Autumn, winter, or spring, it's always bright in the Mission, where the microclimate makes sunblock a necessity to maintain a hipster pallor. Come summer, get a double dose of SPF when the eighth annual Summer Performance Festival hits ODC Theater. Curated by Joe Landini, the festival features 10 performances created in partnership with the Resident Artist Workshop at SAFEhouse Arts that are specifically selected for presentation on a larger stage in palatable 40-minute programs. Opening night brings performances by Jenni Bregman & Dancers, Kristin Damrow & Company, Paige Starling Sorvillo, and LV Dance Collective. Minna Harri and Tessa Wills break the 40-minute rule on Saturday and Sunday with Lament / Love, a two-and-a-half hour "workshop and performance invitation" that allows audience members to participate in mourning rituals and examine their own organs for symptoms of trauma. Fourteen troupes make the event a marathon exhibition of local artistic labor.
SAFEhouse Arts presents the eighth annual Summer Performance Festival at 7 p.m. through June 12 at ODC Theater, 3153 17th St., S.F. $15-$20; 415-863-9834 or safehousearts.info/spf8.
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