San Francisco Theater News: ‘Your Body Is Not a Shark’ Debut
What are the possibilities for multiple forms of expression when the limit becomes the art?
Monica Turner
Contributor to Stark Insider for tech, the arts and All Things West Coast for over 10 years.
Napa Valley Film Festival Announces Jury Winners, Audience Favorites
NVFF, now in its second year, more than doubled in size.
A Wine & Food Affair in Sonoma
103 Sonoma wineries are participating including Lambert Bridge, Clos du Bois, DeLoach, Ferrari-Carano, Francis Ford Coppola (the new location), Iron Horse, Jordan, La Crema, Murphy…
The Ahwahnee Announces 2013 Chefs’ Holidays Lineup
From New York to Los Angeles, the 28th annual event celebrates the country’s best culinary talent in Yosemite National Park.
SJ Rep Brings Back ‘A Christmas Carol’ for Holiday Season
Artistic director Rick Lombardo says, "I created this adaptation to not only be faithful to Dickens’ vision, but also to celebrate the actor and the…
Berkeley Symphony announces 2012-13 ‘Under Construction’ composers
Three selected composers—Andrew Ly, Michael Nicholas and Davide Verotta—will each write a symphonic work to be read and performed by Berkeley Symphony at the Under…
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…
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,…
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…