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Welcome to StarkSilverCreek – All Things West Coast
SSC Biennial

SSC is a proud media sponsor of the 01SJ Biennial.

StarkSilverCreek (SSC) is an independent web publications focused on West Coast living.

Over 300,000 readers per year visit to enjoy the latest in:

  • Food and Wine
  • San Francisco Bay Area Theater & Arts
  • Gadgets and Tech
  • Adventure travel including the Baja

“Twice as fun … but only half as smart.”

SSC on YouTube Over 82,000 video views and counting.

SSC Influence: Theater & Arts

SSC Influence: Theater & Arts

Founded in 2008, SSC is known for innovative and personable video coverage on syndicated shows including WineTube TV, SSC On Location and SSC Presents. Distribution includes Apple iTunes, Amazon Kindle, Facebook and YouTube. SSC is also included in Google News.

“As media continues to change and evolve, forward-thinking outlets like SSC are positioned to show us the way to the future.”
- Rick Lombardo, artistic director San Jose Repertory Theatre

SSC Influence: Gadgets & Tech

SSC Influence: Gadgets & Tech

SSC’s recognition and influence are expanding rapidly, and is often referenced alongside major media brands including the San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle and Variety.

SSC reaches a potential audience of over 6 million people in the greater Bay Area including San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Palo Alto and San Jose.

“We’re all lucky to have SSC beating the drum for independent film, arts and theater.”
- Jeffrey Goodman, film director (The Last Lullaby)

SSC on Engadget

SSC on Engadget

Interested in writing for SSC? Send us an email with your background, writing sample (or link to article), and contact information to info@starksilvercreek.com. Or use this form.

Marketing briefs:
Theater & Arts, Wine, Travel.

More:
FAQ. Advertise on SSC. Contact Us. 2010 Press Release.

Sites that have mentioned, featured and/or referenced SSC include:

The Huffington Post

Engadget

American Conservatory Theater

Laptop Magazine

Luce Wine Restaurant

Theatre Bay Area

Mercury News

Cinequest Film Festival

Wine Enthusiast

Berkeley Rep

The Week

Loni Kao Stark
Creative Director and Wine Collector
Loni is a self-professed foodie, adventure travel seeker and aspiring artist. It's been said her laugh can be heard from San Jose all the way to the Golden Gate Bridge. She's been known to dance and spin across Napa and the Baja. The former Ms. Global Petite runner-up is host of WineTube TV, SSC Presents and The Artist Diaries. In a former life she was simply: "sushiweakness." More »
Clinton Stark
Editor-in-Chief
Clint writes about new media, arts, wine, indie film, and tech (including his trusty Droid). An aging ice hockey player, he tries in vain to direct Loni in SSC videos. He's held executive marketing roles at tech companies including Cisco, EMC and Salesforce.com. Originally from Ottawa, Canada, he now lives in Silicon Valley. More »
Al Graichen
Photographer "in residence", Motorsports Racer, and Wine Travel Guy
Al, originally from Methuen, MA, made his way west to the San Francisco Bay Area via Hershey, PA courtesy of H Ross Perot's EDS in the 1970's. Managing IT for EPRI (remember Chernobyl) and Pacific Bell in it 1980's, Al moved on to manage IT under contract with NASA in the 90's. With the downturn in government contracts he started his own consulting business to branch out to the commercial and financial sectors. Through it all he kept up with his passion for photography, motorsports racing, cycling and branching out into writing about travel and wine.
Eugene Lee
CEO, Pianist, A Capella Singer and Opera Fan
Eugene is CEO of Socialtext by day (ok and night too), and a chamber music pianist, former choral conductor and a cappella singer, voracious reader, enthusiastic golfer, amateur photographer, budding foodie, and recent opera fan at night and on weekends. Originally from Lexington, MA, he co-founded an email startup, and held executive positions at Cisco and Adobe before joining Socialtext as "CEO 2.0" in November 2007. He loves (almost) all kinds of music and has been successfully cajoled into singing karaoke. Eugene Lee (Twitter: @eugenelee)
Jane Lurie
Emmy Award-winner, Marathoner and ABBA Karaoke Expert
Jane is an Emmy Award winning video editor and camera person. After years of working in TV news, she now loves shooting and editing videos that are uplifting, educational and fun. She and her partner, Sharon, bought into Loreto Bay in May of 2005 and took possession of their home in October of 2007. She has run 1 1/2 marathons in San Francisco. She loves Broadway musicals, all things Mac (Apple), The Rachel Maddow show, kayaking on the Sea of Cortez and her wonderful Loreto community. She believes in the wonders of daily meditation.
Patricia Reardon
Food, Wine and Arts
Pat enjoys the latest in food, wine and the arts. When not eating, drinking and watching, she and her husband Barry travel whenever possible. Even after years in marketing and communication positions in the Silicon Valley, she is still looking for that perfect work life balance. She loves her garden, cooking, photography and pets Rocky and Muffin. Pat and Barry are passionate Sharks fans. They are also busy enjoying their life here in the Valley and at Casa de los Gallos, their vacation home in Loreto Mexico.
Cy Ashley Webb
Palo Alto, Theater, Arts
Cy spent the ‘80’s as a bench scientist, the tech boom doing intellectual property law, and the first decade of the millennium, aspiring to be the world’s oldest grad student at Stanford where she is interested in political martyrdom. Presently, she enjoys writing for StarkSilverCreek and the SF Examiner, hanging out at Palo Alto Children's theatre, and participating in various political activities. Democracy is not a spectator sport!
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