Monica Turner
Contributor to Stark Insider for tech, the arts and All Things West Coast for over 10 years.
Stark Insider TV: Edward Albee at Berkeley’s Aurora Theatre
In staging Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance, Ross is staying true to the classic, while bringing at least a hint of contemporary time and space. "It could be 1986, or 1996," he tells Loni Stark in this special Stark Insider TV segment.
Rambo invades Berkeley
You'll be happy to know that he maintains an unblemished military record, breaks no rules and continues to carry out his military duties.
Napa: Former COPIA center to open for film festival
The inaugural NVFF runs five days, and will feature more than 75 films (narrative features and shorts, documentary features and short subjects, world cinema, student shorts) with over 250 directors, filmmakers and industry executives in attendance.
Silicon Valley: Churchill Club to announce awards for innovation, leadership, social benefit
“Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.” – Winston Churchill
Bay Area Stage: Spring Awakening, Rita Moreno, Why We Have a Body
Fall theater season kicks off. Early themes appear to be: (1) strong, independent women; (2) powerful music; and (3) intelligent comedy.
Things to Do: Sonoma Wine Country Weekend
This year the “Fund-A-Need” Auction will benefit Redwood Empire Food Bank and Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation.
San Francisco: Steve Martin’s ‘The Underpants’ opens 9/23
Steve Martin has steadily widened and deepened his natural feel for comedy since the days of The Jerk, “Funky Tut,” and the arrow-through-the-head.
Cocktail Recipe: Kick off holiday weekend with ‘White After Labor Day’
When you have a drink like this colorful cocktail, all of a sudden you and your friends will suddenly feel like you're on vacation in a land far, far away.
San Francisco Olympians Festival to showcase independent theater
Like a Pandora's box of plays, leaving all who attend with hope for independent theatre.
Harvest begins in Napa
The first grapes to come from the vineyards to the wineries were those picked for sparkling wine production.
