Monica Turner
Contributor to Stark Insider for tech, the arts and All Things West Coast for over 10 years.
Tickets & Passes on Sale Now – 20th Cinequest Film Festival
Highlights include:
Life of a Maverick Award recipient Deepak Chopra
Maverick Spirit Award winner Benjamin Bratt with a special screening of La MISSION.
Directors of global impact...
Inside Cirque du Soleil – OVO: Raising the Big Top in San Jose
Today, Cirque du Soleil rolled into town, and SSC was there to bring you the behind the scenes action of the team raising the...
Charles Dutoit conducts the San Francisco Symphony in Gutav Holt’s The Planets Feb. 10-13 in Cupertino
Guest conductor Charles Dutoit and the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) perform Gustav Holst’s The Planets featuring the Women of the SFS Chorus February 10,...
How to build your own solar panel for less than $150
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Using parts...
Center REPertory Company Presents A Number, opens January 23
Center REPertory Company’s presents Caryl Churchill’s stunning play A Number, from January 21st through February 7th, 2010. Directed by Michael Butler, A Number is...
Inside Cirque du Soleil OVO: Episode #1 Wardrobe
It's a visual feast for the eyes not to be missed. Now join us on a look inside the wardrobe department of OVO, the...
YouTube partners with Sundance Film Festival, pilots rental program
Here's a news item that may please both independent film buffs and technology fans alike. YouTube, which Google has been actively updating this week...
Two local kids make stage debut in ‘Coming Home’ at Berkeley Rep
In Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s upcoming production of Coming Home, two enthusiastic local children are enjoying their stage debuts. Five-year-old Kohle Thomas Bolton and 11-year-old Jaden Malik...
Phèdre opens Jan. 20 at A.C.T. starring Seana McKenna who “holds the Canadian patent on Greek tragedy”
Jean Racine's grand tragedy Phèdre opens Wednesday January 20 at American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) in a world premiere translation by Timberlake Wertenbaker (Our Country's Good,...
ZER01 ends 2009 on a funding roll
Just as the year was coming to a close, ZER01 received word that $500k in new grants was coming its way. The funding...