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

Bay Area Theater season kicks off this month

And just like that, we're into mid-August. Which means for many San Francisco Bay Area arts fans the start of the new theater season. Expect your calendar to fill up quickly, and provide lots of laughs (a popular theme this year, fittingly given the economy), challenging dramas, classic revivals...

EPA and Department of Energy need to rethink mileage calculations

Earlier this week, General Motors announced the upcoming 2010 Chevy Volt would get 230 mpg (Mike wrote about it on SSC, Will the Chevy Volt really get 230 miles per gallon?). That headline made my eyes pop. Could a new hybrid vehicle from GM beat out its closest competitor,...

Will the Chevy Volt really get 230 miles per gallon?

General Motors claims the new Chevy Volt will get 230 miles per gallon (yes, on one gallon!) in the city. Wouldn't that be something, if GM, of all companies, somehow found a way to turn the neophyte hybrid industry on its collective ear? If these claims are true, it would...

Sights and sounds: 2009 AT&T San Jose Jazz Festival

A first class event. That would be the 2009 Jazz Festival here in San Jose. And to think it almost didn't happen, if it weren't for AT&T replacing former sponsors Southwest and Comcast. Luckily the show went on, because it was terrific on all accounts. Lots of top tier jazz, first...

Review: ‘Falling’ does well with limited Indie budget

I like films that eschew absolutes. The villain is not pure evil. The protagonist is not pure gold. Rather, characters exhibit rough and tumble human weaknesses that cause them to tread a moral slippery slope. 'Falling', an indie film distributed by Cinequest, is one of those films. It even has a...

San Jose downtown art, NextNew: Green at ICA

Tonight is the opening reception for the latest exhibition, NextNew: Green, now showing in the main gallery at San Jose's Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). "Green presents fresh perspectives on climate change and related environmental and conservation issues." Featuring the work of 9 emerging artists, "the aim is to provoke and...

Jeremy Roenick rides off in style

What a classy ending. That was my first reaction to Jeremy Roenick, one of the NHL's most colorful and talented players, officially announcing his retirement at the HP Pavilion here in San Jose. A few years back, the ending of his hall-of-fame caliber career didn't look so rosy. Under-performing and bouncing...

Bottle Shock producer Marc Lhormer on wine, film (Video)

The movie BOTTLE SHOCK, based on true events, is all about upstart Napa wineries making a name for themselves against the favored French powerhouses at the now famous 1976 Paris Tasting—an event that shook the wine world. California wineries took first in both white (Chateau Montelena) and red (Stags'...

Things to do: AT&T Jazz Festival starts Friday

If you're in the SF Bay Area, you'll want to head to downtown San Jose to take in the outdoor AT&T Jazz Festival. It continues to grow. And for good reason. It offers an exhaustive list of performers across 9 different stages and venues.Tickets start at only $15 making this...

WSJ: Coffee shops pull plug on laptop users

Here's an interesting trend out of New York. Is the west coast next? According to The Wall Street Journal coffee shops are pulling the plug on laptop users by covering electrical outlets, and generally making it more difficult for us caffeinated surfers to hang out. Why? Chalk it up, yet again, to the economy....