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1310 Mission (at Ninth St.) San Francisco, CA 94103

415-626-2060

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Best Hybrid Performance Venue
Award Winner 2007

Hours: Tue-Fri 12pm-6pm

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2007 | Best Hybrid Performance Venue

In a city known for the mixing of dance and movement with theater, music, spoken word, and any other performance discipline you can think of, CounterPULSE stands out as a great venue to get a peek at how a variety of local artists are pushing the performance boundaries. While every piece might not float your boat, the constant risk-taking and experimentation creates some of the most original and compelling performances the city has to offer. The range of what CounterPULSE takes on is... More »

Hold Me Closer, Tiny Dionysus Offers Welcome Embrace But Doesn't Let Go Soon Enough

By Lily Janiak | Tue, February 21, 2012

Sometimes, the usual career gurus just don't cut it. When you're really down and out, when the recession threatens to quash once and for all your dreams of a career in the arts, you have to look beyon... More »
A Duel With Duality

By Ruby Perez | Wed, February 15, 2012

For the artist, the decision between making a living and following creative bliss -- the decision between eating and creating -- has always been a struggle. Patti Smith was homeless when she moved to New York City, and Vincent Van Gogh was poor an... More »
Before Harvey's Time

By Keith Bowers | Wed, November 09, 2011

Harvey Milk was the first openly gay elected politician in the nation, but he wasn't the first openly gay person to run for office. In 1961, more than a decade before Milk's election, Jose Sarria ran for supervisor in San Francisco. Although he di... More »
Trans National

By Hiya Swanhuyser | Wed, November 02, 2011

The Transgender Film Festival celebrates its big 1-0 this year, (congratulations to indefatigable artistic director Shawna Virago!) and contributions to the gender-expanding movie party have arrived from Thailand, Scotland, the Netherlands, and ma... More »
Redirecting Ophelia

By Heidi De Vries | Wed, August 10, 2011

A girl in a long dress floats motionless in a forest pool, flowers drifting on the surface of the water around her. Her eyes are glassy in death, and she radiates tragic beauty: John Everett Millais' Ophelia is one of the most famous representatio... More »
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