World premiere musical ‘Tales of the City’ comes to ACT
Carey Perloff, artistic director at American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) in San Francisco, today took the wraps off the 2010-2011 season. The cornerstone of the six-show…
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University of Ottawa responds to cancellation of Ann Coulter
Although relatively calm, and fortunately not typically prone to attention-grabbing headlines, my alma matter, University of Ottawa, does occasionally stumble into the spotlight every now and…
125 years later ‘@’ a communications rock-star
“Monkey’s tail”. “Little mouse”. “Little snail”. Or how you and I, and most of the free world call it: “at.” Despite modest beginnings as an…
New poll reveals consumers’ #1 reason for using iPad is for working on the go
A new Sybase (NYSE: SY) study of over 2,000 US consumers on the topic of mobile device usage has found that the #1 reason U.S.…
All aboard the Sir Richard Branson spacecraft express
It was a “momentous day” according to Richard Branson’s spacecraft developer. Will space travel some day be affordable for all? Yesterday Virgin Galactic, one of…
Rhone Rangers San Francisco Grand Tasting
Rhone Rhangers, a non-profit dedicated to promoting American Rhone varietal wines, will hold its annual grand wine tasting in San Francisco this weekend. The largest…
Deepak Chopra on consciousness, Red Shoes edition
Deepak, you had us at the first layer of consciousness. As he spoke at the Cinequest Film Festival recently, Deepak Chopra may have sent karma-sized…
Sunday Espresso: Inspirational week thanks to James Carpenter, Michael Jackson
It’s been one of those weeks where things went, as my Dad might say, tickety-boo. Or: just right. Business is humming, meaning my head is…
San Jose Rep: Ed Asner coming, ‘Legacy of Light’ added
Before the premiere of Ain’t Misbehavin’ at the San Jose Rep Friday night, artistic director Rick Lombardo made a few crowd pleasing announcements. The first…
2010 US Census: Counting the ways it can be improved
Saturday morning and finally found some time to complete the 2010 US Census. My household, like about 120 million other homes in America received a…