Mark Morris Meets Sergei Prokofiev, or Love Is So Much More Fun To Make Than War

As was recently discovered by musicologist Simon Morrison, Prokofiev’s most famous ballet Romeo and Juliet, created in 1935 with the dramati...

Nihilists and Aesthetes of the World Unite in Vera Wilde

A new ambitious production of Shotgun Players, directed by Maya Gurantz, combines composer Chris Jeffries’ original musical play with the co...

Ask Emma

Q: During our anniversary dinner, my husband toasted me for being a woman he never wanted to cheat on. His toast made me feel guilty. I wish...

California Academy of Sciences Now Under the Living Roof

The last word in green architecture, the bastion of science, the fun link between nature’s eternal wonders and never ending educational pro...

Russian Baritone Graces SF Opera in Challenging Yet Rewarding Role

Giuseppe Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” would not make the top ten in popularity polls, or pick a viewer’s curiosity with its convoluted and rat...

Eugene Onegin Delights Audiences at Opera San Jose

Opera Eugene Onegin—a genius combination of Tchaikovsky ’s music and Pushkin ’s poetry (libretto by K. Shilovsky)—presented by Opera San Jos...

Berkeley Rep Opens Season With Local Author’s Yellowjackets

A young playwright Itamar Moses—a product of Berkeley High, based the “Yellowjackets” on his own high school experiences, but this is not y...

San Francisco Fringe—A Marathon of Shows

There is no way anyone can see all 48 shows presented by the San Francisco Fringe Festival 2008, but one can try… From confessions of a leat...

A Girl Cut in Two—A Century-Old Story Told Anew

As the iconic 20th century filmmakers age, the theme of May-December romance inevitably marks their work. “A Girl Cut in Two” by Claude Chab...

West Marin Limantour Beach

Photo by Yuri Krasov Top: Jellyfish Bottom: A seagull in the fog

Of Herbs and Grasses of West Marin

When tourists from Illinois ask why would anyone settle on a land that’s shaking, take them on a day trip to San Andreas Fault that happens ...