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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.
SHN reveals line-up of Broadway musicals
“The homecoming of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical gives us all an opportunity to see how the production has developed since it first had its…
Come to the DMV, old friend… with Don Reed
Actor Don Reed presents nine characters – beginning with Alberta – the first roadblock at the “appointments or no appointments” desk.
Dreaming Irish at Broadway San Jose: ‘Once’ (Review)
This is a spinet on stage, not a baby grand, and what de Waal does with it can make you rethink the possibilities of music.
Enlightenment, Freemasonry & Mozart’s Magic Flute
What I like most about Opera San Jose is that you’re never too far from the idea of opera as a very human endeavor. As…
Rising Water, Rising Fast: Head of Passes
A different way to wrap your mind around Head of Passes is to think of it as a variant of Joan Didion’s The Year of…
Stark Weekend: Montalvo, Magic Flute, Head of Passes, Let there Be Love
Stark Insider round-up of things to do in and around San Francisco.
Tenderly Taut: ‘Death of a Salesman’ at SJ Stage
King's physical persona - particularly the glasses, head shape and hair - reminded me of Joseph P. Kennedy, gone to seed – which isn’t a…
A Great Stage of Fools: ‘King Lear’ at Independent Eye (Review)
Bishop and Fuller worked together, handing puppets back and forth with the deftness of surgical assistant passing a scalpel.
Stark Insider Wanderlust: Interviews, West Coast Music Scene, Travel Videos (Round-up)
Stark Insider Video Features for April include Katy Tiz, Nong's in Portland, Greg Holden, Pebble Beach Food & Wine, Vincent Kartheiser, and Melissa Etheridge.