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Performance Review | Feb 09, 2010
Ovo is light on storyline, light of heart and light on gimmicks; it's an unfussy Cirque du Soleil that is not afraid to be silly, sentimental or even unimportant. Mostly it's just a lot of fun. By Ben Marks
Event | Feb 08, 2010
25 Years of Sticking Something New in Your Ear
Earplay opens their 25th season TONIGHT at the Herbst Theater with the Ear and There festival, providing locals a chance to hear brand new ear opening chamber music. By Rik Malone
Truly CA Shorts | Feb 07, 2010
Our Lady of Tamale
View Cecil B. Feeder's short film, Our Lady of Tamale, a rockumentary about a Mexican immigrant who found love selling hot tamales in the bars of San Francisco.
Music | Feb 06, 2010
Live Music: February 2010
Before the Noise Pop Music Festival takes over Bay Area venues at the end of the month, there are plenty of other great shows hitting the Bay Area. By Ben Van Houten
Theater Review | Feb 05, 2010
So Much For Tradition. Harvey Fierstein Stars in Fiddler On The Roof.
I wish I could tell you that the new national tour of Fiddler on the Roof, which opened Wednesday, January 27, gut-punches us anew with its wrenching depiction of lives at the crossroads of old ideals and new ideas. By Erika Milvy
Pop Culture | Feb 04, 2010
Video of the Week: Procrastination
Johnny Kelly's thesis project proves that you are not alone in your procrastinatory tendencies. You're probably procrastinating right now, aren't you? By Emmanuel Hapsis
Festival Report | Feb 04, 2010
Mostly British Film Festival
The second annual Mostly British Film Festival, starts tonight, Thursday, Feb 4 and runs through Feb 11, 2010. Over the course of seven solid days of programming, a true anglophile may find it difficult to stay away from the lineup for longer than an afternoon matinee. By Jeffrey Edalatpour
The Writers' Block | Feb 03, 2010
Just Kids
Patti Smith reads excerpts from Just Kids, her memoir about life with Robert Mapplethorpe. By Patti Smith
TV | Feb 02, 2010
RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race is the television show you don't know you already love. A cross between Project Runway, American Idol, and America's Next Top Model, the show brings the finger snapping, flying weaves, and lip-synch death matches. By Emmanuel Hapsis
Festival Report | Feb 02, 2010
Sundance: Beat Poetry and Utopia in Park City
Of the two dozen some odd movies I plowed through (and sometimes even enjoyed) while at Sundance, two in particular have stayed on my mind. As it happens, they're both experimental nonfiction works from Bay Area filmmakers. That's handy! By Jonathan Kiefer
Event | Feb 01, 2010
The Global Age Project at Aurora Theatre Company
Over four consecutive Mondays in February (starting TONIGHT), Berkeley's Aurora Theatre Company presents staged readings of the four finalists for their annual Global Age Project competition, which highlights new plays that address issues in the global age. By Ben Marks
Event | Jan 31, 2010
The Kids Are Alright: Post-Fifties Musicals and the Rise of Youth Culture
Starting TONIGHT, PFA explores what happened to the movie musical after the rise of rock 'n roll with the series The Kids are Alright: Post-Fifties Musicals and the Rise of Youth Culture. By Tessa Stuart
Gallery Crawl | Jan 30, 2010
Amy Casey
In January 2010 Gallery Crawl visited Michael Rosenthal Gallery in San Francisco to see Ohio artist Amy Casey's latest self-titled exhibition. Casey's latest work explores ideas of rebirth and community survival.
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The Double-Edged Sword Of Devotion: 'Chuck' Vs. The Entitled Fan Base
An episode of Chuck provides an interesting lesson in the dark side of fandom.
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How 'Soul Train' Got America Dancing
The hourlong dance variety show Soul Train was the longest-running syndicated show in history when it signed off in 2006. Adolfo "Shabba Doo" Quinones, one of the program's original dancers, celebrates Soul Train's 40th anniversary with a look back at the show's impact on fashion, dance and culture.
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What We're Reading, Feb. 9 - 15, 2010
Three novels of past and present: Lynn Neary reviews the "perfect" novel for our down economy — written before the banks failed. Steve Inskeep reads a tale of political infighting resonant of today, but that follows events in Cicero's Rome. And Alan Cheuse celebrates The Lost Books of the Odyssey, a novel both timeless and very contemporary.
