Chess and “Gentleman in Moscow”
In his inventive and marvelous novel “A Gentleman of Moscow,” author Amor Towles captures the social unrest in Russia in the wake of the Bolshevik … Read more
Books & Film
SFMOMA Screens Scary Movies: Haunted! Gothic Tales By Women
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announces the ninth season of Modern Cinema featuring Haunted! Gothic Tales by Women, a film series exploring … Read more
San Francisco Playhouse Closes Season with “Cabaret”
San Francisco Playhouse announced casting for Cabaret, the Tony Award-winning musical that will close the company’s 2018/19 Season. Susi Damilano will direct, with music direction by Dave Dobrusky and … Read more
California Historical Society Examines Railroad’s Legacy of Ambition and Failure
With California’s high speed rail project—a proposed bullet train promising travel between Los Angeles and San Francisco in two hours and 40 minutes—now in jeopardy, … Read more
Book Club of California to host author of “The White Devil’s Daughter” in June
Ferry riders who have paid a visit to Angel Island well know about the shameful treatment given to quarantined immigrants from China in the 19th … Read more
Early Rubens Comes to The Legion
Now on exhibit at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor through September 8, 2019 is “Early Rubens.” In 1608, after a period of intense artistic study … Read more
San Francisco Playhouse Stages “King of the Yees”
How often have we taken the ferry to or around Angel Island and considered what a dire destination it was for emigrants from China? This … Read more
Lindsay McCrum at Modernism: Chicks with Guns
Now running through February 23, 2019, is “Chicks with Guns,” a compelling cultural portrait of women firearm owners in America. In the era of both … Read more
California International Antiquarian Book Fair Returns to Oakland
One of the world’s largest and most prestigious exhibitions of antiquarian books, returns to Northern California, Friday, February 8 through Sunday, February 10, 2019 at the Oakland Marriott … Read more
Santa Cruz Noir Captures Creepy Surf Culture
Santa Cruz Noir, published by Brooklyn-based Akashic Books, contains several compelling short stories selected and edited by local celebrity, Susie Bright. Nothing too bright about … Read more