Toba SingerBerkeley,
There’s something for everyone in this locally-sourced adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s “It Can’t Happen Here,” and therein lies its fatal flaw. Berkeley Rep’s artistic director Tony Taccone’s enthusiasm for the Federal Theatre Project, an outgrowth of the Depression-era Works ...
A new exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences
Janos GerebenSan Francisco,
September 30, 2016
Renzo Piano's magnificent "all-glass see-through" California Academy of Sciences ([http://www.calacademy.org) in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park (across from another architectural wonder, Herzog & de Meuron's de Young Museum) had its eighth birthday three days ago. The ...
John SullivanSan Francisco,
Farewell, my sister, fare thee well.
The elements be kind to thee, and make
Thy spirits all of comfort: fare thee well.
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Celebrating this Austin-based streaming video site and social network
Andrew OsborneTX,
By Andrew Osborne
Sure, lots of people have podcasts, and some of those podcasts even have fans...but DoubleToasted.com has a congregation (and that’s just for the Sunday Service, one of five R-rated, live-streaming weekly video broadcasts covering movies, video ...
Anne SheridanNew York,
On May 18th in New York City, the National Jazz Museum will open its doors to present over 250+ personal belongings of the late, legendary Duke Ellington, which will be up for auction worldwide in celebration of his influence on ...
A musician from the 70's looks at the music industry today.
L.E. KalikowNew York,
To cope with internet overload, we allow algorithms to sift through and feed us bits and pieces to match our tastes or cosmetically enhanced anchormen (and anchorwomen) to spoon up headlines to the tune of tone-deaf sponsors. All this through ...
A South-by-Southwest preview of the new Seth Rogan, Evan Goldberg comedy
Andrew OsborneTX,
A sneak peek of AMC’s lollapalooza new series “Preacher” screened on 3/14 to a packed house at Austin’s Paramount movie palace during the SXSW film/music/interactive festival in advance of the show’s official 5/22 launch. Reactions were decidedly mixed. On ...
Lewis WhittingtonPhiladelphia,
In 1926, German director Fritz Lang stunned international audiences with his masterpiece Metropolis and its depiction of a false utopia that hovered over futuristic slums housing an enslaved underclass whose only function was to keep the ...
Andrew OsborneLos Angeles,
Okay…My wife & I are fortifying ourselves with pizza & onion rings…a vapid model’s being vapid on E! It’s #Oscar2016 time!
#RedCarpet greatest hits…Michelle Williams, Halle Berry, and that backless dress that made straight guys momentarily hot for Hilary ...
Toba SingerSan Francisco,
Pussy Riot’s Maria “Masha” Alyokhina and Ksenia Zhivago, in conversation with Zarina Zabrisky, will recount the story of their humanitarian and civil rights campaign, zeroing in on the current state of human rights in Russia. They will touch on LGBT ...
