Food Stories: Culinary Literature, Art, Tastings and Discussion
Z Space, Formerly Project Artaud Theatre (450 Florida St. San Francisco, CA 94110)
- Full Price:
- $30.00 - $40.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00 - $20.00*
* Additional fees apply.
All offers for Word for Word Presents: Food Stories have expired.
The last date listed for Word for Word Presents: Food Stories was Sunday February 5, 2012 / 2:00pm.
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Festival of Contemporary French Plays: Des Voix ... Found in Translation
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Des Voix (Voices) ... Found in Translation is a festival of staged readings of new plays by hot young French playwrights, translated by top Bay Area artists and scholars. At the top of the festival is the Bal Littéraire, a "new play nightclub" where the written word is set to music and delivered in a party atmosphere, amongst dancing and drinks. Next up in the festival is Samuel Gallet's Communique No. 10, a futuristic thriller set in a megalopolis surrounded by a wasteland where refugees and rebels seek refuge. Then playwright Marion Aubert brings us the wild comedy Pride, Pursuit, and Decapitation, in which her alter ego "The Mad Playwright" takes the stage and conjures up a frenzy of hilarious scenes depicting the everyday insanity of our world. Finally, Nathalie Fillion's Out There offers intense drama -- a sort of Chekhov for the 21st Century -- with a story about a depressed man who is rocketed into a state of euphoria by an antidepressant, only to begin selling off his family's properties. Each play is ticketed separately. See the full listing for the dates and times of each show. Learn More
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23 Goldstar Member Reviews
Miriam G.
You don't have to be a "foodie" to love this show. Great acting, staging and direction. Every part of it was outstanding.Written on Jan 20 2012
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If you love food and eating and imagination and sincerity, you'll love Food Stories. And if you've never been to a Word for Word performance, you'll love it even more.Written on Jan 19 2012
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This was so good I wish it had been longer. I had a smile the whole time. good acting and great timing. The ending was a little abrubt but wish it was still playing so I could tell all my friends to see itWritten on Feb 06 2012
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More Information About Word for Word Presents: Food Stories
Website
http://www.zspace.org/w4w/foodstories/foodstories.htm
Description
Performance: The dreaded Willa, critic terrible, is coming to Albert’s restaurant. Disaster ensues—until Albert concocts a diabolical plan. T.C. Boyle (“an explosively gifted satirist”—N.Y. Times) writes of food and passion in “Sorry Fugu”, his witty, wicked look at restaurants and critics. And Alice McDermott's "Enough" brings our evening to completion: from the childhood licking of ice cream bowls to the teenage "trouble with the couch" through aging and the endless variety of pleasures, "Enough" chronicles a woman's life.
Food Vendors:
* Maite Catering
* Onigilly
* Don Bugito serves pre-Hispanic Mexican cuisine featuring a creative use of edible insects, organically grown in California.
* Azalina’s
* Anda Piroshki
* Please check food vendors and dates weekly on www.zspace.org. Vendors accept cash only.
Art:
Photographer Emily Heller and painter, sculptor, and cake-maker Leah Rosenberg investigate the ways in which food is reconfigured into a packaged commodity. Both artists are interested in the intersection of art and food, and here they present their individual projects as well as a collaborative piece.
January 18: Sue Conley, Cowgirl Creamery
In 1997, Sue Conley and Peggy Smith opened Cowgirl Creamery in Pt. Reyes Station, a picturesque postagestamp-of-a-town on the coast about an hour north of San Francisco. From the beginning, they wanted to make delicious artisan cheese, to be environmentally responsible, and they also wanted to support their cheesemaking
friends in being sustainable land stewards. Today, Cowgirl Creamery continues to make just a small collection of cheese - totaling about 3,000 pounds per
week. However, their circle of cheesemaking friends has grown artisan cheeses from over 60 of America's and Europe's most prized producers. Join Sue in conversation with Vivien Straus, writer, performer and member of the Straus Dairies family about how cheese becomes cheese –and stay for a tasting from Cowgirl Creamery!
January 19: David Cody, Permaculture
Bringing together professionals, educators, designers, consultants, and activists around the common thread of Permaculture for a village renaissance in the urban pulse of the city of San Francisco. Join a Permaculture presentation held by David Cody and Kevin Bayuk about sustainable living in urban settings.
January 26: Allison Ghiorse, Savory Thymes
An extraordinary philanthropic organizationbased in Mill Valley, Savory Times was established in 2005 by Alison Ghiorse to “convene artists, grassroots organizations and activists in order to cross pollinate ideas, build relationships and alliances, and provide a space to galvanize support for a wide variety of social and environmental initiatives.” Alison Ghiorse was inspired to provide a welcoming space for change agents from around the country to share their work and gain support from the Bay Area community. Savory Thymes supports and educates the public about local and sustainable systems within the context of grassroots movements and the arts, through events that celebrate the beauty, the tastes, and the textures of the Earth. Join Ali as she tells about her adventures in food and philanthropy.
About the Ticket Supplier: Z Space Studio
Founded in 1993 by David Dower, the Z Space Studio has become one of the nation's leading laboratories for the development of new voices, new works and new directions in American theater.
By creating a space where all types of artistic development can occur side by side, the Z Space has become what Berkeley Repertory Theatre's Artistic Director Tony Taccone describes as "a virtual bastion of creativity, a bubbling cauldron of new work, and a safe haven for unfettered creative expression."
Given the nature of development as a "behind the scenes" endeavor, the Studio's impact is often invisible to the general public. However, whether they know it or not, over 100,000 people across the country experience theater from artists that developed at the Studio through our three main programs (Word for Word Performing Arts Company, Z Plays Development, and Youth Arts).
The Z Space employs hundreds of artists each year in the process of developing new works -- creating work for a diverse audiences in fields as varied as solo performance, ensemble theater, puppetry, acrobatics, dance, and multimedia production.