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East Bay food
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10 hours ago

Bay Area Dance Week 2026 w/ 100+ Free Events (April 24-May 3)

Bay Area Dance Week offers free dance events for all ages from April 24 to May 3, 2026.
SF music
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10 hours ago

Bay Area Dance Week 2026 w/ 100+ Free Events (April 24-May 3)

Bay Area Dance Week offers free dance events from April 24 to May 3, 2026, for all ages and skill levels across the Bay Area.
East Bay food
fromFuncheap
10 hours ago

Bay Area Dance Week 2026 w/ 100+ Free Events (April 24-May 3)

Bay Area Dance Week is a 10-day celebration offering free dance events for all ages and skill levels from April 24 to May 3, 2026.
SF music
fromFuncheap
10 hours ago

Bay Area Dance Week 2026 w/ 100+ Free Events (April 24-May 3)

Bay Area Dance Week is a 10-day celebration offering free dance events for all ages and skill levels from April 24 to May 3, 2026.
East Bay food
fromFuncheap
10 hours ago

Bay Area Dance Week 2026 w/ 100+ Free Events (April 24-May 3)

Bay Area Dance Week is a 10-day celebration offering free dance events for all ages and skill levels from April 24 to May 3, 2026.
East Bay food
fromFuncheap
10 hours ago

Bay Area Dance Week 2026 w/ 100+ Free Events (April 24-May 3)

Bay Area Dance Week is a 10-day celebration offering free dance events for all ages and skill levels from April 24 to May 3, 2026.
East Bay food
fromFuncheap
10 hours ago

Bay Area Dance Week 2026 w/ 100+ Free Events (April 24-May 3)

Bay Area Dance Week offers free dance events for all ages from April 24 to May 3, 2026.
SF music
fromFuncheap
10 hours ago

Bay Area Dance Week 2026 w/ 100+ Free Events (April 24-May 3)

Bay Area Dance Week offers free dance events from April 24 to May 3, 2026, for all ages and skill levels across the Bay Area.
East Bay food
fromFuncheap
10 hours ago

Bay Area Dance Week 2026 w/ 100+ Free Events (April 24-May 3)

Bay Area Dance Week is a 10-day celebration offering free dance events for all ages and skill levels from April 24 to May 3, 2026.
SF music
fromFuncheap
10 hours ago

Bay Area Dance Week 2026 w/ 100+ Free Events (April 24-May 3)

Bay Area Dance Week is a 10-day celebration offering free dance events for all ages and skill levels from April 24 to May 3, 2026.
East Bay food
fromFuncheap
10 hours ago

Bay Area Dance Week 2026 w/ 100+ Free Events (April 24-May 3)

Bay Area Dance Week is a 10-day celebration offering free dance events for all ages and skill levels from April 24 to May 3, 2026.
East Bay food
fromFuncheap
10 hours ago

Bay Area Dance Week 2026 w/ 100+ Free Events (April 24-May 3)

Bay Area Dance Week is a 10-day celebration offering free dance events for all ages and skill levels from April 24 to May 3, 2026.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 day ago

CoHo: Clowning and a whole lot more * Oregon ArtsWatch

CoHo hasn't just survived, it has thrived and is ascending, and that is largely thanks to the foundation that Cuomo... laid with the young artists who have come up after him.
Portland
#ballet
NYC LGBT
fromThe Bold Italic
20 hours ago

Nothing Good Happens in the Woods at the Ballet.

La Sylphide features a simple story of love and betrayal, showcasing classic ballet elements and enchanting performances.
Berlin music
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago

Beyond the metronome: The emotional intelligence of ballet | amNewYork

Ballet's beauty stems from the intricate collaboration between music and dance, emphasizing trust and relational excellence among artists.
SF LGBT
fromSan Francisco Bay Times
2 days ago

Sean Dorsey Dance's Queer Dance Invites Us to Grieve ... and Heal - San Francisco Bay Times

Sean Dorsey Dance presents a powerful evening of dance as a response to current societal challenges, emphasizing community and resilience.
Berlin music
fromwww.amny.com
2 days ago

Inheritance in sound: Young Concert Artists and the future of music

Music is an inheritance that preserves human feeling, and institutions like Young Concert Artists are essential for fostering talent and ensuring its future.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 days ago

sanctuary of dreams: toguna world's digital temple for collective visioning

The Sanctuary of Dreams operates as a collective framework for imagining futures, developed within the universe of Toguna World to reactivate dreaming as a shared cultural practice rather than an individual act.
SOMA, SF
fromwww.nytimes.com
1 month ago

