Becca Hirschman

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• Commented on 3.5 Magnitude Earthquake Felt From FiDi To Candlestick
  Felt a very slight rumble and then a whomp-like bang here in SOMA. My desk lamp also teetered....
• Posted Dance Flash: Burlesque is Back to Culture/Entertainment
  Titty tassels, galore! Break out the sparkly thongs, it's burlesque on the big screen this weekend at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Behind...
• Posted Dance Flash: Alicia Ohs At Mama Calizo's Voice Factory's Last Event (For Now) to Culture/Entertainment
  Mama Calizo's Voice Factory, which provides a safe, creative space for the city's queer artists and activists to experiment with and investigate their pursuits, is...
• Commented on Be An Extra In Moneyball, Finally Have A Reason To Cheer In The Oakland Coliseum
  "Milk" extras, like the crowd extras, weren't paid, were they?...
• Posted Dance Flash: Rare Find At The Old Mint to Culture/Entertainment
  Walking through the Old Mint is like traveling through time. Opened in 1874, the "Granite Lady" hearkens back to simpler days when the government...
• Posted Dance Flash: So You Think You Can't Dance (But You're Wrong) to Culture/Entertainment
  July 4th weekend is a quiet one for dance, but that doesn't mean you have to sit in the backyard on your rump, sipping...
• Posted Dance Flash: Oni Dance Debuts In SF to Culture/Entertainment
  This weekend, Los Angeles-based choreographer Maria Gillespie will make her San Francisco debut with her dance company, Oni Dance, at CounterPULSE. A few years...
• Posted Appealing Events: The Sockhop to Culture/Entertainment
  There ain't no bunnies at this hop. The third annual Sockhop pairs hip hop dance groups showcasing their moves with a downtown party atmosphere....
• Commented on Three Ways To Get A Free Clipper Card
  Hmm, I asked this morning, and they said only the posted times, which is why I got an extra for my man....
• Commented on Three Ways To Get A Free Clipper Card
  The SFMTA site (http://www.sfmta.com/cms/mfares/Clipper.htm) has these dates/times for free Clipper cards. Wednesday, June 16 Powell Station 7 to 10 a.m. Friday, June 18 Powell Station 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 29 Embarcadero Station 7 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, June...
• Commented on Poll: Why Do You Think Gavin STILL Hasn't Made Any Appointments To The SFMTA Board?
  I will SO be kicking ass at Vegas Week. Cue music: step step, shoulder shrug, spiiiiiiin, leap, fall to the floor... jazz hands!...
• Posted Appealing Events: SF Ethnic Dance Festival to Culture/Entertainment
  What do nearly 600 dancers, 37 companies, and 20 cultures equal? Well, if you said the best ethnic dance festival ever, you're right! It's...
• Posted Dance Flash: Watch as "Making Visible" Unfolds to Culture/Entertainment
  Most people only ever see a choreographed dance in its final form: on stage. But have you ever wondered how a dance work is...
• Posted Dance Flash: Scott Wells & Dancers Take On Some Balls to Culture/Entertainment
  Scott Wells, the man who won an Izzy for best choreography (2005 and 2010) is back with seven guys, athletic dance, and balls of...
• Commented on I Interviewed For The SFMTA Board Of Directors And All I Got Was This Story
  I wasn't intentionally making any reference to Beckett......
• Posted I Interviewed For The SFMTA Board Of Directors And All I Got Was This Story to Culture/Entertainment
  The day that Mayor Newsom's office announced it was searching for regular, everyday folk to join the SFMTA Board of Directors, I thought, "I can...
• Posted Dance Flash: Sara Shelton Mann and "tribes/dominion" to Culture/Entertainment
  This weekend, you can catch contemporary dance choreographer Sara Shelton Mann and media artist David Szlasa's latest collaboration "tribes/dominion," a vibrant mixture of dance,...
• Posted "Reserved" Street Parking Makes Life Rough For Panhandle Drivers to Culture/Entertainment
  This morning, I exited my apartment building to find the north side of my block (Grove and Clayton) papered with "No Stopping" signs for...
• Posted Dance Flash: SOTA's "Intention" to Culture/Entertainment
  Some of the city's most talented performing and visual arts students attend the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts (SOTA), our own...
• Posted SFIFF: LiTTLEROCK to Culture/Entertainment
  Take two visitors from Japan, drop them into a small town brimming with boredom, throw in some sad, apathetic locals with tunnelvision, stir haphazardly,...
• Posted SFIFF: Winter's Bone to Culture/Entertainment
  Winter's Bone, directed by Debra Granik, takes a gritty look at life in the Ozarks. This is a film that strives for accuracy--locals were...
• Posted Appealing Events: May Day at CounterPULSE to Culture/Entertainment
  CounterPULSE is celebrating another year older, another year wiser with May Day, which includes three full evenings of sensory overload. With the goal to...
• Posted Dance Flash: Deborah Slater Dance Theater and Bears to Culture/Entertainment
  Bears may be Stephen Colbert's arch nemeses, but for choreographer Deborah Slater, they're her creative muse. Or at least in this instance. Slater's modern...
• Posted Appealing Events: Compañía Nacional de Danza to Culture/Entertainment
  This may be the last opportunity you have to see Spain's renowned Compañía Nacional de Danza in the forward-thinking form it's in today. Due...
• Posted Dance Flash: Bay Area National Dance Week Starts Tomorrow to Culture/Entertainment
  Aimed at dance awareness and celebrating the local dance community, Bay Area National Dance Week (BANDW) is the ideal time to dust off those...
• Posted Dance Flash: The 2010 CubaCaribe Festival of Music and Dance to Culture/Entertainment
  Beginning this weekend, the sixth annual CubaCaribe Festival of Dance and Music will pay tribute to Cuban and Caribbean dance and music. This year,...
• Posted SF Ballet's Program 7, Reviewed to Culture/Entertainment
  San Francisco Ballet performing Jerome Robbins' The Concert (Or, The Perils of Everybody) may be one of the most enjoyable dance pieces ever. It...
• Posted Dance Flash: Stephen Pelton Dance Theater's The Dance Hour to Culture/Entertainment
  Stephen Pelton Dance Theater's The Dance Hour comes to the CounterPULSE stage this weekend. The Dance Hour may sound like prescribed exercise, but it's...
• Posted Dance Flash: You're Part Of The Show With LEVYdance to Culture/Entertainment
  Benjamin Levy's modern dance company LEVYdance comes to Z Space this weekend with its 2010 home season, featuring his interactive duet Everyone Intimate Alone...
• Posted Appealing Events: KUNST-STOFF arts 1st Annual Gala at Z Space/Theater Artaud to Culture/Entertainment
  Raqs al Moza (Excerpt) from KUNST-STOFF on Vimeo. KUNST-STOFF arts held its opening party literally at the close of 2009, and four months in, its...