>\nTo support the Artistic Development Program of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. Designed to complement the youth orchestra’s core program of weekly rehearsals and concert performances, the free program will provide middle to high school students with coaching, mentorship, and specialized training in chamber music. Students will receive free tickets to San Francisco Symphony performances and participate in master classes with guest artists. In addition to rehearsals with San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra Music Director Donato Cabrera, participants will rehearse with San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco Symphony\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$75,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Music\u003cbr>\nTo support a commissioning, performance, and composer residency project. Under the direction of Artistic Director Michael Tilson Thomas, the \u003cem>Mason Bates: Composer in 360\u003c/em> project will feature the world premiere performance of a new work by Bates titled “Auditorium” with guest conductor Pablo Heras-Casado (named Musical America’s 2014 Conductor of the Year). The composer will begin his two-week residency by curating musical evenings in SoundBox, the orchestra’s new performance space located backstage at Davies Symphony Hall. Activities will include community engagements, such as pre-concert lectures and conversations.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Silent Film Festival (aka San Francisco Silent Film Festival)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$25,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Media Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support the 21st San Francisco Silent Film Festival. The four-day event showcases silent films with live musical accompaniment at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. The 2016 festival will celebrate the centennial of a pivotal year in film history – 1916 – with screenings of films made in that year, such as D.W. Griffith’s \u003ci>Intolerance.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Southern Exposure\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$20,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Visual Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support the commissioning of new work by emerging artists for gallery exhibitions and public art projects. This year-long project will include group exhibitions, public art projects, and additional events and performances highlighting the contemporary art practice of emerging Bay Area artists and art writers. A rotating curatorial committee will select the artists. Participating artists will receive conceptual, logistical, and administrative support to develop their work; a stipend and materials budget; and published essays.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Stern Grove Festival Association (aka Stern Grove Festival)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$45,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works\u003cbr>\nTo support the Stern Grove Festival. The festival will feature free outdoor performances by artists including the San Francisco Symphony and the San Francisco Ballet, as well as world music, pop, and jazz artists. Engagement activities will include hands-on workshops and camps for youth, as well as pre-show arts activities and discussions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The SF Playhouse (aka San Francisco Playhouse)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$20,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Theater & Musical Theater\u003cbr>\nTo support the Sandbox New Play Program. The program supports playwrights through the commissioning and development of new works. Development opportunities will include a monthly reading series, week-long workshops with professional artists, and the Sandbox Series of world premiere productions. Designed to serve as a bridge between readings and mainstage productions, the program will provide a low-risk environment and community of support in which playwrights can hone their craft. The project will include the world premiere of a new play by Theresa Rebeck as well as a second production of \u003cem>You Mean to Do Me Harm\u003c/em> by Christopher Chen.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Theatre of Yugen, Incorporated (aka Theatre of Yugen at NOHspace)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$15,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Theater & Musical Theater\u003cbr>\nTo support the development and production of \u003cem>A Play on a Plate\u003c/em>, a theatrical event fusing theater with culinary arts. Developed in collaboration with Japanese chef Nobuaki Fushiki through the company’s Fermentation Lab, the performance will take the form of a theater/dinner pop-up event inspired by the many ways fermentation influences Japanese cuisine. The project will explore the potential of food to bring together diverse communities, including the local corporate community, prominent members of San Francisco’s foodie culture, students, and scientists in the growing biotech industry. The project development period will include educational outreach events and work-in-progress showings.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Women’s Audio Mission (aka WAM)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$20,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Arts Education\u003cbr>\nTo support the expansion of Girls on the Mic: Digital Media Training for Girls. The project is a media arts education program for girls from underserved communities in the Bay Area. Project activities are designed to cultivate the next generation of women media arts and technology experts. Participants will create their own websites, podcasts, music projects, and other media arts projects that mirror professional activities such as creative coding. Students will showcase their work online and share via mobile devices with friends and family.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>World Arts West (aka San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$50,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance\u003cbr>\nTo support the presentation of the 38th annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. The festival provides underserved artists with the opportunity to perform in a professional setting. Artistic Directors Carlos Carvajal and CK Ladzekpo will attend dancers’ rehearsals and offer input and guidance, while also creating innovative transitions between dance pieces. After a rigorous audition process, more than 30 Northern California dance ensembles, whose work is rooted in various cultural traditions, will be selected to perform at the festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Yerba Buena Arts & Events (aka Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (YBGF))\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$30,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works\u003cbr>\nTo support the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. The outdoor series will include world premiere presentations of new works and performances by artists in world music, dance, and Latin jazz, among others. The festival also will include partnerships with other local performing arts organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Zaccho SF (aka Zaccho Dance Theatre)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance\u003cbr>\nTo support the second biennial SF Aerial Dance Festival. The festival will bring together aerial dance artists, students, and audiences for a dynamic week of performances, workshops, and discussions. Emerging and established aerial dance choreographers will be featured, including Flyaway Productions, Project BANDALOOP, and Zaccho Dance Theatre. Performances will take place at the historic Fort Mason Center, with workshops happening at the Zaccho Studio in Bayview/Hunter’s Point.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>ZYZZYVA, Inc. (aka ZYZZYVA)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Literature\u003cbr>\nTo support the publication and promotion of the journal “ZYZZYVA.” Showcasing the work of acclaimed and emerging West Coast writers, the journal publishes fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and artwork. The journal will be promoted at literary festivals and conferences; additional content, such as original writing and video interviews with contributors, will be made available online.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Jose, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Folk & Traditional Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support the Aimusic International Festival: Intangible Chinese Heritage Celebration. Performers from China and other Asian countries will showcase a variety of traditional Asian operas, as well as offer a seminar on Chinese opera. As many as 20 groups are expected to present performances that will include Kunqu Opera, Peking Opera, Yueju Opera, and Tibetan Opera. Additionally, the Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra will rehearse special music for the festival and receive training in traditional Chinese customs and etiquette to receive the international artists properly.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Mexican Heritage Corporation (aka VivaFest!)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$15,000 (San Jose, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Folk & Traditional Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support VivaFest!, the San Jose Mexican Heritage and Mariachi Festival. The project will celebrate the contributions of Mexican Americans and new Latino immigrants to the culture of the U.S. through performances, workshops, and art exhibits. Additionally, the program will offer master classes for mariachi and ballet folklorico.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana de San Jose, Inc. (aka MACLA)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Jose, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Theater\u003cbr>\nTo support the production of \u003ci>’57 Chevy,\u003c/i> a solo performance piece based on the script by Cris Franco, and associated outreach activities. Ricardo Salinas will perform the autobiographical story about a young man traversing the physical and cultural borders from Mexico City to the United States in the back seat of his father’s\u003cbr>\n1957 Chevrolet. The production will premiere at the Castellano Playhouse and will include performances for area high schools that serve a Latino majority.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Opera Cultura\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$15,000 (San Jose, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Opera\u003cbr>\nTo support commission, development, and workshop presentations of \u003cem>Bless Me, Ultima\u003c/em> a Mexican-American opera by composer/librettist Hector Armienta. The opera is based on Rudolfo Anaya’s novel of the same title (which is part of the NEA’s Big Read initiative). The story follows a young boy, Antonio, as he comes of age with\u003cbr>\nthe guidance of his curandera (shaman) and protector Ultima. Under her wing, he will probe the family ties that bind and rend him, and discover the magical secrets of the llano (grasslands) and the river. Community engagement activities will include youth writing workshops and a workshop presentation in summer 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Jose Multicultural Artists Guild Inc. (aka SJMAG)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Jose, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Challenge America\u003cbr>\nTo support dance performances featuring Lula Washington Dance Theatre, choreographed by Lula Washington, with associated outreach activities. The performances will explore African-American racial identity and experience, merging the choreographer’s reflections about important historical events, such as the Civil Rights Movement, while simultaneously exploring contemporary racial tension within the United States. Associated outreach, intended to benefit economically disadvantaged, primarily African-American students, will also include a student matinee performance, a free workshop, and free transportation for youth participants.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Jose Museum of Art Association (aka San Jose Museum of Art)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$45,000 (San Jose, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Museum\u003cbr>\nTo support an exhibition of new collaborative work by photographer Richard Misrach and composer Guillermo Galindo addressing issues related to the U.S./Mexico border. Titled \u003cem>Bordos Cantos\u003c/em>, the exhibition will juxtapose large-scale photographs by Misrach with musical instruments handcrafted by Galindo from ordinary objects collected along the border. The exhibition will be accompanied by communitywide public programming intended to serve the city’s large immigrant community.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>ZeroOne – The Art and Technology Network (aka ZERO1)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$20,000 (San Jose, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Visual Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support the creation of new work by Tahir Hemphill. Hemphill’s solo exhibition, \u003cem>Maximum Distance Minimum Displacement\u003c/em>, builds upon research undertaken at the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University. The exhibition will feature new photography, video, and sculptural works, created using data drawn from a linguistic analysis of the work of several well-known rap musicians. The project will include training of teens at the artist’s Rap Research Lab, a studio for the production of creative technology projects and a space to teach art, design, cultural analysis, media criticism, data mining, and data visualization.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center (aka Los Cenzontles Cultural Academy)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$35,000 (San Pablo, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Folk & Traditional Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support Routes of Resilience. A series of traditional and contemporary Mexican musical performances will be presented to the Mexican-American community. Live performances, web-based videos, and recordings will highlight the immigration experience, illuminating how personal and collective resilience have guided individuals and families through the challenging transitions particular to Mexican-American communities. Some performances will be supplemented with workshops, lecture-demonstrations, film screenings, and discussions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>California Film Institute (aka CFI)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$30,000 (San Rafael, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Media Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support the 39th Mill Valley Film Festival. The festival will present narrative, documentary, and short American and international independent films. The program also will include panels, master classes, and free daytime screenings for students.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Marin Shakespeare Company\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Rafael, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Challenge America\u003cbr>\nTo support theater workshops at San Quentin State Prison. The workshops for incarcerated veterans, including participants with disabilities, will include the creation and performance of an original theater piece addressing veterans’ issues. Performance artist Andrew Salvage will perform for the workshop participants and will lead sessions on autobiographical playwriting. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music (aka Cabrillo Music Festival)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$25,000 (Santa Cruz, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Music\u003cbr>\nTo support the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. Under the direction of Music Director Marin Alsop, the festival orchestra will perform music by living composers. Festival concerts will be held at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. Other activities will include chamber music concerts, composers-in-residence, and a workshop for conductors and composers. Past composers-in-residence have included Mason Bates, Hannah Lash, and Missy Mazzoli, among many others. Featured programming will include the commissioning and world premiere of a new work by composer Anna Clyne and a collaboration with The Choral Project, a San Jose-based chorus, on its 20th anniversary. Educational and community activities will include open rehearsals, panel discussions, and a street fair.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Kuumbwa Jazz Society (aka Kuumbwa Jazz)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$15,000 (Santa Cruz, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Music\u003cbr>\nTo support a concert series with NEA Jazz Master Charles Lloyd. Plans include several concerts in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Lloyd’s seminal \u003ci>Forest Flower: Live at Monterey\u003c/i> recording. Among the artists slated to perform alongside Lloyd, in differently sized ensembles and a duo-setting, are Jason Moran, Eric Harland, Reuben Rogers, Gerald Clayton, as well as 1999 NEA National Heritage Fellow Zakir Hussein. 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Organizations such Big Brothers Big Sisters of the North Bay, the YWCA Sonoma County, California Parenting Institute, the Boys and Girls Club Central Santa Rosa, and Hanna Boys Center – selected for their ties to local, underserved communities – will assist with targeted outreach and free ticket distribution for the main stage performance at the Green Music Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Montalvo Association (aka Montalvo Arts Center)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$15,000 (Saratoga, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Artist Communities\u003cbr>\nTo support residencies and related activities. Selected emerging and mid-career American artists from diverse disciplines will be offered fully funded residencies. 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The commissioning program’s goals include supporting and investing in artists whose work will impact the cultural landscape; providing artists with the support to produce a project which might not otherwise happen; and encouraging artists to make work inspired by the Marin Headlands, part of the National Park Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Voice of Roma (aka VOR)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$35,000 (Sebastopol, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Folk & Traditional Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support \u003cem>Opre Khetanes! (Rise Up Together!): Romani Culture in Diaspora\u003c/em>. The cultural contributions of the Roma Gypsies will be explored through a symposium and multi-city tour of Romani artists, including 2011 NEA National Heritage Fellow Yuri Yunakov. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project will include commissions, workshops, and a summer residency lab. The laboratory space will allow nontraditional artists to take risks in developing groundbreaking work on a large scale and will offer a flexible and supportive environment for artists to work collaboratively across disciplines. By inviting the audience and community into the creative process, the theater maintains an ongoing conversation about the emerging work.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Gamelan Sekar Jaya\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$20,000 (Berkeley, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Folk & Traditional Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support Artists-in-Residence from Bali, Indonesia. Guest artists, including composers and a choreographer, will create and direct new work exploring and celebrating artistic precision embedded within Balinese arts. In addition to performing in concerts and offering workshops to the public, the resident artists will work closely with the musicians of Gamelan Sekar Jaya to refine and maintain important classic Balinese works.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Kala Institute (aka Kala Art Institute)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 Berkeley, CA\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE: \u003c/strong>Artist Communities\u003cbr>\nTo support residencies and related activities. National and international artists will be provided the time and materials to work in book arts, electronic/digital media, installation, photography, and printmaking. The new bodies of work will be presented through exhibitions, performances, and public programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>National Film Preserve, Ltd. (aka Telluride Film Festival)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$50,000 (Berkeley, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Media Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support the Telluride Film Festival. Held during Labor Day weekend, the event includes the presentation of feature-length and short films from the United States and abroad as well as panel discussions, retrospectives, and educational programs. Recent festivals have included the premieres of films such as \u003cem>12 Years A Slave\u003c/em>, \u003cem>The Act of Killing\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Gravity\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Pina,\u003c/em> \u003cem>Argo\u003c/em>, and \u003cem>Birdman\u003c/em>. Held each year in Telluride, Colorado, the festival is devoted to promoting the discovery of new trends and directions in film as well as to unveil lost masterpieces and unheralded artists of the past. Festival programming will also include free public events such as daytime seminars and interviews with filmmakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Regents of the University of California at Berkeley\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (Berkeley, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Media Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support Cinema Mon Amour, a curated exhibition series. Presented at the Pacific Film Archives in downtown Berkeley, the series will invite acclaimed filmmakers and Bay Area artists to present films that have inspired and influenced them. Potential artists include Jane Campion, Daniel Clowes, and Jean-Marie Teno.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Regents of the University of California at Berkeley (On behalf of Berkeley Art Museum)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$30,000 (Berkeley, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Museum\u003cbr>\nTo support public programs for an exhibition about architecture and life’s experiences. These programs will reflect the content of an inaugural exhibition \u003cem>Architecture of Life\u003c/em>, that examines the transformative nature of art and architecture against the backdrop of the Berkeley Art Museum’s new downtown building. Works by artists and architects in the exhibition include George Ault, Marcel Duchamp, Lee Bontecou, Louise Bourgeois,Buckminster Fuller, Diller Scofidio + Renfro and many others. Lectures, gallery talks, art-making workshops, school and family programs, and live performances are among the public programs that will engage audiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Regents of the University of California at Berkeley (On behalf of Cal Performances)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$35,000 (Berkeley, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Music/Imagine Your Parks\u003cbr>\nTo support the Cal Performances’ Saint Louis Symphony residency and a collaboration with the Trust for Public Land, an Imagine Your Parks project. Cal Performances will present the Saint Louis Symphony with Music Director David Robertson in a multi-day residency on the Berkeley, California campus, which will be anchored by a performance of French composer Olivier Messiaen’s “Des canyons aux etoiles… (From the canyons to the stars…),” a work commissioned by Alice Tully in 1971 for the bicentennial celebration of the United States of America. The performance will be accompanied by a visual installation by landscape photographer Deborah O’Grady designed to capture the grandeur of Utah’s desert landscapes. A co-commission with Los Angeles Philharmonic, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and Washington Performing Arts, the performance will celebrate the centenary of the National Park Service. Using Cal Performances’ model of artistic literacy, staff will engage local middle- and high school students in a creative process inspired by Messiaen’s work and the landscape photography of Ms. O’Grady. The Trust will document and disseminate the process and the work online.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Inc. (aka Healdsburg Jazz)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$20,000 (Healdsburg, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Music\u003cbr>\nTo support the Oceans of Time: A Journey Through the Music of Billy “Jabali” Hart component of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival. The two-day mini-festival will celebrate the diverse career, creative vision, and impact of drummer Billy Hart. Proposed programming includes a reunion of Hart with his pioneering Enhance and Quest ensembles as well as performances by his Oceans of Time group and his current quartet with pianist Ethan Iverson, Ben Street, and Mark Turner. Other participating artists may include NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman as well as Geri Allen, Steve Coleman, Mark Feldman, Eddie Henderson, Dave Holland, Oliver Lake, Billy Harper, and other musicians Hart has performed with throughout his career.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Marin Theatre Company (aka MTC)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$20,000 (Mill Valley, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Theater & Musical Theater\u003cbr>\nTo support the premiere of “Swimmers” by Rachel Bonds. The play is set in a business industrial park and its plot travels up the floors of an office building in which no one does any work. The news of a sexual harassment case quickly ascends the building’s 11 floors and eventually ends up on the roof. As the details of the situation become more ambiguous and surreal, coyotes howl in the distance and the end of the world may be nigh. \u003cem>Swimmers\u003c/em> will feature a multicultural cast and will mark Bonds’ premiere as a playwright in California’s Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>AXIS Dance Company (aka AXIS)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$20,000 (Oakland, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance\u003cbr>\nTo support Dance Access Education and Outreach programs in the Bay Area and on a national tour. AXIS will offer a variety of events for youth and adults with and without disabilities who are based locally and nationally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Project activities may include dance classes, school assemblies, a dance camp for youth, teacher training, and a dance apprentice program for students with spinal cord injuries. Additional activities may comprise workshops for emerging choreographers and professional dancers, community workshops, lecture-demonstrations, and presentations. A new program that will be offered locally and while on tour will include open rehearsals and movement experience for veterans.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Destiny Arts Center (aka Destiny Arts)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$20,000 (Oakland, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Arts Education\u003cbr>\nTo support Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company’s collaboration with professional dancers, choreographers, and theater artists, culminating in dance theater productions that express life challenges and aspirations. Productions will combine hip-hop, modern, and aerial dance with acting and dramatic recitation. The project will support rehearsals leading up to a spring performance as well as auditions, retreat, and rehearsal for a fall performance. Students will have many opportunities to perform in self-produced concerts, conferences, festivals, and other community venues.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>East Bay Performing Arts (aka Oakland East Bay Symphony)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (Oakland, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nTo support the creation and premiere of a new work by composer Van-Anh Vanessa Vo performed by Oakland Symphony with related educational activities. The work, titled “Notes from Vietnam” will be scored for orchestra and dan tranh, a traditional Vietnamese zither. The premiere will feature the composer as soloist. Communityevents may include workshops on Vietnamese culture and traditional music instruments as well as performances by the composer’s dan tranh zither students.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (aka Leonardo)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$15,000 (Oakland, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Artist Communities\u003cbr>\nTo support residencies for artists and scientists. Artists whose works are inspired by mathematics or scientific disciplines will connect with scientists who are involved in art-related research and/or who are artist themselves at Leonardo. Previously, Santa Cruz choreographer mathematician/educator Karl Schaffer collaborated with Spanish physicist Guillermo Munoz to create a new dance based on string polyhedra. Additional activities will include presentations of the residents’ work in public forums, as well as the publication of their work in an international journal and online.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Kitka, Inc. (aka Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$15,000 (Oakland, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works\u003cbr>\nTo support the creation and presentation of “Iron Shoes.” The ensemble will work in collaboration with stage director/choreographer Erika Chong Shuch and members of her dance-theater company The ESP Project, as well as composer Janet Kutulas and production designer Allen Willner, to create a multidisciplinary piece inspired by Eastern European fairy tales. The artists will explore themes of female empowerment and disempowerment, confinement and mobility, youth and age, daily life and dreams, and the relationship to self.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Living Jazz\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (Oakland, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Challenge America\u003cbr>\nTo support: In the Name of Love, the 14th Musical Tribute Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The tribute will include the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and the Oakland Children’s Community Choir, as well as proposed vocalists Paula West, Terrance Kelly, Patti Cathcart, Zoe Ellis, and Destani Wolff, specializing in the performance of jazz and gospel music. The event, intended to serve a predominantly African-American community, will also include a tribute to vocalist, pianist, and composer Nina Simone. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Inc. (aka OIGC)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (Oakland, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Challenge America\u003cbr>\nTo support a free gospel concert featuring pianist, composer, and arranger Dr. Edwin Hawkins, with related outreach. The project, intended to serve economically disadvantaged, primarily African-American residents, will feature the world premiere of “I Ain’t Here To Stay,” a new vocal suite about African-American male slave experiences, influenced by traditional spirituals and composed by vocalist Terrance Kelly. Hawkins will also premiere his own new compositions and conduct a performance that will include gospel choirs such as the Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir, the Universal Gospel Choir, the Portland Interfaith Gospel Choir, the Limon Interfaith Gospel Choir, the SKRUK choir, and the Total Experience Gospel Choir. Associated outreach activities\u003cbr>\nwill include workshops and panel discussions covering composition, choir management, organizational growth, board development, and performance techniques for choirs and solo vocalists. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Project Bandaloop (aka BANDALOOP)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$30,000 (Oakland, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance/Imagine Your Parks\u003cbr>\nTo support the creation and presentation of a dance work to commemorate the National Park Service’s centennial, an Imagine Your Parks project. Coyote Waltzes by Artistic Director Amelia Rudolph will explore the Native American myth of the trickster coyote through dances. The work will be performed on mountains in Yosemite National Park. Young performers from Oakland’s Destiny Arts will be involved in the execution of the work. The company also will work with Yosemite staff to connect the next generation of park stewards to its mission, introducing them to environmental responsibility and conservation through the project. The work will be presented to the public through social media platforms and livestreaming. BANDALOOP also plans to share\u003cbr>\nthe work through interactive projections of the performance on city buildings. “Coyote Waltzes” will culminate in a performance on the Great Wall in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Youth Radio\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$60,000 (Oakland, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Arts Education\u003cbr>\nTo support the Arts Pathway initiative for youth. Participating students from underserved communities will receive mentoring from professional artists, develop platforms to distribute their art at the community and national level, and operate downtown Oakland’s only storefront youth arts center (known as 1719 Broadway). Works created in the Arts Pathway program will be presented to public audiences, displayed in public spaces, and distributed through a national media network.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>East Bay Center for the Performing Arts\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$65,000 (Richmond, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Arts Education\u003cbr>\nTo support the Young Artist Diploma Program. The project is a multi-year dance, media, music, and theater training program for middle and high school students from underserved communities in west Contra Costa County. Professional artists will teach ongoing group classes and individual lessons that will take place in the Iron Triangle Neighborhood of Richmond, California. In addition to Western art forms (classical music, ballet, jazz, contemporary dance, hip-hop, voice), instruction is also offered in the music and dance of Mexico, West Africa, and Laos, and the Caribbean. After the fourth year, some students can continue to be involved in the program as paid teaching assistants, mentoring younger students. The participating students will receive individual coaching and increased opportunities for solo and small ensemble performances at a wide variety of community and professional events.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Each One Reach One\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$20,000 (S. San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Theater & Musical Theater\u003cbr>\nTo support the Playwriting Workshops. The program will provide arts education services to incarcerated teenagers. Each workshop cycle will provide as many as ten, three-hour sessions to detainees who will be mentored one-on-one to create and develop one-act plays. Workshops will take place inside San Francisco’s\u003cbr>\nJuvenile Justice Center, the Success Center of the San Francisco Youth Summer Program, the San Mateo County Youth Services Center, and Camp Kemp for Girls. Participants will learn how to articulate a dramatic narrative, explore conflict through dialogue, create characters, and how to write a dramatic climax and resolution. Each\u003cbr>\nworkshop will culminate with the reading of participants’ plays by professional actors before an audience of parents, peers, teachers, probation officers, and invited members of the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>3rd I South Asian Independent Film (aka 3rd i Films)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Challenge America\u003cbr>\nTo support the San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival. The festival will screen full-length features, documentaries, and short films by independent South Asian filmmakers from the United States, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Canada, and Europe. The festival’s focus – its screenings, media artist presentations, and panel discussion – is intended to offer a diverse range of perspectives on the lives of South Asian people in places through the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Asian American Women Artists Association (aka AAWAA)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Challenge America\u003cbr>\nTo support a multidisciplinary art exhibition inspired by the life and work of Japanese-American civil rights leader Yuri Kochiyama. The exhibition will feature invited and juror-selected emerging and established artists from around the country. Priority outreach will be focused on Asian- and Pacific Islander-American, AfricanAmerican,\u003cbr>\nand Latino communities, but the exhibition will be open to artists of all ethnicities and genders. Exhibition programming will include a panel discussion. The primary exhibition site will be SOMArts Culture Center in San Francisco, with a smaller satellite exhibition held in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc. (aka BAVC)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$50,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Media Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support the provision of video and audio preservation services. Through the Preservation Access Program, the Bay Area Video Coalition will work with media artists and cultural organizations to ensure that artistically significant works are preserved and made available to the public for live and online exhibitions. Approximately\u003cbr>\n300 hours of audiovisual material as well as media in early digital formats are expected to be preserved. Recent clients include The Other Minds Music Festival, Dance Theatre of Harlem, The Poetry Center and American Poetry Archive, and Video Data Bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts & Technology (aka BAYCAT)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Arts Education\u003cbr>\nTo support the BAYCAT Youth Powered Media Program. Students will develop skills such as artistic expression, critical thinking, and effective communication, while receiving comprehensive instruction in digital media arts technology. As youth media producers, students will collaborate to create programming for the award-winning, youth-created TV show, “Zoom In.”.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Center for Asian American Media (aka CAAM)\n\u003ch3>\n\u003ch5>$25,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003c/h3>\u003c/h3>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Media Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support CAAMFest 2016, a media arts festival showcasing the work of Asian and Asian-American artists. Held in San Francisco, Berkley, Oakland, and San Jose, the festival features film, music, and digital media as well as live events and multimedia performances. Festival programming will include screenings from the filmmaking workshop “Muslim Youth Voices” and works portraying untold stories of Asian and Asian-American experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Center for the Art of Translation\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$35,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Literature\u003cbr>\nTo support the publication and promotion of print and electronic versions of the journal “Two Lines,” as well as books in translation. Dedicated to building an audience for world writing, the journal often features writers who are well known in their own languages but unknown in English. Books selected for publication will highlight the ethnic, cultural, and gender diversity of international literature.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Community Music Center (aka CMC)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Arts Education\u003cbr>\nTo support the Young Musicians Program (YMP). This free program for diverse middle and high school students from underserved communities focuses on a variety of musical styles including Latin, Jazz, popular, and classical. The Mission District YMP is a bilingual program primarily for Latino youth and focuses on repertoire and skills\u003cbr>\nfundamental to Latin traditional and popular music. YMP works with students nominated by their public school music teachers to study chamber music, jazz, and string orchestra. The project also provides group classes in chamber music, jazz and string orchestra, and theory and music history to advanced students. Each component provides multiple community-based performance opportunities for youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>CounterPulse\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance\u003cbr>\nTo support the CounterPULSE Artist Residency and Commissioning (ARC) Program. The program will identify local emerging and mid-career choreographers whose work is ready to be appreciated by a larger audience. CounterPULSE will provide space and support for those artists to create new dances. During the residency, some of the artists will develop, teach, and perform new works. Other artists will be commissioned to continue developing their works into full length world premieres. Residency tracks include Edge, focusing on contemporary work; Performing Diaspora, focusing on culturally specific work on the edge of tradition; and Combustible, focusing on innovative and culturally engaged work. Activities may also include dance workshops for the public taught by the artists-in-residence, and work-in-progress showings where residents and the public provide feedback on the work. The residencies will culminate in a fully produced premiere of the works, which will run during two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Crowded Fire Theater Company (aka Crowded Fire)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Theater & Musical Theater\u003cbr>\nTo support the premiere of “On a Wonderverse” by Geetha Reddy. The second in Reddy’s trilogy of plays inspired by Hindu mythology, the play centers on the deity Shiva the Destroyer. The work also explores the intersection between physics, women in science, and Hindu mythology. Set at CERN’s (the European Council for Nuclear Research) Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, a brilliant young physicist Alpheratz Schen leads a research team, but is overlooked when her male co-author receives the coveted Nobel Prize. Her frustration leads to another discovery that has the potential to unleash critical insight into the origins of life. The theater may partner with California Girls in STEM at The Lawrence Hall of Science as well as the Stanford branch of Tech Trek, a science camp for eighth-grade girls, to create conversations between the artists and young women around the issues in the play.