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 Words First: A Monthly Solo Performance Series
Wed. Jul. 1, 7:30pm, $7-10 (Members $3-5)
Paolo Sambrano, in "Bi-Poseur," makes suicide and mental illness fun again! Virginia Harrington, in "Dogs in Sweaters," takes a fashionable trip down memory lane. Martha Rynberg does absolutely everything possible to make "Breast Milk." Coke Nakamoto explores what makes a woman -- her body, desires, memories? What lives in her "Soft Tissue?" Photo of Coke Nakamoto by Tobias Tovera.
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LABOR Bicycle History Tour
Sun., July 5, noon: $15-50 sliding scale to benefit Shaping San Francisco 
On the 75th anniversary of "Bloody Thursday," join us for labor history bike tour. From the pre-urban history of Indian Slavery to the earliest 8-hour day movement in the U.S., the ebb and flow of class war is traced. SF's radical working class organizations are shaped in part by racist complicity in genocide and slavery, but from the 1870s to the 1940s there are dozens of epic battles between owners and workers, culminating in the 1934 General Strike and its aftermath. This is an entirely different look, during a four hour bike tour, at San Francisco labor history.
 Perverts Put Out!
Sat. July 25, 7:30 pm, $10-15 (Members $5-10)
San Francisco's long-running pansexual performance series is back for its traditional pre-Dore-Alley-Fair edition, featuring longtime faves Thomas Roche and horehound stillpoint, emcees Carol Queen and Simon Sheppard, and much more! Join your fellow pervs for some explicit, twisted fun! Photo of George Davis by Simon Sheppard.
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 Words First: A Monthly Solo Performance Series
Wed. Aug. 5, 7:30pm, $7-10 (Members $3-5)
Janine Brito, in "Poetry for the Pathetic & Repugnant," is having trouble surviving her day, let alone her breakup. Alex Koll lets you into the world of a balloon animal-maker in "I'm That Guy." Zahra Noorbakhsh (photo, right) is an Islamic preteen, struggling to save her mother from the fiery pits of hell in "Hijab or Hammer-Pants?"
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 Performing Diaspora Work-in-Progress Showing I
Sat. Aug 29, 11am-2pm, FREE
Performing Diaspora Artists in Residence present new work being developed for the November festival. Featuring in-person and virtual showings from Charlotte Moraga (Kathak), Gema Sandoval's Danza Floricanto/USA (Mexican Folklorico), Danica Sena Gakovich (Flamenco/Serbian Dance/Music) and Adia Tamar Whitaker (Afro-Haitian Folkloric). Join us for a sneak peak and a lively discussion about this exciting new work. Photo of Adia Whitaker by Tahir Hemphill.
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 Performing Diaspora Work-in-Progress Showing II
Sat. Aug 29, 2:30-5:30pm, FREE
The afternoon continues with showings by artists in weekend II of the festival, including Ana Maria Alvarez's Contra Tiempo (Urban Latin Dance Theater), Collette Eloi (Haitian Folkloric), Opal Palmer Adisa (Poetry/Music) and Sri Susilowati (Indonesian Dance). Stay at CounterPULSE for the whole day and experience new work by six of California's most exciting emerging artists. Photo of CONTRA-TIEMPO by Jean Tamera
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 Performing Diaspora Work-in-Progress Showing III
Sun. Aug 30, 12-3pm, FREE
The weekend concludes with performances and discussion from Yannis Adoniou's KUNST-STOFF with Catherine Clambaneva, and Leonidas Kassapides (Greek Music/Shadow Puppets), Dulce Capadocia's Silayan Phillipine-American Dance Company (Phillipine Dance), Fei Wang (Classical Chinese Music), Prumsodun Ok (Classical Cambodian Dance), and Devendra Sharma (Nautanki- North Indian Theater).
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