Clinton Stark

Like everyone else, I'm astonished, saddened about the news, images and stories coming out of Haiti. You have to wonder: why Haiti, one of the poorest countries (80% of its 9 million residents live in poverty)? It puts everything in sharp, sobering focus. You know the headlines so I...

Avenue Q, or puppets gone wild, opened this week at Broadway San Jose. The laughs can still be heard echoing across downtown. The reviews are strong, and since the show is only in town for the next few days, if you want your fill of full frontal puppet nudity...

This morning film director Jeffrey Goodman announced that his next project Peril is underway. He explains it will be funded and shot in Louisiana much like The Last Lullaby. Likely it will mean he'll pool together a fund with investments averaging about $50,000. It's welcome news that many will...

Puppets sure have changed since I was a kid—in a good way, a very good way. Don't look for them on PBS though. You're more likely to find this raucous lot on HBO. Last night, the tony award-winning musical Avenue Q rolled into town with a bunch of starry-eyed,...

Tonight, Avenue Q presented by Broadway San Jose, opens downtown at the Center for the Performing Arts. The show is the fourth in a wickedly entertaining 2009/2010 season which has included Spamalot, Spring Awakening and Riverdance. The story is familiar, but the presentation is likely different from most Broadway...

There has been several reports today of a security hole in the Motorola Droid phone. I was surprised that, at least according to some reports, the pattern lock which protects the phone much like a computer password, could be breached. Apparently, during an incoming call a thief could break...

Here I can see that Joe Thornton is projected to score 1 point (a safe prediction) and that the teams are evenly matched (50/50).

It was another great weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area to get out there and take in some theater, arts, and entertainment. From San Francisco and Berkeley down the peninsula to San Jose and Mountain View, there was plenty to see, despite the foggy weather these past few...

So what will it be: an action-packed summer blockbuster prison movie, or a cerebral, somewhat depressing film about radiation and the end of the world? Art vs. money. In David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow we learn that Hollywood moguls are what they are—nothing more, nothing less—despite occasional attempts to change the...