Freebie of the week: The Mexica New 12 months, which alerts the beginning of the Aztec calendar, formally arrives March 12. Nevertheless it’s being celebrated this weekend in San Jose in what’s billed as the most important occasion of its type within the nation, because of Calpulli Tonalehqueh, an Aztec cultural preservation group based in San Jose greater than 30 years in the past. The group gives dance instruction and is on the market for demonstrations year- spherical, however its annual Mexica New 12 months celebration, now in its twenty seventh yr, is a three-day affair involving lots of of dancers and artisans. Calpulli Tonalehqueh, and troupes from a wide range of places, will carry out on a invoice comprising as many as 700 dancers. There additionally can be stay music and drumming, a conventional tianguis (market) with some 80 Native craftsmen providing jewellery, artwork, garments and cultural objects from throughout North America, and all kinds of Native food and drinks. The occasion takes place 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to six p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Emma Prusch Park, 647 S. King Street, in San Jose. At 6 a.m. Saturday, there’s a particular Dawn Ceremony for communal reflection. Admission to all occasions is free. For extra data, go to www.aztecadancers.com.
Jason Veasey, foreground, and background, L-R, Ana Yi Puig, Seth Hanson, Molly Hager, A.J. Holmes and John Michael Lyles seem in “Nobody Loves You” at American Conservatory Theater’s Toni Rembe Theater in San Francisco by means of March 30. (Courtesy Kevin Berne/American Conservatory Theater by way of Bay Metropolis Information)
On the lookout for love: Viewers of actuality TV exhibits about relationship, love and hooking up (whether or not actually emotionally invested or tuning in with a wholesome serving to of snark) should settle for that the chances of two folks assembly for the primary time on TV and falling in love without end are exceedingly distant. Regardless of this reality, or maybe due to it, dating-romance actuality exhibits stay well-liked, which implies they’re ripe for the form of spoofing they get from “Nobody Loves You,” a musical created by East Bay natives Itamar Moses (a Tony Award-winner for “The Band’s Visit”) and Gaby Alter opening this week at American Conservatory Theater. The present, which debuted off-Broadway in 2013, stays related right this moment, proving that Moses and Alter latched onto an idea with legs. Who doesn’t both love love or hate the individuals who love love? Audiences both are followers of the Hallmark Channel, which serves up G-rated romantic films that each one finish precisely the identical means or pinpoint the community because the nadir of human existence. This nice divide is the premise of “Nobody Loves You.” Protagonist Jeff hates romance actuality exhibits with as a lot ardour as his girlfriend adores them. When their relationship breaks in consequence, Jeff enters a actuality present to win his girlfriend again. Should you can’t work out what occurs subsequent, you haven’t been watching sufficient on the Hallmark Channel. “Nobody Loves You” performs by means of March 30 at ACT’s Toni Rembe Theater, 415 Geary St., San Francisco. Tickets are $25-$130; go to www.act-sf.org.
The famend Dance Theatre of Harlem returns to the Lesher Middle in Walnut Creek for performances on March 14-15. (Courtesy Dance Theatre of Harlem)
DTH returns: The Dance Theatre of Harlem was based by Arthur Mitchell, partly as a way to create a extra accessible type and presence of the artwork of ballet. Fifty-six years later, the corporate continues to be carrying on the mission, delivering fairly darned exhilarating performances. The troupe’s annual hometown run is a well-liked attraction all through New York Metropolis, nevertheless it additionally excursions throughout the nation. The 18-dancer troupe, now led by Alex Garland, returns to Walnut Creek this weekend, persevering with a longstanding relationship with the Lesher Middle for the Arts. The program consists of a wide range of works and kinds, from classical ballet to modern, city and postmodern. Reportedly, the corporate on this tour has been performing Garland’s world premiere work “The Cookout,” set to music by Jill Scott, the British Afro-funk band Cymande, and extra. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Friday and a pair of p.m. Saturday. Tickets ($89 to $110) and extra data can be found at www.lesherartscenter.org or (925) 943-7469.
L-R, violist Šimon Truszka, cellist Peter Jarůšek and violinists Marek Zwiebel and Veronika Jarůšková of the Pavel Haas String Quartet seem in a San Francisco Performances recital on the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco on March 14. (Petra Hajska/SF Performances by way of Bay Metropolis Information )
A high-quality foursome from Europe: Members of the multi-award-winning Pavel Haas Quartet (based in 2002, taking the title of the Jewish composer from their nation who died in Auschwitz in 1944) are presently artists-in-residence on the Prague Dvořák Pageant. The ensemble, referred to as the best Czech quartet on the earth, lately was featured at Carnegie Corridor in a competition of all Czech music. San Francisco Performances has them—violinists Veronika Jarůšková and Marek Zwiebel, violist Šimon Truszka and cellist Peter Jarůšek—booked for a recital Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. in Herbst Theatre. On their program is one work by a Czech composer, Antonín Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 11 in C Main, and one other by a Russian, Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat Main. Tickets, $65-$85, are at sfperformances.org. For some perception into the quartet’s ardour, try this excerpt from Smetana right here.
Patrick Ball performs his Celtic harp and inform tales at Trinity Lutheran Church in Pleasanton on March 14, (Courtesy Susan R. Ball)
Eire in phrase and tune: The hearth within the pub fireplace is blazing, and the Guinness foam within the tulip-shaped glass is simply starting to subside, when the crystalline strains of the Celtic harp waft by means of the smoky air and the storyteller begins his story. Audiences might must think about the pub hearth and the Guinness, however they’ll be handled to the best of the musical and imaginative skills of Patrick Ball, the preeminent Celtic harp participant and completed spoken phrase artist, when he launches into his act at 7 p.m. Friday evening on the Trinity Lutheran Church in Pleasanton. Name it a musical and theatrical preview of St. Patrick’s Day, if you’ll. Tickets for “Patrick Ball: Celtic Harp and Story,” $5-$20, can be found on the door at 1225 Hopyard Street and on-line at eventbrite. Refreshments can be served at intermission and after the efficiency.
