Recent Posts
StarkSilverCreek - All Things West Coast
Return To Blog Listing
Experience West Coast living, Napa wine country. Learn about the Loreto Baja lifestyle, hear from homeowners, read reviews and experience the magic of Baja. Download our podcasts, watch videos, learn about FM3 visas, post classifieds, connect with ot
Recent Posts Tagged With san francisco
-
Things to Do: Shows opening at Bay Area theaters this weekend
It’s another barn burner of a weekend for local theater here in the Bay Area, with openings up and down the peninsula. With the nicer weather, now is the perfect time to take in some live stage action! And there is something for everyone, from ...
-
Opera sensation Kiri Te Kanawa returns to Marin Center for exclusive Bay Area concert
Kiri Te Kanawa returns to the Bay Area The Marin Center has announced that opera star Kiri Te Kanawa will return this month, accompanied by distinguished pianist Brian Zeger, to the Marin Center for an exclusive Bay Area concert on Saturday, March 20...
-
Theater Weekend: SF Playhouse, Dragon Productions, TheatreWorks
Casey Jackson, Corinne Proctor, Chad Deverman*, Kathryn Tkel This weekend several shows open across Bay Area theaters including premieres at SF Playhouse, Dragon Productions and TheatreWorks. If you’re really good at this sort of thing, try mat...
-
Theatre Review: ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle’ World Premiere throws many curve balls for the senses
The cast of The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Photo by Kevin Berne. The Words on Plays synopsis I read in the passenger seat by a dimly lit book light did not prepare me for what transpired on stage at A.C.T.’s World Premiere of The Caucasian Chalk C...
-
Magic Theatre extends Oedipus el Rey through March 14th
Good news for fans of Greek tragedy. Today, Magic Theatre announced that Oedipus el Rey, which has been receiving strong reviews and accolades, has been extended. This world premiere penned by MacArthur genius Luis Alfaro and directed by Loretta Grec...
-
Inside Cirque du Soleil OVO: Rock wall training
What does it take to be a cricket—jumping, running, climbing a towering wall—in the new show OVO by Cirque du Soleil? In this behind the scenes episode, Loni hooks up with superstar cricket and athlete Yahia Icheboudene from France for a few les...
-
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation ‘Heroes & Hearts Luncheon’ today at Union Square
The fifth annual Heroes & Hearts luncheon takes place today at Union Square in San Francisco. Proceeds support the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation (SFGHF). To date, over $5M has been raised by Heroes & Hearts. In addition to the lun...
-
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation presents Heroes & Hearts award luncheon Feb 11
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation will recognize the 2009 heroes who have demonstrated exceptional and inspirational behavior to another individual or the community as a whole at the 5th Annual Heroes & Hearts Award Luncheon. In addition ...
-
San Francisco Opera announces FY 2008-09 results and balanced budget, but challenges ahead
San Francisco Opera released their FY 2008-2009 results. There is some good news, and not-so-good news. First, the good: the budget is balanced at about $67M, with an operating income of $416,032. Summer season ticket sales were strong, according to ...
-
On Location: ‘Animals Out of Paper’ playwright Rajiv Joseph at SF Playhouse
After seeing Animals Out of Paper (review), a play about an origami protege and the relationships among three fascinating characters, we wondered how such a clever, intriguing story came to be. Fortunately, playwright Rajiv Joseph was on hand to joi...
-
Theater review: ‘Animals Out of Paper’ unfolds beautifully at SF Playhouse
Aly Mawji and Lorri Holt The best play in the Bay Area is now playing at SF Playhouse. It’s called Animals Out of Paper. The most pleasant surprise is how well it works with such obtuse, yet intriguing, subject matter: origami. That’s rig...
-
Theater review: Harvey Fierstein milks ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ for every delicious ounce
Harvey Fierstein and the Company Photo by Carol Rosegg His name is above the marquee. And just about everywhere else. There is no escaping, Harvey Fierstein is the star of Fiddler on the Roof. It’s reaffirmed the second he saunters onto stage,...
