Oakland Museum of California Celebrates Nation of Immigrants in Renovated Building

Text and photography by Emma Krasov 31 years in existence in a landmark mid-century modern building, now fully renovated and expanded, Oakl...

Chef Chevalier Respects Gifts of Nature As Any Gallant Knight Would

By Emma Krasov, photography by Yuri Krasov Chevalier means knight, gallant nobleman, and Philippe Chevalier, chef/owner of the Chevalier Re...

Puccini’s La Rondine, or the Swallow Flies into Opera San Jose

By Emma Krasov She is a courtesan, he is a hopeless romantic. She is Parisian to the core (of course, in a 1917 Italian, based on earlier G...

Santa Clara Valley Wineries Celebrate Spring

By Emma Krasov, photography by Yuri Krasov Mid-Spring, California Wine Country turns emerald green with yellow, purple, and orange wild flo...

Last Chance to See Bouquets to Art 2010

By Emma Krasov, photography by Yuri Krasov Pick a painting or a sculpture, or even a black and white photograph that you like from an exten...

Disposable Film Festival: A View from A Bike

Created in 2007 to acknowledge the artistic potential of disposable video, 2nd Annual Disposable Film Festival celebrates short films made ...

Tell It Slant, Just Let Her Speak

By Emma Krasov An ambitious musical drama by Sharmon J. Hilfinger (playwright) & Joan McMillen (composer), directed by Virginia Reed ba...

Berkeley Rep’s Girlfriend Sings like Spring Swallow

By Emma Krasov A small intimate Girlfriend directed by Les Waters – the latest production at Berkeley Rep has a great cast and a good scrip...

A Seagull in the Hamptons Properly Stuffed the Old Chekhov’s Way

By Emma Krasov However contemporary and americanized, it’s refreshing to find A Seagull in the Hamptons at Shotgun Players true to the orig...

Ask Emma

Question: Years ago, we became friends with a family who used to live in our neighborhood. We spent many weekends together, and our kids we...

A Cure for Rainy Sunday – Brunch at Oola

By Emma Krasov, photography by Yuri Krasov If you are like me you can live without necessities, but you can’t without luxuries. And if you ...

Make it a Date Night with Carell and Fey

By Emma Krasov I hope you have a date this Friday night, but even if you don’t, you won’t be disappointed by the action-packed Date Night d...