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Colbie Caillat to headline inaugural Yountville Live in Napa (Video)

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.28.2015

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!

Culture

Berkeley Rep Named to 10 Best Theater List: Creative risk-taking trumps all

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.28.2015

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…

Culture

‘Build’ at City Lights: A riveting look at video game developer culture and A.I. (Review)

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.27.2015

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…

Culture

Being Evel, 3 other Sundance films shot on Blackmagic

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.27.2015

Blackmagic Cameras star at Sundance Film Festival with four films including Bob and the Trees, The Strongest Man, Things of the Aimless Wanderer.

Culture

Watch Lord of the Rings Trilogy with live symphony score in Silicon Valley!

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.27.2015

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.

Cameras & Filmmaking

From Canon DSLR to Sony FS7 Super 35 – A New Era for Stark Insider Video?

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.26.2015

Making the jump from a Canon DSLR to a Sony FS7 XDCAM Super 35 camera. The decision, budgeting, spousal drama. What on earth am I…

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Grand Dame, Arizona Biltmore is looking good after successful remodel

BY JANICE NIEDER — 01.23.2015

An inside look at the multi-million dollar reno at the famed Arizona Biltmore. Frank Lloyd Wright, the Rat Pack, and Marilyn Monroe would surely approve.