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May 17, 2008

Arts & Entertainment Archives

Friday Apr 25

Green's the way to go

New releases prove relevant

Friday Apr 18

Cab carries fans in new direction

Closeted boxers portray lovers, fighters

The wedding is the hardest part

Artists tip hats to music greats

Apr 11, 2008

'Musketeers' imaginatively retold

Trio ignites folk harmonies

News you can (re)use

Miss makes West Coast more country

Apr 4, 2008

Bay Area hit 'Tings' returns

Forbes parlays personality plus

Commercial (over)load

Poetic soul finds musical voice

Mar 24, 2008

Comedian finds the funny in the hard times

Local theater goes ga-ga

Have it your way, every day

New tunes find fans of any age

New releases reveal truth

Mar 21, 2008

Production overcomes script

Musicians bonded musically, legally

A scandal in the wind

Budding artist says 'Hello'

Dark secrets revealed ... slowly

Mar 14, 2008

Insults with a smile

Autumn romance blooms in 'Comforts'

Sex and the single family home

Tin Hat a perfect fit

Puppy love enriches lives

Mar 7, 2008

Multiplying sum of its fans

'All My Sons' emotionally gripping

Internet celeb plans to 'shock and tease'

Smith fated for greatness

Having boy trouble

Feb 28, 2008

Cole creates lustrous jazz gems

Let's get fiscal

Case of blind leading the blind

Great music for great causes

Looming threats spark art

Feb 22, 2008

A real card with staying power

Everything for sale in 'Glengarry'

Timeless new albums thrill

Kicking a little astronomical butt

Feb 15, 2008

New package, same classic flavor

'Boy Gets Girl' ... then boy won't let her go

Crossover Grammy winners 'already there'

Let's take the Leap Day

Feb 8, 2008

Knowing if it's 'The Real Thing'?

Pack of Animals in our midst

An overdose of reality

Rasputina broaches politics with charm

Feb 1, 2008

Bomb rhetoric lost in sparkless production

Miller turns heat generated with Fire into Rain

The big 'C' is comedy

Germs of endearment

Jan 25, 2008

Director graduates to big leagues

Red-hot blues burn bright

Music critic writes friends' oral history

'Dead Mother' alive again

I can tech it or leave it

Can't fight that loving feeling

Jan 18, 2008

Chamber music in bite-sized servings

Provocative one-acts 'ReOrient' Bay

Confessions of a Coke addict

Craig Ferguson: 'Late Late' bloomer

Jan 11, 2008

Bay Area brims with new music releases

Show delivers hot, fresh improv

Yet another growing concern

Songstress sees her dream come true

Jan 4, 2008

Enlightenment found in family musical

'08 just a gosh-darned minute

Steel audiobook should be left unheard

Stevie now marches to own drum

Dec 28, 2007

Katy Perry makes Bay Area debut

Say hello to sounds of 2008

'Yuletide' logs second run

The ugly side of beauty

Still Time's time has come

Dec 21, 2007

Season brings tidings of comfort and soul

Have you heard the news?: Dewey Cox is already a legend

'Rocky Horror' delightful as ever

Rounds of the season

New albums end year on high note

Dec 14, 2007

Our bills are due

No fighting words from local indie rockers

Klein celebrates triumphs

Dec 7, 2007

Duo gives humor for Hanukkah

A developing situation

Something finally 'Cliks'

Nov 30, 2007

Juliette Lewis gets her kicks with Licks

Dysfunction meets spiritual healing

Rocker keeps it rockin'

Going (to lunch) once, going twice ...

Nov 23, 2007

'Tuna' a touching, funny romp

Music gifts of all shapes sizes abound

Putting the 'cell' back in celebrity

Comedy festival features longtime local funnyman

Nov 16, 2007

Silverchair returns to assume throne

Monochromatic works a contrast to Indian art scene

Nothing but quiet skies ahead

Tear-jerking '80s film takes stage

New sounds reverberate Web

Nov 9, 2007

Soul of improvised rock lives on

'Kill' a second-rate 'Housewives'

Vega returns with songs of 'Beauty'

Out with the old

Nov 2, 2007

Rollins has SPOKEN

'Three Tall Women' short on intrigue

My latest pet project

10 Til 2 loves punching gig clock

'Vixen Diaries' a scandal-less read

Oct 26, 2007

Willis puts down baby, picks up mic

Can't tune it out

Pop is fun again, thanks to Pipettes

Malcolm poses big questions

Oct 19, 2007

'Sugar Witch' a standout production

Film festival observes 'Camera as Witness'

Big jazz talent coming to Peninsula Sundays

Something special in the hair

MySpace brims with Halloween treats

Oct 12, 2007

Fresh music crop ready for consumption

Golda performance not sterling

Mould's music, insights to be shared live

I just can't ticket anymore

Oct 5, 2007

Killing in the name of ...

