Backstage Video: Touring LUZIA by Cirque du Soleil (Now in Boston)
A Waking Dream of Mexico. It’s called Luzia — in Spanish, “light” and “rain”. Cirque du Soleil’s spectacular show is now touring the country, and…
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The progressive dream of ‘Soft Power’
On November 29, 2015, the “most famous American Chinese playwright” was stabbed in the neck. That’s David Henry Hwang the real, award-winning playwright, and also…
Francis Ford Coppola, Amber Tamblyn to headline David Lynch’s 2018 Festival of Disruption in Los Angeles
It’s happening again. David Lynch has revealed the lineup for the next Festival of Disruption. Read on for the details here on Stark Insider. And don’t…
Don Quixote rides (a tricycle) again at Cal Shakes
His quest is pointless, and often destructive. But he is fiercely loved by his family, neighbors, former students, and squire. May we all be so…
36th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival in Full Swing: Tuck & Patti (Review)
The repertoire of Tuck and Patti deftly illustrates the purpose of this venue — bring people together across the Americas to celebrate music, love and…
Inside The Ring: Backstage at San Francisco Opera’s production of ‘Ring of the Nibelung’ (Video)
Power. Love. Destruction.
Destination Unknown
By and by Man will try To get out into the sky, Sailing far beyond the air From Down and Here to Up and There.…
Top 10 interesting things about new trailer for ‘Suspiria’ remake
The Suspiria remake is on the way. And today Amazon Studios has finally released a teaser trailer. See below for 90 seconds of delightful weirdness,…
What to make of ‘Suspiria’ remake? First stills from Amazon Studios offer potential clues
What to make of the upcoming (November 2, 2018) Suspiria remake? Well, I guess you can at least be thankful it’s not another overblown Hollywood…
The David Lynch ‘Festival of Disruption’ Experience (Stark Insider Video)
A new Stark Insider video is here! Filmmaker David Lynch (Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, The Elephant Man) hosts a bi-annual arts & music fest held…