Monica Turner

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Indie film fans, we've got an interesting event to check out. And all in the name of a great cause. Green Film Fest returns September 6 - 13, 2018, for a week of new environmental films, discussions, and special events that spark green ideas and connections. Organizers say this year’s festival...

In case you missed it, Wagner's Ring is in town. San Francisco Opera is staging the German composer's epic work, The Ring of the Nibelung, once again. Given the buzz, it seems the show is one of the year's biggest and not-to be-missed. Director Francesca Zambello recently sat down with Loni...

A Waking Dream of Mexico. It's called Luzia -- in Spanish, "light" and "rain". Cirque du Soleil's spectacular show is now touring the country, and in this video Stark Insider goes backstage under the Big Top to learn about the magic behind-the-scenes. Once again, there's plenty of acrobatics, incredible soaring stunts,...

It's happening again. David Lynch has revealed the lineup for the next Festival of Disruption. Read on for the details here on Stark Insider. And don't forget: keep your eye on the donut not on the hole. Famed filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and actress Amber Tamblyn are among those appearing on...

Power. Love. Destruction.

A new Stark Insider video is here! Filmmaker David Lynch (Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, The Elephant Man) hosts a bi-annual arts & music fest held in Los Angeles (October) and Brooklyn (May) each year called Festival of Disruption. NEW: Watch Stark Insider on Amazon Prime Lynch curates the line-up himself which features...

Luzia means sound (luz) and rain (iluvia). It's an apt name for Cirque du Soleil's newest touring show... Luzia. Indeed you can expect incredible, thunderous music and sound effects along with, for the first time in a Cirque show, an on stage rain machine. Stark Insider goes backstage at Luzia to...

$185 million performing arts center will open 2020 and house 420 students and feature 2 concert halls.

Transcendence Theatre Company today took the wraps off its upcoming Broadway inspired summer series. Called "Broadway Under the Stars" the lineup features weekend performances from June through September 2018. Shows take place at the (stunning) Jack London State Historic Park in Glen Ellen -- right in the heart of Sonoma...