A splendid exhibition of almost 150 of the finest art from Taiwan’s National Palace Museum in Taipei, half of which…
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.
In Cal Shake’s creative new gender-bending version of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” much text was deleted and some was…
Almost three years from the date of its closing, the greatly enlarged and revitalized SFMOMA is reopening to almost universal…
What do Sarah Jessica Parker, Laura Bush, Taylor Swift, Diana Vreeland, HRH Princess Maria-Chantal of Greece, and Rhianna have in…
Two new and fascinating exhibitions are appearing at San Francisco’s distinguished Asian Art Museum, the largest museum in…
More than 70 works by the illustrious French post-impressionist artist, Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), now on exhibit at the Legion…
Roman Vishniac (1897-1990) was a photographer primarily known for his widely-circulated 1983 book, “A Vanished World,” which contains evocative black…
“Little Eyolf,” one of Henrik Ibsen’s lesser plays, has been updated and up-ended by writer and director Mark Jackson in…
“Embrace of the Serpent” is a rare and remarkable film inspired by the travels of two scientific explorers, one in…
Berkeley, California, a small city with a big reputation, is famous for its branch of the University of California, with…
Since 1990, Luis Bravo’s “Forever Tango,” an entertaining evening of South American music and dance, has been seen…
Writer and Director Amy Berg (“Deliver Us from Evil,” “West of Memphis”) has presented us with a wonderful holiday gift…