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Cutting Ball Theater\u003c/h3>\n\n\u003cp>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Theater & Musical Theater\u003cbr>\nTo support the development and premiere of “Ondine” by Katharine Sherman. Based on an ancient mermaid myth that inspired Jean Giraudoux’s seminal 1938 work of the same title and Hans Christian Andersen’s \u003cem>The Little Mermaid\u003c/em>, Sherman’s \u003cem>Ondine\u003c/em> is a contemporary retelling of the story of a water spirit who comes to land\u003cbr>\nto be with her lover. The production will be directed by Founding Artistic Director Rob Melrose. The playwright will be in residence in San Francisco for the duration of the rehearsal period leading up to the world premiere production.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Exploratorium\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$40,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works\u003cbr>\nTo support a series of multidisciplinary works and performances celebrating the importance of light to the arts. Using items such as emulsion, film, lenses, mirrors, projectors, and screens, artists will create work that illuminates the physics of light that are fundamental to their creative practices. Exploratorium stresses that a transparent creative process and experiential learning will lead to a meaningful understanding of the project’s complex theme.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Eyes and Ears Foundation (aka San Francisco International Arts Festival)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$25,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works\u003cbr>\nTo support international artists at the San Francisco International Arts Festival. The festival will feature a variety of performances by artists from the Bay Area and approximately 10 different countries. Artist fees, per diems, hotel costs and legal fees to support international artists performing at the San Francisco Arts Festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Fort Mason Center\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>$20,000 San Francisco, CA\u003cbr>\nFIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works/Imagine Your Parks\u003cbr>\nTo support \u003cem>The Rainbow: Certain Principles of Light and Shapes Between Forms\u003c/em>, an Imagine Your Parks project. The Fort Mason Center will project a dense waterwall created by installation artist Michael Jones McKean at timed intervals to reveal a rainbow over the center’s three piers that extend into the San Francisco\u003cbr>\nBay. An accompanying exhibition created by McKean will include historical objects from the area. Fort Mason Center is located within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, part of the National Park Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Frameline (aka San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Media Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support the presentation and expansion of Frameline Encore, a year-round film exhibition program. All screenings are free. This year, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival program will include continued expansion to locations in Oakland, Berkeley, and surrounding areas in the East Bay. Feature-length and short film programs representing the LGBTQ community will be shown at each venue.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Garrett Moulton Productions (aka Garrett Moulton Productions)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance\u003cbr>\nTo support the creation and presentation of an evening-length work, by Co-Artistic Directors Janice Garrett and Charles Moulton. Titled \u003ci>To Hear the Angels Sing,\u003c/i> the work will explore the themes of transcendence and hope, and will be a large-scale new work comprised of Garret + Moulton’s six company dancers; an 18-dancer\u003cbr>\n“movement choir;” a chorus of 12 singers who will be integrated into the stage action; and an ensemble of eight musicians. The work will premiere at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and will include open rehearsals and post-show question-and-answer sessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Golden Thread Productions\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Theater & Musical Theater\u003cbr>\nTo support the premiere of “The Most Dangerous Highway in the World” by Kevin Artigue, and the West Coast premiere of \u003ci>Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat\u003c/i> by Yussef El Guindi. Set on the Jalalabad-Kabul Highway in Afghanistan. Artigue’s play portrays a precocious nine-year-old “business man” who survives by\u003cbr>\nselling old fish to truck drivers and the random passersby. Through humor and with poignant honesty, the playwright creates a world that is both foreign and familiar. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The production will introduce a new theatrical voice and will deepen the theater’s relationship with the Bay Area’s Afghan population. Golden Thread has served as an artistic home for Arab-American playwright El Guindi for more than 15 years. The theater will produce the second production of his play about the politics of representation in the publishing industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Idris Ackamoor & Cultural Odyssey (aka Cultural Odyssey)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$30,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Theater & Musical Theater\u003cbr>\nTo support the creation and production of \u003cem>When Did Your Hands Become a Weapon\u003c/em>. Cultural Odyssey CoArtistic Director Rhodessa Jones, who is also the director of the Media Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women, will collaborate with the Women’s HIV Program at the University of San Francisco Medical Center to develop a\u003cbr>\nmusical theater work focusing on the issues of violence and addiction. The Media Project uses the performing arts to work with female inmates and ex-inmates. Jones will utilize its longstanding method to empower women currently living in the community with HIV. Community forums will share information on HIV and encourage women living with the disease to develop supportive networks, overcome additions, and to leave abusive partners.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>inkBoat, Inc. (aka inkBoat)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$15,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works/Imagine Your Parks\u003cbr>\nTo support the creation and presentation of “The Monster and the Hero” an Imagine Your Parks project. inkBoat will collaborate with the theater company We Players and the Rova Saxophone Quartet to create a new multidisciplinary work inspired by \u003cem>Beowulf\u003c/em>. Working in the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park and adjacent Fort Mason, the artists will draw inspiration from the National Park Service sites, including Coast Miwok people settlements, U.S. military history, and historic ships. Workshop performances will be open to the public leading up to the premiere of the site-specific work.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Joe Goode Performance Group\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance\u003cbr>\nTo support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Joe Goode. The work will be performed to an original score by French string quartet Quatuor. Goode’s inspiration for the work is the French village Oradour-sur-Glane, which was completely demolished during the Nazi occupation of France. Goode and his company will interview residents of the village and their responses to the work will become verbatim text incorporated in the work. The work will premiere in San Francisco after its premiere in France during the Festival du Haut Limousin.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Kitchen Sisters Productions (aka The Kitchen Sisters)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$30,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Media Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support distribution of the podcast Fugitive Waves. Incorporating a documentary archive of interviews, music, field recordings, and audio, the program is devoted to telling little-known stories of culture, ritual, and tradition. Archival works will be digitized, prepared for distribution, and public access to the program will offered through the podcast and additional digital platforms. In 2016, episodes will include features on the lives, history, tradition, food, music, and rituals of Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, and native Hawaiians.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Kronos Performing Arts Association (aka KRONOS QUARTET)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$40,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/b> Music\u003cbr>\nTo support year one of Fifty for the Future, a commissioning project by the Kronos Quartet. Plans include the creation of five string quartets for players of multiple skill levels (ranging from beginner to pre-professional). Scores, individual parts, and an array of other project materials will be available online at no charge. Premieres of the new works will take place in conjunction with residencies throughout the country. Educational activities will include master classes and workshops.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Kulintang Arts (aka Kularts)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Challenge America\u003cbr>\nTo support \u003cem>Mariang Makiling\u003c/em>, a Filipino dance theater production and associated activities. Filipino folkloric choreographer Jay Loyola and musician and composer Florante Aguilar will work with Kularts to develop the piece inspired by Philippine myths and native spirituality. In advance of the public performance, Loyola will present an advanced dance workshop for members of the folkloric dance community.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>LEVYdance, Inc. (aka LEVYdance)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance\u003cbr>\nTo support AMP (Artists Maximizing Potential), a program that seeks to innovate the single choreographer dance company model. Choreographer Sara Shelton Mann and her dancers will engage in an eight-week residency to create a new work with LEVYdance. The program will support the artistic process from the research and development phase, to production and touring, and will include a technical residency at ODC Theater. The program will culminate in a performance and tour of the new work.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired (aka LightHouse for the Blind)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Challenge America\u003cbr>\nTo support Superfest, an international disability film festival. The festival will showcase multi-genre films complemented by panel discussions with filmmakers, actors, disability leaders, and audience members. The festival will provide assisted listening systems, live captioning, braille, large print programs, and audio description. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Magic Theatre, Inc. (aka Magic Theatre)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Theater & Musical Theater\u003cbr>\nTo support the Mid-Career Playwright Initiative. Playwright Jessica Hagedorn will be in residence to continue developing her seminal theater work “Dogeaters” and to create an adaptation for the stage of her novel, \u003cem>Gangster of Love\u003c/em>. She may revise the text of \u003cem>Dogeaters\u003c/em> to incorporate additional dialogue in Tagalog to make the play bilingual. The play will be produced for a San Francisco premiere and may feature immersive and interactive design and staging that will allow audiences to access the play’s exuberant and unpredictable world more closely. A possible approach may be transforming a found space in San Francisco’s historically Filipino Tenderloin neighborhood into the underground Manila disco in which the events of the play unfold. Community and student outreach efforts will accompany the production.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc. (aka Margaret Jenkins Dance Company)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$20,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance\u003cbr>\nTo support the creation and presentation of \u003cem>Site Series 2 (Inside Outside)\u003c/em>. Propelled by the vagabond nature of being a performance artist, a metaphor for all of life’s journeys, Margaret Jenkins and her company will choreograph small, site-specific works to be performed in non-traditional spaces, like churches, homes, and museums. The works can be presented as individual vignettes or as a complete evening-length work.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>ODC (aka Oberlin Dance Collective)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$25,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance\u003cbr>\nTo support the creation and presentation of new dance works. Co-Artistic Director Brenda Way will choreograph, \u003cem>Walk Back the Cat\u003c/em>, to a commissioned score by composer Paul Drescher, with set design by Alex Nichols. Guest artist Kate Weare will choreograph \u003cem>Criss Cross\u003c/em>. The works will premiere at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts prior to touring to Chico, California, and White Bird in Portland, Oregon.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>ODC Theater\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$30,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Dance\u003cbr>\nTo support the ODC Theater Presents program. The project will include The Walking Distance Dance Festival-SF, as well as presentations of Monique Jenkinson’s mini-series, \u003cem>Gender in Transition\u003c/em>, French-Algerian Compagnie Herve Koubi’s \u003cem>What the Day Owes to The Night\u003c/em>, Scott Wells’ and Keith Hennessy’s \u003cem>Touchy Subjects\u003c/em>, RAWdance’s \u003cem>Double Exposure\u003c/em>, and Hope Mohr Dance’s \u003cem>Manifesting\u003c/em>. ODC Theater’s primary mission is to be the West Coast’s premier venue for the contemporary performing arts and a home to nurture artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (aka Philharmonia)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Music\u003cbr>\nTo support period-instrument performances of an all-Mozart concert program. Under the direction of Music Director Nicholas McGegan, the project will feature guest artist keyboardist Kristian Bezuidenhout, who will perform on the pianoforte. Programming will include such works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as Concerto for\u003cbr>\nFortepiano no. 23 in A major, Symphony No. 27 in G major, and Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major. The project will celebrate Nicholas McGegan’s 30th anniversary as music director of the orchestra.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Playwrights Foundation, Inc. (aka Playwrights Foundation)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$25,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Theater & Musical Theater\u003cbr>\nTo support the Bay Area Playwrights Festival. The festival will include an artistic retreat, studio development of new plays, and publicly staged showings of full-length plays. Festival plays for staged readings will be selected through a competitive submission process. The festival also will present a workshop production of a play in development at a partner theater. Other festival activities will include a young theater-makers event, mentorship for emerging scenic designers, and an industry weekend, during which national new play producers are invited to San Francisco to see the plays.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco Arts Commission\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$35,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Local Arts Agencies\u003cbr>\nTo support Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities for San Francisco Artists. Working in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Housing, the Council of Community Housing Organizations, and private developers, the commission will offer comprehensive services integrating outreach, education, individualized support, workshops, peer-support, and access to the municipal services necessary to meet the basic eligibility requirements for affordable housing. Outreach will focus on low- to moderate-income artists to ensure that individuals are aware of the affordable housing options available.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco Camerawork, Inc. (aka SF Camerawork)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$15,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Visual Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support an exhibition and publication series by emerging and underrepresented national and international artists. The selected artists will receive conceptual, logistical, financial, and administrative support to develop their work. The series will include gallery exhibitions in San Francisco, including public programming and the publication of three accompanying books with critical essays.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (aka SFCMP)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$15,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Music\u003cbr>\nTo support an artist residency project. The ensemble will present a residency, titled \u003cem>X-SCAPE: New Spaces for New Music\u003c/em>, which will explore space in the physical, metaphorical, and poetic sense, at the Z-Space Theater Artaud, in the Mission District of San Francisco. Programming will include works by composers such as David Lang, Gerard Grisey, Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexadri, Zosha DiCastri, Louis Andreissen, and Morton Feldman. Project activities will include educational events, such as pre-concert discussions, artistic director and composer talks open to the public, and student rehearsals with the ensemble.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco Film Society (aka SFFS)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$50,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Media Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support the 59th San Francisco International Film Festival, and other curated film series. Held in the spring, the festival includes films from around the world, educational programs, and live performances. Additional programming throughout the year will include a series devoted to cinema from Hong Kong, and Screenings in Schools, in which students view films and engage with the filmmakers in person or via Skype. In partnership with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFFS presents a year-round series celebrating established and emerging masters of cinema.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco Jazz Organization (aka SFJAZZ)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$45,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Music\u003cbr>\nTo support the SFJAZZ Collective’s commissioning, development, and performance of new original works by each member and arrangements of music by Michael Jackson. The ensemble will play as many as 18 live concerts on its 2016 national tour and present pre-concert talks, engage in master classes, workshops, school programs, and outreach events in tour cities which will include West Lafayette and Carmel, Indiana; Dubuque, Iowa; Louisville, Kentucky; North Bethesda, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; Detroit, Michigan; Saint Louis, Missouri; New York, New York; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; as well as Dallas and Houston, Texas. The SFJAZZ Collective members are Obed Calvaire, Robin Eubanks, Sean Jones, Matt Penman, Davis Sanchez, Edward Simon, Warren Wolf, and Miguel Zenon.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (aka San Francisco Jewish Film Festival)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$25,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Media Arts\u003cbr>\nTo support the 36th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and related activities. Held in the summer, the festival hosts film screenings, live music, and panel discussions in celebration of Jewish culture and tradition. Recent films screened at the festival included Doug Block’s \u003cem>112 Weddings\u003c/em>, \u003cem>The Green Prince\u003c/em> by Nadav Schirman, and \u003cem>Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem\u003c/em> by John Lollos.