Here’s what happened at the dentist today. My lovely 30-something dental technician, not pictured here, was chatting about this and that. Let’s call her Midge. Midge related a funny story about getting a text from a friend saying #MeToo. Assuming it was a mistake, she thought nothing of it. And then on Facebook lots of…
Argentinian Dance Duo, German Cornejo and Gisela Galeassi return to ignite the stage with a powerful and sizzling performance taking the art of Tango to new heights. German and Gisela are joined by a company of talented dancers and musicians – world champions in their own right – to honor and celebrate a cultural tradition…
They say the secret to getting to know a culture is born through a passion for its food. Spain is no exception. Paella, the country’s most well-known and celebrated dish, is a reflection of the richness and diversity of the country that created it. The bright, inviting colors and layers of intense flavor the dish…
JANE WITHOUT TARZAN: A beautiful young British girl dreams of living in the jungle with animals. Being the 1940s, this surely wasn’t going to happen. And yet, 26 year old Jane Goodall, lacking any scientific background, and the handicap of being a woman, meets the famed anthropologist Louis Leakey, who sends her to Tanzania on…
This past weekend Focus Features released the biographical drama Victoria and Abdul in a few major cities – and I for one adored it, for semi-selfish reasons. Judi Dench is fascinating, quite royal, and even somewhat repulsive as Queen Victoria. Having just seen her vibrant and interesting interview on Charlie Rose a few nights before…
Get off your couch, fellow potatoes. Go to the cinema, sit with real people not staring at their phone (much). Picture this… watching “The Man With A Movie Camera”, at the beautiful Castro Theatre, accompanied by the live band, DeVotchKa. Thank you, San Francisco International Film Festival. Seriously, pure bliss. Who knew, this 1929, black…
RESISTANCE NOW ! Lynn Hershman Leeson takes nothing at face value. Her film, installation, and multimedia work highlight acts of courage against censorship and repression, unknown stories that have little chance of being told, if not for her persistence of vision. TANIA LIBRE In the documentary “Tania Libre”, Leeson introduces us to Tania Bruguera, a…