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Theater Review: ‘Burn This’ premieres at Dragon Theatre, Palo Alto
Emotional Performances
Theater Review: ‘Burn This’ premieres at Dragon Theatre, Palo Alto
by Cy Ashley Webb | 03.14.10 | Comment
Theater Review: ‘Burn This’ premieres at Dragon Theatre, Palo Alto

Given that small theater companies come and go faster than restaurants on Castro Street in Mountain View, the tenth anniversary of the Dragon is cause for celebration indeed.   After shepherding the company through six years of a quasi-nomadic ...

What's Happening: Film and Arts
San Jose Repertory Theatre celebrates 25 SF Bay Area Theatre Critics’ Circle Award nominations
by Chris Wright | 03.12.10 | Comment

The San Jose Rep Theatre received a grand total of twenty-five nominations from the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics’ Circle for outstanding productions. The Kite Runner, As You Like It and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling ...

Bay Area Living
Coffee in midtown Palo Alto
by Cy Ashley Webb | 03.12.10 | Comment
Coffee in midtown Palo Alto

Midtown Palo Alto could easily surpass Seattle as the Mecca for coffee drinkers, with three independent cafes, all with free Internet access, less than a block from each other.  However, each brings an independent personality – and meets ...

Bravo!
San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle announce 2009 nominees
by Clinton Stark | 03.12.10 | Comment
San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle announce 2009 nominees

San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle (SFBATCC) announced the 2009 nominees earlier this week. The list is below, but fair warning: you may want to block off a few hours, or even next week, to get through ...

What's Happening: Film and Arts
Grammy Award-winning ‘In The Heights’ comes to San Francisco
by Chris Wright | 03.12.10 | Comment
Grammy Award-winning ‘In The Heights’ comes to San Francisco

Get ready for a high octane musical, Broadway-style with a healthy dose of contemporary thrown in for good measure. SHN has announced that the Tony and Grammy Award-winning In The Heights musical is coming to San Francisco.

The acclaimed new ...

Theater News
San Jose Rep Theatre responds to auditors report on financial outlook
by Clinton Stark | 03.11.10 | Comment
San Jose Rep Theatre responds to auditors report on financial outlook

The San Jose Rep has issued a formal response to concerns arising from an auditor report that questions the financial viability of the flagship theater. According to the report, with an operating loss of over $400,000, the theater ...

Bay Area Stage
Opera sensation Kiri Te Kanawa returns to Marin Center for exclusive Bay Area concert
by Chris Wright | 03.11.10 | Comment
Opera sensation Kiri Te Kanawa returns to Marin Center for exclusive Bay Area concert

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 at 8 pm.

Kiri ...

Exotic Geishas
On Location: ‘Strange Devices’ Berkeley Rep (video)
by Clinton Stark | 03.10.10 | Comment
On Location: ‘Strange Devices’ Berkeley Rep (video)

What strange devices? And what distant West? Or is it East? Find out as we go on location to the Berkeley ...

Things To Do
Theater Weekend: SF Playhouse, Dragon Productions, TheatreWorks
by Clinton Stark | 03.10.10 | Comment
Theater Weekend: SF Playhouse, Dragon Productions, TheatreWorks

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 matching the sound bite to the theater house.

Boochie is an ...

Deadlines
Adobe Youth Voices Cinequest Film Camp: To the finish line!
by Loni Kao Stark | 03.08.10 | Comment
Adobe Youth Voices Cinequest Film Camp: To the finish line!

The mood was definitely different when I arrived at Adobe HQ for the third and final weekend of Cinequest Film Camp. This was the last weekend before the screenings at Camera Cinema 12 (see Cinequest and ...

Film News
Cinequest Film Festival: It’s a wrap
by Clinton Stark | 03.07.10 | Comment
Cinequest Film Festival: It’s a wrap

Although the closing ceremony and awards took place last night along with the screening of Mother at the California Theatre, Cinequest Film Festival 20 officially comes to a close today.

For the first time an “encore day” was added. ...

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Cinequest and Adobe roll out the red carpet for aspiring filmmakers
by Clinton Stark | 03.06.10 | Comment
Cinequest and Adobe roll out the red carpet for aspiring filmmakers

Today, we’ll get a glimpse of the future of film. Working now for almost a month together, five teams of teen filmmakers will showcase their shorts at the Camera 12 cinema as part of the Cinequest Film Festival ...

SSC Presents
Rick Lombardo discusses San Jose Rep’s 30th anniversary season
by Clinton Stark | 03.05.10 | Comment
Rick Lombardo discusses San Jose Rep’s 30th anniversary season

A very busy Rick Lombardo, artistic director, goes above and beyond as he sits down with Loni for almost half an ...