Dance and God Are Inseparable in Ann Lee' and Beyond

For the Shakers, Dancing is both a means of revelation and a way to do the work of God in the world, Kimerer LaMothe, a dancer and philosopher of religion, said in an interview. To dance is to build heaven on earth.
Philosophy
Independent films
fromFilmmaker Magazine
2 days ago

"Personal Storytelling, Experimentation, and a DIY Spirit": A Look Inside LAFM 2026

This year's festival showcases debut features emphasizing personal storytelling and experimentation from both international and local filmmakers.
Music production
fromPaste Magazine
3 days ago

Meet EXO-TECH: An improvisational collective in NYC

EXO-TECH is a collective of musicians led by Sophia Brous and Kimbra, blending diverse styles in a vibrant live performance setting.
fromBusiness Matters
5 days ago

Mara Naaman on Culture, Career, and Creative Work

Mara Naaman's academic career includes serving as Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Arabic at Williams College from 2007 to 2014, and she has held teaching positions at Columbia University, New York University, Hofstra University, and Hunter College.
Women in technology
fromKqed
4 days ago

Beloved East Bay Dancer Needs Heart Transplant After Collapse

Gilliam's mother, Tuseda Graggs-Borden, believes her son's life was saved by a nurse who performed CPR when she saw his friends in panic. The nurse's identity remains unknown.
Fundraising
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
3 days ago

Sink your teeth into it: An interview with Kenji Bunch and Greg Ewer * Oregon ArtsWatch

Greg has been perhaps my biggest supporter of this project since it started. Greg commissioned the first batch of duos. A while back, he asked me how close I was to getting the first half of them done because I'd always talked about doing two volumes, a book one and book two of the forty-four duos, the way Bartók has them in two volumes.
Berlin music
#wendy-eisenberg
Writing
fromPitchfork
3 days ago

Wendy Eisenberg: Wendy Eisenberg

Wendy Eisenberg embraces love songs with newfound confidence, exploring themes of happiness and vulnerability in their latest work.
Music production
fromSPIN
6 days ago

Wendy Eisenberg Unplugs and Taps In - SPIN

Wendy Eisenberg's music blends introspective folk with experimental elements, showcasing a shift towards conventional instrumentation while maintaining an underlying weirdness.
Writing
fromPitchfork
3 days ago

Wendy Eisenberg: Wendy Eisenberg

Wendy Eisenberg embraces love songs with newfound confidence, exploring themes of happiness and vulnerability in their latest work.
Music production
fromSPIN
6 days ago

Wendy Eisenberg Unplugs and Taps In - SPIN

Wendy Eisenberg's music blends introspective folk with experimental elements, showcasing a shift towards conventional instrumentation while maintaining an underlying weirdness.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
5 days ago

MusicWatch Monthly: Any actual existence * Oregon ArtsWatch

Chris Thomas, a notable composer, has created music that resonates with the styles of John Williams and Danny Elfman, particularly in his theme park compositions.
Music production
NYC LGBT
fromwww.amny.com
3 days ago

Red Bull Dance Your Style takes over the Brooklyn Museum this weekend

Red Bull Dance Your Style in NYC showcases freestyle street dance without judges or rehearsed choreography, emphasizing instinct and musicality.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 day ago

The Paradoxical Delights of South America's Biggest Art Fair

SP-Arte 22nd edition showcases a blend of global and regional art, emphasizing Brazil's role in transcontinental artistic connections.
fromPortland Mercury
2 days ago

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Cory Wong, ps goner, Drew and Ellie Holcomb, and MORE! - Portland Mercury

Win two tickets to OMSI's newest exhibition, TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibition, opening March 21! Explore more than 100 real artifacts recovered from the ocean floor, and learn about life aboard the Titanic and the deeply human stories behind one of history's most enduring legends.
Portland
London music
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

The Guardian view on new musicals: sex, drugs and song n' dance | Editorial

Trainspotting the Musical adapts Irvine Welsh's novel, showcasing the evolution of stories from books to stage with contemporary themes.
Portland
fromPortland Mercury
2 days ago

"Portland Nice" Is on Full Display in Carol Triffle's Latest Musical Comedy - Portland Mercury

Nice People satirizes performative niceness and racism through humor and conflict between two elderly sisters and a Mexican woman.
#contemporary-dance
Berlin music
fromLondon Unattached
1 month ago

