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…
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.
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.
Farmageddon: The threat against small farms
Is government bureaucracy threatening America's access to healthy, locally-grown food? Filmmaker Kristen Canty is out to reveal the truth in this documentary.
Double Trouble in the ‘City of Angels’
This play offered up that rarity of rarities, a second act that was stronger than the first.
Review: American Premiere of ‘Sense and Sensibility’ at TheatreWorks
Director Robert Kelley has crafted a production that embodies Austen.
Review: ‘Toke’ lights up Berkeley
It's an ambitious undertaking, with the two-act play even taking us to the Garden of Eden -- a place that, on this evening, felt quite…
Review: ‘Shout! The Mod Musical’ – It’s like groovy, baby
Celebrating its second anniversary at The Retro Dome in San Jose, this Guggenheim Entertainment production lives up to the venue's name and is noteworthy for…
San Francisco: Kristin Canty’s ‘Farmageddon’ Opens 9/23
Canty’s film shows us a movement that is taking action with its dollars and its voting power to protect and preserve the dwindling number of…
SI Weekend Edition: Carmel Valley Ranch, Gallo Chardonnays, “Sunshine in a Bite”
To our friends out East, our thoughts are with you.