Monica Turner
Contributor to Stark Insider for tech, the arts and All Things West Coast for over 10 years.
Theresa Rebeck is back, December 7 Magic Theatre
Don’t miss this intimate evening with a master writer! Pulitzer Prize Nominated and Emmy Award winning Theresa Rebeck will join us in San Francisco to dish up juicy conversation about working in theatre, television, and film. An engaging and spirited speaker with a unique perspective on the...
Thanksgiving guide with recipes, plus what to do with Turkey leftovers!
Thanksgiving is almost here... and I hate to ask, but have you thawed your big bird(s) yet?
If not, better get cracking, according to resident foodie Loni Kao Stark, it can take anywhere from 1 (8-12 lbs) to 5 days (20-24 lbs). Just thought I'd pass on that tip, although...
Train wreck alert: Gavin Newsom on how not to give an interview (video)
Got to hand it to CBS for this interview, maybe. Not holding back the punches, they let some obvious bad blood spillover here to challenge the recently media-shy (and often sick) San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom on a series of not-so-fun topics: the city's deficit, his pattern of cancelling...
Napa B&B Tour & Taste Event, December 5
December 5, 2009 from 2pm-6pm
Join us in historic downtown Napa. Visit our Bed and Breakfast Inns, festively decorated for this special holiday season. Each inn will host a wine reception featuring a premier Napa Valley winery, paired with a taste of the Napa Valley. Transportation and entertainment will be...
Gone in 60 Seconds: A Loreto, Baja adventure
7 days. In 60 seconds.
https://vimeo.com/7732752
‘She Stoops to Comedy’ opens tomorrow at SF Playhouse
Gender-bending romance is in the air this weekend at SF Playhouse with the opening of David Greenspan's She Stoops to Comedy. The play continues the 09/10 "Power of Laughter" theme; last seen at the Playhouse was the hilarious First Day of School (review).
The new production hints at Shakespeare's As...
Opening tonight: ‘Holiday Memories’ at Coastal rep in Half Moon Bay
Truman Capote's tale of friendship, love, and fruitcake opens tonight at Coastal Repertory Theatre. Set in Alabama in the 1930s, the play is based on two of Capote's childhood recollections, "The Thanksgiving Visitor" and "A Christmas Memory."
This should be another intriguing alternative to the standard holiday fare-not that there's...
Aurora Extends FAT PIG
Aurora Theatre Company announces that it will add six additional performances of its current production of FAT PIG, bad-boy playwright Neil LaBute’s exploration of body consciousness in contemporary America. Tony-nominated director Barbara Damashek helms this story about the difficulty people face when trying to stand up for, and live up to, something...
Opening tomorrow: ‘The Seafarer’ at San Jose Stage Company
If you're looking for non-Christmas theater, breathe a sigh of relief as San Jose Stage Company is giving us something different. The Chicago Tribune calls The Seafarer "the best Irish play since the glory days of Samuel Beckett."
The story focuses on men coming home from the holidays who focus...
Script Club at Aurora Theatre Company November 30
AURORA THEATRE COMPANY SCRIPT CLUB
New installment examines LaBute and Williams
Monday, November 30, 2009, 7:30pm
WHAT: Berkeley’s acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company presents the second Aurora Script Club meeting of the season with Tennessee Williams’ 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Aurora Theatre Company Education Director Michael Mansfield hosts this moderated...
