Clinton Stark

Clinton shoots videos for Stark Insider. San Francisco Bay Area arts, Ingmar Bergman and French New Wave, and chasing the perfect home espresso shot 25 seconds at a time (and failing). Peloton: ClintTheMint. Camera: Video Gear

Carey Perloff’s Phèdre at Stratford receives glowing review

More Bay Area theater news. Carey Perloff, artistic director at the American Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T.) in San Francisco, has been on the road up North at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada. Her production is Jean Racine's Phèdre. The reviews are starting to come in and it sounds like...

Successful play ‘The Kite Runner’ heads to Arizona Theatre Company

That didn't take long. Loni and I wondered where and when 'The Kite Runner' production would next surface. The world premiere here in the Bay Area at the San Jose Repertory Theatre company was a smash hit. The story, of course, is based on the wildly successful novel by...

Cow Spotting in 12 seconds

I think this video proves at least a few things. 1) cows are still boring, even when accelerated 6000%, and 2) my backyard camera experiments are not exactly turning out well. Try, try again. https://vimeo.com/6271841

Entrepreneurs in action: Eric Levine on CellarTracker and wine in the cloud

At the Small and Special conference in Seattle over the summer, Eric LeVine gave a presentation on his business CellarTracker. It piqued my interest for a few reasons. One, I use CellarTracker to track our cellar and wine purchases. I love it. It always works; gives additional information on...

Interview: Obie-award winner Francis Jue discusses ‘Yellow Face’ at TheatreWorks, Broadway, Bay Area theater

Bay Area theater fans will be excited to know that our very own Francis Jue will be back on stage here at this week’s opening of ‘Yellow Face’ at TheatreWorks in Mountain View.

Acer Aspire 1410 (1810T) 11.6″ laptop now shipping

The Acer Aspire AS1410 (known as the 1810T overseas) is now available for purchase from Amazon. At least, in blue for now (Ruby Red and Black to follow). The 1410 sports the increasingly popular 11.6-inch screen size with widescreen 1366x768 resolution , 1.4GHz Intel CULV Core 2 Solo SU3500 CPU,...

Napa Valley Film Festival 2010 interview with film producer Marc Lhormer

Marc Lhormer spoke with Loni and I about the 2010 Napa Valley Film Festival. Planning is underway, and Marc talks about the vision for the festival, the timing, the organizational process, and also what you can do to help support the effort. Clint and Loni talk with special guest Marc...

Sunrise in San Jose

Shot this morning. Didn't exactly turn out the way I'd hoped... thanks clouds! Starts bright and finishes darker. Maybe I'll try again another day. https://vimeo.com/6196222

Magazines, now with ads that talk and move

I just read an article in USA Today about magazines that will include video ads, yet another way to get your attention. The limited edition run of Entertainment Weekly will be available to subscribers only in LA and New York. I'd imagine it will make for a good souvenir,...

Theatre Communications Group publishes ‘Theatre Facts 2008’

Not surprisingly, 2008 was a tough time for non-profit theatre houses across the country. The good news is that resident production attendance was higher in 2008 than in 2004, as was single ticket and subscription income. A report from Theatre Communications Group (TCG) dives deep into the financials of the...