Stark Insider: Top Travel and Wine Videos 2015
Exploring Treebones in Big Sur, California, Santa Lucia Highlands at Mer Soleil winery, Kurios by Cirque du Soleil and Bottega Gran Fondo with Chef Michael…
San Francisco
San Francisco arts, theater and entertainment news. Featuring plays, indie film, and events and city guides. Reviews by Clinton Stark.
Stark Insider Wine Event Pick: Rhone Rangers (Plus: Rhone Varietal Charts)
The Rhone Rangers wine tasting in San Francisco invites us to step outside of our grape comfort zone and taste American varietals inspired by the…
San Francisco First Look: Cochon 555 culinary competition (Video)
Cochon 555 is coming to San Francisco. Stark Insider has a first look video feature. Watch as 5 chefs battle it out to be crowned…
Antigone at the Cutting Ball (Review)
Loper is the sort of actor who’s totally in the moment, absorbing what other cast members put out there and responding to it.
San Francisco Weekend: ‘Antigone’ at Cutting Ball, ‘Lake Effect’ at TheatreWorks, Off the Grid food trucks
Stark Insider Weekend Picks: 'Antigone' at Cutting Ball, 'The Lake Effect' at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, and the 'Off the Grid' street food festival are just…
Madonna brings ‘Rebel Heart’ tour to San Jose October 19
One of the most highly anticipated tours of 2015 touches down in San Jose later this year. Organizers have announced that Madonna will perform at…
A Post-electric Play: ‘Mr. Burns’ at A.C.T. (Review)
Dystopic though it may be, there’s forward energy here, if only out of the struggle for more lines, and the rights to those lines.
And the Best is Last: András Schiff at Davies Symphony Hall
Schiff’s intense concentration in the slow beginning – not ponderous, but deliberate, taking time to deliver the maximal impact of every note – provided the…
He’s Baaaaccck: András Schiff (Review)
This could be real stagy stuff, but Schiff is too much the magician for that. Rather that forcing a dramatic overlay, he just stays centered…
‘Tree’ and the magic of theater at San Francisco Playhouse (Review)
The hit you get off of this one is almost as big as all our collective histories.