San Jose Rep receives 5 San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics’ Circle Awards
The San Jose Rep Theater received 5 awards last night at the Bay Area Theater Critics’ Circle Awards ceremony at the Palace of Fine Arts…
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British sex farce ‘Round and Round the Garden’ comes to ACT San Francisco
Only in England, you say? Round and Round the Garden, the third installment of Alan Ayckbourn’s acclaimed trilogy The Norman Conquests, opens tomorrow night at…
Artist Diaries: Branches go in and a conversation on the art market in San Francisco
This week I wasn’t able to make it to art class since I was in Napa picking up some wine and touring some wineries. However,…
Tonight: Aurora Theatre Company holds annual “Aurora Borealis” fundraising gala
Berkeley’s acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company, now celebrating its 18th season, lights up the night with an evening of heavenly wining and dining at Aurora Borealis,…
Philip K. Howard on legal reform, ‘Life Without Lawyers’ and TED
Legal reform advocate Philip K. Howard (LIFE WITHOUT LAWYERS) talks with Stark Insider in a podcast about what it might take to fix the American…
Theater Review: ‘Slasher’ at SF Playhouse, not off the hook
Slasher goes for the jugular, but comes up short. The Bay Area premiere now playing at SF Playhouse succeeds, though, in spilling blood. Lots of…
Fantastically funny, ‘Anton in Show Business’ opens in Palo Alto
Even since Michael Litfin’s “PLACES” appeared at Palo Alto Children’s Theatre, theatre about theatre has been on my radar. Where else can we get away…
Bay Area Theater: Opening nights in Palo Alto, San Francisco, Berkeley
Looking for something to do this weekend? With the nice weather finally approaching, now’s the perfect time to head to your favorite local theater house.…
Artist Diaries: No risk, no reward
This week, Lee Hartman, my oil painting teacher returned to my Saturday afternoon oil painting classes. In her absence, I realized what a difference she…
Canadian filmmaker Aaron Houston on making movies, Cinequest, NHL playoffs
Constant reminder: Sometimes we’re not as clever as we think. In filmmaker Aaron Houston’s short Two Theories, One Stone two intellectuals discover just that, over…