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San Jose Stage: 2016-17 season takes audiences to Africa, Ireland, the Middle East and back to America

BY CLINTON STARK — 06.16.2016

San Jose Stage Company is calling their 2016-17 season a “provocative journey.” We can see why. The theater’s 34th season (full line-up and details below)…

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Shawn Hook interview, plus concert highlights from Live in the Vineyard (Video)

BY LONI STARK — 06.16.2016

The Stark Insider summer concert series continues with interviews and highlights from the Live in the Vineyard music festival. Past episodes include Pentatonix, Ben Rector,…

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Neon Demon: Ryan Gosling moderates most awkward film panel ever

BY CLINTON STARK — 06.15.2016

The Neon Demon premiered in Los Angeles last night, and lots was happening on the red — purple! — carpet, with much of it captured…

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A brief history of eyeglasses

BY STARK INSIDER — 06.14.2016

Guest post by Jessica Oaks. Eyeglasses are really a rather brilliant stroke of ingenuity, if you think about it. Yes, people who wear eyeglasses every…

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San Francisco Opera to honor general director David Gockley with gala

BY MONICA TURNER — 06.10.2016

His remarkable 45-year career comes to an end next month. But not without an operatic bang. For David Gockley it seems like a most fitting…

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The Neon Demon: Critic wants to ban Nicolas Winding Refn’s film, protect England from “depravity”

BY CLINTON STARK — 06.07.2016

Long live the Queen! But apparently not auteur Nicolas Winding Refn. Look, no question there’s a litany of reasons why we should collectively Ban the…

The Velocity of Autumn - Review @ TheatreWorks Silicon Valley

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Bone-chilling Fast: ‘The Velocity of Autumn’

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 06.07.2016

Playwright Eric Coble loves his characters, and lavishes them both with one-liners that ring so true they occasionally raised a gasp of recognition from the…