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco Opera Association (aka San Francisco Opera)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$90,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Opera\u003cbr>\nTo support the world premiere of \u003cem>Dream of the Red Chamber\u003c/em> by composer Bright Sheng with a libretto by playwright David Henry Hwang and Sheng. The text was written in the 18th century by Cao Xueqin, and is considered one of China’s four great classical novels, telling the story of a heartbreaking and timeless love\u003cbr>\ntriangle. The creative team may include Tony Award-winner David Henry Hwang, playwright and director Stan Lai, Academy Award-winning designer and art director Tim Yip, conductor George Manahan, and contralto Qiu Lin Zhang. Outreach activities will focus on the local and national Chinese-American community, college/university programs in music and Chinese/Asian studies, and cultural institutions in the Bay Area such as the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. As many as six performances will be presented in the fall of 2016 at the War Memorial Opera House.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco Performances, Inc. (aka San Francisco Performances)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$10,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works\u003cbr>\nTo support a series of music and dance performances. The series will feature performances by pianist Leif Ove Andsnes (Norway), pianist Jonathan Biss, the Brentano String Quartet, Dorrance Dance, the Dover Quartet, pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin (Canada), cellist Harriet Krigjh (The Netherlands), tenor Mark Padmore, Paul Taylor Dance Company, and pianist Javier Perianes (Spain). Educational and outreach activities will include lectures, open rehearsals, and workshops.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco Symphony (On behalf of San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra)\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>$35,000 (San Francisco, CA)\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FIELD/DISCIPLINE:\u003c/strong> Music\u003cbr>\nTo support the Artistic Development Program of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. Designed to complement the youth orchestra’s core program of weekly rehearsals and concert performances, the free program will provide middle to high school students with coaching, mentorship, and specialized training in chamber music. 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"content": "\u003cp>Owners of the Elbo Room, the darkly-lit bar and music venue in San Francisco’s Mission District, learned Tuesday morning that their lease will be extended to Jan. 1, 2018, putting off its impending closure for two more years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”9jTf7M3FVvG07dI1Qmev4qGr1embprbB”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2014, the Elbo Room’s landlords, Dennis Ring and Susan Rokisky-Ring, have been moving forward with a project to tear down the 80-year-old building and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/11/13/san-franciscos-elbo-room-might-be-demolished-for-condos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">replace it with condos\u003c/a>. But the project has not only met resistance from the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2014/11/21/the-elbo-room-is-far-from-dying-but-theres-still-a-movement-to-save-it/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bar’s dedicated patrons\u003c/a>, it’s also run into delay after delay from the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They might as well keep us there and keep everyone happy,” said Matt Shapiro, who owns and operates the Elbo Room with partner Erik Cantu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year has been quite the roller coaster of emotions for Shaprio and Cantu, who were \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/04/22/its-official-elbo-room-to-close-in-november/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told back in April\u003c/a> that their lease would expire in November. But \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/08/19/the-elbo-room-will-live-to-see-2016/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just a few months later,\u003c/a> they learned that the condo project was running into delays; the Rings informed the pair that they could stay open through 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Shapiro says the building owners have yet to put anything in writing, they have been talking about the extension since Friday and received a “final” verbal agreement from their landlords Tuesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shapiro says there are no plans for an official celebration of the lease extension, but the status he wrote for the club’s Facebook page says it all:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/elbo.room.9/posts/1533585760301706\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11126413\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Art_Nerd-HolidayGuide-2015-300px.png\" alt=\"Art_Nerd-HolidayGuide-2015-300px\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Art_Nerd-HolidayGuide-2015-300px.png 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Art_Nerd-HolidayGuide-2015-300px-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Art_Nerd-HolidayGuide-2015-300px-64x64.png 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Art_Nerd-HolidayGuide-2015-300px-96x96.png 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Art_Nerd-HolidayGuide-2015-300px-128x128.png 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Art_Nerd-HolidayGuide-2015-300px-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of all the great holiday traditions, there are only two that really matter: the annual outing to see \u003cem>The Nutcracker\u003c/em>, \u003cem>A Christmas Carol\u003c/em> or \u003cem>The Messiah\u003c/em>…and drinking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here at KQED Arts, we thought it would make a lot of sense to combine them. So we’ve created a bunch of tasty cocktails to help enhance your cultural pleasure this holiday season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11141407\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11141407\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03666-e1449526423637-400x465.jpg\" alt=\"The Nutcracker\" width=\"400\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03666-e1449526423637-400x465.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03666-e1449526423637-516x600.jpg 516w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03666-e1449526423637-1015x1180.jpg 1015w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03666-e1449526423637-1920x2233.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03666-e1449526423637-1180x1372.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03666-e1449526423637-960x1117.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Nutcracker \u003ccite>(Photo: Jim Ratcliffe)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The Nutcracker\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Gird yourself for another matinee appearance of the sugarplum fairy with this robust cocktail. A comforting drink with a dark underside, The Nutcracker captures the brooding fantasy of Tchaikovsky’s ballet in a tumbler. We matched rye whiskey with the burnt orange flavors of Amaro Nardini and black walnut bitters to create a nutty tribute to the perennial holiday favorite. Perfect as a pre-curtain libation, or surreptitiously sipped from a flask in your seat. Prost!\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"recipe\" style=\"width: 620px;float: left\">\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Recipe:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>1.5 oz rye whiskey\u003cbr>\n.5 oz simple syrup\u003cbr>\n5 dashes black walnut bitters\u003cbr>\n1 oz Amaro Nardini\u003cbr>\n.25 tsp nutmeg\u003c/h5>\n\u003ch5>Shake ingredients together with ice and serve in an old fashioned glass over an ice cube with a frozen walnut suspended in the middle.\u003c/h5>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11141406\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11141406\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03671-e1449526313599-400x563.jpg\" alt=\"The White Christmas\" width=\"400\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03671-e1449526313599-400x563.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03671-e1449526313599-427x600.jpg 427w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03671-e1449526313599-839x1180.jpg 839w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03671-e1449526313599-1180x1659.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03671-e1449526313599-960x1350.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03671-e1449526313599.jpg 1831w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The White Christmas \u003ccite>(Photo: Jim Ratcliffe)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The White Christmas\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Why dream of a white Christmas when you can drink one? To evoke the velvety texture of Bing Crosby’s voice, we blended coconut milk, white rum and elderflower liquor, and then splashed in a dash of rosewater just for good measure. Dried coconut flakes turn each glass into a miniature snow globe for your winter reveries. Top with a Bing cherry (brandied) to complete the scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"recipe\" style=\"width: 620px;float: left\">\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Recipe:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>0.75 oz coconut milk\u003cbr>\n1.5 oz white rum\u003cbr>\n1 oz Domaine Canton ginger liqueur\u003cbr>\n0.5 oz elderflower liqueur\u003cbr>\nDash of rosewater\u003c/h5>\n\u003ch5>Shake ingredients together with ice and serve in a coupe glass rimmed with dried coconut and half filled with crushed ice. Top with a Bing cherry.\u003c/h5>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11141405\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11141405\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03659-e1449526913570-400x409.jpg\" alt=\"The Grinch\" width=\"400\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03659-e1449526913570-400x409.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03659-e1449526913570-587x600.jpg 587w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03659-e1449526913570-1155x1180.jpg 1155w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03659-e1449526913570-1920x1962.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03659-e1449526913570-1180x1206.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03659-e1449526913570-960x981.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03659-e1449526913570-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03659-e1449526913570-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Grinch \u003ccite>(Photo: Jim Ratcliffe)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The Grinch\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While we considered fashioning this ode to Christmas’s greenest villain with eel, cactus and arsenic sauce, our hearts softened and we mixed a drink that would make every Who in Whoville sing. The more of this you have, the less grinchy you will be. Raise a glass in honor of a heart that grew three sizes that Christmas day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"recipe\" style=\"width: 620px;float: left\">\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Recipe:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>1.5 oz tequila\u003cbr>\n1 oz absinthe\u003cbr>\n2 kiwi fruit, peeled\u003cbr>\nHandful of mint\u003c/h5>\n\u003ch5>Blend all ingredients plus a few ice cubes in a Magic Bullet or similar food processor. Pour into a Martini glass and garnish with one shriveled, dried cranberry shaped into a heart and skewered on a swizzle stick.\u003c/h5>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11141408\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11141408\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03679-e1449527510979-400x473.jpg\" alt=\"The Jacob Marley\" width=\"400\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03679-e1449527510979-400x473.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03679-e1449527510979-507x600.jpg 507w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03679-e1449527510979-998x1180.jpg 998w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03679-e1449527510979-1920x2270.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03679-e1449527510979-1180x1395.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03679-e1449527510979-960x1135.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Jacob Marley \u003ccite>(Photo: Jim Ratcliffe)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The Jacob Marley\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Ebenezer Scrooge’s late business partner has been “as dead as a doornail” for more than 150 years. Although Marley’s ghost may be condemned to forever wander the Earth in chains, you can still conjure him with this boozy seance. Watch as the “louche effect” causes Marley’s spectral presence to materialize in your spirit glass! Shake your ice-filled tumbler and heed the death-rattle of his ghostly chains. God save us. Everyone. Repent and find some mistletoe before it’s too late.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"recipe\" style=\"width: 620px;float: left\">\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Recipe:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>0.5 oz Benedictine\u003cbr>\n0.5 oz vodka\u003cbr>\n0.5 oz pastis\u003cbr>\n1.5 oz water\u003c/h5>\n\u003ch5>Pour the pastis into an old fashioned glass. Shake the vodka, water, Benedictine and a few ice cubes together. Then drip this blend into the glass of pastis slowly and watch the liquid become cloudy — that’s the louche effect in action. To evoke Marley’s ball and chain, add the ice and a Castelvetrano olive.\u003c/h5>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11141527\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11141527\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-400x398.jpg\" alt=\"The Away in a Manger\" width=\"400\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-400x398.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-603x600.jpg 603w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-1180x1174.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-1920x1910.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-960x955.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Away in a Manger \u003ccite>(Photo: Jim Ratcliffe)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Away in a Manger\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you choose to spend the next three weeks in hiding, you may enjoy this loyal companion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"recipe\" style=\"width: 620px;float: left\">\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Recipe:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>2 oz Wild Turkey bourbon\u003cbr>\nSome straw\u003c/h5>\n\u003ch5>Pour bourbon into a whiskey glass. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11126413\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Art_Nerd-HolidayGuide-2015-300px.png\" alt=\"Art_Nerd-HolidayGuide-2015-300px\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Art_Nerd-HolidayGuide-2015-300px.png 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Art_Nerd-HolidayGuide-2015-300px-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Art_Nerd-HolidayGuide-2015-300px-64x64.png 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Art_Nerd-HolidayGuide-2015-300px-96x96.png 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Art_Nerd-HolidayGuide-2015-300px-128x128.png 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Art_Nerd-HolidayGuide-2015-300px-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of all the great holiday traditions, there are only two that really matter: the annual outing to see \u003cem>The Nutcracker\u003c/em>, \u003cem>A Christmas Carol\u003c/em> or \u003cem>The Messiah\u003c/em>…and drinking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here at KQED Arts, we thought it would make a lot of sense to combine them. So we’ve created a bunch of tasty cocktails to help enhance your cultural pleasure this holiday season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11141407\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11141407\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03666-e1449526423637-400x465.jpg\" alt=\"The Nutcracker\" width=\"400\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03666-e1449526423637-400x465.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03666-e1449526423637-516x600.jpg 516w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03666-e1449526423637-1015x1180.jpg 1015w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03666-e1449526423637-1920x2233.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03666-e1449526423637-1180x1372.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03666-e1449526423637-960x1117.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Nutcracker \u003ccite>(Photo: Jim Ratcliffe)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The Nutcracker\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Gird yourself for another matinee appearance of the sugarplum fairy with this robust cocktail. A comforting drink with a dark underside, The Nutcracker captures the brooding fantasy of Tchaikovsky’s ballet in a tumbler. We matched rye whiskey with the burnt orange flavors of Amaro Nardini and black walnut bitters to create a nutty tribute to the perennial holiday favorite. Perfect as a pre-curtain libation, or surreptitiously sipped from a flask in your seat. Prost!\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"recipe\" style=\"width: 620px;float: left\">\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Recipe:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>1.5 oz rye whiskey\u003cbr>\n.5 oz simple syrup\u003cbr>\n5 dashes black walnut bitters\u003cbr>\n1 oz Amaro Nardini\u003cbr>\n.25 tsp nutmeg\u003c/h5>\n\u003ch5>Shake ingredients together with ice and serve in an old fashioned glass over an ice cube with a frozen walnut suspended in the middle.\u003c/h5>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11141406\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11141406\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03671-e1449526313599-400x563.jpg\" alt=\"The White Christmas\" width=\"400\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03671-e1449526313599-400x563.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03671-e1449526313599-427x600.jpg 427w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03671-e1449526313599-839x1180.jpg 839w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03671-e1449526313599-1180x1659.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03671-e1449526313599-960x1350.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03671-e1449526313599.jpg 1831w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The White Christmas \u003ccite>(Photo: Jim Ratcliffe)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The White Christmas\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Why dream of a white Christmas when you can drink one? To evoke the velvety texture of Bing Crosby’s voice, we blended coconut milk, white rum and elderflower liquor, and then splashed in a dash of rosewater just for good measure. Dried coconut flakes turn each glass into a miniature snow globe for your winter reveries. Top with a Bing cherry (brandied) to complete the scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"recipe\" style=\"width: 620px;float: left\">\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Recipe:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>0.75 oz coconut milk\u003cbr>\n1.5 oz white rum\u003cbr>\n1 oz Domaine Canton ginger liqueur\u003cbr>\n0.5 oz elderflower liqueur\u003cbr>\nDash of rosewater\u003c/h5>\n\u003ch5>Shake ingredients together with ice and serve in a coupe glass rimmed with dried coconut and half filled with crushed ice. Top with a Bing cherry.\u003c/h5>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11141405\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11141405\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03659-e1449526913570-400x409.jpg\" alt=\"The Grinch\" width=\"400\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03659-e1449526913570-400x409.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03659-e1449526913570-587x600.jpg 587w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03659-e1449526913570-1155x1180.jpg 1155w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03659-e1449526913570-1920x1962.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03659-e1449526913570-1180x1206.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03659-e1449526913570-960x981.