Monica Turner
Contributor to Stark Insider for tech, the arts and All Things West Coast for over 10 years.
Backstage Video: Touring LUZIA by Cirque du Soleil (Now in Boston)
A Waking Dream of Mexico.
It's called Luzia -- in Spanish, "light" and "rain". Cirque du Soleil's spectacular show is now touring the country, and in this video Stark Insider goes backstage under the Big Top to learn about the magic behind-the-scenes.
Once again, there's plenty of acrobatics, incredible soaring stunts,...
Francis Ford Coppola, Amber Tamblyn to headline David Lynch’s 2018 Festival of Disruption in Los Angeles
It's happening again. David Lynch has revealed the lineup for the next Festival of Disruption. Read on for the details here on Stark Insider. And don't forget: keep your eye on the donut not on the hole.
Famed filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and actress Amber Tamblyn are among those appearing on...
Inside The Ring: Backstage at San Francisco Opera’s production of ‘Ring of the Nibelung’ (Video)
Power. Love. Destruction.
The David Lynch ‘Festival of Disruption’ Experience (Stark Insider Video)
A new Stark Insider video is here!
Filmmaker David Lynch (Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, The Elephant Man) hosts a bi-annual arts & music fest held in Los Angeles (October) and Brooklyn (May) each year called Festival of Disruption.
Lynch curates the line-up himself which features artists, musicians, actors, and others who...
Backstage: Cirque du Soleil’s Luzia, now in Washington, DC (Video)
Luzia means sound (luz) and rain (iluvia). It's an apt name for Cirque du Soleil's newest touring show... Luzia.
Indeed you can expect incredible, thunderous music and sound effects along with, for the first time in a Cirque show, an on stage rain machine.
Stark Insider goes backstage at Luzia to...
Groundbreaking for new San Francisco Conservatory of Music building begins this summer
$185 million performing arts center will open 2020 and house 420 students and feature 2 concert halls.
What’s Happening: Broadway Under the Stars announces summer season at Sonoma’s Jack London State Historic Park
Transcendence Theatre Company today took the wraps off its upcoming Broadway inspired summer series.
Called "Broadway Under the Stars" the lineup features weekend performances from June through September 2018. Shows take place at the (stunning) Jack London State Historic Park in Glen Ellen -- right in the heart of Sonoma...
SFFILM Golden Gate Award Winners: ‘Scary Mother’, ‘City of the Sun’, ‘Distant Barking of Dogs’ and more
Organizers of the 2018 San Francisco International Film Festival have announced this year's winners. At an event held at The Lab, Golden Gate Awards (GGA) and $40,000 in prize money were handed out to filmmakers.
Ana Urushadze won new directors award in the fiction category for Scary Mother.
A special jury...
What’s Happening: Gavin DeGraw, Citizen Cope, Brandi Carlile, more to perform at Margrit Mondavi Summer Concert Series
Some incoming west coast music news to share.
Organizers today announced the line-up for the upcoming Margrit Mondavi Summer Concert Series.
The 49th edition of the music festival will feature 5 concerts through June and July.
In association with BottleRock, the performances will, once again, take place at Robert Mondavi Winery in...
Berkeley Rep Announces 2018-19 Season: Doll’s House Pt. 2, Fairview, Home, Good Book, more
Iconic theater celebrates 50th anniversary with 6 shows under Tonny Taccone's last year of artistic directorship.