Local author awed by memoir's reception

Louvin sound as inviting as ever

Our irrational pastime

Train frontman takes solo trip

Sep 28, 2007

Lennon still striking a chord

'Three Sisters' a 4-star success

Rhys lives musically charmed life

Me and the boys

Fiddle, fado and funk found on MySpace

Sep 21, 2007

The American Dream goes awry

Sutton happy to be just one of the guys

Cutting our paper losses

Memoir reveals heartache of polygamy

Sep 14, 2007

Fans propel Air

'Petticoats' could use more girl power

Can I have your attention, please?

Black is back ... and more

Sep 7, 2007

Wainwright gets down with new generation on "Knocked Up" soundtrack

Houston, we have an image problem

Change is the only constant for Rundgren

Lacking cast, energy makes 'Tempest' weak

Aug 31, 2007

Brazen new 'Emma' debuts

Chicago still in the 'happiness business'

Gamer revisits arcade heyday

Hill steeped in the language of music

There's no workplace like home

Aug 24, 2007

A Spoonful and a jug

I'm just about 'fed' up

Local teens among MySpace luminaries

Aug 17, 2007

The '60s live again

Avant-garde production heats up local theater

Family values core of Hillman's life, music

I feel your campaign, America

Aug 10, 2007

Driver takes a musical turn

Audience takes 'Midsummer' romp in woods

Songs, poems of Young's youth on debut CD

The advice man cometh

Ex-male escort fights for life in new novel

Aug 3, 2007

Frenzy unleashes 'One Cell'

Let's get in the game

‘Juvie' arresting ... 20 years ago

The sounds of summer include classics

Author talks love in and out of jail

Jul 27, 2007

'Les Blancs': complex, powerful

Monterey summer festival still feeling the love

In the heat of fashion

Young crowds get hip to Power

'Last Street Novel' may be author's best

Jul 20, 2007

City square awash in blues

Comedy in need of direction

Give it up for charity

Rising stars climb MySpace stratosphere

Biography charts Clinton's political aspirations

Jul 13, 2007

Play's world of the surreal explores power of human spirit

Fair to Midland going somewhere

Series embraces atheists' underground roots

U.K. band colors music their way

Running on empty

Jul 6, 2007

GOTTA GET WHAT iWANT

Pink Martini's musical mix intoxicates

'Space' could use some grounding

Biography tells first sex change recipient's story

Jun 29, 2007

Sounding toll for country's Bells

Musician remains forever Young

Detached at the hip

Yoshi's, Sick Puppies and Fairies dish new discs

Jun 22, 2007

'Tartuffe' gallivants under stars

Just another vanity case

Anderson remains timeless jazz songstress

Dose of musical medicine delivered

Jun 15, 2007

Exquisite voice ... and healthy gums

'Bees in Honey' deserves buzz

Rock god and family keep on truckin'

You say it's your birthday?

'Rant' takes readers on nail-biting ride

Jun 8, 2007

Families that play together stay together

I can never say goodbye

Coma awakens the senses

Play's poetry stymied by poor Welsh accents

Shark finds refuge in Trees

Jun 1, 2007

Just what the doctor ordered

Road rage rises alongside gas prices

Amphibians star in local theater

Story of unlikely pet warms hearts

May 25, 2007

Teen wins prestigious composition award

You gonna eat that?

New discs arrive for easy summer listening

Jazz fans travel to mecca of festivals

'Playboy' breezes into town for a spell

May 21, 2007

Hear 'em on MySpace, or at a club near you

Squeezing out The Juice

"A Bench in the Sun" warm, inviting

May 11, 2007

God save the Queen — from us

Poor delivery kills 'Salesman'

New books delve into race issues, public reaction

May 4, 2007

Powerful musical charts man's descent into madness

Dormant dream becomes reality

Parenting is a nanny-splendored thing

Teen singer on verge of stardom

Apr 27, 2007

Floating through a dream

Comedic tragedy of alcoholism runs thin

You are (not) getting sleepy ...

