The Writers' Block  |  Oct 13, 2008

Investing

PlayGround presents Julia McNeal and Ken Sonkin in Evelyn Jean Pine's short play, Investing. Jim Kleinmann directs. (Running Time: 7:36) By Evelyn Jean Pine

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Art Review  |  Oct 12, 2008

Art of Democracy: War and Empire

Politics are not subtle, political communication is necessarily fast, strident, and goal oriented. The best art on the other hand has a subtlety and an ambiguity that inspires contemplation and allows for multiple interpretations. By Jennine Scarboro

Art Review  |  Oct 11, 2008

Art of Democracy: War and Empire

War is eternal. It is constant, like a heartbeat, an ever-present part of the human condition. It is always with us, staining the whole of human history with the blood spilled. It is drama on a grand scale, which is why it appears so often in works of art. By Mark Taylor

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Event | Oct 09, 2008

Frisco Freakout!

It's been over forty years since bands like the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Quicksilver Messenger Service fused psychedelic elements into folk, blues, and rock and roll, creating the "San Francisco Sound" that many still consider the signature identity of Bay Area music. By Ben van Houten

Gallery Crawl | Oct 08, 2008

People in Your Neighborhood -- October 2008

Gallery Crawl checks out A Moment for Reflection: New Work by Lydia Fong at Ratio 3 and visits Gallery 16's fifteenth anniversary exhibition, These Are The People In Your Neighborhood.

Festival Report | Oct 07, 2008

French Cinema Now

For many years, America has made a sport of wondering why the French are so healthy. They smoke like fiends, which explains the low rates of obesity. They drink wine like it's going out of style, which explains the low rates of heart disease. But what accounts for that robust vitality? By Jonathan Kiefer

The Writers' Block | Oct 07, 2008

The Little Book

Selden Edwards reads a passage from The Little Book, the story of a California rock legend who finds himself in the past -- 1897 Vienna. (Running Time 19:51) By Selden Edwards

Multimedia | Oct 06, 2008

FAIL Blog

In times like these it's important to get a little relief, and to understand that while your life might look bad, it's just a little worse -- in a hilariously slapstick way -- for the other guy. By Scott Pierce

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