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Despite coronavirus SXSW organizers say conference is still on (Update: South By Southwest festival cancelled)

BY MIKE CARRALL — 03.03.2020

UPDATE: South By Southwest has been cancelled — not much of a surprise given the current status of the coronavirus. Even though coronavirus continues to…

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Mostly British Film Festival: ‘Top End Wedding’ and ‘Jill Billcock: Dancing the Invisible’

BY JEANNE POWELL — 02.22.2020

A few Stark Insider capsule film reviews from the Mostly British Film Festival (Vogue Theatre) in San Francisco. TOP END WEDDING (2019) Director: Wayne Blair Writers: Miranda…

10 Top Picks of 2020: Best Cars of the Year

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Tesla Model 3 makes Consumer Reports top 10 best list for 2020

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.20.2020

Green credentials offset the drawbacks.

Alternative Renderings, a duo exhibition featuring new work by San Francisco based artists, Tom Colcord and Tim Irani

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San Francisco Arts: ‘Alternative Renderings’ at Glass Rice Art Gallery

BY JEANNE POWELL — 02.20.2020

A duo exhibition featuring new work by San Francisco based artists Tom Colcord and Tim Irani.

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Pandora app for Apple Watch now supports standalone music streaming

BY MIKE CARRALL — 02.18.2020

Looks like Spotify isn’t the only game in town. At least when it comes to standalone streaming apps for the Apple Watch. Pandora has announced…

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Theater Review: ‘Gatz’ at Berkeley Rep is the most (and best) non-Instagrammable thing you’ll ever see

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.14.2020

The Great Gatsby. Word for word. Page by page. An extraordinary piece of experimental theater immerses the audience for 6 hours in F. Scott Fitzgerald's…