Monica Turner

Monica Turner
Contributor to Stark Insider for tech, the arts and All Things West Coast for over 10 years.
Will Durst

San Jose: Will Durst brings comedy extravaganza to The Stage

The Big Fat Year End Comedy Show features a night of comedy and politics with a collection of stand-up comedy, skits, quizzes and many other surprises.
Warren Ellis - Capturing Ghosts

Documentary about comic book legend to premiere at Napa Valley Film Festival

The film stars popular graphic novelist, television writer and futurist Warren Ellis,
SF Cocktail Week

San Francisco: Cocktail Week

Events will be held in venues, bars and restaurants throughout the Bay Area.
SF Chefs 2011 - Dominique Crenn (Atelier Crenn)

SF Chefs Challenge: Coffee

Don't miss the talk of the town: Cosentino’s eggs poached in bacon-coffee stock with coffee gélee, potatoes and celery, and Falkner’s coffee ice cream sundae with bananas foster and cocoa nibs.
Kevin Spacey as Richard III

Kevin Spacey to star in Richard III in San Francisco

Currently playing to sold out crowds at London’s Old Vic Theatre, the show will make its way to the Curran Theatre on October 19 for a 10-day run.

San Francisco: Magic Theatre opens 2011-12 season with a legacy revival

Why We Have A Body centers around Lili, (played by Lauren English) a lesbian P.I. who stalks men cheating on their wives.
Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California

Tonight in Silicon Valley – Google’s “Cool Kids” at the Computer History Museum

Start placing your bets now how long it will take for Google Plus (G+) to come up in the discussion.
A.C.T. Associate Artistic Director Mark Rucker directs the dazzling classical comedy Once in a Lifetime.

San Francisco: A.C.T. opens 2011-12 season with ‘Once in a Lifetime’

In Once in a Lifetime, a trio of down-on-their-luck vaudevillians head west to pull off the ultimate con: posing as vocal coaches to help Hollywood stars make their speaking voices as beautiful as their glamorous mugs as silent films evolve into “talkies.”
Pasta Pomodora's new drive-thru experiment is a smashing success.

SUV crashes into Pasta Pomodoro in San Jose

Pasta Pomodoro's new drive-thru experiment is a smashing success.
Nixon in China. Photo by Tim Matheson/Vancouver Opera.

San Francisco Opera, musicians union ratify 3-year agreement

The labor agreement provides an increase in the weekly rate of pay, and stable employment of 28 weeks a year (including paid vacation) for the 69 members of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra in exchange for contractual changes that provide the Opera Association both current savings and new flexibility in reducing expenses.