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Theater
By Summi Kaipa
What did I expect when I heard that Kevin Killian's new play, White Rabbit, would be premiering at New Langton Arts? A Temptation Island episode with the likes of Siegfried and Roy, Claudia Schiffer, and Arnold Schwarzenegger sounded like a strange combo for such an otherwise sexually charged show, where the usual candidates are married couples tested by the throes of apparently lusty babes. Well, aside from the suspiciously funny premise of reality television as the plot of this play, Killian's premiere has nothing, thankfully, in common with the melodrama of such a show. More
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Literary Arts
Main Library & Literary Workspace Team Up
The writing life is a notoriously solitary one. With pen, crayon or mouse in hand, most writers spend countless hours avoiding other people as they ply their trades. But like it or not, human contact is essential. Having a place to find community and share ideas is critical to writers who want to keep their social sanity.
To celebrate that notion, the San Francisco Writers' Grotto has joined up with the Friends & Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library (F&F) to offer a series of "Grotto Nights," funded by Napa Valley's Stags' Leap Winery and supported by Craig's List. More
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Galleries
By Maya Kroth
Housed in a cozy gallery in downtown Oakland, "That Girl!" showcases the work of the Bay Area's finest up-and-coming female artists. Works by Lisa Solomon, Jungsun Kim, Stella Lai, and Simone Shubuck and Katherine Aoki adorn the walls of Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery in a show that proves that feminism has truly come a long way, baby. More
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Theater
From Parody to Powerhouse Performance
John Ford’s “’Tis Pity She’s a Whore", is one of the most gruesome morality plays in Jacobean literature. With its turgid sensationalism, brusquely candid treatment of incest, and unrelenting presentation of the bilious clash between church and state, there are obvious congruencies with Shakespeare, but this tragedy foregoes Bard-like suggestiveness for categorical bawdiness. More
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Movies
Indie 500
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars.
“This is the story of boy meets girl.” So begins the bittersweet odyssey of greeting-card writer Tom Hansen, the love-starved twenty-something in (500) Days of Summer who harbors dreams of becoming an architect and romancing puckish co-worker Summer Finn. More
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Museums
Introductions South
Despite a title like (un)Common Ground, the emerging Bay Area talent included in this group show at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art displays a group mentality. This is not to say that they risk conformity. It's quite the opposite, in fact, because each body of work possesses a style unique unto itself. Rather, the artists compiled by curator Chris Oliveria seem to share a common dialogue, one that, aside from other less obvious factors, may result from their shared identity as Bay Area artists. More
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Movies
A Modest Art World Satire
Rating 3.5 out of 5 stars.
For his third film, (Untitled), filmmaker Jonathan Parker takes on the New York art scene he knows well from first-hand experience. More
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Movies
Ten Millenia Away From Being A Great Film...
The first summer blockbuster (yes, it’s a few months premature) hits the screens this week with the knuckledragging, mastodon hunting, prehistoric epic 10,000 B.C. This one fastidiously checks off every requisite item on the summer blockbuster list. Giant mastodons, saber-toothed tigers, vicious velociraptor-like birds, amazing action sequences, and some great CGI form the foundation of 10,000 B.C. Unfortunately, all of these things don't necessarily add up to a great film. More
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Theater
Love and Desire Through the Ages
The Eastenders Repertory Company's sixth annual festival of short plays really isn't intended to shock, despite this year's theme: 100 Years of Sex Acts. While some of the vignettes are as titillating as you're likely to get from bare-bones theatre, the Oakland-based company is merely commencing with their festival formula: a chronological retrospective of the short play, revolving around a different theme each year.
Astute renditions of obscure literary masterpieces by the likes of Tennessee Williams, Caryl Churchill, and Federico Garcia Lorca set the stage for three marvelous evenings. More
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Movies
It's Not All German
January often marks the beginning of the doldrums of cinema because the studios have already released their Oscar contenders for the past year. For a change from the bland, check out the 11th Annual Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, which features innovative films from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. More
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