Order, balance, transformation and beauty: PBO does Italy
If your point of reference to recorder music is the more staid Renaissance music, Verbruggen’s performance will stand such notions on their head. She propelled…
Culture
Explore San Francisco and Bay Area culture through theater reviews, film, contemporary art, and creative events. Featuring original artwork by Loni Stark, film reviews by Jeanne Powell, and insights by ATCA member Clinton Stark.
Review: ‘Period of Adjustment’ – Extraordinary cast brings Tennessee Williams to life
Despite being a more overt comedy, Williams doesn’t shy away from his serious recurring motifs of familiar dysfunction, homosexuality and sexual repression.
Theater Review: ‘The Soldier’s Tale’ at Aurora, Berkeley
L. Peter Callender has such compelling physical presence that he could probably make folding the laundry mesmerizing. With a quality of motion comparable to Ben…
Bill Irwin returns to San Francisco for A.C.T.’s ‘Endgame’
“It was in Endgame that Beckett famously wrote: “nothing is funnier than unhappiness.”
Napa Valley Film Festival announces Jury Awards and Audience Favorites
Festival Also Honored Jeffrey Wright for Humanitarian Work and Exceptional Acting, Along with Actresses Judy Greer and Felicity Jones at its Tribute Program hosted by…
San Francisco Symphony celebrates 100th Anniversary
Season-long Centennial Celebration includes American Mavericks Festival, visits by top American orchestras, Barbary Coast and Beyond concerts, and historical audio, film, television and web projects.
Duran Duran brings back french-kissing supermodels
Music occasionally needs the superflous, the fashionable, the silly. Without them we'd be left with REM and Coldplay.
San Jose Stage Company celebrates holidays with ‘Every Christmas Story Ever Told’
From Frosty to Rudolph, from the Grinch to It's A Wonderful Life, no pop culture holiday icon is spared in this whirlwind of holiday merriment.
Filmmaker Insight: Brothers Duplass (Kevin, Jeff Who Lives at Home)
The Duplass brother's new films, Jeff Who Lives at Home starring Jason Segel, Ed Helms and doc Kevin have been burning up the indie film…
Review: ‘Annapurna’ at Magic Theatre, San Francisco
All I could think was: Holy crap. Holy crap! Holy...crrrrrap!! Rod Gnapp is most assuredly, along with James Carpenter, one of the Bay Area's greatest,…