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What's Happening

SF Playhouse – post-show talks for ‘Wirehead’ to explore artificial intelligence

BY MONICA TURNER — 03.11.2011

SF Playhouse invites audience members to explore the fascinating topic of artificial intelligence after select performances of Wirehead. From March 15th through April 23rd, the…

Theater and Stage

San Francisco Symphony Review: Kurt Masur conducts Mendelssohn

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 03.11.2011

The primacy of live performance is nowhere more evident than the role played by the six basses that drive the Italian Symphony forward.

Black Pearl Sings! at San Jose Repertory Theatre

Culture

San Francisco: 35th Annual Bay Area Critics Circle Awards

BY MONICA TURNER — 03.07.2011

In addition to the 74 outstanding performance/design award categories, the Critics Circle will also present three special awards.

Theater and Stage

Zheng Cao wins audience with PBO

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 03.06.2011

Central to the piece were the hints of Carabino (a piece sung by both Flicka and Cao – who both donned buckles worn by Maria…

News

San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra’s 30th anniversary season continues March 13 at Davies Symphony Hall

BY MONICA TURNER — 03.03.2011

SFSYO’s purpose is to provide a tuition-free orchestral experience of preprofessional caliber to young musicians from the greater Bay Area.

What's Happening

New Teatro Zinzanni cabarets to showcase legendary San Francisco neighborhoods

BY MONICA TURNER — 03.03.2011

The zany performances will showcase many local artists in a late night varieté spiced with saucy cabaret, crazed circus, scandal, music and mayhem – all…

News

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players: Tradition, Influence, Evolution

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 03.03.2011

Reviewing theatre, there’s a checklist one ticks off when approaching a new show: set, makeup, acting, costumes, script, interpretation, sound system, dropped cues… the list…

The tasting room at Ehler's Estate Napa Valley

Independent Film

What’s Happening: Ehler’s Wine, Berkeley Ruined, Cinequest, CFO Roundtable (Plus: Call for writers)

BY MONICA TURNER — 03.02.2011

"A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do…

Donato Cabrera, Assistant Conductor for the San Francisco Symphony

News

Review: San Francisco Contemporary Music Players presents Ronald Bruce Smith

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 03.02.2011

Cabrera, a natural teacher, was clearly in his element as he introduced each movement, conducting snippets to highlight passages, and deconstructing the work for the…

News

Ensemble Parallèle wows the opera community

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 03.01.2011

I had the good fortune to steal a few hours watching Cocteau’s movie before hand. While the costuming and actors look far different from this…