Artist Diaries: Watercolor effects using oils
Lee, my teacher, seems conflicted. On the one hand she tells me I should paint it as well as I can. On the other she…
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.
Susan Medak celebrates two decades at the helm of Berkeley Rep
With one show on Broadway, another headed to London, and a new season of ambitious plays on the way, Berkeley Repertory Theatre pauses for a…
TheatreWorks: Going once…going twice…
Much like the innovation that fuels start-ups across Silicon Valley, TheatreWorks actively nurtures and grooms promising playwrights.
Bay Area Stage: Weekend shows
"The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life."
SFArtsEd Players win fans
An artists-in-residence program has served over 200,000 kids since 1965.
Theater Review: ‘Auctioning the Ainsleys’
An absurd, charming, funny production about people, objects, family and what happens to all of them when one’s memory is Going… Going… GONE!
Mother Approves: Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ with the SF Symphony
It warrants repeat viewings, if not for the trivia alone: a flushing toilet, the bra (white, then black), Hitch's last B&W, Vera Miles' wig, references…
Lizards Invade the Dragon!
While Albee no doubt intended the second act to speak to abstract notions about the evolution of relationship, the lizard performance was so entrancing that…
Review: Final Fantasy with the San Francisco Symphony
The audience was absolutely engaged and thrilled throughout, from "Opening—Bombing Mission" to the stirring finale, "Terra's Theme."
Review: Ed Asner’s solo performance in FDR
This show will appeal most to history buffs, and star Ed Asner will be a great draw as well.