Kehinde Wiley (born 1977) is a contemporary American portrait painter known for his highly naturalistic portraits of modern-day Black people…
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.
Few plays could seem more intriguing to me than a noir mystery set in San Francisco. Written by Obie Award-winning…
The American expatriate artist John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) possessed a broader, richer, and more multifaceted talent than his reputation as…
“Paradise Blue” is “Genius award-winner” Dominique Morisseau’s second play of her Detroit Projects trilogy, each of which takes place at…
It is appropriate that this first retrospective exhibition of the art of Joan Brown (1938 – 1990) in more than…
The Broadway electropop opera “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” (“The Great Comet”), by renowned music creator Dave…
What a sparkling night of musical theater and an enormous triumph for Shotgun Players! It was thrilling to see our…
In a conversation with culturevulture, Eric Ting spoke about his seven years as Artistic Director of Cal Shakes, why he’s…
Oakland native Marcus Gardley is an acclaimed poet, playwright, screenwriter, and TV writer. He won the 2022 WGA award for…
“Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs” is an extravagant, impressive, immersive, well-designed blockbuster history and art show,…
The new production of “Oklahoma,” the 2019 Tony Award Winner for Best Revival of a Musical, is director Daniel Fish’s re-imagined…
The official portraits of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were unveiled at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery…