“The Hypocrites,” an ebullient, talented young musical troupe from Chicago is storming the beaches of Berkeley…
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.
It was disheartening to read in the “Trumbo” publicity that the anti-communist witch hunts of the 1950s, including…
Some think that it is not kosher to review a play while it is still in previews, but, I don’t…
The fresh and exciting new exhibit at San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum (the CJM), displays 14 large pieces that…
Stories of English heroism during World War II never fail to inspire me. They also make me wonder…
This dramatic nine-part historical series recounts the 1930s summers spent at the station of Simla, in the foothills…
Two new exhibits at the impressive Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco displaying luxury goods are worthy of…
The day was warm and the campus was quiet when my aunt and I toured two neighboring, but vastly…
I would bet that nearly all of my readers use one or more Apple products, are generally familiar…
Although we tend to think of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 –1930) only in terms of his fabulous creation,…
If you’re a fan or are merely curious about the late Grammy award-winning jazz/blues singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse…
Why would a 2015 audience want to see a documentary about televised political debates between Gore Vidal…
Not all Woody Allen movies are brilliant, but all have merit in some shape or form. The dark…