Festival del Sole renamed ‘Festival Napa Valley’, scheduled for July 2016
A new year. A new name. So say the people behind Festival del Sole, which has been renamed Festival Napa Valley: I like the new…
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Red Hot Chili Peppers, Florence + The Machine to headline BottleRock 2016
Napa Valley’s massive music festival once again returns in 2016. BottleRock organizers have announced that the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Wonder, and Florence+The Machine…
Central Works Berkeley 2016 Season
Central Works New Play Theater in Berkeley has revealed its 2016 line-up. Organizers tell us they will continue to focus on new work “drawing from…
Backstage: ODYSSEO by Cavalia – Horse Training & Aerial Skills (Video)
Stark Insider continues to pursue the creative impulse, and the people who bring us magic — be it in the arts, food, film, music, or…
Sundance 2016 film lineup announced
Above: Craig Roberts and Paul Rudd in The Revised Fundamentals of Caring. Dir: Rob Burnett, USA. Sundance has revealed the lineup for the 2016 edition…
In Photos: ‘Odysseo’ horse arrival at AT&T Park
Cavalia is once again in town. Odysseo, its astonishing new production, opened last month in San Francisco, and has already been extended through early 2016.…
‘Odysseo’ by Cavalia: Magic on horseback (Review)
The daunting power behind even one of these animals galloping across stage leaves you breathless, even before humans engage them in Roman and western trick…
Interview: Rob Thomas “Hold on Forever” + LITV concert highlights (Video)
In this Stark Insider video feature, legendary singer-songwriter Rob Thomas performs an acoustic set at Sutter Home Wines and then sits down with Loni Stark for an…
A monster builder, a master play
A talented cast at Berkeley's Aurora Theatre Company holds the show together through all its twists and turns.
New plays at the Olympians festival hold water
30 new plays by 31 local writers make for imaginative evening of theater.