Celebrating 50 Years of
Cultural Bridges The Indonesia & India in California Festival will celebrate the  history of these performing arts traditions as practiced in California and the SF Bay Area for over fifty years. Popular interest in culturally rich South and Southeast Asian art performance emerged in the 1960s through early 1970s through awareness of Southeast Asia, […]

Dive into an immersive experience of time, cycles, and renewal with MJDC’s The Wheel, which features live music by Paul Dresher and Joel Davel, text by poet Michael Palmer, and choreography by Margaret Jenkins. A visceral fusion of motion, sound, and story. Enter an exploratory voyage of movement, memory, and visual transformation as we investigate […]

Cracking the Surface: Featuring David Michalak (instruments of skatch), Scott Looney (piano, hyper-piano), and Thomas Dimuzio (Buchla 200E, processing). This performance celebrates their new release recorded at Fantasy Studios with Tom Nunn, marking his last recording.​ Chris Brown & Ben Davis: Celebrating the release of "Jongleurs," this duo explores free improvisation with influences from classical […]

A genre-defying collaboration of fierce movement and experimental sound, Roar Shack LIVE! is where post:ballet meets The Living Earth Show. Directed by Robert Dekkers, the show turns performance into a conversation—alive, raw, and surprising. Come witness the edge of contemporary dance and music. With performances by Moscylene ParkeHarrison, Riley Nicholson, Doug Machiz, Producer Dennis (Dennis […]

This evening’s performances will showcase two forms of dance within the Odissi repertoire — Nritta or pure dance, usually a lyrical composition celebrating a season or a mood, and Nritya or expressive dance where the dancers use movement and expression to narrate a story, usually from Hindu mythology. The dancers will perform a mix of […]

LISA MEZZACAPPA 5(ISH) Bassist and composer LISA MEZZACAPPA (acoustic bass) brings her newest ensemble to the WEST OAKLAND SOUND SERIES in advance of its NYC debut at The Stone later this month. Mezzacappa's previous works have drawn inspiration from Dashiell Hammett and Paul Auster's lean noir crime novels and Italo Calvino's hilarious and poignant Cosmicomics stories. Now she's […]