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Jan 21, 2025

‘Waste’ Wins: Revived Play Resonates Today

Harley Granville-Barker’s Waste has a familiar plot: A politician makes a decision that could ruin his career and the lives of his loved ones.  It also has a familiar controversy: The play was banned for discussing abortion and questioning politics. What’s surprising is that instead of being another modern censorship...
Jan 2, 2025

‘Winter Wonderettes’ in San Rafael

No matter how you look at it, opening a Christmas show four days before Christmas is odd. While I am...
Dec 31, 2024

Rebels With a Baton, Renegade Orchestra Set to Surprise

Describing themselves as an “orchestra for everyone,” the Renegade Orchestra is taking the stage on Sunday, Jan. 12.  Doubling down...
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Dec 24, 2024

Tantalizing the Senses: Pizza, Bonsai, Music and Fine Art

North Bay Pizza Week Did somebody say “tri-county pizza party?” Yeah, that’s right—it’s time to celebrate the best thing that has...
Dec 24, 2024

Superlative Seven, Marin’s Most Memorable Theater of 2024

The problem with being a working theater professional is that I get to see fewer shows than I would...
‘Gladiator’ all over: Try on these sword-and-sandals epics
Dec 17, 2024

‘Gladiator’ all over: Try on these sword-and-sandals epics

Regarding Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, the sequel to his Gladiator (2000): What would the world do without gladiator movies?...
Dec 10, 2024

Gifts for the Culturenaut

’Tis the season … for holiday shopping, that is. Here in Marin, this festive, time-honored tradition of gift gathering...
Terry Gross ignited by improvised jams
Dec 3, 2024

Terry Gross ignited by improvised jams

Terry Gross just released Huge Improvement, an album of tunes based around their improvised jams. The band is a...
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