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Elle Fanning - Teen Spirit - Cinequest Film Festival appearance

Independent Film

What’s Happening: Actress Elle Fanning to appear at Cinequest film festival in San Jose

BY MONICA TURNER — 03.12.2019

Breaking news. Cinequest has just announced that actress Elle Fanning will make an appearance at this year’s edition of the film and creativity festival. Per…

Cameras & Filmmaking

3 Days in Sonoma: Producing a short film using 5 years of footage (Video)

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.27.2019

A woman in wine country. A woman in trouble. Again.

Broadway Musical Review: Hamilton at SHN Orpheum San Francisco

News

‘Hamilton’ Review: Founding of country was much more difficult than you were taught

BY JEANNE POWELL — 02.23.2019

Stark Insider Broadway Review by Jeanne Powell: Hamilton at the SHN Orpheum Theatre San Francisco. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s remarkable Broadway stage musical Hamilton celebrating America’s founding…

Culture

What’s Happening: Broadway’s Next Hit Musical, Tom Rush, more at Montalvo Arts Center

BY MONICA TURNER — 02.01.2019

Montalvo Arts Center has announced its line-up for Spring (see below for all the details). Live improv show Broadway’s Next Hit Musical, artist Tom Rush,…

The White Crow opens The Mostly British Film Festival

Independent Film

What’s Happening: Mostly British Film Festival in San Francisco

BY JEANNE POWELL — 01.22.2019

From February 14 through 21, the Mostly British Film Festival returns to the Vogue Theatre in San Francisco. This year’s festival features both new and…

Food & Wine

Best Of: 2019 Specialty Food Association Fancy Food Show (Wrap-up)

BY JANICE NIEDER — 01.17.2019

Travel writer Janice Nieder picks out some of her favorites from the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco. Although I didn’t get to try…

Food & Wine

State of the Wine Industry Report: Premium wine sales continue to decline as Millennials gravitate to alternatives

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.16.2019

Baby Boomers are retiring, and faced with fixed incomes, are reducing expenses. Will and can Millennials make up the difference in wine spending?

Theater and Stage

‘Come From Away’: A musical gift to SF audiences

BY ILANA WALDER-BIESANZ — 01.10.2019

I don’t usually cry throughout a show. At the climactic tragic moment perhaps, but not all the way through. Watching Come From Away (SHN Golden…

Kim Nalley - Feinstein's at the Nikko - Review

News

San Francisco In Review: Kim Nalley at the Nikko

BY JEANNE POWELL — 12.24.2018

This month the amazing Kim Nalley performed her Christmas show in Feinstein’s at the Nikko, and filled the intimate club with musical joy. Feinstein’s nightclub…

Film Reviews

Film Review: ‘Perfect Note’ tells uplifting story about San Francisco’s Café Jacqueline

BY JEANNE POWELL — 11.28.2018

Café Jacqueline, near the intersection of Grant and Union in San Francisco, has been a culinary legend for 27 years. This tiny restaurant in the…