Monica Turner
Contributor to Stark Insider for tech, the arts and All Things West Coast for over 10 years.
UC Berkeley to present ‘Berkeley Dance Project 2011: Stream’ with 3 new dance works
As a theme and a mission for the department, the production (under Dance program head Lisa Wymore’s guiding hand) is set to reveal ways of looking at technology as an integral part in the presentation of the art of dance.
Local theatres to benefit from world premiere of new Jerome Kern show
"I’m only performing the songs I love and we’re presenting them in an informal manner with lots of dancing and silliness."
San Francisco Opera Guild announces ‘Revelry on the Rhine’ gala
All proceeds support the award-winning education and community outreach programs of San Francisco Opera Guild that reach more than 50,000 young people in 200 schools throughout Northern California every year.
Now your girlfriend lives in the cloud too
"The best way to get a girlfriend is to already have one."
San Francisco: City Hall to host this year’s ‘Toast of the Town’
Over 500 wines will be poured from wineries such as Bennett Lane Winery, Clos Pegase, DeLoach Vineyards, Etude, Hess Collection, Raymond Vineyards, Rubicon Estate, and Sterling Vineyards.
San Francisco: Heroes & Hearts raises $1.5M for SF General Hospital (Video)
One of the unique artistic aspects of the benefit are the beautiful "Hearts" seen here in this video segment.
The Bay Area Reporter, the USA’s oldest, continuously published LGBT newspaper, celebrates 40th anniversary
"Beginning little more than a 'bar rag,' the B.A.R. has become the most respected and longest, continuously published LGBT newspaper in America."
San Jose: Backstage at Cirque du Soleil ‘Quidam’ (outtakes)
The talented crew has transformed the very arena where the San Jose Sharks beat the Calgary Flames 6-3 last night into a magical world that Cirque is so famous for doing.
San Francisco: Producing Director James Haire retires after 40 years with A.C.T.
“It is fair to say that Jim changed the landscape of the American theater," said Artistic Director Carey Perloff.