Sounds new and old resurface this spring

Author's debut novel sees girl face adult realities

Baseball great lives again

Apr 20, 2007

Broadway hit show returns home

A Golden State of mind

Touring Guthrie clan keeps rollin'

Junkies craft emotional disc

Folk singer tries something new: California

Invaluable findings on credit debt uncovered

Apr 13, 2007

Celebrities heed the call

'Merrily We Roll Along' a moving work in progress

Intimate glimpse of artists caught on MySpace

Griffith gives torch songs a rekindling

Girl enters new TV frontier

Apr 6, 2007

Sculpting edible art

No time like father time

Small-town Texas life under microscope

Little more to life than 'Sex, Food, Death and Tarantulas'

Quietdrive is making ripples

Mar 30, 2007

Spring pops, rocks and soars with promising debut albums

'Bat Boy' bleeds with heart, biting humor

Jones creates new sounds, changes his musical concepts

Ain't nothing but a gravedigger

Mar 23, 2007

'Forward Motion' propels singer's career

'Radium Girls' delves into ugly truths

Hoops, I did it again

'Boy' grows into songwriter

Mar 16, 2007

'Trying' attempts important message

Local makes MySpace his space

Something Wiki this way comes

Mar 9, 2007

Photographer savvy developed in Stanford class

Hunter rides high, fearless of the lows

'Maybe Baby' lacks conviction

Foursome puts twist on tango

Author pens heart-stopping debut

Mar 2, 2007

Folk rock artist pens new music, books

More gifts? You shouldn't have

Recommended MySpace listening

Three stories, two sides, one stage

Feb 23, 2007

Screenwriter turned musician writes his own destiny

'Pippin' could use more edge

Wondrous vocals, sweeping melodies on new releases

Celebrity: It's a whole new reality

See what big-time stars are really like

How the Academy Awards became synonymous with fashion

Feb 16, 2007

In and out the 'Revolving Door'

Love story captures simpler time

No butts about it

Feb 9, 2007

'Sinner' has swinging good time with Great American Songbook

Comedy act approaches Jewish tradition with irreverence

'Midsummer' production could've been hotter

Heartbreakers tell it like it is

ENGLISH ONLY ALOUD

Ho-hum thriller doesn't succeed

Feb 2, 2007

Classics sung with grace

Welcome back, clutter

Author finds humor in his disability

'Foreigner' embodies familiar characteristics

Film festival weaves Sikh culture into communal fold

Sister Hazel's music revisits 'Somewhere More Familiar"

Jan 26, 2007

Some old,
some new,
the borrowed and the blues

'Ambition' seems too eager

Jazz fusion innovator serves his unique blend

Fight to Trump all fights

Jan 19, 2007

Haines' 'Knives' kills softly

'Humble Boy' a grand success

Close the book on this ugly stereotype

Galaxy of talent awaits

Jan 12, 2007

Latin rocker plays for his fans, a good cause

Relationships can be such a chore

Songwriter shares his craft

Alaskan man accomplishes feat of historic consequence

Jan 5, 2007

Oh heaven, get a load of 2007

Solo aspirations find Strokes guitarist

Teen gets mixed up in murder mystery

Baseball father encourages son to 'Just do it'

Dec 29, 2006

Yuletide's never been gayer

Hear it just around midnight

Trailer Park drives fun home

Just a little off the top

Broken hearts, bones of cowboys revealed

Dec 22, 2006

Young boy makes 'Big' change

Past the tipping point

Jazz singer's career takes 'Flight'

Texas funnyman pens oink-worthy book

Dec 15, 2006

Allen marches to his own beat

There's always a line

Tunes to ease holiday tension

Man finds the love of his life, and a wife

Dec 8, 2006

Sippy Cups for ages 2 and up

Holidays celebrated the Scottish way

'Learned Ladies' seems anything but well-informed

What's wrong with this picture

Leguizamo tells his tale

Dec 1, 2006

'Drifter' takes an eerie turn

'Waltz' dances around bizarre circumstance

Voodoo Daddys cast their share of Christmas magic

Who's calling the shots?

Author says the time is now

Nov 24, 2006

'Immigrant Voices' speak out

Must be something in the air

The King and Ed on one DVD

Fall music warms the season

Nov 17, 2006

Time to get with the programme?

Runaway bride hits town

Nov 10, 2006

'Plaid' clashes with staging

Nov 3, 2006

I'm taking an injury time-out

Oct 27, 2006

Oct 20, 2006

And now these messages...

Oct 13, 2006

May it rest in PC

Drawer-dropping good time had

Oct 6, 2006

All isn't fair in love and war

Sloan sails on

The wide world of exports

Oct 2, 2006

Sep 28, 2006

Award to the wise

Sep 26, 2006

I've ad just about enough