Cy Ashley Webb
Cy spent the ‘80’s as a bench scientist, the tech boom doing intellectual property law, and the first decade of the millennium, aspiring to be the world’s oldest grad student at Stanford where she is interested in political martyrdom. Presently, she enjoys writing for Stark Insider and the SF Examiner, hanging out at Palo Alto Children's Theatre, and participating in various political activities. Democracy is not a spectator sport! Cy is a SFBATCC member.
Straight from Malta: Dance Rush (Review)
The choreography and blocking were so smart that when my attention remained on a particularly striking dancer, I confidently assumed that was the director’s intent.
Going Strong: Judy Collins at the SF Symphony
Curiously, her high registers were perfectly intact, lending themselves to note-perfect performances of old standards such as Marieke, Marieke and Some Day Soon that were indistinguishable from performances of forty years ago.
Kugel, Ram Dass, Juggling in Yiddish and More: The Berkeley Marsh opens its doors
I’ll be dropping notes into the suggestion box at work that my employer get Josh Kornbluth to emcee their next event, Wavy Gravy to deliver the benediction, Sarah Felder to juggle in Yiddish and Artistic Director Stephanie Weisman to make the kugel.
The PBO Conspiracy: Breathing Together
This air was the surprise of the evening; played with a somber stateliness that infused it with a new emotional maturity, the air provided the perfect foil for the light dances that followed.
Program Magic: Yefim Bronfman at the SF Symphony
Almost every classical music fan talks about listening, what they hear, what they’re afraid they might have missed, and what came through with their new speakers.
That which was old is new again: ‘A Christmas Carol’ at A.C.T. a smashing good time
A.C.T.'s shockingly powerful production of A Christmas Carol will make you laugh and cry throughout the entire production.
Heaven & Nature Sings with Volti
This new music chamber chorus boldly creates audacious dissonances, combines them with angelic harmonies and unnerving rhythms, and delivers them right over the plate.
She’s back! China Forbes and Pink Martini
If clarinet were a religion, the 95-year-old Mr. Leyden won more converts than any evangelical.
Four at the Aurora
Wilder can be very funny, but his humor here is kitschy or weird, instead of revealing. His attempts at profundity, such as the repetitious Christmas dinner, left me feeling like a fidgety kid in need of an Adderall fix.
Exuberant and Colorful: The SF Symphony Youth Orchestra
Boisset tendered a performance that became more fluid and supple with every passing measure, as he threw off riffs picked up by the orchestra, and vice versa.
