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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.
London’s Calling: ‘Sweeney Todd’ (Review)
Ayn Rand might find Studwell's transitions to the iconoclastic demon barber of Fleet Street so effective that she’d just have to get over the central…
Only The Best: The Nights of Madrid
Leave it to a group focused upon historically informed Baroque music – the same stuff that could be voted most likely to be museum pieces…
Kristin Davis on elephant crisis, new documentary – Mill Valley Film Festival (Video)
Elephants could become extinct in 10 years, says actress Kristin Davis (Sex And The City), if we don't stop poachers from gunning them down for…
A look at the rag trade… by the Ives Quartet
Harrison’s remarks about Bolcom feeling like an un-selfconsciously American composer apply here because Bolcom’s confidently letting parts of the European musical toolbox (like serial sequences)…
The Waltz, the Waltz… Do you Hear a Waltz?
This comparison of European and American attitudes toward marital fidelity suggests that while Americans aren’t as sophisticated as we like to think, we were far…
Elle Fanning gives Stark Insider the ‘Low Down’ (MVFF Video)
"I think this is the first time I've played a real, live person!" Watch as effervescent actor Elle Fanning arrives in style at the Mill…
Hilary Swank reveals the one thing Tommy Lee Jones can learn from her (MVFF Video)
Mill Valley Film Festival kicks off in grand style as Oscar winner Hilary Swank graces opening night, screens western drama 'The Homesman'.
On Location: Mill Valley Film Festival (Video Preview)
Stark Insider is headed on location Oct. 2 through 12 for the annual Mill Valley Film Festival. Hillary Swank scheduled to attend opening night.
Conspiracies, suspicions unnerve in superb ‘Ideation’ (Review)
A new play starring ... corporate consultants? Can it possibly work? A resounding yes and yes.