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.
Chanel pumps and Jimmy Choo shoes: ‘Bad Dates’ opens at the Dragon
Details like these can give a middle aged woman in frumpy, grey sweats with hair that’s gone seven ways since Sunday a modicum of credibility that would otherwise be lacking.
Philharmonia Baroque’s Chorus and Orchestra bring Haydn’s creation home
Her voice is so powerful and her range so extended that it soars above the full orchestra, the chorus and her fellow soloists only to come down with exquisite gentleness and nail whole rivulets of notes with fluid perfection.
Review: Ives Quartet Salon with Elinor Armer
Not being a violinist, this cracked open the door a wee touch into how the magic is made.
Review: ‘Snow Falling on Cedars’ at TheatreWorks
Not telling a story becomes as much a way of telling the tale, as the reticence of the Japanese characters is as loud as the self-righteous Norwegian voices.
Review: Season finale for Ballet San Jose
Costumes and scenery by Antoni Clavé balance grittiness against style as only the French can.
Chanticleer in San Jose: Ancient texts, 20th Century tunes
In swapping out the usual story of dazzling the elders at the temple in favor of a non-canonical text about the child Christ, Chanticleer adds unexpected novelty, making it a richer experience for the audience.
A joyful sound with Bay Brass
These guys (a gender-neutral term) are the best of the best, and when they're having fun with their music it shows.
New Century’s back in town
Being largely unfamiliar with these lieder, I appreciated Moore’s performance of two different settings for the same poem (An den Mond) because it pointed the way to how Schubert’s handling of the material matured over time.
Review: Ragnar Bohlin conducts ‘Bach’s B minor Mass’ at San Francisco Symphony
Each passage totally exhausts the possibility of what can be done with this material, leaving the audience amazed and stunned at what can be done with this simple six-word passage set as a texturally dense, five-part fugue.
Wirehead: Viagra for the Mind
A “wirehead” is a human with an intracranially implanted “z drive.”
