Clinton Stark

Culture

Interview with ‘As You Like It’ music composer and sound designer Haddon Givens Kime

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.18.2009

Not only does San Jose Repertory Theatre’s production of ‘As You Like It’ feature striking visuals in its re-imaging of the Shakespeare classic, but it…

Culture

‘Pushing 30’ producer Scott Held on independent film, turning 30 and film festivals

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.17.2009

Every waiter in LA has a screenplay. So how do you differentiate? Make the film! That’s exactly what independent film producer Scott Held has done…

News

Buying a Netbook? 2 reasons to wait…

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.16.2009

You might just want to hold on to that Best Buy gift card a few weeks longer if you’re in the market for a netbook…

News

TechCrunch50 winner RedBeacon: A Google for local services?

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.15.2009

The news just came in, via Twitter of course: the TechCrunch50 2009 winner, from a field of 50 start-ups, is RedBeacon. Who? Well, chances are…

Culture

Theater preview: ‘Brief Encounter’ opens Wed at A.C.T. in San Francisco

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.15.2009

The British are coming (again)! This time in Noël Coward’s Brief Encounter opening this week at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. The production,…

News

Champagne, France begins “promising” harvest

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.15.2009

According to the Champagne Bureau (Washington, DC), 2009 should be another “high quality season” for producers of the famous bubbly from Champagne, France. Although the…

Tech

TechCrunch50: Interesting start-ups at San Francisco conference

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.15.2009

TechCrunch has rapidly established itself as the go-to Blog related to technology, start-ups, venture capital and Silicon Valley. Unlike testosterone-fueled sites like Engadget and Gizmodo—entertaining…