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Film Review: ‘Sylvie’s Love’ makes a convincing case for returning romantic love front and center to movies

BY JEANNE POWELL — 12.23.2020

Sylvie’s Love 4.5 out of 5 stars – ‘Uplifting’ Directed and written by Eugene Ashe Starring Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Eva Longoria PG-13 | 1h…

Haunt the holidays with San Francisco Ghost Hunt: Virtual Fireside Stories!

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What’s Happening San Francisco: Virtual fireside stories to haunt the holidays

BY MONICA TURNER — 11.23.2020

Who is the mysterious ghost bride of California Street and what is she looking for?

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‘Take Out Girl’ Film Review: Hedy Wong literally lights up the screen

BY JEANNE POWELL — 11.02.2020

Director Hisonni Johnson has generated a lot of buzz with his first feature film, Take Out Girl. Co-writer Hedy Wong literally lights up the screen…

Legendary broadcaster 'Doc' Emrick retires

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Happy trails to iconic NHL broadcaster Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick

BY CLINTON STARK — 10.19.2020

Emrick's legendary career spanned 50 years, including 15 calling NHL games for NBC.

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Film Review: ‘The Glorias’ performances illustrate how Gloria Steinem’s many seasons fit together into a peripatetic life well lived

BY JEANNE POWELL — 10.01.2020

Always for this living legend, it is about “We The People”.

Sundance Film Festival: 'Kajillionaire" film review - Director Miranda July

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Film Review: In ‘Kajillionaire’ director Miranda July creates wacky and wistful moments

BY JEANNE POWELL — 09.25.2020

Throughout it all, southern Los Angeles trembles in a series of earthquakes, most of which are small ones, all of which are symbolic.

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Atelier Stark: Secondary colors, hardly second fiddle

BY LONI STARK — 09.14.2020

“Color is my daylong obsession, joy, and torment.” – Claude Monet The power of color continues to fascinate me. A love hate relationship really. Everytime…

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Atelier Stark: Pinning down the moment, ever fleeting

BY LONI STARK — 09.07.2020

One of my favorite Olympic sports to watch in childhood was figure skating. The catchy music, whirling dancers in glistening costumes… gliding gracefully across the…

Mademoiselle Pauli - Copyright 2020 Loni Stark

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Atelier Stark: Finding One’s Style

BY LONI STARK — 09.02.2020

“Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, …” Henri Matisse. This week, I…

View of Pisa from a Leaning Tower, watercolor on Arches paper, 8x10 inches ©️Stark 2020

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Atelier Stark: Shapes and Planes

BY LONI STARK — 08.23.2020

This past week, I thought a lot about shapes and planes as means of abstraction.