The stage is almost set… at the new Pear Theatre
Above: Mountain View Mayor John Mcallister and Pear Theatre Artistic Director and Founder Diane Tasca prepare to cut the ribbon to the Pear’s new space…
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Mill Valley Film Festival returns for 38th year, runs Oct. 8 – 18, 2015 (Best of Video)
Mill Valley Film Festival returns this fall for its 38th year. The increasingly influential indie film festival (non-competitive) is set to descend just North of…
San Francisco Theater: Custom Made opens season with ‘This is Our Youth’
Fresh off Broadway, Kenneth Lonergan’s This is Our Youth will open Custom Made Theatre’s 2015-16 season in San Francisco. Organizers today revealed the entire line-up,…
‘It Follows’ in John Carpenter’s footsteps
Horror is a tricky genre. Just about everything has been done… to death. Found footage. Haunted houses. Ghost stories. Demons. The self-aware. Comedy-horror. Been there,…
San Francisco Theater: ‘Fred’s Diner’ to kick off Magic’s 2015-16 season
A “fierce global journey.” That’s how Magic Theatre describes its upcoming season. Featuring plays by Barfield, Hagedorn, Skinner, and Udofia, the 2015-16 season opens this September with…
The Revolution Will Not be Digitized: Dan Hoyle at the Marsh
He’s critically attuned to how this steady diet of digital distraction diminishes our ability to form real connections and real community.
Live in the Vineyard: Rob Thomas, Barenaked Ladies coming to Napa
Four day music festival scheduled for November 2015 to feature: Rob Thomas, Barenaked Ladies, Nick Fradiani, Michael Franti, Andrew McMahon, In the Wilderness, and For…
Broadway Backstage: ‘Matilda the Musical’ at SHN Orpheum (Video)
“It is a full, physical workout, this show.” It takes actor Bryce Ryness only about 15 minutes to transform — warts and all — into…
A Funny Thing Happened… at Foothill’s Smithwick
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum teaches all the elements that make for a great student farce: split second timing, physicality…
Maggots! Backstage at ‘Matilda the Musical’ (Outtakes)
Want to take control of a room? Here’s a handy trick for commanding attention. Watch this outtake as Bryce Ryness shows me a move that…