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Path of Miracles

David E. Moreno Dance March 6, 2019 San Francisco,

“Les Colombes: The Doves” is an inspired 45-foot long aerial sculpture made up of two thousand paper doves by German artist Michael Pendry. The installation that went up in December 2018 (months after the debut of “Path of  ...

SXSW 2019 PREVIEW

Andrew Osborne Film March 3, 2019 Austin,

March is set to come in like a lion once more at the 31st running of the legendary Austin, TX pop culture lollapalooza known as SXSW.  Founded in 1987 as a music festival, the annual South by Southwest experience now includes  ...

Mildred Howard

“TAP: Investigation of Memory”

Emily S. Mendel Art & Architecture March 3, 2019 Oakland,

A powerful multimedia piece entitled newly installed at the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is the creation of lauded artist and long-time Berkeley resident, Mildred Howard. I spoke with Mildred Howard about the origins of her mixed media work, her new projects, and her thoughts about Berkeley.  ...

Everybody Knows (2018)

Paula Farmer Film March 2, 2019

What the Spanish family drama/suspense thriller “Everybody Knows” may lack in twists and intrigue, it makes up for in performances and appeal from the three principal actors, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem and Ricardo Darin. This is not to say, the  ...

The Cakemaker (2018)

Toba Singer Film February 27, 2019

In the novel, “Smilla’s Sense of Snow,” we learn that Eskimos have more than one hundred words for what is wet, white, and falls from the sky in cold weather. The current-day Avant Garde among sex scholars can barely contain its enthusiasm for the  ...

Fighting With My Family (2019)

Asher Luberto Film February 27, 2019

Two kids wrestle for the T.V. remote. A young boy wishes to watch his idol Dwayne Johnson, back when he had a surplus of hair and was the sans pareil of the wrestling world. The sister, a fighting spirit herself,  ...

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

Asher Luberto Film February 27, 2019

There's an adage that goes something like this: 'teamwork makes the dream work.' You've heard it before. It makes sense that it has become the unofficial motto for DreamWorks Animation, whose success is predicated on filling the screen with as many cute and flashy characters  ...

Dance Lovers 8

David E. Moreno Dance February 27, 2019 San Francisco,

Molly & Aviva Rose-Williams “Mind The Gap” Chanel Bibene & Daiane Lopes da Silva, “We Don’t Know But We Know” Melissa Lewis & Johnny Huy Nguyen, “I Will  ...

Familiar

Lynne Friedmann Theater February 23, 2019 San Diego,

A modern bride desires to start married life by honoring an ancient tradition of her African forebearers. But when an elder from Zimbabwe arrives to perform the ceremony it stirs up a hornet’s nest in “Familiar” on stage at The  ...

In Space and Time

Toba Singer Dance February 23, 2019 San Francisco,

A fair test of a company’s salience is how well it dances Harald Lander’s seminal work, “Etudes.” Some of the best companies don’t even make the attempt. San Francisco Ballet proved its mettle not only  ...