Monica Turner

Culture

Stark Insider TV: The Pearl Fishers (aka Loni’s audition as a Virgin Priestess)

BY MONICA TURNER — 09.12.2012

It's like Bollywood meets Indiana Jones! That's the only way to describe Loni's latest adventures on the stage. This time the intrepid, would-be thespian heads…

Culture

Bollywood Meets Indiana Jones

BY MONICA TURNER — 09.10.2012

Bollywood meets Indiana Jones in this behind-the-scenes look at our very own Loni Stark in the audition of a lifetime. On location at OSJ's Pearl…

Culture

Theater News: Berkeley Rep’s Tony Taccone receives 2012 Margo Jones Award

BY MONICA TURNER — 09.10.2012

Prestigious award honors those who encourage the living theatre and the craft of playwriting.

Culture

San Francisco: Cutting Ball Theater opens 14th season with Strindberg Cycle

BY MONICA TURNER — 09.06.2012

This will be the first time all five of Strindberg’s Chamber Plays will be performed together in repertory in any language. Strindberg Cycle is the…

Culture

San Jose Stage Announces 30th Season: RACE, RECKLESS, RED, THE THREEPENNY OPERA

BY MONICA TURNER — 08.27.2012

SJSC has produced Mamet’s American Buffalo (1985), Speed-the-Plow (1993) and Glengarry Glen Ross (1988 & 2008).

Food & Wine

In San Francisco: Enjoy Napa Valley wines while viewing regatta

BY MONICA TURNER — 08.21.2012

Join Napa Valley and celebrates the America's Cup World Series Regatta in San Francisco.

Culture

‘CATS’ to be performed outdoors in historic Woodminster Amphitheater (Plus: Backstage makeup video)

BY MONICA TURNER — 08.18.2012

Bay Area Stage: Costumer designer Chris Weiland estimates that it took about 135 hours to prepare the pieces of yarn to be glued, a process…

News

Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

BY MONICA TURNER — 08.17.2012

The Concours d’Elegance will feature the Cars of the Maharajas, Mercer, Fiat, Saoutchik Coachwork, AC and AC Cobra, Sport Custom Hot Rods, and German Motorcycles.

Food & Wine

Wine Country Photos: Dry Creek General Store, Sonoma

BY MONICA TURNER — 08.16.2012

Tip: Stay in Healdsburg, a quaint and upscale town just a short drive south of the Dry Creek Valley. You'll find art galleries, unique shops,…

Culture

In Photos: ‘The Normal Heart’ at A.C.T. San Francisco

BY MONICA TURNER — 08.15.2012

Larry Kramer’s landmark 1985 drama unfolds like a real-life political thriller as a tight-knit group of friends refuse to let doctors, politicians, and the media…