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Stephen Curry: Underrated - Documentary Film - SFFilm Festival

Independent Film

‘Stephen Curry: Underrated’ to open Longest-running film festival in San Francisco

BY JEANNE POWELL — 04.12.2023

Film festival season has arrived. A high point of the spring season is SFFilm, considered the longest-running film festival in the Americas. For eleven days…

Grand Horizons play review - San Jose Stage

Theater and Stage

In Review: ‘Grand Horizons’ an entertaining twist on love within the family

BY CLINTON STARK — 04.09.2023

Love, marriage and truth bombs, indeed

Amreeka: The Comedy Show featuring headliner  Eman El-Husseini

News

San Francisco Stage: ‘Amreeka: The Comedy Show’ coming to San Francisco next month

BY MONICA TURNER — 04.05.2023

Iraqi-born artist and Arts Professor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Wafaa Bilal is curating a new stand-up comedy show coming to San Francisco.…

L'Eau de Stark - Loni Stark - Clinton Stark - A Short Film

Atelier Stark

Coming Soon // L’EAU de STARK // 04.20.2023

BY CLINTON STARK — 04.01.2023

“In order to live, one must escape chasing another’s perfection.” L’EAU de STARK. Experience the fragrance. A new short film by Clinton and Loni Stark.…

San Francisco Playhouse will present the West Coast Premiere of Jocelyn Bioh's "Nollywood Dreams" as part of its 2023-24 Season. "Nollywood Dreams" will perform September 28 – November 4, 2023. Pictured is Awa Sal Secka, Quiantae Thomas, Isio-Maya Nuwere, Wade Watson, Grasan Kingsberry, and Teshomech in Berkeley Repertory Theatre's World Premiere of "Goddess," which featured a book by Jocelyn Bioh. Photo Credit: Kevin Berne/ Berkeley Repertory Theatre

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Bay Area Stage: ‘Nollywood Dreams’ to open San Francisco Playhouse 21st season

BY MONICA TURNER — 03.27.2023

Line-up includes World Premiere and West Coast Premiere plays, runs September 2023 to September 2024

Melissa Barrera and Paul Mescal in 'Carmen' / Photo: Goalpost Pictures, Courtesy of Sony Picture Classics

Food & Wine

In Wine Country: ‘Jules’ starring Ben Kingsley to open Sonoma International Film Festival

BY JEANNE POWELL — 03.21.2023

Rated as one of the “top ten destination film festivals” by USA Today, the Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) opens March 22 for five festive…

“Sit Down, John” - The National Tour Cast of 1776. Credit: Joan Marcus.

Theater and Stage

Broadway revival national tour of ‘1776’ to make its only SF Bay Area stop at Broadway San Jose

BY STARK INSIDER — 03.16.2023

'1776'  launches its national tour with a cast that reflects multiple representations of race, gender, and ethnicity

Fred Pitts - Aren't...You? - The Marsh Berkeley

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In The Arts: ‘Aren’t You…?’ opening in Berkeley

BY MONICA TURNER — 03.14.2023

Fred Pitts’ lauded solo work Aren’t You…? will be opening in Berkeley next month. Details below. The San Francisco Bay Area actor “recounts his hilarious journey to…

Gran Horizons at San Jose Stage Co - Bess Wohl - Tony-nominated

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Bess Wohl’s ‘Grand Horizons’ to open at San Jose Stage Co.

BY STARK INSIDER — 03.09.2023

Milestone 40th season continues with Tony-nominated comedy

Veronica Renner and Edward Im in 'Triumph of Love' at Shotgun Players, Berkeley

Theater and Stage

Marivaux’s ‘The Triumph of Love’ opens in April at Shotgun Players in Berkeley

BY MONICA TURNER — 03.07.2023

Unifying theme of 2023 season is love