The dramatic account of Pompeii’s last days before the deadly AD 79 eruption is explored in this dramatic yet ultimately…
Emily S. Mendel
Emily S. Mendel, a writer, and photographer, has been a regular contributor to culturevulture.net since 2006, where she concentrates her reviews on San Francisco theater and art. As a native New Yorker (although now a long-time San Francisco Bay Area resident), Emily grew up loving and studying theater, from Off to On Broadway, as her multi-volume Playbill collection attests. Ending her 30-year law practice has given Ms. Mendel the time to indulge in her love of travel and the arts.
“The Waves in Quarantine,” Berkeley Rep’s artistic and impressionistic, although somewhat puzzling, series of six linked documentary films, was shot…
This remarkable English language presentation of the 1906 Yiddish play, “God of Vengeance” (“Got Fun Nekome”)was written by Sholem Asch…
The streaming production of “[hieroglyph]” is the story of a bright, artistic, but traumatized 13-year-old girl, Davis (outstandingly impressive work…
San Francisco’s newly re-opened de Young Museum is hosting the first American showing of a major exhibition, “Calder-Picasso.” It’s an…
Talk about making effective use of the lockdown to accomplish great things! Not only has the Shotgun Players renovated its…
Berkeley’s own creative solo-performer, Josh Kornbluth, has a new and fascinating story to tell, live via Zoom. This engaging and…
This inspiring and long-overdue documentary explores a decisive era in recent American history: the youth-led nonviolent resistance to America’s participation…
After six endlessly long months of closure, four San Francisco Museums, the de Young Museum (opening September 25, 2020), the…
“The good photograph is not the object, the consequences of the photograph are the object. So that no one would…
Talented playwright Madhuri Shekar won the “2013-14 Kendeda Graduate Playwrighting Contest” for the engaging rom-com “In Love and Warcraft,” and…
This compelling, emotionally-charged, human, and humane documentary follows four recent and critical legal cases and the dedicated and driven American…
One of the ironies of living through a pandemic is that when we most need to be engaged, enlightened, and…