Emily S. Mendel, a writer and photographer, has been a regular contributor to culturevulture.net since 2006, where she reviews theater, art, film, television and destinations. Ending her 30-year law practice has given Ms. Mendel the time to indulge in her love of travel and the arts, and to serve as the theater reviewer for berkeleyside.com.
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Writes in: Art & Architecture, Dance, Destinations, Etc, Features, Film, Television, and Theater.
TheaterLondon,
I'm a huge Harry Potter fan. The two terrific full-length plays (one matinee and one evening performance, separated by about two hours) that comprise “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” are ...
Television
Yes! Another fab English costume drama to savor over the long winter nights. Fans of “Downton Abbey” will relish the seven episodes of “Victoria,” with its captivating story, appealing historic personalities, excellent performances and first-rate production values. Who ...
TheaterBerkeley,
Sandra Tsing Loh, performer, writer and comedian, is a bright, gutsy woman whose newest on-stage memoir, “The Madwoman in the Volvo,” reveals much more about a person’s private life than an audience is accustomed to learning. But we ...
Art & ArchitectureSan Francisco,
Tomás Saraceno (b. 1973) burst onto the art and architecture scene about 10 years ago with his innovative, beautiful and ingenious sculptural installations that are inspired by clouds and other natural configurations, including most notably spider ...
TheaterBerkeley,
The Kneehigh Theatre of Cornwall (“The Wild Bride,” “Tristan and Yseult,” “Meow, Meow”) in association with Birmingham Repertory Theatre is back in Berkeley for the holidays, before traveling to Los Angeles and New York City.
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TheaterBerkeley,
Keith Josef Adkins has written an admirable play that tells the tale of two free brothers of color in 1843’s Northern Kentucky. I use the word ”admirable” because the plight of the very different brothers — one ...
Art & ArchitectureSan Francisco,
I’ve appreciated and admired Frank Stella’s abstract art for many years, but the de Young Museum’s exciting retrospective enriched my understanding of Stella as an artist and a man. A smaller continuation of an exhibition ...
TheaterBerkeley,
“The Last Tiger in Haiti,” a world premiere co-production between Berkeley Rep and the La Jolla Playhouse, was written by a talented newcomer, Jeff Augustin, who was born in Miami of Haitian parentage. He received his MFA in theater ...
Art & ArchitectureSan Francisco,
This fascinating first retrospective of the diverse oeuvre of Bruce Conner (1933-2008) contains more than 250 objects in many media — painting, film, video, assemblage, drawing, collage, print, photography, photogram and performance, which were mostly created in San Francisco over ...
TheaterSan Francisco,
Usually a Tom Stoppard play is an intellectual treat, but “The Hard Problem” is part treat and part treatment. Perhaps I over-anticipated the renowned playwright’s first new play in nine years since I’m such a fan of his ...
