Tag: San Francisco
Heartthrobs: ‘Biggest Boy Band Ever’
A pleasant evening at the Nourse, with San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus.
Thomas Biedegain’s ‘Les Cowboys’ rewards viewer (Review)
Ambitious French film features a working-class family in rural France experiencing great trauma.
A smashing send-off for David Gockley
After ten years as the general director of San Francisco Opera, David Gockley is retiring. To chronicle his contributions to American opera would take a book, not a blog post (and in fact there is one). But the Celebrating David! gala concert on Thursday night focused on two of...
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San Francisco Opera to honor general director David Gockley with gala
His remarkable 45-year career comes to an end next month. But not without an operatic bang. For David Gockley it seems like a most fitting celebration.
To celebrate Gockley's successful tenure as San Francisco Opera's general director for the last ten years, a gala concert Celebrating David! is being held at the...
In Photos: Wanderlust along the Embarcadero & San Francisco waterfront
Ocean breeze. Energy everywhere. And views to a kill.
It can only be one thing: The San Francisco Waterfront.
Over the weekend, I did what I like to do as often as possible, and headed to the Embarcadero. There, Clint and I started just north of the (gorgeous, expansive) James R....
Elect to Laugh 2016: Again and again
Quick to connect with the audience, Will Durst alternates knowing insults and ego stokes, always taking the audience’s pulse.
Romantic comedy ‘Maggie’s Plan’ a surprise highlight at SFIFF (Review)
A surprise highlight of the 59th San Francisco International Film Festival, Maggie’s Plan provides an intriguing take on romantic comedies. Single and hearing her biological time clock ticking, college administrator Maggie looks for a sperm donor. Walking through the park on a sunny day, she confers with Tony, her...
San Francisco: Summer with the Symphony line-up revealed
Star Trek, Pink Martini, Ratatouille with live orchestra, music from the Final Fantasy video game series. San Francisco Symphony's Summer Series is stocked to the rafters with goodness.
‘Last Five Years’ a sleeper hit at A.C.T. San Francisco (Review)
The imaginative geometries created by Roberts Wierzel’s lighting design are so striking that whole dissertations could be directed at explicating how their crisp precision advances the plot in ways that hold one’s attention without being intentionally attention-getting.
SFIFF Standout Cinema: ‘Neither Heaven Nor Earth’ and ‘Les Cowboys’
The 59th edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival wrapped earlier this month, and, once again, did not disappoint, bringing to the big screen international, indie, and cultural gems. Jeanne Powell attended SFIFF and highlights a few of her favorite films. Look for full reviews and more from SFIFF...
