The appointment of Furio Rinaldi as the new Curator of Drawings and Prints of the two Fine Arts Museums of…
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.
Now at UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) are nearly 140 powerful works by a broad collection…
I savored immersing myself in the music of the transformative singer/songwriter/poet Leonard Cohen in the days before I attended “Experience…
It was thrilling to see a live Shakespeare play at California Shakespeare Theater’s Bruns Amphitheater in Orinda. “The Winter’s Tale”…
A good retrospective art exhibit presents an overview of an artist’s oeuvre with biographical details and commentary about the work….
Excitement filled the crowded press conference at San Francisco’s de Young Museum last week as the pioneering iconic artist Judy…
East Bay theaters are planning live productions starting late this summer after more than a year of valiantly entertaining and…
TheatreFirst’s 2020-21 virtual season is presenting six world premiere plays and visual essays. Initially, the theater company aired online chapters…
The dramatic account of Pompeii’s last days before the deadly AD 79 eruption is explored in this dramatic yet ultimately…
“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…