Emily S. MendelTheaterSan Francisco,
Written in 2015 by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Lynn Nottage, “Sweat” is a powerful and dramatic look at workers in the Rust Belt facing the demise of their union jobs. With an abundant amount of research and even more skill ...
David E. MorenoDanceSan Francisco,
“and with sweet oil
costly
you anointed yourself
and on a soft bed
delicate
you would loose your longing…”
In a paleo restaurant in San Francisco’s Mission District a friend recounts his intense experience during an Ayahuasca ...
Emily S. MendelArt & ArchitectureNew York,
On September 18, 2018, I had the pleasure of interviewing Max Hollein, who became the new Director of New York’s Metropolitan Museum on August 1, 2018. We first met when he was the Chief Executive and Director of the ...
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
Kate Duhamel is unrepentant. “I’m responsible,” she admits. “I wanted to re-situate high level ballet in an Indie Pop or contemporary band multi-angle context, narrative-based, in a music venue.” She predicts that “Fury” will reach the potential audience that is ...
Michael McDonaghMusicSan Francisco,
You're alone in your room and hear music.You're sitting in a room with other people and hear this same music. But does this change how you hear that music? These are just some of the questions which Philip Glass' piano ...
California Shakespeare Theater, Orinda, California
Emily S. MendelTheaterSan Francisco,
Despite a slow and inflated start, the West Coast premiere of “Everybody” at Cal Shakes, by award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (“An Octoroon”) closes with a strong finish that resonates deeply and lingers in one’s thoughts.
“Everybody” is a ...
David E. MorenoDanceSan Francisco,
“Is something true, just because you remember it?”
“Still Standing” is as much a happening as it is a site-specific work. Shaped by the walls of San Francisco’s landmark Victorian, Hass-Lilienthal House—and the creative corridors ...
Renata PoltFilmSan Francisco,
With 67 films from 23 countries, this year's San Francisco Jewish Film Festival--the 38th--remains the world's largest, and, of course, still the oldest.
And, by the way, 53% of the films are directed ...
California Shakespeare Theater, Orinda, California
Emily S. MendelTheaterSan Francisco,
How many works of literature can you name that have given rise to a regularly used English adjective? Not many? Me neither. But the word, “quixotic,” defined as “foolishly impractical, especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially marked by rash ...
Emily S. MendelArt & ArchitectureSan Francisco,
In a rare combination of beauty and scholarship, San Francisco’s Legion of Honor Museum is presenting “Truth and Beauty: The Pre-Raphaelites and the Old Masters,” an exhibition that compares the rich, idealist artwork of the mid-19th century English Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood ...
