Monica Turner

Monica Turner
Contributor to Stark Insider for tech, the arts and All Things West Coast for over 10 years.
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San Francisco: Breast Cancer foundation holding fundraiser 10/1

The gala will feature a Shaken Not Stirred Martini lounge as well as, for the first time, a Casino Royale.

Weekend Edition: Sex and Food, Foie Gras ban, Mill Valley Film Festival

San Francisco Inspired - here's a snapshot of life around the Bay.
Danza Folklorica Escenica

¡VivaFest! announces TV and film festival

“The Harvest,” produced by Eva Longoria, was honored at this week’s ALMA awards as the Most Outstanding Special.

San Francisco: Teatro ZinZanni to close Pier 29 Spiegeltent New Year’s Eve

However, it sounds like the show won't be leaving town permanently.
Jackie Chan - 1911

Jackie Chan’s 100th film to open next month in the Bay Area

Chan (now 57) has received stars on the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Francis Ford Coppola, Cannes Film Festival

Francis Ford Coppola to auction off rare wines

Highlights of the auction include two bottles of the legendary 1941 Inglenook and a bottle of the 1935 Vintage
Rob Melrose - Cutting Ball Theater - San Francisco

Mais Non! Cutting Ball Theater opens season with tragic love affair

Maurice Maeterlinck’s Pelléas et Mélisande premiered in 1893 in Paris at the Bouffes-Parisiens under the direction of Aurélien Lugné-Poe; the production was the antithesis to the realism popular in French theater at the time.
9/11 Memorial

Bay Area Events: Remembering 9/11

Here are some events happening in San Francisco, San Jose, Berkeley.

San Francisco: Stop motion animation festival coming October

Presented at Z Space, the festival will feature a new series of stop-motion animations by 25 contemporary visual artists and filmmakers from around the world.
Don Reed

San Francisco: True misadventures of the electric pink ’80s

Don Reed is currently the opening act/warm-up comedian for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.