Monica Turner

The Sausalito Art Festival, one of the oldest and most prestigious art events in the country, once again gets ready to mount another edition of the celebrated festival. Mark your calendars for Saturday through Monday, September 5 – 7, 2015. Fine art, great music, gourmet food, and premium wines will be...

Fresh off Broadway, Kenneth Lonergan's This is Our Youth will open Custom Made Theatre's 2015-16 season in San Francisco. Organizers today revealed the entire line-up, and said plays will be performed at Custom's new theater space. Artistic Director Brian Katz says, "we are thrilled about our 17th season, especially since it...

Four day music festival scheduled for November 2015 to feature: Rob Thomas, Barenaked Ladies, Nick Fradiani, Michael Franti, Andrew McMahon, In the Wilderness, and For King & Country.

Jack Holmes' RFK will kick-off the 33rd season at San Jose Stage Company this September. Next up The 39 Steps, a stage adaptation based on Alfred Hitchcock's movie. “In our 33rd Season, The Stage is thrilled to be working with Luis Valdez and El Teatro Campesino (ETC) to bring the world...

There's No Business Like Show Business! This is hard to believe, possibly even epic. Loni Stark gets a lesson in voice projection for the stage from none other than legend of Broadway and television herself, Ethel Merman. How can it be? You'll have to watch to find out! In this episode Loni visits the set...

Amazon is holding its first every "Prime Day" on Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Here's the scoop on how to Celebrate Amazon's 20th birthday, while scoring yourself a deal or two. What is Prime Day? According to Amazon it's an all-out sale across the web site that will feature plenty of deals -- sports...

On September 18th, history will be proven wrong once again. That's when timeless wonder, Rolling Stones guitarist, and music legend Keith Richards will release a new solo album. His first in 20 years, it's called "Crosseyed Heart" and includes fifteen tracks -- ones that according to the press release will take him on...

Frances McDormand, Kathleen Chalfant, and Steven Epp scheduled to star next season at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

Wine Spectator magazine has announced it has promoted eight restaurants to "Grand Award" status -- as it notes today in a post, "the highest recognition for a restaurant wine list." The Bay Area is well represented (and, to be somewhat biased, it could ultimately take all eight slots, no?!), and...

Resistance is futile. The Star Trek franchise is a worldwide juggernaut that knows no bounds. Next frontier: the stage. A live stage adaptation, Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage, is set to launch January 2016, and tour 100 cities. A pre-tour engagement is scheduled for Royal Albert Hall in London on November...