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03659-e1449526913570-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03659-e1449526913570-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Grinch \u003ccite>(Photo: Jim Ratcliffe)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The Grinch\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While we considered fashioning this ode to Christmas’s greenest villain with eel, cactus and arsenic sauce, our hearts softened and we mixed a drink that would make every Who in Whoville sing. The more of this you have, the less grinchy you will be. Raise a glass in honor of a heart that grew three sizes that Christmas day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"recipe\" style=\"width: 620px;float: left\">\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Recipe:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>1.5 oz tequila\u003cbr>\n1 oz absinthe\u003cbr>\n2 kiwi fruit, peeled\u003cbr>\nHandful of mint\u003c/h5>\n\u003ch5>Blend all ingredients plus a few ice cubes in a Magic Bullet or similar food processor. Pour into a Martini glass and garnish with one shriveled, dried cranberry shaped into a heart and skewered on a swizzle stick.\u003c/h5>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11141408\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11141408\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03679-e1449527510979-400x473.jpg\" alt=\"The Jacob Marley\" width=\"400\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03679-e1449527510979-400x473.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03679-e1449527510979-507x600.jpg 507w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03679-e1449527510979-998x1180.jpg 998w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03679-e1449527510979-1920x2270.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03679-e1449527510979-1180x1395.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03679-e1449527510979-960x1135.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Jacob Marley \u003ccite>(Photo: Jim Ratcliffe)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The Jacob Marley\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Ebenezer Scrooge’s late business partner has been “as dead as a doornail” for more than 150 years. Although Marley’s ghost may be condemned to forever wander the Earth in chains, you can still conjure him with this boozy seance. Watch as the “louche effect” causes Marley’s spectral presence to materialize in your spirit glass! Shake your ice-filled tumbler and heed the death-rattle of his ghostly chains. God save us. Everyone. Repent and find some mistletoe before it’s too late.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"recipe\" style=\"width: 620px;float: left\">\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Recipe:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>0.5 oz Benedictine\u003cbr>\n0.5 oz vodka\u003cbr>\n0.5 oz pastis\u003cbr>\n1.5 oz water\u003c/h5>\n\u003ch5>Pour the pastis into an old fashioned glass. Shake the vodka, water, Benedictine and a few ice cubes together. Then drip this blend into the glass of pastis slowly and watch the liquid become cloudy — that’s the louche effect in action. To evoke Marley’s ball and chain, add the ice and a Castelvetrano olive.\u003c/h5>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11141527\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11141527\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-400x398.jpg\" alt=\"The Away in a Manger\" width=\"400\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-400x398.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-603x600.jpg 603w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-1180x1174.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-1920x1910.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-960x955.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DSC03700-e1449530390447-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Away in a Manger \u003ccite>(Photo: Jim Ratcliffe)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Away in a Manger\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you choose to spend the next three weeks in hiding, you may enjoy this loyal companion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"recipe\" style=\"width: 620px;float: left\">\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Recipe:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>2 oz Wild Turkey bourbon\u003cbr>\nSome straw\u003c/h5>\n\u003ch5>Pour bourbon into a whiskey glass. Garnish with straw.\u003c/h5>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>UPDATE:\u003c/strong> (Dec. 11, 4pm)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the official opening date is Thursday, Dec. 17, the Alamo Drafthouse will have a “soft opening” for the New Mission Theater this Saturday, Dec. 12. For movie listings, visit the \u003ca href=\"https://drafthouse.com/sf/calendar/new-mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theater’s website\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alamo Drafthouse, along with production company \u003ca href=\"http://www.annapurnapics.com/main/#about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Annapurna Pictures,\u003c/a> have also made a deal with the former San Francisco video store Le Video to help preserve their famous collection of over 90,000 titles. Read more about the deal \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/12/09/alamo-drafthouse-makes-deal-to-preserve-titles-from-le-video-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on KQED News\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Original story:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By my reckoning, the Metreon multiplex was the last new movie theater to open in San Francisco, in 1999. A few exhibitors have since popped for pricey reconfigurations and renovations (Sundance Kabuki, Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema), but nobody has had the ambition and confidence to either build from scratch or reclaim and restore a shuttered cinema in the 21st century — until now. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Dec. 17, the \u003ca href=\"https://drafthouse.com/sf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Mission Theater\u003c/a> reopens under the auspices of Alamo Drafthouse, the quirky and influential Austin-based chain founded by Berkeley native Tim League and his wife, Karrie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11144837\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 427px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Exterior.jpg\" alt=\"The marquee on Mission Street.\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11144837\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Exterior.jpg 427w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Exterior-400x600.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The marquee on Mission Street. \u003ccite>(Courtesy: Mike Keegan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The centerpiece of the massively refurbished New Mission, on Mission St between 21st and 22nd Streets, is a 320-seat house augmented by four theaters scaling from 90 down to 34 seats. Although it’s a neighborhood theater, like the vast majority of S.F. cinemas, it will attract moviegoers from all over the city for at least the first several months. (New movie theaters, like new ballparks, have a galvanizing effect on the public. Call it the “new seat effect.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As long as we’re talking about the (infra)structure, the New Mission features a significant bar/lounge space that League envisions as a destination even if customers aren’t up for a movie. This writer, however, imagines Bear Vs Bull, as it’s called, jammed with people jabbering about the film they just saw. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I like to do,” League agrees, “and why we have a bar at all our theaters, after I watch an incredible movie the first thing I want to do is sit down over a beer or a cocktail and talk about it.” Whoever’s downing ‘em, the libations and comestibles comprise an important revenue stream to recoup Drafthouse’s reported $10 million investment in the New Mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Audiences, admittedly, aren’t much interested in whether the profit margin is greater for a pint and a portobello sandwich than basic popcorn and soda. And after the novelty of the new theater wears off, regular moviegoers will be less concerned with the configuration of the screening rooms and the comfort of the seats than with what’s on the screen. So the most compelling question is, what will the New Mission be showing?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11144834\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction.jpg\" alt=\"New Mission lobby staircase under construction, April 2015.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"795\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11144834\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction-400x265.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction-960x636.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Mission lobby staircase under construction, April 2015. \u003ccite>(Photo: Jacob Zukerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The very first booking, a low-budget, under-the-radar sequel entitled \u003cem>Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens\u003c/em>, feels more like an acknowledgement of financial realities than the first step in instilling the New Mission’s identity. My conversations with League and creative manager Mike Keegan, a familiar face from his years at the Roxie, indicates that they are ecumenical and egalitarian movie lovers whose tastes encompass high and low, quality and exploitation, Bergman-esque philosophy and Pavlovian action, without fear or favor. So booking a blockbuster shouldn’t be viewed as either shamelessly selling out or violating monastic precepts but an embrace of all kinds of movies — in this case, popular mainstream fare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, a steady diet of that stuff — as well as popcorn and cola — makes you flabby, soft and stupid. In any event, the New Mission will do consistently terrific business on the weekends, regardless of whether its offerings are comic-book movies or character-based dramas (aka arthouse fare), because that’s when people go to the movies. The overriding challenge the New Mission faces is filling the place on weeknights. Here’s where it gets interesting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keegan, who holds the keys to the programming kingdom, is merging Alamo Drafthouse’s experience in Texas and other markets with his own experiments. His first job in the film biz a little over a decade ago was as a parking lot attendant at the Spectrum in Albany, New York; he wound up managing the place and booking midnight movies. He joined the Roxie’s merry programmers in 2008, shortly after he moved to San Francisco. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the New Mission, Keegan declares, “We’re here to build film lovers. And a time-honored way to build film lovers is through genre film.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11144835\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction2.jpg\" alt=\"New Mission main auditorium under construction, April 2015.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"795\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11144835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction2.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction2-400x265.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction2-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction2-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction2-960x636.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Mission main auditorium under construction, April 2015. \u003ccite>(Photo: Jacob Zukerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over the years, League, his wife and various associates compiled a library of some 5,000 35mm prints from which the Alamo Drafthouse theaters curate weeknight series. Keegan practically rubs his hands together in glee and cackles over the imminent prospect of transporting those popular Drafthouse theme nights to San Francisco. “Terror Tuesday” will feature a steady stream of horror movies of every conceivable stripe, while “Weird Wednesday” encompasses exploitation movies, bizarre rarities, cult oddities and one-offs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Music Mondays” kicks off the week, and while music documentaries are certainly a subgenre, they don’t draw the same loyal following week in and week out. A given film will attract fans of the artist or of that branch of music, but not “music fans,” per se. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keegan envisions dedicating Thursday nights to community screenings, with a rotation comprised of the multitude of local film festivals and ancillary organizations. A certain amount of trial and error can be expected in the first few months, which is fine with him. After all, if you aspire to inspire people who aren’t in the habit to become regular moviegoers, you’re going to have some misses. Keegan, like most programmers, loves hearing feedback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I view it as a conversation,” he explains, “and the initial calendars are conversation starters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, the New Mission will print and distribute somewhere between 10 and 30,000 calendars every month — the number will shake out over time, another product of trial and error — to laundromats, cafes and record stores. Or, as Keegan puts it, “Wherever people read a free piece of paper.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11144838\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Railing.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the lobby railing during construction, April 2015.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11144838\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Railing.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Railing-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of the lobby railing during construction, April 2015. \u003ccite>(Photo: Jacob Zukerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of course, the backdrop to the opening of a new movie house at the present moment is the ubiquity of streaming, and the instant availability of moving-image entertainment. Going to theaters for entertainment is a relic of the past, many people think, especially when there are so many compelling television series to watch. League disagrees, as you’d expect from someone who has sunk a large chunk of change into a five-screen movie house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve always thought of ourselves as having a different set of competition,” he says. “No matter how good your home entertainment center is, or long-form TV, you want to get out of the house. We compete against the bars, shows, comedy. We want to make sure our experience is compelling enough to compete against the other outside-the-house entertainment options.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>League is right about the bars (d)evolving into the default social activity for San Franciscans of a certain age. As a devotee of movies and theaters — which I assume you are as well, if you’ve stuck with the story this far — you’re rooting for League and Keegan to establish the New Mission as not just an alluring entertainment option, or a successful business, but as an institution that nourishes and advances film culture. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is that asking too much of a multiplex that raises its curtain with the unholy offspring of George Lucas and J.J. Abrams? Let’s discuss it over a pint in six months.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>UPDATE:\u003c/strong> (Dec. 11, 4pm)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the official opening date is Thursday, Dec. 17, the Alamo Drafthouse will have a “soft opening” for the New Mission Theater this Saturday, Dec. 12. For movie listings, visit the \u003ca href=\"https://drafthouse.com/sf/calendar/new-mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theater’s website\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alamo Drafthouse, along with production company \u003ca href=\"http://www.annapurnapics.com/main/#about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Annapurna Pictures,\u003c/a> have also made a deal with the former San Francisco video store Le Video to help preserve their famous collection of over 90,000 titles. Read more about the deal \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/12/09/alamo-drafthouse-makes-deal-to-preserve-titles-from-le-video-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on KQED News\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Original story:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By my reckoning, the Metreon multiplex was the last new movie theater to open in San Francisco, in 1999. A few exhibitors have since popped for pricey reconfigurations and renovations (Sundance Kabuki, Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema), but nobody has had the ambition and confidence to either build from scratch or reclaim and restore a shuttered cinema in the 21st century — until now. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Dec. 17, the \u003ca href=\"https://drafthouse.com/sf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Mission Theater\u003c/a> reopens under the auspices of Alamo Drafthouse, the quirky and influential Austin-based chain founded by Berkeley native Tim League and his wife, Karrie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11144837\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 427px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Exterior.jpg\" alt=\"The marquee on Mission Street.\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11144837\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Exterior.jpg 427w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Exterior-400x600.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The marquee on Mission Street. \u003ccite>(Courtesy: Mike Keegan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The centerpiece of the massively refurbished New Mission, on Mission St between 21st and 22nd Streets, is a 320-seat house augmented by four theaters scaling from 90 down to 34 seats. Although it’s a neighborhood theater, like the vast majority of S.F. cinemas, it will attract moviegoers from all over the city for at least the first several months. (New movie theaters, like new ballparks, have a galvanizing effect on the public. Call it the “new seat effect.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As long as we’re talking about the (infra)structure, the New Mission features a significant bar/lounge space that League envisions as a destination even if customers aren’t up for a movie. This writer, however, imagines Bear Vs Bull, as it’s called, jammed with people jabbering about the film they just saw. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I like to do,” League agrees, “and why we have a bar at all our theaters, after I watch an incredible movie the first thing I want to do is sit down over a beer or a cocktail and talk about it.” Whoever’s downing ‘em, the libations and comestibles comprise an important revenue stream to recoup Drafthouse’s reported $10 million investment in the New Mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Audiences, admittedly, aren’t much interested in whether the profit margin is greater for a pint and a portobello sandwich than basic popcorn and soda. And after the novelty of the new theater wears off, regular moviegoers will be less concerned with the configuration of the screening rooms and the comfort of the seats than with what’s on the screen. So the most compelling question is, what will the New Mission be showing?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11144834\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction.jpg\" alt=\"New Mission lobby staircase under construction, April 2015.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"795\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11144834\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction-400x265.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction-960x636.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Mission lobby staircase under construction, April 2015. \u003ccite>(Photo: Jacob Zukerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The very first booking, a low-budget, under-the-radar sequel entitled \u003cem>Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens\u003c/em>, feels more like an acknowledgement of financial realities than the first step in instilling the New Mission’s identity. My conversations with League and creative manager Mike Keegan, a familiar face from his years at the Roxie, indicates that they are ecumenical and egalitarian movie lovers whose tastes encompass high and low, quality and exploitation, Bergman-esque philosophy and Pavlovian action, without fear or favor. So booking a blockbuster shouldn’t be viewed as either shamelessly selling out or violating monastic precepts but an embrace of all kinds of movies — in this case, popular mainstream fare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, a steady diet of that stuff — as well as popcorn and cola — makes you flabby, soft and stupid. In any event, the New Mission will do consistently terrific business on the weekends, regardless of whether its offerings are comic-book movies or character-based dramas (aka arthouse fare), because that’s when people go to the movies. The overriding challenge the New Mission faces is filling the place on weeknights. Here’s where it gets interesting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keegan, who holds the keys to the programming kingdom, is merging Alamo Drafthouse’s experience in Texas and other markets with his own experiments. His first job in the film biz a little over a decade ago was as a parking lot attendant at the Spectrum in Albany, New York; he wound up managing the place and booking midnight movies. He joined the Roxie’s merry programmers in 2008, shortly after he moved to San Francisco. