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Public Programs
I Also Want to Be an “Iranian Woman”
Presented by Diaspora Arts Connection
Saturday, June 24, 2023, 2 PM
A live music presentation from Iranian multi-instrumentalist Kamila Thunder.
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Performances
MU–Connector/When the land stands alone
Dohee Lee presented by YBCA
Friday, June 23 & Saturday, June 24, 2023, 7-9:30 PM
A multi-part ritual theater experience from Korean shamanistic performance artist Dohee Lee.
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Performances
Rightfully Ours
Co-presented by San Francisco Girls Chorus and Berkeley Ballet Theater
February 29, 2020, 7:30 PM
Inspired by the legacy of the women who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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Performances
A Tribute to A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders
UnderCover presented by YBCA
May 16—18, 2019
UnderCover honors the album with a genre-bending tribute show.
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Performances
Requiem Mass: A Queer Divine Rite
Holcombe Waller presented by YBCA
November 16–17, 2018
A performance that remembers those who suffered persecution for their sexual orientation and gender expression.
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Performances
A Tribute to The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
UnderCover presented by YBCA
February 16–18, 2017
Fifteen Bay Area ensembles pay homage to Grammy award–winning, iconic artist Lauryn Hill.
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Performances
Honduran Garifuna Dance Party!
Aurelio presented by YBCA
December 4, 2016
Aurelio, a torchbearer of the Garifuna musical tradition, marries the music and the movements of his Caribbean coastal culture.
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Performances
Edward Simon and Ensemble Venezuela
Presented by YBCA
December 2, 2016
Pianist and composer Edward Simon leads Ensemble Venezuela in creating and showcasing underrepresented Venezuelan music.
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Performances
SF Sonido Fest
Presented by YBCA
December 1–4, 2016
A four-day music festival featuring a rich diversity of Latin American & Caribbean singer-songwriters.
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Performances
I Am Home: A Musical Reflection on Love, Migration and Identity
Diana Gameros presented by YBCA
December 1, 2016
Diana Gameros presents an evening of Latin-influenced indie-pop, folk, jazz, and orchestral music.
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Performances
Retribution
Tanya Tagaq presented by YBCA
November 18, 2016
A complex, exhilarating, howling protest that links lack of respect for women’s rights to lack of respect for the planet, to lack of respect for Indigenous rights.
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Performances
In Concert with Nanook of The North
Tanya Tagaq presented by YBCA
November 17, 2016
Tanya Tagaq’s intense, evocative vocalizations, based on Inuit throat singing traditions, help reclaim the controversial 1922 film “Nanook of the North.”
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Performances
This Was Made Here: A Diasporic Odyssey
Meklit presented by YBCA
May 19–21, 2016
This performance teases the senses weaving American jazz and traditional Ethiopian rhythms.
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Performances
Luciano Chessa
Presented by YBCA
April 30, 2016
A retrospective self-portrait by the internationally renowned artist Luciano Chessa.
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Performances
The Crossing
Edward Schocker and the Crossing Ensemble presented by YBCA
April 29, 2016
A performance that invites audiences to physically experience sound.
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Performances
The Unlearning
Theresa Wong presented by YBCA
April 29, 2016
This work questions whether war is a cycle that repeats itself or if it can be broken through deeper individual unlearning and learning.
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Music
New Frequencies Fest 2016
Presented by YBCA
April 28–30, 2016
An annual ode to eclectic contemporary music featuring visionary musicians and sound explorers.
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Performances
Memory Trace
Pamela Z presented by YBCA
April 28, 2016
An exploration of the concept of memory inspired by her late mother’s affair with memory loss.
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Performances
The Odyssey–from Vietnam to America
Vân-Ánh Võ presented by YBCA
January 22–23, 2016
The Odyssey–from Vietnam to America explores the personal and spiritual journeys of the Boat People.
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Performances
Dohee Lee: MAGO
Presented by YBCA
November 14–15, 2014
Dance, music, animation, and ritual take you on a mythical journey where continents, seas, internal landscapes, ancestral legacies, and a woman’s earthly journey intertwine.
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