Beat’s So Lonely at Union Square
Before we saw a show Saturday night at A.C.T. in San Francisco we gave ourselves a video challenge: an 80's video music homage shot in…
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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.
Stark Insider TV: Actor Jonathan Jackson and Enation talk Radio Cinematic, creative process (Video)
Actor-musician and Enation lead singer Jonathan Jackson opens up about his influences (U2, Peter Gabriel), story-telling through song-writing and music videos, and how acting helps…
BatKid Begins at Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose (Highlights)
Heart-warming documentary 'BatKid Begins' set to open Cinequest in Silicon Valley. Read more for highlights of the 25th edition of the film festival. Stark Insider…
Colbie Caillat to headline inaugural Yountville Live in Napa (Video)
Stark Insider takes a first look at Yountville Live, with concert highlights and interviews with headliners Colbie Caillat and Matt Nathanson. Put your headphones on!
Berkeley Rep Named to 10 Best Theater List: Creative risk-taking trumps all
Berkeley Rep has the highest combined ratings on Stark Insider since 2009. If we were the Metacritic of stage, it would be in green and…
‘Build’ at City Lights: A riveting look at video game developer culture and A.I. (Review)
A play about Silicon Valley that hits close to home. Can two video game developers meet deadline? And will ego, love, and loss render their…
Being Evel, 3 other Sundance films shot on Blackmagic
Blackmagic Cameras star at Sundance Film Festival with four films including Bob and the Trees, The Strongest Man, Things of the Aimless Wanderer.
Watch Lord of the Rings Trilogy with live symphony score in Silicon Valley!
Symphony Silicon Valley announced it will live score Peter Jackson's Academy-Award winning Lord of the Ring trilogy. Two cycles are planned for April.
‘Tree’ and the magic of theater at San Francisco Playhouse (Review)
The hit you get off of this one is almost as big as all our collective histories.
Just in Time for Super Bowl: X’s and O’s – A Football Love Story (Review)
Every lighting cue and every sound cue work to heighten this realism and transform the Berkeley Rep’s thrust stage. In lesser hands, this hyperrealism could…