Tag: San Francisco

One of the (many) highlights of this year's edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival is the presence of a film legend. That, of course, would be Sir Ian McKellen. According to organizers, the twice Oscar-nominated (Gods and Monsters, LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring), English born great is set...

The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus today announced they will open its 38th season with Crescendo Turns 10! An annual fundraiser, the event features (fabulous) live and silent auctions, food, an open bar reception and will be held at the Ritz-Carlton. Crescendo Turns 10! takes place October 11, 2015. “With nine years of...

Suicide is never too far from anyone’s mind in Silicon Valley, especially here in Palo Alto where most of us are either nursing scar tissue or harboring a worrisome suspicion that we’ve created a coal mine for so many canaries.

Kenneth Lonergan’s This is Our Youth is about rich, bored, high kids in the Upper West Side of New York City in the Reagan era with a bundle of cash and a good drug dealer network. This goes about as well as you’d expect. Kicked out of his house...

Good news for fans of the untold story of the witches of Oz. Wicked (review from the Orpheum) is returning to San Francisco. Organizers today at SHN announced the Broadway smash hit -- and winner of a Grammy and three Tony Awards -- will play the Orpheum Theatre March 9 through...

Some of the best experiences I've had covering the San Francisco Bay Area theater scene over the years share a common characteristic: that of the unexpected. Perhaps it's a new, never-before-scene work. Or a play that pushes the envelope. Or, maybe, something that challenges your perspectives, and stomps all over your comfort...

Apple users upgrade their phone software faster. But many suggest that Android's so-called fragmentation actually works in Google's favor.

UPDATED 9.19.15: High resolution photos added. Flying Ace and the Storm of the Century, created in collaboration with scientists from Columbia University’s Earth Institute, is a one-act play for audiences of all ages inspired by Snoopy and Hurricane Sandy, exploring hope in the face of extreme climatic events. Organizers tell Stark...

"Living on in the love he not only inspired but actively cultivated—that is so Mark Rucker." – Catherine Sheehy, Yale School of Drama.

It can be slightly overwhelming. You're handed a 60-page program guide. In front of you, 170 some-odd films; and a bunch of panels and tributes. Not to mention, shorts, premieres, parties (okay, if we must) and even a children's filmfest -- a festival within a festival. So, like most...