Russell Maliphant Dance Company, Landscapes Review

Russell Maliphant's Landscapes triple bill presents three exceptional dancers performing intimate pieces, with Afterlight, In a Landscape, and Two showcasing distinct artistic visions set to evocative music and sophisticated lighting design.
Berlin music
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

Review: Gibney Dance offers up a beautiful evening of high-quality rep * Oregon ArtsWatch

Gibney Dance returned to Portland's Newmark Theatre after 20 years, performing new works including pieces by Roy Assaf and William Forsythe that showcased contemporary dance aesthetics rooted in Batsheva and Gaga-informed movement.
#san-francisco-ballet
SF music
fromThe Bold Italic
3 days ago

Here's Why You Should See 'Mere Mortals' at SF Ballet

The San Francisco Ballet's cancellation of its performance at the Kennedy Center reflects broader cultural and political tensions in the arts.
Berlin music
fromAnOther
6 days ago

This Performance Artwork Wants Us to "Feel Things Differently"

Performance reveals and conceals aspects of ourselves, exploring control and longing through song and dance.
Arts
from48 hills
5 days ago

With New Works Festival, Lenora Lee Dance opens doors to radical voices - 48 hills

Lenora Lee Dance is launching its first New Works Festival featuring seven diverse artists to explore human rights and cultural themes.
Arts
fromBOOOOOOOM!
3 days ago

Two Free Events to Check out This Weekend at Capture

Michelle Sound will lead a talk and tour of her exhibition at Ceremonial / Art, focusing on her recent practice and commissioned project.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
4 days ago

Remembering Steven Oshatz: "Marking the contours" * Oregon ArtsWatch

Oshatz worked on a monumental scale to represent underwater scenes, creating a full stage silk backdrop. He also designed hand painted silk waves that dancers moved across the stage.
Portland
East Bay food
fromThe Oaklandside
4 days ago

Nudi Blue set for debut, Bad Decision takes over A Capella, and the former Pho Vy is home to something new

New restaurants and bars are opening in the East Bay, revitalizing the local food scene with diverse offerings.
fromFuncheap
1 week ago

Steamroller Dance: "Bespoke" Free Premiere (SF)

Steamroller Dance Company, in collaboration with The Singers of the Street, is set to present the Bay Area premiere of 'Bespoke' at the San Francisco International Arts Festival.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
5 days ago

The Museum Breathing Life Into New York's Downtown Performance Scene

The Leslie-Lohman Museum connects art with the needs of the queer community amidst political challenges.
SF music
fromFuncheap
1 week ago

Dandelion Dancetheatre "Parable of Belonging - Cycle 1"

Interdisciplinary performance 'Parable of Belonging' explores future life in the Bay Area through creativity and collaboration.
Portland food
fromPortland Monthly
1 month ago

Ripping the City with Bocha, Portland's Genre-Bending Rapper

Bocha blends blog-era hip-hop influences with Bay Area sounds to create a fresh West Coast style while strategically building cohesive visual worlds around his projects and collaborations.
fromColossal
5 days ago

7 Artists We're Excited to See at EXPO CHICAGO 2026

Aliza Nisenbaum's vibrant portraiture portrays her subjects in bold chromatics, echoing her larger project, a celebratory mural for the Obama Presidential Center.
Arts
LGBT
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

Now the opera is news: "Fellow Travelers" from Seattle Opera to Portland Opera * Oregon ArtsWatch

Fellow Travelers opera, based on Thomas Mallon's 2007 novel, tours nationally to commemorate the Lavender Scare, depicting a clandestine gay love story during 1950s government persecution of LGBTQ+ people.
#arts-funding
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Having 36 dancers waiting for me fills me with dread': choreographer Crystal Pite on her seminal productions

Crystal Pite creates emotionally intelligent contemporary choreography that explores humanity, relationships, and contemporary crises through innovative movement and experimental use of text.
San Francisco
fromThe Bold Italic
1 month ago

SF Ballet finally went clubbing. It's called 'The Blake Works'

SF Ballet cancels Kennedy Center performances after public backlash, while premiering William Forsythe's innovative triple bill featuring modern, street-inflected movement on a minimalist stage.
East Bay (California)
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

By spotlighting disabled performers, Bay Area company AXIS Dance challenges conventional thinking about movement

AXIS Dance Company challenges ableist conceptions of athleticism by pairing disabled and able-bodied dancers, shifting focus from impossible feats to artistic possibility and inclusive performance.
Miscellaneous
fromSan Diego Union-Tribune
1 month ago

The guts and glory of staging a ballet

City Ballet of San Diego presents an ambitious triple bill featuring 'Rhapsody in Blue,' a contemporary ballet set to Gershwin's iconic orchestral jazz score, reworked by resident choreographer Geoff Gonzalez for stage performance.
Portland
fromPortland Monthly
2 weeks ago

How Tabor Dance Became a Portland Party Staple

Dancing at Mount Tabor during the pandemic fostered community, connection, and joy among participants seeking relief from isolation.
Arts
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
4 weeks ago

Experience Theatre Project immerses audiences in stories * Oregon ArtsWatch

Alisa Stewart founded Experience Theatre Project after experiencing immersive theater, creating participatory productions that transform audiences into active participants rather than passive observers.
Music
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

Unintentional synchronicity: Third Angle New Music, Steve Reich, "Hopscotch Counterpoints" * Oregon ArtsWatch

Third Angle New Music performed Steve Reich's four Counterpoints at Hopscotch to celebrate the composer's ninetieth birthday, featuring works composed over twenty-one years for different solo instruments with pre-recorded accompaniment.
fromPortland Mercury
1 month ago

At Cooley Gallery, Pop Art by a Nun, Plus Portland-Made Sculptures and Textiles

Upon entry, Kent's "IF" (1965) lures the eye upward. The serigraph-a silkscreen print in fine art parlance-hangs high on the wall with a subtle vulnerability. Two orange letters hover toward the composition's top edge, as if pushing to transcend the picture plane. A feeling of possibility emerges through the conjunction and its visual form.
Portland
Music
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

Blurring the lines: FearNoMusic's "Looking Inward, Spacing Out" * Oregon ArtsWatch

FearNoMusic presents Looking Inward, Spacing Out: a spatialized concert in Reed College's PAB atrium featuring works by Brant, Ives, Tiensuu, Oliveros, Nystedt and Reed choirs.
Music
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Dancers in the Bay Area's vibrant ballroom scene call it a fountain of youth'

Rick Greene, nearly 100, still ballroom dances three times weekly, learning new steps despite a gimpy leg, reflecting an active Bay Area ballroom community.
Portland
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

March DanceWatch: Street dance, fairy tales, and a big hole in dance education * Oregon ArtsWatch

Portland State University eliminated its dance program in 1995, creating a lasting gap in the city's arts ecosystem that remains unaddressed despite the university's strong overall arts presence.
Music
fromPortland Mercury
2 months ago

Soundscape Northwests's Inaugural Lineup is Stacked Skyhigh for 2026

Portland is experiencing a music renaissance highlighted by a new walking festival, Soundscapes Northwest, showcasing 100+ artists across Central Eastside venues April 27–May 2.
Arts
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 months ago

February DanceWatch: A quartet of fairy tales, Urban Bush Women, Mike Barber & friends, and much more * Oregon ArtsWatch

February in Oregon presents four classic fairytale ballets alongside socially engaged contemporary dance, juxtaposing timeless themes of power and gender with current sociopolitical expression.
Arts
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

The Dance Reflections Festival Is a Gift

Van Cleef & Arpels is sponsoring an expanded Dance Reflections festival in New York featuring sixteen mainly European dance productions and high-profile companies.
Arts
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

A brief history of Bay Area dance

The Bay Area cultivated inclusive, nature-inspired, and accessible dance traditions that embrace improvisation, community participation, and diversity across ages and abilities.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 months ago

'It's Not All About Me': Three Portland icons make a winning show * Oregon ArtsWatch

With most of us, 90 minutes of reminiscing wouldn't make for scintillating theater. Gert Boyle, as played by Wendy Westerwelle, is the exception to that rule. The late Gert came to fame when she took the reins of Columbia Sportswear after her husband's death in 1970 and also became the "One Tough Mother," with gray hair and glasses, of its comedic '80s and '90s ad campaigns. In one, she put her son, Tim, through a carwash to test the durability of a coat.
Arts
Arts
fromArtnet News
2 months ago

Rauschenberg Returns With a Masterpiece of Postmodern Dance

Set and Reset, Rauschenberg's collaborative performance with Trisha Brown and Laurie Anderson, returns to BAM with his scenography, films, and silkscreened costumes.
Arts
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Is it mountaineering or art? Both, for the Bay Area's vertical dancers

Vertical dance fuses contemporary dance and rock-climbing techniques to create aerial performances that use fear and gravity to produce unmatched freedom and physical expression.
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