A & E

A & E

Odysseo: A visual treat of horses and humans

By Lynette Majer

Odysseo is the most spectacular show I’ve seen, and I thought the first one, Cavalia, was special. Demonstrating the horse-human bond, some 40 horses interact with humans, wh... Read More
A & E

Holidays the San Francisco Way

By Eileen Mitchell

December always brings to mind iconic holiday images of windows framing snow-laden landscapes, children building snowmen, and happy families gathering around their wood-burning fir... Read More
Television

Deck the screen with yuletide broadcasts

By Michael Snyder

It’s that most wonderful time of the year — if you’re a department store Santa, a pine tree salesperson, or a child of privilege. For the rest of us, Christmas (and any other... Read More
Book Notes

Author Jed Rasula presents a new history of Dada in Destruction Was My Beatrice: Dada and The Unmaking of the Twentieth Century

By Sharon Anderson

Perhaps you will understand me better when I tell you that Dada is a virgin microbe that penetrates with the insistence of air into all the spaces that reason has not been able to ... Read More
The Best of Books

Best sellers at Marina Books Inc.

  Books Inc. best-seller list City of Thieves: A Novel, by David Benioff 111 Places in San Francisco That You Must Not Miss, by Floriana Peterson The Life-Changing Magic of... Read More
A & E

3D or not 3D?

By Michael Snyder

The spate of 3D movies continues. Over the past year, I’ve seen a lot, for better or worse. A few are enhanced by the effect, others are not. In three recent instances, I fou... Read More
The Best of Books

What you’re reading this autumn

By Brian Pettus

Books Inc. best-seller list City of Thieves: A Novel, by David Benioff (paperback) The Tender Bar: A Memoir, by J.R. Moehringer (paperback) The Mindfulness Colouring Book: Anti-St... Read More
Television

Joining the cults

By Michael Snyder

Cult TV. Sounds a little sinister, but it’s fairly harmless, other than the problems associated with any obsession. People find an under-the-radar television show they embrac... Read More
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Japanese inspiration on Western artists

By Sharon Anderson

Beginning Oct. 30, the Asian Art Museum will present a uni-que opportunity to illustrate where European, American, and Japanese art intersect. Looking East: How Japan Inspired Mone... Read More
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Witches, and ghosts, and ghouls, oh my!

By Lynette Majer

San Francisco loves Halloween. The city has a long history of its celebration, so it’s no surprise that October is replete with revelry. Actually, some may argue that every d... Read More
Book Notes

‘The Art of Forgery: The Minds, Motives and Methods of Master Forgers,’ by Noah Charney 

By Sharon Anderson

Hold! You crafty ones, strangers to work, and pilferers of other men’s brains! Think not rashly to lay your thievish hands upon my works. Beware! Know you not that I have a ... Read More
A & E

Fall performance offerings

By Lynette Majer

The Bay Area’s long tradition of live performances gets off to a vibrant start this fall with exciting productions. Fort Mason’s Magic Theatre opens its 2015–16 seaso... Read More
The Best of Books

Monsters, penguins, hiccups, and Jimmy Carter

By Brian Pettus

Books Inc. best-seller list The Tender Bar: A Memoir, by J.R. Moehringer The Day the Crayons Came Home, by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi C... Read More
Movie Reviews

Low budget, high quality: ‘Break Point’ & ‘Cooties’

By Michael Snyder

Frills and extravagance can be enchanting in the right circumstance, but they’re unnecessary when it comes to telling a good story. So it’s understandable and gratifyin... Read More
Book Notes

‘Writing Across the Landscape: Travel Journals 1960–2010,’ by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

By Ernest Beyl

I just finished reading Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s latest book Writing Across the Landscape: Travel Journals 1960-2010 (Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015, $35). Usually I a... Read More


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