Holiday Benefit: It’s A Wonderful Life at the Julia Morgan Dec 22
Berkeley Playhouse will present It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play on December 22 at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. The play…
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On Location: San Francisco for A Christmas Carol at A.C.T.
It’s opening night at American Conservatory Theater for A Christmas Carol!
Theater review: ‘A Christmas Carol’ at ACT is a smash hit!
Christmas in the Bay Area officially began last night with the opening of a spectacular staging of A Christmas Carol at A.C.T. in San Francisco.…
Moto Droid the #1 gadget of 2009 according to TIME
Seems I have good taste in gadgets. My now 4-week old affair with the metal and glass behemoth that is Droid has been an especially…
Bollywood comes to Toronto in 2011 for Indian Academy Awards
This is an odd bit of news, but after reading some Web sites I think I get it. Indian film is for everyone. Let’s dance!…
James Carpenter as Scrooge in ‘A Christmas Carol’ tonight at A.C.T. in San Francisco
I would not be surprised if James Carpenter is a method actor; or at the very least the kind of guy who needs to go…
Theater review: ‘A Civil War Christmas’ a classy, historic celebration
Set in 1864, A Civil War Christmas is filled with so many luminous scenes and touching moments you almost forget the yuletide history lesson also…
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas… in San Jose
Am I dreaming, or is this snow in San Jose? A light sprinkling along the foothills over night.
Dr. No and Three Blind Mice
It’s hard to fathom that the most storied of franchises, Ian Flemming’s James Bond, is almost half a century old. Test of time? How about…
Sunday espresso: Christmas is back, New Media vs. CNN, SSC and NY Times
Call me soft, but it’s December, and finally I can stream some Xmas tunes through the house. Much to Loni’s chagrin. She’d rather hear danceable,…