A & E

The Best of Books

What people are reading

By Sandy Mullin

Books Inc. hardcover best-seller list CITY OF THIEVES, by David Benioff GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn NO EASY DAY, by Mark Owen TELEGRAPH AVENUE, by Michael Chabon 50 SHADES DARKER,... Read More
Book Notes

‘I Am a Beautiful Monster,’ by Francis Picabia

By Sharon Anderson

“Picabia has destroyed ‘beauty’ and built his work with the leftovers.” — Tristan Tzara A self-declared poet, painter, idiot, failure, pickpocket, and anti-a... Read More
The Best of Books

What people are reading

By Sandy Mullin

Books Inc. hardcover best-seller list 1. GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn 2. CITY OF THIEVES, by David Benioff 3. 50 SHADES DARKER, by E.L. James 4. IRREVERENT CURIOSITY, by David F... Read More
Gore Vidal at age 23 (photo: Carl Van Vechten)
Book Notes

Meeting Gore Vidal

By Sharon Anderson

Gore Vidal died on July 31, 2012, and much has been written about him since. Some have retold the story of his infamous on-air argument with William F. Buckley Jr., while others ha... Read More
A & E

Lee Miller and Man Ray at the Legion of Honor

By Sharon Anderson

As American expatriates in Paris, Lee Miller and Man Ray lived together from 1929 to 1932 and popularized several photographic techniques, including solarization. Their mutual insp... Read More
A & E

Music, murder and insanity by the bay

By Evalyn Baron

Having a dull couple of months so far? Well, your answer to the cold summer doldrums might be right around the corner at Fort Mason Center, where the Merola Opera is romping about ... Read More
A & E

A hauntingly beautiful French love story

By

Sometimes love can slip through the fingers, but those fingers will feel the pain for a long time after love gets away. This handicap is particularly difficult for a gifted violini... Read More
A & E

Go BATS before the summer ends

By Evalyn Baron

Do you consider life to be a cabaret, old chum? Well, at least we can all agree that it’s an enormous improvisation, so doesn’t it seem a good idea to spend an evening ... Read More
A & E

Creating a context for communication: ‘Table of Voices’ returns to Alcatraz

By Marilyn Damon Diamond

When a perpetrator of a crime is sent to prison, visitors and visitations are limited. Usually only family members, attorneys and, sometimes, approved friends are allowed inside. T... Read More
Poems

Ode to a Great Gal From a Recent Transplant (In Praise of Large Outdoor Objects)

By Evalyn Baron

Old New York may have Dame Liberty, standing in its well-worn harbor, Sent from France, with torch aloft, in sun or drizzle. But she doesn’t even rate against the gal who gua... Read More
A & E, Performances

Summer Shakespeare haute couture

Custom Made Theatre’s poster of The Mer-chant of Venice telegraphs their updating of this true classic to Wall Street: a large foot about to crush a running businessman. Puzz... Read More
A & E, Arts & Culture

The Meridian Gallery’s The Painted Word

The Painted Word features artworks by 80 writers and poets of the San Francisco Renaissance and Beat Generation. During the 1950’s and ’60’s, San Francisco experi... Read More
Book Notes

Kemal Kayankaya: A summer Frankfurter everyone can enjoy

By John Zipperer

Mystery novels about Germany that show up on our shores tend to be either reprints of World War II-era books or new novels set in that time. It’s an interesting milieu, but i... Read More
The Best of Books

What we’re reading

By Sandy Mullin

Books Inc. hardcover best-seller list 1. FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, by E. L. James 2. FIFTY SHADES DARKER, by E. L. James 3. FIFTY SHADES FREED, by E. L. James 4. SENSE OF AN ENDING, by... Read More
A & E

Patrick Stull: Evolve — A Woman’s Journey

For 20 years Patrick Stull has been exploring the multifaceted aspects of women, their personalities, obstacles and victories. Now he brings his exhibition, Evolve — A Woman&... Read More


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