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Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra’s season opener ‘Dioclesian’ is a musical cornucopia

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 10.05.2012

This brilliantly colorful and lithe piece packs in everything from stately processional music, insouciant simpering, country dances, quartets and all-out chorale gut-busters.

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Election 2012: Dana Carvey on Obama, Romney

BY CLINTON STARK — 10.03.2012

Watch live footage of SNL alumn Dana Carvey impersonating Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama, and -- not gonna do it -- Bush Sr. Filmed at…

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Photo Call: ‘The White Snake’ at Berkeley Repertory Theatre

BY MONICA TURNER — 10.03.2012

A sneak peek at the production photos from 'The White Snake' world premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. "The Legend of the White Snake," also known…

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Mary Zimmerman returns to Berkeley Rep with THE WHITE SNAKE

BY MONICA TURNER — 10.01.2012

The White Snake is a classic romance from Chinese legend. As she falls for a charming young man, a snake spirit discovers what it means…

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Napa Valley Film Festival Tributes: Alan Cumming, James Marsden, Imogen Poots, Adam Driver

BY MONICA TURNER — 09.25.2012

Access Hollywood's Billy Bush to host special night. The 3rd annual Napa Valley Film Festival runs November 7 - 11 at venues in Napa, Yountville,…

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Bay Area Stage: Shelton Theater to present Nash’s ‘The Rainmaker’

BY MONICA TURNER — 09.25.2012

The play was translated into over 40 languages and made into the 1956 film The Rainmaker starring Burt Lancaster and Katharine Hepburn.

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Painter Jim DeWitt named artist-in-residence by the Golden Gate Yacht Club

BY MONICA TURNER — 09.24.2012

Before retiring in 1983 to concentrate on painting full-time, Jim owned and operated DeWitt Sails, one of the top racing sail lofts on San Francisco…

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Review: A beautiful mind in ‘The Other Place’

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.24.2012

This is the beauty of this play; what appears ordinary on the surface is anything but, and we find ourselves asking questions, contemplating the various…

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Stark Insider TV: Sin deconstructed at ‘The Screwtape Letters’ (Video)

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.22.2012

Is it wrong to admit that adopting a world view from the devil's perspective from time to time stokes my inner Guy Woodhouse? After all,…

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‘Anything Goes’ – Cole Porter at his best

BY STARK INSIDER — 09.22.2012

Stephane Alwyn’s portrayal, both in terms of singing and acting, is a spot on evocation of the style and essence of a debonair leading man…