-
On Location: Fiddler on the Roof in San Francisco
Fiddler on the Roof opened this week at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco. The famous Broadway show first opened in 1964 and was the first run of a musical in history to surpass the 3,000 performance mark. It is now the fourteenth longest r...
-
SF Symphony January 27, 2010 – Mozart and Stravinsky
Michael Tilson Thomas For Mozart’s birthday the SF Symphony featured Michael Tilson Thomas, the symphony’s music director, playing and conducting Mozart’s Piano Concerto Number 23 in A Major, K 488, as well as two not frequently pla...
-
Inside Cirque du Soleil OVO: Episode #1 Wardrobe
It’s a visual feast for the eyes not to be missed. Now join us on a look inside the wardrobe department of OVO, the hot new show by Cirque du Soleil. Our behind the scenes tour of OVO continues, as Loni talks with Head of Wardrobe Steve Armst...
-
Theater review: ‘Phèdre’ classy and unflinching, Seana McKenna shines
Seana McKenna and Roberta Maxwell in Phèdre. Photo by Erik Tomasson. No one can ever accuse Carey Perloff, ACT artistic director, from shying away from a challenge, even if it means staging a tricky, complex French play written in the 17th century. ...
-
Inside The Fillmore, walking with legends at historic San Francisco venue
When you set foot inside The Fillmore, musical history, the brotherhood of legends, gives you a bear hug. You can’t help but feel warm and fuzzy, and I’m not talking about the magical air quality index. When I entered the famous landmark ...
-
On Location: ‘Phèdre’ opening night at A.C.T. San Francisco
Last night the classic French tragedy, Phèdre, opened at the American Conservatory Theater. The streets of San Francisco were slick from the rain that occasionally pelted down. Considering the material at hand, it was the perfect backdrop for the e...
-
Tonight: ‘Phèdre’ at A.C.T. San Francisco, ‘Coming Home’ at Berkeley Rep
Seana McKenna as Phèdre. Photo by Erik Tomasson. Two heavyweight openings tonight in the San Francisco Bay Area. Phèdre, starring Seanna McKenna, who according to the National Post “holds the Canadian patent on greek tragedy” opens at t...
-
Phèdre opens Jan. 20 at A.C.T. starring Seana McKenna who “holds the Canadian patent on Greek tragedy”
Jean Racine’s grand tragedy Phèdre opens Wednesday January 20 at American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) in a world premiere translation by Timberlake Wertenbaker (Our Country’s Good, A.C.T.’s Antigone and Hecuba). This first-time...
-
The San Francisco Symphony’s New Organ series premieres with Paul Jacobs in recital Sunday, January 17 Davies Symphony Hall
Award-winning American organist Paul Jacobs opens the San Francisco Symphony’s first organ recital series at Davies Symphony Hall on Sunday, January 17 at 6:00 PM with a performance that will include works by Reger, Schumann, Franck, Boulanger, an...
-
Cutting Ball Theater Hidden Classics Reading Series “Medea VS. Medea” January 31
San Francisco’s cutting-edge Cutting Ball Theater presents the third installation in this season’s Hidden Classics Reading Series, the Greek and Roman versions of MEDEA. The grudge match is on! Euripides’ play is the original story of the infa...
-
ACT raises $31M, establishes first endowment
According to the Los Angeles Times, American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) in San Francisco—one of our favorite theaters in the Bay Area—has raised close to $31M via its first ever endowment. Called The Next Generation Campaign, the effort took 5 ye...
-
Sushi Rock, San Francisco: Sushi and bento boxes served to a fast and friendly tempo
I stumbled upon Sushi Rock in San Francisco with an empty stomach and little time before we had to catch a play at a local theater. To be exact, I had about 30 minutes for dinner before we had to barrel out of the restaurant. The restaurant is o...
-
Theater review: ‘Cinderella’ enchants, casts magical spell of non-stop laugher for entire family
l-r, Abbie Rhone (Stepsister), Melvina Hayes (Stepmother), Martin Grizzell (Stepsister), and dancers You’ve seen Cinderella before, but not like this laugh-out-loud, delightful family rendition by the African-American Shakespeare Company. The ...

