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Dancing Cy(i)phers

Honoring the deep culture and movement of the African diaspora
January 15, 2020
Organization
Dance
Bay Area
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Hector Zapana

Wind instruments of the Andes (Siku)
January 13, 2020
Artist
Music
Bay Area
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Rhodessa Jones

African and African American Storytelling
January 3, 2020
Artist
Oral Traditions/Language
Bay Area
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Atabak Elyasi

Persian Setar Music
December 23, 2019
Artist
Music
Bay Area

The Gift of Music

Tunes from the Berkeley Old Time Music Convention for You!
December 21, 2019
Music
Bay Area
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SambaFunk!

Brazilian dance and music
December 21, 2019
Organization
Dance, Music
Bay Area

Culture Under Pressure

Organizing to keep traditional arts spaces rooted in place
November 23, 2019
Bay Area

From the Field

Site Visits with ACTA's 2019 Apprenticeship Cohort
November 23, 2019
Dance, Music, Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Bay Area, Greater Los Angeles, Sacramento Valley

A Journey Home: Kulintang Music from San Diego to Mindanao

Through ACTA’s Apprenticeship Program, master artist Bernard Barros Ellorin has been working all year with his 2019 apprentice Kimberly (Kim) Kalanduyan in kulintang music from the Southern Philippines, which is played on a set of gongs that have different melodic…
September 30, 2019
Music
Bay Area, Southern Border

Remembering Hideko Nakajima (1935-2019)

Master artist in Japanese shamisen
August 12, 2019
Music
Bay Area