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the New Mission, Keegan declares, “We’re here to build film lovers. And a time-honored way to build film lovers is through genre film.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11144835\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction2.jpg\" alt=\"New Mission main auditorium under construction, April 2015.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"795\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11144835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction2.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction2-400x265.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction2-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction2-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Construction2-960x636.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Mission main auditorium under construction, April 2015. \u003ccite>(Photo: Jacob Zukerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over the years, League, his wife and various associates compiled a library of some 5,000 35mm prints from which the Alamo Drafthouse theaters curate weeknight series. Keegan practically rubs his hands together in glee and cackles over the imminent prospect of transporting those popular Drafthouse theme nights to San Francisco. “Terror Tuesday” will feature a steady stream of horror movies of every conceivable stripe, while “Weird Wednesday” encompasses exploitation movies, bizarre rarities, cult oddities and one-offs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Music Mondays” kicks off the week, and while music documentaries are certainly a subgenre, they don’t draw the same loyal following week in and week out. A given film will attract fans of the artist or of that branch of music, but not “music fans,” per se. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keegan envisions dedicating Thursday nights to community screenings, with a rotation comprised of the multitude of local film festivals and ancillary organizations. A certain amount of trial and error can be expected in the first few months, which is fine with him. After all, if you aspire to inspire people who aren’t in the habit to become regular moviegoers, you’re going to have some misses. Keegan, like most programmers, loves hearing feedback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I view it as a conversation,” he explains, “and the initial calendars are conversation starters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, the New Mission will print and distribute somewhere between 10 and 30,000 calendars every month — the number will shake out over time, another product of trial and error — to laundromats, cafes and record stores. Or, as Keegan puts it, “Wherever people read a free piece of paper.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11144838\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Railing.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the lobby railing during construction, April 2015.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11144838\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Railing.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/Railing-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of the lobby railing during construction, April 2015. \u003ccite>(Photo: Jacob Zukerman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of course, the backdrop to the opening of a new movie house at the present moment is the ubiquity of streaming, and the instant availability of moving-image entertainment. Going to theaters for entertainment is a relic of the past, many people think, especially when there are so many compelling television series to watch. League disagrees, as you’d expect from someone who has sunk a large chunk of change into a five-screen movie house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve always thought of ourselves as having a different set of competition,” he says. “No matter how good your home entertainment center is, or long-form TV, you want to get out of the house. We compete against the bars, shows, comedy. We want to make sure our experience is compelling enough to compete against the other outside-the-house entertainment options.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>League is right about the bars (d)evolving into the default social activity for San Franciscans of a certain age. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hooray for amateurs — the masses of people who exercise their creative muscles for the sheer heck of it and not for money or fame. If more of us spent our spare time learning to dance like Beyonce, writing novels in only a month, and taking improv classes, there’d probably be fewer wars. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Needless to say, the Bay Area is fairly bonkers with opportunities for artistic endeavor for residents and visitors of all ages, ethnicities and cultural interests. And d\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">uring the holiday season, participation in everything from karaoke at the company Christmas party to the local orchestra’s \u003cem>Singalong \u003c/em>\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Messiah\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, goes way up. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So I wanted to include in this week’s survey of performing arts events a couple of proudly amateur happenings alongside stuff that’s more pro. It’s the first of what I hope will be many nods to the everyday folks who get their kicks from all manner of artistic pastimes, as well as a couple of the institutions that help to make all this creativity possible for cultural hobbyists around the Bay.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11141039\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/david-haneke-usher.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11141039 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/david-haneke-usher-e1449449330978-800x466.jpg\" alt=\"A scene from 'The Fall of the House of Usher' at San Francisco Opera\" width=\"800\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/david-haneke-usher-e1449449330978-800x466.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/david-haneke-usher-e1449449330978-400x233.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/david-haneke-usher-e1449449330978.jpg 863w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A scene from ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ at San Francisco Opera \u003ccite>(Photo: David Haneke)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Tuesday, Dec. 8 – Sunday, Dec. 13: San Francisco Opera presents \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"http://sfopera.com/discover-opera/1516-season/the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher/\">\u003cb>\u003ci>The Fall of the House of Usher\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb> at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That Edgar Allan Poe’s spectral story about a mentally unstable brother, his physically unstable twin sister, and the craggy-decrepit fortress in which they live has captured the minds of opera creators for well over a century is no surprise: This supreme work of Gothic schlockery (on par with \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Raven\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">) is full of the stuff — an unlikely plot, characters on the brink of death and madness, lightning — that makes opera fans drool. French Impressionist Claude Debussy, American Minimalist Philip Glass and British prog rock songwriter Peter Hammill are among those who have excavated Poe’s story for the opera stage. The San Francisco Opera’s double-bill of short, \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Usher\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">-inspired works combines Debussy’s \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">La Chute de la Maison Usher\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and American composer Gordon Getty’s \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Usher House\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to create an evening of stormy music and imposing visuals. Both works star Brian Mulligan, who chilled Bay Area audiences’ bones in the role of Sweeney Todd at San Francisco Opera earlier this season and may do the same now as the emotionally volatile Roderick Usher. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11141045\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DQOI-15-e1449450048803.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11141045\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DQOI-15-e1449450048803-800x524.jpg\" alt=\"'Drag Queens on Ice'\" width=\"800\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DQOI-15-e1449450048803-800x524.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DQOI-15-e1449450048803-400x262.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DQOI-15-e1449450048803-1180x773.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DQOI-15-e1449450048803-1920x1257.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DQOI-15-e1449450048803-960x629.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Drag Queens on Ice’ \u003ccite>(Photo: Jerry Yim)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Thursday, Dec. 10: \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"http://sf.funcheap.com/drag-queens-ice-union-square/\">\u003cb>\u003ci>Drag Queens on Ice\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb> at the Union Square holiday ice rink, San Francisco. \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forget the imposing Christmas tree and the streams of sweating shoppers barging their way into Macy’s. You only truly know the holidays have arrived when a bunch of San Francisco’s most celebrated drag queens exchange their heels for ice skates and take to the rink in Union Square. Although the event feels a little like a publicity stunt for big business — Safeway, Bank of the West and Alaska Airlines all have their names slapped on this icecapade — performances in the great art of lip-synching by the likes of Mutha Chuka, Paju Munro, and BeBe Sweetbriar while careening across the ice will doubtless bring some much-needed lipstick, lamế and levity to the downtown holiday shopping scramble.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Thursday, Dec. 10: \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"http://www.eventbrite.com/e/james-bond-007-dance-party-theme-thursdays-opal-mtn-vw-tickets-19774119925\">\u003cb>\u003ci>James Bond 007 Dance Party\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb> at Opal, Mountain View. \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sometimes the best arts events are the ones you get to participate in yourself. And while it’s become commonplace for karaoke aficionados across the land to give their all to renditions of everything from Shirley Bassey’s \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Diamonds are Forever\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to Adele’s \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Skyfall\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, hitting the dance floor to express one’s love for all things 007 hasn’t quite yet become quite as run-of-the-mill. Opal, a well-appointed nightspot in Mountain View, is offering Bond fans the chance to sashay to the music that’s helped to make the long-running franchise one of the most revered in pop culture history. Whether you’re attired in Bond Girl chic, a bespoke tuxedo or your regular street clothes, this dance party is a great way to decompress after seeing the latest Bond flick, \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spectre\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, showing just the down the road at the local Century 16. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Friday, Dec. 11 – Sunday, Dec. 20: California Revels presents \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"http://californiarevels.org/2015_christmas-revels\">\u003cb>\u003ci>Christmas Revels: A Venetian Masque\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb> at the Scottish Rite Theater, Oakland. \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the past 30 years, the California Revels has injected a fat dose of folk culture into the local holiday season — and has become as beloved a fixture as a favorite tree ornament in the process. This year’s event, which brings together pros like Jeff Raz and Robert Sicular with amateur performers from all over the community, takes its cue from the \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Commedia dell’Arte performance traditions of the early 17th century. The schtick revolves around a bunch of ragtag comedians as they attempt to sabotage a classy masque thrown by the Doge of Venice. Expect a riotous combustion of high and low art, voluminous costumes and plenty of audience participation.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11141040\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DDD-Staff-Cast-Comp-cedit-clive-walker-e1449449469200.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11141040 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DDD-Staff-Cast-Comp-cedit-clive-walker-e1449449469200-800x528.jpg\" alt=\"FaultLine Theatre: The team behind 'Dead Dogs Bone.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DDD-Staff-Cast-Comp-cedit-clive-walker-e1449449469200-800x528.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DDD-Staff-Cast-Comp-cedit-clive-walker-e1449449469200-400x264.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DDD-Staff-Cast-Comp-cedit-clive-walker-e1449449469200-1180x778.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DDD-Staff-Cast-Comp-cedit-clive-walker-e1449449469200-1920x1266.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DDD-Staff-Cast-Comp-cedit-clive-walker-e1449449469200-960x633.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">FaultLine Theatre: The team behind ‘Dead Dogs Bone.’ \u003ccite>(Photo: Clive Walker)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Friday, Dec. 11 – Saturday, Dec. 19: FaultLine Theatre presents \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"http://www.faultlinetheater.com/#!dead-dogs-bone/c1mro\">\u003cb>\u003ci>Dead Dog’s Bone\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb> at PianoFight, San Francisco. \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cole Ferraiuolo, artistic director of FaultLine Theater, described his company’s latest production in an email to me as an “anti-Christmas, Christmas play.” It’s an astute description for the up-and-coming local dramatist Veronica Tjioe’s bleak comedy, which explores how a commitment-phobic twenty-something copes with the impending death of the family dog and her abhorrence of plastic Christmas trees. FaultLine was nominated for 15 Theater Bay Area Awards this year, and Dead Dog’s Bone is the final show of the hardworking young company’s season. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And I can’t let you go without sharing a few more suggestions:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Now through Sunday, Dec. 13: 42nd Street Moon presents \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"http://www.42ndstmoon.org/scrooge-in-love\">\u003cb>\u003ci>Scrooge in Love\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb> at the Eureka Theatre, San Francisco.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Now through Sunday, Dec. 20: TheatreFIRST presents \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"http://www.theatrefirst.com/the-seafarer/\">\u003cb>\u003ci>The Seafarer\u003c/i>\u003c/b> \u003c/a>\u003cb>at the Live Oak Theatre, Berkeley.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Now through Sunday, Dec. 13: \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"http://www.emspacedance.org/emspace-detour/\">\u003cb>EmSpace Dance and Detour Dance\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb> at NOHspace, San Francisco.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hooray for amateurs — the masses of people who exercise their creative muscles for the sheer heck of it and not for money or fame. If more of us spent our spare time learning to dance like Beyonce, writing novels in only a month, and taking improv classes, there’d probably be fewer wars. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Needless to say, the Bay Area is fairly bonkers with opportunities for artistic endeavor for residents and visitors of all ages, ethnicities and cultural interests. And d\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">uring the holiday season, participation in everything from karaoke at the company Christmas party to the local orchestra’s \u003cem>Singalong \u003c/em>\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Messiah\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, goes way up. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So I wanted to include in this week’s survey of performing arts events a couple of proudly amateur happenings alongside stuff that’s more pro. It’s the first of what I hope will be many nods to the everyday folks who get their kicks from all manner of artistic pastimes, as well as a couple of the institutions that help to make all this creativity possible for cultural hobbyists around the Bay.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11141039\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/david-haneke-usher.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11141039 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/david-haneke-usher-e1449449330978-800x466.jpg\" alt=\"A scene from 'The Fall of the House of Usher' at San Francisco Opera\" width=\"800\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/david-haneke-usher-e1449449330978-800x466.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/david-haneke-usher-e1449449330978-400x233.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/david-haneke-usher-e1449449330978.jpg 863w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A scene from ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ at San Francisco Opera \u003ccite>(Photo: David Haneke)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Tuesday, Dec. 8 – Sunday, Dec. 13: San Francisco Opera presents \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"http://sfopera.com/discover-opera/1516-season/the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher/\">\u003cb>\u003ci>The Fall of the House of Usher\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb> at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That Edgar Allan Poe’s spectral story about a mentally unstable brother, his physically unstable twin sister, and the craggy-decrepit fortress in which they live has captured the minds of opera creators for well over a century is no surprise: This supreme work of Gothic schlockery (on par with \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Raven\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">) is full of the stuff — an unlikely plot, characters on the brink of death and madness, lightning — that makes opera fans drool. French Impressionist Claude Debussy, American Minimalist Philip Glass and British prog rock songwriter Peter Hammill are among those who have excavated Poe’s story for the opera stage. The San Francisco Opera’s double-bill of short, \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Usher\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">-inspired works combines Debussy’s \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">La Chute de la Maison Usher\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and American composer Gordon Getty’s \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Usher House\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to create an evening of stormy music and imposing visuals. Both works star Brian Mulligan, who chilled Bay Area audiences’ bones in the role of Sweeney Todd at San Francisco Opera earlier this season and may do the same now as the emotionally volatile Roderick Usher. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11141045\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DQOI-15-e1449450048803.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11141045\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DQOI-15-e1449450048803-800x524.jpg\" alt=\"'Drag Queens on Ice'\" width=\"800\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DQOI-15-e1449450048803-800x524.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DQOI-15-e1449450048803-400x262.