Preview: Neil LaBute’s ‘FAT PIG’ opens Thursday at Aurora Theatre Company
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…
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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.
Welcome to Hillbarn Theatre, Cutting Ball Theater, Black Box Theatre, Broadway San Jose
Make it 15 theaters now included and covered in the SSC Theater & Arts Guide. Today, we welcome new additions: Hillbarn Theatre (Foster City), Cutting…
My third painting: Constructing the red barn and the secrets of toothpaste
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…
Theodora Varnay Jones Retrospective Exhibition Coming to the San Jose ICA
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…
On Location: Halloween at Union Square, San Francisco
Before and after November at ACT, Clint and Loni walked the streets among the crazies, fitting right in.
My completed pear oil paintings…reunited and signed
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…
Photos: Spring Awakening Opening Night at Broadway San Jose
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…
Theater review: ‘November’ a turkey
Talk about a disappointment, and then some. Based on expectations and early hype, we had high hope for the political satire November now playing at…
On Location: The Tenderloin Experiment
An edgy evening in San Francisco, heading to The Bald Soprano at Cutting Box Theater. BONUS: Spot the Dario Argento homage!
Theater review: ‘The Bald Soprano’ an acid trip in the Tenderloin, how curious!
It was just another absurdist, edgy, Devo-like evening for us last night at the opening of The Bald Soprano at The Cutting Ball Theater in…