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San Francisco Opera: Verdi’s ‘Otello’ intoxicates with jealousy and glorious arias

BY LONI STARK — 11.09.2009

Otello, often considered one of Verdi’s grandest and most challenging operas, is based on Shakespeare’s play by the same name. San Francisco Opera’s enactment of…

Film Reviews

Movie Review: Julie & Julia is part french cuisine masterpiece and part overcrowded mushrooms

BY LONI STARK — 11.08.2009

Ever since the movie Julie & Julia arrived in cinemas, I’ve been meaning to go see it. The wonderful write up by Pat Reardon on…

Culture

‘Mrs. Whitney’ delights with humor while devulging love’s desperation

BY LONI STARK — 11.03.2009

This past Friday, I attended a John Kolvenbach marathon at Magic Theatre—a double dose of comedy and heartbreak starting with Goldfish and concluding with Mrs. Whitney.…

Culture

Preview: Neil LaBute’s ‘FAT PIG’ opens Thursday at Aurora Theatre Company

BY CLINTON STARK — 11.03.2009

What exactly does it mean to be a “bad-boy” playwright? Does Neil LaBute wear a leather jacket, drive a Camaro and smoke? We may find…

Culture

Welcome to Hillbarn Theatre, Cutting Ball Theater, Black Box Theatre, Broadway San Jose

BY CLINTON STARK — 11.02.2009

Make it 15 theaters now included and covered in the SSC Theater & Arts Guide. Today, we welcome new additions: Hillbarn Theatre (Foster City), Cutting…

The Artist Diaries

My third painting: Constructing the red barn and the secrets of toothpaste

BY LONI STARK — 11.02.2009

In this week’s class, my red barn finally took shape after Lee Hartman coached me to not over paint elements and to allow for different…

Culture

Theodora Varnay Jones Retrospective Exhibition Coming to the San Jose ICA

BY MONICA TURNER — 11.01.2009

The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) presents Manifold, a solo exhibition by postminimalist sculptor and installation artist Theodora Varnay Jones. Manifold will be on…

Culture

On Location: Halloween at Union Square, San Francisco

BY MONICA TURNER — 11.01.2009

Before and after November at ACT, Clint and Loni walked the streets among the crazies, fitting right in.

The Artist Diaries

My completed pear oil paintings…reunited and signed

BY LONI STARK — 11.01.2009

Lee Hartman this week noted she couldn’t find my completed paintings on StarkSilverCreek and that I should post my finished works more prominently. I think…

Culture

Photos: Spring Awakening Opening Night at Broadway San Jose

BY LONI STARK — 11.01.2009

Fun evening of Spring Awakening, the rock musical, followed by a cast party at Scott’s Seafood in Downtown San Jose. Here are the photos. For…