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DQOI-15-e1449450048803-1180x773.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DQOI-15-e1449450048803-1920x1257.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DQOI-15-e1449450048803-960x629.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Drag Queens on Ice’ \u003ccite>(Photo: Jerry Yim)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Thursday, Dec. 10: \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"http://sf.funcheap.com/drag-queens-ice-union-square/\">\u003cb>\u003ci>Drag Queens on Ice\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb> at the Union Square holiday ice rink, San Francisco. \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forget the imposing Christmas tree and the streams of sweating shoppers barging their way into Macy’s. You only truly know the holidays have arrived when a bunch of San Francisco’s most celebrated drag queens exchange their heels for ice skates and take to the rink in Union Square. Although the event feels a little like a publicity stunt for big business — Safeway, Bank of the West and Alaska Airlines all have their names slapped on this icecapade — performances in the great art of lip-synching by the likes of Mutha Chuka, Paju Munro, and BeBe Sweetbriar while careening across the ice will doubtless bring some much-needed lipstick, lamế and levity to the downtown holiday shopping scramble.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Opal, a well-appointed nightspot in Mountain View, is offering Bond fans the chance to sashay to the music that’s helped to make the long-running franchise one of the most revered in pop culture history. Whether you’re attired in Bond Girl chic, a bespoke tuxedo or your regular street clothes, this dance party is a great way to decompress after seeing the latest Bond flick, \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spectre\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, showing just the down the road at the local Century 16. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Friday, Dec. 11 – Sunday, Dec. 20: California Revels presents \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"http://californiarevels.org/2015_christmas-revels\">\u003cb>\u003ci>Christmas Revels: A Venetian Masque\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb> at the Scottish Rite Theater, Oakland. \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the past 30 years, the California Revels has injected a fat dose of folk culture into the local holiday season — and has become as beloved a fixture as a favorite tree ornament in the process. This year’s event, which brings together pros like Jeff Raz and Robert Sicular with amateur performers from all over the community, takes its cue from the \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Commedia dell’Arte performance traditions of the early 17th century. The schtick revolves around a bunch of ragtag comedians as they attempt to sabotage a classy masque thrown by the Doge of Venice. Expect a riotous combustion of high and low art, voluminous costumes and plenty of audience participation.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11141040\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DDD-Staff-Cast-Comp-cedit-clive-walker-e1449449469200.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11141040 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DDD-Staff-Cast-Comp-cedit-clive-walker-e1449449469200-800x528.jpg\" alt=\"FaultLine Theatre: The team behind 'Dead Dogs Bone.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DDD-Staff-Cast-Comp-cedit-clive-walker-e1449449469200-800x528.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DDD-Staff-Cast-Comp-cedit-clive-walker-e1449449469200-400x264.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DDD-Staff-Cast-Comp-cedit-clive-walker-e1449449469200-1180x778.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DDD-Staff-Cast-Comp-cedit-clive-walker-e1449449469200-1920x1266.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/DDD-Staff-Cast-Comp-cedit-clive-walker-e1449449469200-960x633.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">FaultLine Theatre: The team behind ‘Dead Dogs Bone.’ \u003ccite>(Photo: Clive Walker)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Friday, Dec. 11 – Saturday, Dec. 19: FaultLine Theatre presents \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"http://www.faultlinetheater.com/#!dead-dogs-bone/c1mro\">\u003cb>\u003ci>Dead Dog’s Bone\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb> at PianoFight, San Francisco. \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cole Ferraiuolo, artistic director of FaultLine Theater, described his company’s latest production in an email to me as an “anti-Christmas, Christmas play.” It’s an astute description for the up-and-coming local dramatist Veronica Tjioe’s bleak comedy, which explores how a commitment-phobic twenty-something copes with the impending death of the family dog and her abhorrence of plastic Christmas trees. FaultLine was nominated for 15 Theater Bay Area Awards this year, and Dead Dog’s Bone is the final show of the hardworking young company’s season. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And I can’t let you go without sharing a few more suggestions:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Now through Sunday, Dec. 13: 42nd Street Moon presents \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"http://www.42ndstmoon.org/scrooge-in-love\">\u003cb>\u003ci>Scrooge in Love\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb> at the Eureka Theatre, San Francisco.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Now through Sunday, Dec. 20: TheatreFIRST presents \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"http://www.theatrefirst.com/the-seafarer/\">\u003cb>\u003ci>The Seafarer\u003c/i>\u003c/b> \u003c/a>\u003cb>at the Live Oak Theatre, Berkeley.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Now through Sunday, Dec. 13: \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"http://www.emspacedance.org/emspace-detour/\">\u003cb>EmSpace Dance and Detour Dance\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb> at NOHspace, San Francisco.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The undergraduate dance major at Oakland’s Mills College –- part of one of the oldest and most respected dance programs in this country — will be spared from budget cuts, school officials announced Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facing a serious budget shortfall, school president Alecia DeCoudreaux proposed \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/11/20/a-fierce-debate-about-art-and-identity-at-mills-college/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cuts to a number of programs back in October\u003c/a>. Among those proposed cuts was the undergraduate dance major and the school’s book arts program, as well as some language classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then just before noon Monday, Mills officials announced that the school would make changes in order to allow undergrads to major in dance. They said they have developed a plan to save the dance program that involves lowering expenses, reducing course requirements and streamlining class schedules. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a press release sent out Monday, the decision to keep the undergraduate dance major is part of school’s vision to “continuously reimagine curriculum for the needs of current and incoming students.” This has included school faculty proposing new programs for data science, economics, urban studies and many more. These proposals are expected to go before the Mills trustees in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School officials also said that they are “evaluating fundraising opportunities” to help create a endowment to support the book arts program after an outpouring of support for it from the international community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Sara Hossaini contributed reporting to this story. \u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Follow this story as it will be updated when new information is learned.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Sweden has distributed author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s feminist manifesto, “We Should All Be Feminists,” to every 16-year-old student in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Swedish Women’s Lobby partnered with other groups to launch the initiative on Dec. 1, in the hopes of \u003ca href=\"http://sverigeskvinnolobby.se/en/we-should-all-be-feminists-chimamanda-ngozi-adichies-book-is-distributed-as-a-gift-to-all-swedish-high-schools/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sparking dialogue\u003c/a> about feminism in \u003ca href=\"http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-report-2014/rankings/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the most gender-equal countries\u003c/a> in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the book that I wish all of my male classmates would have read when I was 16,” Clara Berglund, president of the Swedish Women’s Lobby, \u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/04/every-16-year-old-in-sweden-to-receive-copy-of-we-should-all-be-feminists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told The Guardian\u003c/a>. “It feels so important to contribute to this project. It is a gift to all second-grade high-school students, but it is also a gift to ourselves and future generations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The give-away was wholly uncontroversial in Sweden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gender equality is one of the cornerstones of Swedish society,” Sweden’s \u003ca href=\"https://sweden.se/society/gender-equality-in-sweden/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official gender equality website\u003c/a> says. In a country where “gender mainstreaming” is a key governmental strategy to ensuring equality, 12 of 24 government ministers are currently women, and the law mandates that both parents get 480 days of parental leave, the distribution of a feminist pamphlet barely registered on Swedes’ radar. (In fact, several of my Swedish friends, one a journalist, didn’t even know about the project.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the extent that it was noticed, the initiative was met with praise. Although, one Swedish columnist offered mild criticism, writing that Swedish high school students, reared with the ideals of feminism, may find the \u003ca href=\"http://www.svd.se/varfor-delar-man-ut-daterad-feminism-till-eleverna\">book’s contents old-fashioned\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adiche, who is from Nigeria and lives in the U.S., based the essay on her \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg3umXU_qWc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2012 TED Talk\u003c/a> which has been viewed more than 2 million times. Even Beyonce incorporated part of the speech into \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyuUWOnS9BY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her song “Flawless.\u003c/a>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg3umXU_qWc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the essay, Adichie writes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>“Some people ask: ‘Why the word feminist? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights, or something like that?’ Because that would be dishonest. Feminism is, of course, part of human rights in general – but to choose to use the vague expression human rights is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender. It would be a way of pretending that it was not women who have, for centuries, been excluded. It would be a way of denying that the problem of gender targets women. That the problem was not about being human, but specifically about being a female human. For centuries, the world divided human beings into two groups and then proceeded to exclude and oppress one group. It is only fair that the solution to the problem acknowledge that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Sweden+Gives+%27We+Should+All+Be+Feminists%27+To+Every+16-Year-Old+Student&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Judy puffs up her chest and shows off her white coat, cooing at onlookers. She's not your typical beauty contestant. She's a pigeon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was one of more than 4,000 birds that stuffed the Los Angeles Pigeon Club's \u003ca href=\"http://www.losangelespigeonclub.com/pageant-of-pigeons.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pageant of the Pigeons\u003c/a>, which wrapped up recently at the Ontario Convention Center, about 35 miles east of Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pageant has been held every year since 1946. The largest fancy pigeon show in California -- and one of the largest in the country -- has become a pre-Thanksgiving tradition for bird lovers. It's like a dog show for pigeons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/236143120\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And like a winning canine, Judy knows how to strut her stuff. The Pomeranian pouter hangs out near her owner in one of the rows of double-stacked cages. The all-white bird looks like she's swallowed a tennis ball, with the pocket below her beak poofed up with air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Hello! Coo! Hello,\" Judy's owner, Kathie Johnson, coos at her, \"Oh, you are so pretty!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10782315\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10782315\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/KathieJohnson.jpg\" alt=\"Kathie Johnson of Orange County shows off one of her award-winning Pomeranian pouters.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1668\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/KathieJohnson.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/KathieJohnson-400x348.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/KathieJohnson-800x695.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/KathieJohnson-1440x1251.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/KathieJohnson-1180x1025.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/KathieJohnson-960x834.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathie Johnson of Orange County shows off one of her award-winning Pomeranian pouters. \u003ccite>(Susan Valot/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Johnson, who lives in Orange County, talks to an onlooker about the bird, which won a champion title at a nationwide competition earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compared with a lot of the other competitors here, Johnson doesn't have very many companions for her Judy -- only 20 or 30 pigeons at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson hasn't always been a pigeon raiser. She remembers playing with the birds at a friend's house when she was a kid, but she never got into them until another friend took her to a show about 20 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And I go, 'Look at those cute birds! They look like little teddy bears!' They were so cute and the vivid colors. They really did. And I fell in love with them,\" Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson said most people are baffled when they first find out she raises pigeons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"'Huh?'\" she said with a laugh. \"'You have pigeons?... You mean the flying rats?' Pigeons are anything but flying rats. They're very intelligent creatures.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10782330\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10782330\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Puffer.jpg\" alt=\"A white Pomeranian pouter puffs up inside its cage at the 2015 Pageant of the Pigeons in Ontario.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1593\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Puffer.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Puffer-400x332.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Puffer-800x664.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Puffer-1440x1195.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Puffer-1180x979.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Puffer-960x797.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A white Pomeranian pouter puffs up inside its cage at the 2015 Pageant of the Pigeons in Ontario. \u003ccite>(Susan Valot/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Johnson points to another woman walking down the aisle and calls her the \"Miss Disneyland of Pigeons.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The woman's name is Sieglinde Tate. And while her property near Pismo Beach in central California doesn't have roller coasters and rides, it does have pigeons: about 4,000 of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's no reason I got started. I just did,\" Tate said. \"I started collecting all kinds of animals and I really stuck with pigeons.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tate also has miniature horses, which sometimes try to follow her into the barn area where the birds roost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tate said she had to move to the country to accommodate her menagerie, which she started when she was 11 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'[People] don’t realize there’s 300-something varieties of exotic pigeons.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"It's hard to explain. They just permeate my whole life,\" Tate said. \"Everything I look at, I look at it in a way like, how can it help my pigeons or how can I convert it to a pigeon.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tate doesn't sell her birds, like some people. She says she does it just for fun. Some of her pigeons are 18 years old. She likes to joke that part of her property has become a convalescent home for pigeons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she likes coming to the pageant to see all of the birds and to see if she wants something new. But she admitted that most of the time, if she wants something new, she has to go to shows in Europe, where raising pigeons and showing them has a much longer tradition than in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10782319\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10782319\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/FantailJudging.jpg\" alt=\"Competition judge Joe Schabert of Minnesota judges one of the American Fantail competitions. He said sometimes determining the winner can come down to something as minute as the tilt of its head.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1312\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/FantailJudging.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/FantailJudging-400x273.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/FantailJudging-800x547.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/FantailJudging-1440x984.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/FantailJudging-1180x806.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/FantailJudging-960x656.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Competition judge Joe Schabert of Minnesota judges one of the American Fantail competitions. He said sometimes determining the winner can come down to something as minute as the tilt of its head. \u003ccite>(Susan Valot/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Down at the end of the row of cages, against the wall of the exhibit hall, Joe Schabert stands in front of a special bank of lighted cages that make up a judging station. He opens cage doors and uses his hand to maneuver birds into position, so he can get a better look.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is really one of the better classes so far,\" Schabert said to the group of a dozen or so people sitting in folding chairs in front of the cages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schabert is a judge of American Fantails at this competition. The birds have tail feathers that fan out like a peacock. Their chests puff up so far that their heads sink down below, making them look almost headless from the front.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10782334\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10782334\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Frillbacktho.jpg\" alt=\"The pigeons at the competition came in all shapes and sizes, including this one with curly feathers, known as a frillback pigeon.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1235\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Frillbacktho.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Frillbacktho-400x257.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Frillbacktho-800x515.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Frillbacktho-1440x926.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Frillbacktho-1180x759.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Frillbacktho-960x618.