San Francisco Theater: Cutting Ball 2015-16 season
Acclaimed San Francisco theater celebrates 17th season with season dedicated to “Dreams”.
Culture
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.
Smuin Ballet goes full cycle with ‘Unlaced’
The whole thing happens so organically, so subtly, that it seems to originate somewhere beyond the choreographer’s active imagination.
The story behind
San Francisco’s re-born, iconic Strand Theater
It's one of the biggest stories of 2015 in San Francisco. Go inside the new, modern space at The Strand Theater.
Nightcrawler: Citizen journalism vs. media morality
If it bleeds, it leads.
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.