Event | Jan 06, 2009

Not Your Mother's Living Room: Tell It On Tuesday

A monthly performance storytelling night (last Tuesdays) at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts in Berkeley, Tell it on Tuesday is like sitting down after dinner in a very talented family's living room. By Claire Light

Performance | Dec 27, 2008

The Don't List: Looking back on 2008, ahead to 2009

Of the dozens of performances and exhibitions I've been fortunate enough to cover for KQED during the past year, several stand out as events I don't think I'll ever forget. By Ben Marks

Event | Dec 12, 2008

Club Chuckles' Five Year Anniversay Blowout

Since December 2003, Club Chuckles has hosted an impressive variety of cutting edge local and out-of-town comedians monthly at the Hemlock Tavern. It's a non-traditional venue for comedy, appropriate to showcase some non-traditional acts. By Ben van Houten

Theater Review | Dec 01, 2008

The Arabian Nights

Zimmerman borrows freely and subjectively from The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, stories spun by the clever Scheherezade to keep the gleaming knife of frozen-hearted King Shahryar from slitting her virgin throat. By Ben Marks

Event | Nov 19, 2008

Execution of Precious Memories

The practice of making art, in whole or in part, out of other people's ideas and experiences is hardly new. Soliciting audience submissions from the stage has been a staple of improvisational theater and sketch comedy for as long as those forms have been around. By Ben Marks

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