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The BookSellers Documentary is Compelling Plague Distraction

May 12, 2020April 28, 2020

“The Booksellers” is a documentary for anyone who can still look at a book and see a dream, a magic teleportation device, an object that … Read more

Categories Books & Film Tags Book Club of California

Leland Stanford Bio a Study in Disruption

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020

“Disruption” goes back further than Steve Jobs in Silicon Valley. To hear author Roland de Wolk tell it, staid Stanford University has a dark and … Read more

Categories Books & Film Tags UC Press

Seductive Read for COVID-19: Journey Round My Room

May 12, 2020March 31, 2020

Journey Round My Room, published by San Francisco’s Arion Press, is a  travelogue by Xavier de Maistre. This edition, with photographs by Ross Anderson, is … Read more

Categories Arion Press, Books & Film

Cocktails with a Twist May Bring Some Relief for Shelter-in-Place

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020

COVID-19 episode making you nervous, tense, and out of sorts? The pandemic shutdown of all our bars and nightclubs has motivated many of us to … Read more

Categories Books & Film

Advice for Ferry Riders: “Tiny Beautiful Things” is a Destination

February 22, 2020February 22, 2020
Susi Damilano gives advice to Mark Anderson Phillips

As noted in an earlier post, this play promised to rock the house…the San Francisco Playhouse, that is. Having finally seen the work, we can … Read more

Categories Books & Film

Just Released: Chance of Alcatraz Podcast

March 11, 2020February 1, 2020

The much-anticipated Chance of Alcatraz podcast is now ready for Cultural Currents readers. James McKee of Earwax Productions made the compelling mix working with the … Read more

Categories Books & Film, Chance of Alcatraz

Night Boat to Tangier is the Perfect Advent Read

December 24, 2019

Advent is the season for reflection and redemption, so what better time of year to read about two deeply disturbed Irish misanthropes who have muddled … Read more

Categories Books & Film Tags Green Apple Books

Varda Screens In Berkeley

December 14, 2019December 14, 2019

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will co-present a major retrospective of films … Read more

Categories Books & Film Tags BAMPFA, SFMOMA

Holiday Suggestion: UC Press Produces Great Book on Italian Wine

December 5, 2019

With so many invitation to Holiday parties this month, we were at a loss to think of the appropriate elixir to bring along with us. … Read more

Categories Books & Film Tags UC Press, Wine

Destination LA: A Visit to the Jonathan Club & Huntington

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019

On a recent  “Destination LA” visit we were impressed by a lecture staged at the venerable Jonathan Club featuring the authors of Nineteen Nineteen. To … Read more

Categories Books & Film, Visual Arts Tags The Huntington
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