Monica Turner

Stark Insider's coverage of the Live in the Vineyard music festival continues as Loni Stark heads backstage to meet some of today's top acts. https://twitter.com/StarkInsider/status/718980783453569025 It's a wrap. Live in the Vineyard 17 ended yesterday with a performance by Safety Suit at an intimate brunch held at the Westin Verasa. Deliciousness courtesy of...

It's day 2 at the Live in the Vineyard music festival. Stark Insider is on location catching up with some of today's most interesting, most talented hitmakers. Be sure to subscribe to the SI YouTube channel to get notified of new episodes. Daughtry is back. The band was in Napa...

"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." What's happening Bay Area? Turns out, a lot. A mind-boggling assortment of a lot. So to make your planning life -- and perhaps to appease Aristotle -- a little easier we've rounded up some...

Spring is almost here, and with summer just around the corner it can only mean one thing: the Stark Insider calendar is filling up with a tonne of can't miss food and wine events across the Napa Valley. All of them -- so far -- feature familiar faces (CabFest and...

James Beard Award semi-finalists were announced this morning, and, once again, San Francisco is well represented. Usual suspects include Nancy Oakes (Boulevard) and Michael Tusk (Quince) who received nominations for outstanding chef. Acquerello, Foreign Cinema and Restaurant Gary Danko (review), were short-listed in the outstanding restaurant category. Those looking for a new, top-notch dining...

The word is in. Goo Goo Dolls, American Idol winner Kris Allen, Mayer Hawthorne and Plain White T's are among the artists scheduled to perform at next month's Yountville Live. Now in its second year, the festival features a combination of food, wine and music. Set in the heart of California's Napa Valley...

Cameron Mackintosh's new production of Andrew Llyod Webber's famed The Phantom of the Opera leads the upcoming Broadway San Jose season. Revealed today, the eight show line-up features a thoughtful mix of classic musicals such as Cabaret, Annie and The Sound of Music, alongside contemporary hits like Kinky Boots, Matilda...

For first time, Taste of Yountville schedules street festival to coincide with music event.

PBFW returns once again. This is going to be good. Next month, chefs, foodies, and fans of all things West Coast will sojourn to sunny California for the ninth edition of the storied Pebble Beach Food & Wine. The much anticipated annual event runs March 31 through April 3. Once again, an impressively...

Raises much-needed funds for Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy.