What strange devices? And what distant West? Or is it East? Find out as we go on location to the Berkeley Rep where a good time—if mysterious—is always had.

The play Concerning Strange Devices from the West is a world ...

After sketching out the Lucie Stern Theatre building on canvas last week, I embarked on my first pass across the canvas with my oil paints.

I chose to paint this building because I’ve always loved the architecture and also ...

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

What’s it like watching your own film with an audience during a world premiere at the Cinequest film festival here in ...

This week I finally completed my fourth oil painting. The last challenge I had with this painting was in an area that I had painted first: the trees in the top right corner of the painting. The leaves ...

Film director Seth W. Owen had just flown in to the Bay Area from Montreal, and was enjoying a day or ...

Jessica Rabbit once said, “I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way.” Cullen Hoback adds a new wrinkle with his latest ...

This week, I adjusted the tone of some of the walls. However, the main focus was on the greenery in the foreground which I was looking forward to painting because it really adds a pop of color to ...

Astonishing visuals are the norm in Loreto, Baja California Sur. Crystal blue waters of the Sea of Cortez. Dry desert land ...

I am now at the point of the painting where the anxiety level starts to climb. In the beginning of a painting, it is easy to add a stroke here or there and see significant improvements in the ...

Another week of San Francisco Bay Area living, west coast style. Here’s the weekly video rewind, gone in 60 ...

What does it take to be a cricket—jumping, running, climbing a towering wall—in the new show OVO by Cirque ...

Do you believe in destiny? In Oedipus el Rey, now playing at Magic Theatre, Oedipus tempts the Gods in ...