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pigeons at the competition came in all shapes and sizes, including this one with curly feathers, known as a frillback pigeon. \u003ccite>(Susan Valot/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"This bird's a little heavier in the wings than I really care for. That's really its only problem,\" Shabert told the crowd as he eyed the three birds left in the cage at the end of a round of judging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's got good width of legs. It can angle 'em forward. The bird can walk. But it is heavier in the wings. I like to see a lot cleaner of a wing on a bird.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schabert pointed to the birds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's No. 1. This bird here is No. 2,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schabert comes out from Minnesota every year to judge the competition. He says the birds are misunderstood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The problem with the general public is they see so many wild pigeons and bridge pigeons and farm pigeons, and they don't realize there's 300-something varieties of exotic pigeons,\" Schabert said as he sat at a nearby table between rounds of judging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that most of the people who enter the fancy pigeon competition want to have fun, but he said they also \"take their hobby pretty seriously.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"full\" ids=\"10782324,10782327\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The birds come in all shapes and sizes: fat, skinny, tall, short, feathered feet, bald necks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One popular bird here was the Jacobin. From the side, they look like punk rockers with wild hair. Their feathers shoot upward around the neck, forming an Elizabethan collar that buries the head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But pigeon fanciers like 59-year-old Stan Fail of Turlock worry that even cool features like that won't be enough to attract younger folks to the hobby. The crowd at the pageant skews older and largely male.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My age and even a little older, people were into pigeons,\" Fail said. \"As technology, as computers and everything has come into play, kids and stuff like that are not part of this type of hobby.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schabert agrees. He grew up catching and raising wild pigeons and has been judging since the 1970s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I was young, almost everybody either had a rabbit hutch or a pigeon coop or a chicken coop or a dog kennel in their backyard,\" Schabert remembered. \"And nowdays, society doesn't allow that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schabert said he worries the hobby won't stay around after the current generation passes on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No one here is quite sure how to get more kids involved. They say it doesn't help that some cities have laws that either outlaw or put limits on the relatively quiet birds, often treating them the same as chickens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"full\" ids=\"10782343,10782344\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It varies from city to city to city,\" Pageant of the Pigeons organizer Fred Maenpa said. \"They have to be so far away from the house, so far away from the fence, so far away from your neighbors. 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Hello,\" Judy's owner, Kathie Johnson, coos at her, \"Oh, you are so pretty!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10782315\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10782315\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/KathieJohnson.jpg\" alt=\"Kathie Johnson of Orange County shows off one of her award-winning Pomeranian pouters.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1668\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/KathieJohnson.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/KathieJohnson-400x348.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/KathieJohnson-800x695.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/KathieJohnson-1440x1251.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/KathieJohnson-1180x1025.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/KathieJohnson-960x834.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathie Johnson of Orange County shows off one of her award-winning Pomeranian pouters. \u003ccite>(Susan Valot/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Johnson, who lives in Orange County, talks to an onlooker about the bird, which won a champion title at a nationwide competition earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compared with a lot of the other competitors here, Johnson doesn't have very many companions for her Judy -- only 20 or 30 pigeons at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson hasn't always been a pigeon raiser. She remembers playing with the birds at a friend's house when she was a kid, but she never got into them until another friend took her to a show about 20 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And I go, 'Look at those cute birds! They look like little teddy bears!' They were so cute and the vivid colors. They really did. And I fell in love with them,\" Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson said most people are baffled when they first find out she raises pigeons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"'Huh?'\" she said with a laugh. \"'You have pigeons?... You mean the flying rats?' Pigeons are anything but flying rats. They're very intelligent creatures.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10782330\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10782330\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Puffer.jpg\" alt=\"A white Pomeranian pouter puffs up inside its cage at the 2015 Pageant of the Pigeons in Ontario.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1593\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Puffer.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Puffer-400x332.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Puffer-800x664.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Puffer-1440x1195.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Puffer-1180x979.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Puffer-960x797.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A white Pomeranian pouter puffs up inside its cage at the 2015 Pageant of the Pigeons in Ontario. \u003ccite>(Susan Valot/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Johnson points to another woman walking down the aisle and calls her the \"Miss Disneyland of Pigeons.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The woman's name is Sieglinde Tate. And while her property near Pismo Beach in central California doesn't have roller coasters and rides, it does have pigeons: about 4,000 of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's no reason I got started. I just did,\" Tate said. \"I started collecting all kinds of animals and I really stuck with pigeons.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tate also has miniature horses, which sometimes try to follow her into the barn area where the birds roost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tate said she had to move to the country to accommodate her menagerie, which she started when she was 11 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'[People] don’t realize there’s 300-something varieties of exotic pigeons.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"It's hard to explain. They just permeate my whole life,\" Tate said. \"Everything I look at, I look at it in a way like, how can it help my pigeons or how can I convert it to a pigeon.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tate doesn't sell her birds, like some people. She says she does it just for fun. Some of her pigeons are 18 years old. She likes to joke that part of her property has become a convalescent home for pigeons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she likes coming to the pageant to see all of the birds and to see if she wants something new. But she admitted that most of the time, if she wants something new, she has to go to shows in Europe, where raising pigeons and showing them has a much longer tradition than in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10782319\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10782319\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/FantailJudging.jpg\" alt=\"Competition judge Joe Schabert of Minnesota judges one of the American Fantail competitions. He said sometimes determining the winner can come down to something as minute as the tilt of its head.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1312\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/FantailJudging.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/FantailJudging-400x273.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/FantailJudging-800x547.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/FantailJudging-1440x984.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/FantailJudging-1180x806.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/FantailJudging-960x656.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Competition judge Joe Schabert of Minnesota judges one of the American Fantail competitions. He said sometimes determining the winner can come down to something as minute as the tilt of its head. \u003ccite>(Susan Valot/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Down at the end of the row of cages, against the wall of the exhibit hall, Joe Schabert stands in front of a special bank of lighted cages that make up a judging station. He opens cage doors and uses his hand to maneuver birds into position, so he can get a better look.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is really one of the better classes so far,\" Schabert said to the group of a dozen or so people sitting in folding chairs in front of the cages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schabert is a judge of American Fantails at this competition. The birds have tail feathers that fan out like a peacock. Their chests puff up so far that their heads sink down below, making them look almost headless from the front.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10782334\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10782334\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Frillbacktho.jpg\" alt=\"The pigeons at the competition came in all shapes and sizes, including this one with curly feathers, known as a frillback pigeon.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1235\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Frillbacktho.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Frillbacktho-400x257.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Frillbacktho-800x515.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Frillbacktho-1440x926.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Frillbacktho-1180x759.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Frillbacktho-960x618.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pigeons at the competition came in all shapes and sizes, including this one with curly feathers, known as a frillback pigeon. \u003ccite>(Susan Valot/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"This bird's a little heavier in the wings than I really care for. That's really its only problem,\" Shabert told the crowd as he eyed the three birds left in the cage at the end of a round of judging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's got good width of legs. It can angle 'em forward. The bird can walk. But it is heavier in the wings. I like to see a lot cleaner of a wing on a bird.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schabert pointed to the birds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's No. 1. This bird here is No. 2,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schabert comes out from Minnesota every year to judge the competition. 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"content": "\u003cp>UPDATE: Monte Vista is the \u003ca href=\"http://www.kdfc.com/Announcing-the-Winner-of-KDFC-s-Local-Vocals-High-/22256149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">winner of Local Vocals 2015\u003c/a>. Competition organizer Gail Eichenthal writes the Danville finalist was the “clear winner,” even though the other finalists had “strong showings.” Eichenthal suspects “From the Top” may post videos from all three high schools online, even if Monte Vista will be the only one to enjoy a nationally broadcast performance, on March 27, 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The musical competition has been with us for a long, long time, but \u003ca href=\"http://www.americanidol.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>American Idol\u003c/em>\u003c/a> took the form to a whole new level, reaching highs – and lows – never seen before. The show\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">’s phenomenal popularity has inspired a host of TV shows, movies and real-world competitions, including a high school choir sing-off going on right now in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/236141441″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three choirs are in the run-off to win the chance to perform for a national audience in February. And as in American Idol, your vote could determine who wins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s one of the three finalists, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Monte-Vista-High-School-Choir-140974959303697/?fref=nf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monte Vista High School Chamber Singers\u003c/a> of Danville, singing “Pange Lingua:”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vhI9-SQLVc]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not too shabby, right? Seventeen-year-old Tori Del Monte says the choir started working on the song at the beginning of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was kind of an anthem, ringing in the back of our heads,” Del Monte said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even on a bad day. Even when their diction is terrible. Their vowels are terrible. It’s still OK,” choir director Jodi Reed says while sitting opposite the choir, which is laughing along with her. “They’ll probably tell you I don’t complement them all that often. Or it’s back-handed complements. You know: it was \u003cem>almost\u003c/em> perfect! But sometimes I sit at the piano and I’m just overcome by ‘I cannot believe I get to do this every single day.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monte Vista was one of 28 Bay Area schools that sent in videos to compete in the Local Vocals High School Sing Off organized by \u003ca href=\"http://www.kdfc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KDFC\u003c/a>, a local classical music radio station. President Bill Leuth came up with the idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know there’s a lot of talk about the demise of arts education,” Leuth says. “Yeah, it’s true and we all feel it. But there’s also some really good arts education that does go on, and this gives us a chance to say ‘Look at these choir directors, and what they’re doing with these kids.'” (It’s also true that Leuth sang in choir when he was in high school, and he remains a die-hard fan of the genre.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The winner, to be announced Dec. 8, \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">gets to sing\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">at San Jose State in February, a performance that will be nationally broadcast in March on “\u003ca href=\"http://www.fromthetop.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From the Top\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">,”\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a showcase for young classical musicians across the country. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Danville, 45 minutes east of San Francisco, turns out to be a hotbed of high school classical choir talent. Neighborhood rival \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/San-Ramon-Voices-130595840303286/?fref=nf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Ramon Valley High School\u003c/a>, featured on KQED’s \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/spark/san-ramon-valley-high-school-concert-choir/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spark\u003c/a> not too long ago, also claimed a spot in the second round with “Ave Maris Stella.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imt9y_q69jA]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Monte Vista and San Ramon Valley have faced off before, in other competitions. What’s in the secret sauce? In large part, money, says San Ramon Valley Choir Director Ken Abrams.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, it’s a public school in that, yes, we get money from the state,” he says. “But we have a lot of parents that contribute and help and volunteer, so in many ways, we feel like a private school some days.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, his salary is covered in the school budget, he goes on to explain, but many of the extras — everything from the accompanist to international travel for the \u003cem>six\u003c/em> choirs at San Ramon Valley — are covered by a non-profit established expressly to support the choir program. After \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/2015/10/29/the-taxpayers-revolt-how-proposition-13-changed-california-an-illustrated-explainer/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposition 13\u003c/a> gutted arts education funding across California, parents have done what they could to supplement extra-curricular programs. The wealthier the community, the fatter the coffers of the PTA and other booster organizations attached to public schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abrams adds a choir is more than just a class, an academic resume booster for students intending to go on to college. These kids perform at local senior centers and community events, as well as at competitions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story is no different for the third Local Vocals finalist, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Gunn-High-School-Choir-135928676501600/?fref=nf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gunn High School\u003c/a>, in Palo Alto, another wealthy neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about the way economic disparities play into high school arts, Leuth agreed hundreds of Bay Area schools are not represented. The competition is only in its first year, he noted, suggesting choir singers who don’t listen to KDFC may not have heard about the sing-off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe it’s because our audience that listens to KDFC tends to be more upscale, because classical music still attracts that way,” Leuth says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No professional choirs were allowed to participate, he added, or choirs that pull from multiple high schools. This competition, Leuth said, is meant to be a celebration of amateur effort at its finest. KDFC opted to keep the rules fairly loose to encourage more schools to participate, so contenders could apply with music that “leans” classical, even if it’s not, technically, classical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Gunn Concert Choir entered with music based on a poem, “I Am Not Yours,” by Sara Teasdale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSKjR0P_zas]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are two rounds in this competition. In the first round, the public advised a panel of judges who got to pick the three finalists. In the second round, the public vote determines the winner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KDFC is bracing for an onslaught of clicks. An earlier contest in Los Angeles two years ago garnered 26,000 votes. Here in the Bay Area, more than 200,000 votes were cast in the semi-finals alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The judges were looking for cohesive and well-balanced sounds, rhythms, and dictions — and a strong men’s section. That’s something that eludes many high school choir programs, although “\u003ca href=\"http://www.fox.com/glee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glee\u003c/a>” has done a lot to make singing more appealing to boys. Even so, mere mention of the TV show causes Liberatore to flinch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Did you notice that on Glee they don’t rehearse. Ever? They talk about their feelings. And then all of a sudden they jump up and the music is ready and perfect. I can’t stand that show!” Liberatore says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He jokes that he’d be happy with placing in the finals. Planning a concert in February should Gunn would require a lot of work. But 16-year-old Olivia Eck is keeping her fingers crossed. “It’s really fun performing, especially with a crowd that’s really engaging with us. I think that’s the most exciting part.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/235770439″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=’166′ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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