San Francisco: Vertical Dance Company Bandaloop presents ‘Touching Up’
The two performances take place on Thursday, November 1st at 12:30pm at the Mint Plaza in San Francisco; and Saturday, November 3rd at 1pm at…
October 2012
Fight for the Mic: Google Android event set for Oct. 29, same day as Microsoft Windows Phone 8 launch
Windows Phone 8 will be lauched by Microsoft on Oct 29, and--just hours ago--we learned that Google will use the same date to make an…
Wine Harvest News: Napa, Sonoma tonnage could be up 15-20%
Sonoma County Winegrape Commission president Nick Frey says that the Statewide 2012 winegrape crop was estimated to be "10 percent larger than that of 2011,…
With ‘Osmosis’ Ives Quartet flouts convention
Performed by the IQ, these errors seemingly get magnified, as a delicious bit of silliness, to let the audience in on a joke that hasn’t…
Not in an Election Year: Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson
By the time Andrew Jackson opined “I’m so that guy,” one wished that Romney or Obama had Davaran’s kind of energy.
András Schiff: In Residency at San Francisco Symphony (Verdict: A Gem)
The two main foci of all three movements of this concerto were: (1) Schiff the soloist; and (2) Schiff and the symphony playing together. While…
Samsung Galaxy S III Android smartphone now available in black, brown (Verizon)
Samsung Galaxy S III features include a 4.8" HD Super AMOLED Display, 1.5 Ghz Dual-Core Processor, 2GB Ram, S-Voice (Samsung's answer to Apple's Siri), Android…
See Ben Affleck’s ARGO at MVFF
Affleck's third directorial outing, following Gone Baby Gone (2007) and the Town (2010), has been well-received by critics and fans. I checked Metacritic and Argo…
PC Shipments Fall 8%, Worst Since 2001
"The third quarter was also a transitional quarter before Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system release, so shipments were less vigorous as vendors and their channel…
Wine Events: Pinot on the River at Healdsburg Plaza
The tasting takes place in the gorgeous town of Healdsburg, smack dab in the middle of the Russian River Valley in Sonoma. You should see…