Unraveling mysterious cult ‘On Clover Road’
“Children are made of glass. Children shatter.” Maybe their parents do too. On Clover Road could have been a straight-ahead story about cults we’ve seen…
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This Time with Heart: Second Time Around
Jeanrenaud's cello dances around the emotional tones, fleshing out color and nuance that Rosenau never fully articulates.
Unwrapping ‘The Realistic Joneses’
The underlying tension plays against the duration of the play even more than it plays between characters. We wait for coherency like we wait for…
Broadway Review: ‘Wicked’ defies gravity, as usual
The national tour of Wicked couldn’t possibly be less than fabulous. Stephen Schwartz’s score combines the infuriatingly catchy with the beautifully lyrical. His clever lyrics…
San Francisco To Do: Off the Grid, An Act of God, Dirty Dancing, Flavor Napa Valley
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” What’s happening Bay Area? Turns out, a lot.…
In Napa: Ingrid Michaelson, Andy Grammer, Ben Rector headline Live in the Vineyard (Video)
4-day LITV music festival returns with another marquee line-up.
Can’t Miss Wine Events: CabFest, Flavor!, Festival Napa Valley, Bottega Gran Fondo (Videos)
Spring is almost here, and with summer just around the corner it can only mean one thing: the Stark Insider calendar is filling up with…
New Uber Logo: In Silicon Valley status quo is never a good option
Sometimes things change for the sake of, well, change. And change alone. It’s not standard practice for us, especially here in Silicon Valley, to embrace the…
Breaking News: An Act of God hits San Francisco
"Then I thought, 'Let me take a brief break from eternity, and devote the greater part of a week creating a universe. And, I dunno,…
James Beard Awards: Chefs Nancy Oakes, Michael Tusk, Michael Mina among San Francisco semi-finalists
James Beard Award semi-finalists were announced this morning, and, once again, San Francisco is well represented. Usual suspects include Nancy Oakes (Boulevard) and Michael Tusk (Quince)…