Tag: San Francisco

For a moment it felt like I was in one of those great outdoor amphitheatres in Greece. Or maybe it was Rome. But when I saw the sun shimmering across the Pacific Ocean through the majestic Redwood forest I knew this could only happen in one magical place on...

142 Throckmorton Theatre will host Making Films That Matter, a conversation with Will Parrinello and John Antonelli, and interviewed by Jane Ganahl. Filmmakers John Antonelli and Will Parrinello, with offices of their Mill Valley Film Group just down the road in Sausalito, are local treasures. But there is nothing...

Porchlight Theatre Company announced they will stage a classic dramatization of wanton intrigue and aristocratic power plays in a new production of Christopher Hampton’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Twisted gender roles, brazen sexuality, and self-interest run amok in a performance parable that is eerily relevant to our times. Co-directors Ann...

Gallery Paule Anglim is presenting an exhibition of new work by Iranian-American artist, Ala Ebtekar. From a broad practice rich with symbolism (embracing drawing, painting, sculpture, fashion, and photography), the artist will present works on paper and paintings, including paintings on photographs, paintings on book pages, and sculptural...

Artistic Director Jasson Minadakis and Producing Director Ryan Rilette announced the Marin Theatre Company’s 2010–11 season. The season opens September 14, 2010 with the first play in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Plays trilogy, In the Red and Brown Water. Parts two and three of the trilogy will be...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1UM1Mf_KOA According to organizers the Star Chefs and Vintners Gala at the Fort Mason center was a resounding success, raising over $1.2M for home bound seniors across San Francisco. The original goal of $1.1M was smashed thanks to a generous outpouring of support. But, what exactly took place that evening along...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFvVyqZ7j18 Director and playwright Stuart Bousel combined four stories by Peter S. Beagle to create the mesmerizing and memorable production, Giant Bones. Since 2003 the artistic director of No Nude Men Productions in San Francisco, Bousel has directed a range of classics, from Greek tragedies to Shakespeare to the legend of Dr....

Meals on Wheels of San Francisco today announced that with the help of Northern California's illustrious superstars of food and wine, they raised a record-breaking $1.2 million at its 23rd Annual Star Chefs & Vintners Gala, which took place Sunday night at Fort Mason's Festival Pavilion. The...

Once again, the shows and events are-a-happening across the San Francisco Bay Area. There is plenty of choice, and something for all ages too. Remember what Oscar Wilde once said, "The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art...

EXIT Theatre, San Francisco’s downtown indie home for new and alternative performance, has announced that A Most Notorious Woman by Irish playwright Maggie Cronin is coming to the stage this summer. The one-woman show features Christina Augello as the Irish pirate queen Grace O’Malley. Augello is the Artistic Director...