1 Year Later: Murdoch’s The Daily, New Media Business Models
Megaupload provides a partial clue about how many feel about (over) paying for content. Right or wrong, it signals an alarmingly different era for new…
San Francisco
San Francisco arts, theater and entertainment news. Featuring plays, indie film, and events and city guides. Reviews by Clinton Stark.
Theater Review: ‘Private Parts’ at The Sandbox, SF Playhouse
After the show, walking down Sutter on a too-good-to-be-true "winter" evening in San Francisco, I reflected in awe at the guts that it must take…
San Francisco Opera announces financial results for FY11
Again, the company posted a deficit. But there were some bright spots, including a 32.5% increase in the top line.
The Sony Holland Duo to perform in San Francisco
Café Divine, a supporter of the arts, is home to the "Old Spaghetti Factory Mural." Painted by Kaffe Fassett around 1960, it depicts many of…
Jesus in India, American Idiot style
Actors run around half-dressed, smoke weed, punk out, pour wine over their heads, make out. It might all sound insane -- and at times it…
Psycho date night with ‘Becky Shaw’
It's mostly guilt free, and at the SF Playhouse opening night Becky Shaw reminded me perhaps of the last (only?) good reason to be married:…
All Things English: Richard Egarr and the Philharmonia Baroque
In the hands of Egarr Richard, the harpsichord becomes variously percussive, mournful, exuberant – all the while pushing the music forward.
On Location: Zin is in at ZAP Wine Festival
In this segment, Loni meets up with Bitchin' Kitchen's Nadia G to talk about rockin' wine, food, and - but of course! - stilettos.
Simply the Best: Pinchas Zukerman
I first heard Zukerman play in the early 1980’s in Avery Fisher Hall. I no longer remember what he played, but I remember knowing that…
Theater Review: ‘Humor Abuse’ in the best possible way
It astounds what can be done with red felt, and old garden hose. A steamer trunk, all 9 cubic feet of it? Pure gold.