Jeanne Powell
Jeanne is a published poet and essayist. She holds degrees from Wayne State University and the University of San Francisco. Jeanne has taught in the CS, UB and OLLI programs at universities in the City. Her books in print include MY OWN SILENCE and WORD DANCING from Taurean Horn Press.
Theater News: San Francisco Playhouse 2020-2021 season revealed
San Francisco Playhouse has just announced its upcoming season. This will be their 18th season, and their most ambitious one yet. In fact, the announcement was made the previous night at their first-ever live streaming season announcement party.
On the mainstage will be Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman in its west...
Trader Joe’s response to panic buying
In February 2020 Joseph Hardin Coulombe died at the age of 90. He founded the Trader Joe’s grocery store chain in the U.S. in 1967, and he would have been proud of the way TJ handled the recent spate of panic buying and hoarding.
Those of us who have discovered...
Film Review: ‘Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible’ a fascinating look at the little-known world of film editing
An icon of Australian cinema.
Film Review: ‘Top End Wedding’ a crowd-pleaser worth your time
A feel-good film from beginning to end, Top End Wedding was a crowd-pleaser in 2019, Australia’s highest grossing film. A romantic comedy with a happy ending (spoiler alert), one thinks of Four Weddings and a Funeral because of the ups and downs of more than one romantic relationship and...
In Review: ‘The Last Ship’ with Sting in San Francisco wins the day
These are the souls of the broken town.
Mostly British Film Festival: ‘Top End Wedding’ and ‘Jill Billcock: Dancing the Invisible’
A few Stark Insider capsule film reviews from the Mostly British Film Festival (Vogue Theatre) in San Francisco.
TOP END WEDDING (2019)
Director: Wayne Blair
Writers: Miranda Tapsell, Joshua Tyler
Stars: Brooklyn Doomadgee, Helena Johnson, Dan Collins
A standout at the Mostly British Film Festival this year is the Australian romantic comedy, Top End Wedding, directed by...
San Francisco Arts: ‘Alternative Renderings’ at Glass Rice Art Gallery
A duo exhibition featuring new work by San Francisco based artists Tom Colcord and Tim Irani.
In San Francisco: What’s new at the Presidio
The Presidio of San Francisco (originally, El Presidio Real de San Francisco or The Royal Fortress of Saint Francis) is a park and former U.S. Army military fort on the northern tip of the SF Peninsula, and is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Presidio staff and volunteers offer many free tours to visitors in the spring of...
In San Francisco: Paula West at the Nikko (Review)
Paula West has opened a two-week engagement at Feinstein’s at the Nikko in San Francisco. This popular cabaret performer has captured the hearts of jazz lovers over the years due to her extraordinary devotion to and understanding of the complexity and beauty of jazz classics as well as other...
Indie Film: Mostly British Film Festival opens Feb. 13 in San Francisco
The British are coming this month, for the annual Mostly British Film Festival in San Francisco. From February 13th to February 20th, the historic Vogue Theater will feature films from England and its former colonies -- India, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa.
Opening night begins with a screening...
