Arts & Events

The San Francisco International Arts Festival opened its annual run last Thursday at Fort Mason on the city's northern waterfront and will continue, Wednesdays through Sundays, through June 5, hosting a plethora of performing arts companies, solo artists and installations from here, there and everywhere--including a few notable East Bay participants. 

This weekend, the shows with participation by East Bay artists and producers include Aqua Clara Flamenco; Adrian Arias' 'When Fire Visits Us (Dream Two); Fandango-Pandango (a celebration of musical connections between the Philippines, Mexico, Cuba and Spain, with Potaje, Cascando de Flores and Fandangueros); Theatre Movement International's 'Homecoming (a Chiricahua Apache Odyssey'--conceptualized is father, Nigerian musician/bandleader by Rudradeep Chakrabarti of Berkeley; and (Sunday only) Avotcja & Modùpue, just announcing the participation of jazz singer Kalil Wilson and his father, Nigerian musician/bandleader Baba Ken Okulolo. 

(And more coverage will follow, including of Berkeley's Inferno Theatre, performing founder Guilio Peronne's ongoing series of plays, 'Quantum Love,' the brilliant second part of which was just previewed at their always-refreshing Diasporas Festival at the South Berkeley Community Church a couple of weekends ago, and will premiere at the SF International Arts Festival next week.) 

Further info & an excellent calendar of events with links to info & bios of the artists at: sfiaf.org