USF Professor and Poet Aaron Shurin To Read at UC Berkeley
A trip to the East Bay around lunch time on the first Thursday of every month may be in order for poetry lovers to catch Lunch Poems–a series of talks featuring award winning local poets reading their work in person.
Paul Hemming Discusses New Art Gallery Mirus
Paul Hemming is a nightclub owner, DJ, record producer and restaurateur who most recently has been working on a new venture—an art gallery, Mirus, recently opened in the SoMA that features the work of emerging and established artists and aims to foster a spirit of collaboration.
Movie Review: Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina is a singularly compelling and consistently enthralling adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel of 19th-century aristocratic decline, social mores, gender roles, and romantic tragedy.
Movie Review: Silver Linings Playbook
Bradley Cooper shines in David O. Russell’s darkly comedic tale about mental illness.
Movie Review: Life of Pi
Based on the best selling book, Ang Lee brings the tale of an Indian boy stranded at sea to with a tiger to life in this highly visually film.
Movie Review: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
One hundred and fifteen minutes. That’s the running time for the fourth and final entry in the inexplicably successful The Twilight Saga series (Breaking Dawn – Part 2 for anyone keeping track), before the end credits finally, mercifully fade to black.
Zine Design Workshop With DIY Hero V. Vale
Contrary to popular belief blogging didn’t kill the zine; the paper zine persists even in the digital age, uniting and creating new underground communities across time and space bound together by their mutual interests.
Multimedia Performance Presents Novel Mix of Music and Poetry
Poetry and music have always gotten along great together–from the Greek chorus to the iambic pentameter of Shakespeare supplemented in the Elizabethan theater by interrelated musical entertainment.
Movie Review: Lincoln
Concentrating on the then controversial 13th Amendment, which ultimately ended slavery, this narrow view of Lincoln’s presidency avoids most of the biopic pitfalls and portrays him as more man than myth.
Movie Review: Skyfall
Skyfall is a decidedly personal Bond film as Daniel Craig bounces back in his third film as the infamous British secret agent.
San Francisco Film Society Presents Cinema by the Bay
Continuing its fall line up of mini-festivals, the San Francisco Film Society will next feature Cinema by the Bay. Running November 9-11, the series highlights new and established filmmakers from the local area.
