Email Author Jonathan Kiefer

2010 Stories by Jonathan Kiefer

• More Theater Reviews

  published December 29, 2010

  Becoming Julia Morgan. This life story of California's first licensed woman architect was written by Belinda Taylor, described in... More >>

• "Becoming Julia Morgan": Theater Review

  published December 22, 2010

  This life story of California's first licensed woman architect was written by Belinda Taylor, described in the program as "playwright,... More >>

• You Can Choose Your Friends, But ...

  published December 8, 2010

  How Grinchy would it be to say that holiday stories these days seem to lack inspiration? Even the good ones can get so canned and tedious. Elves,... More >>

• Women Poets Gather for Reading

  published December 1, 2010

  Hey, look: a poetry reading! Well, when’s the last time you went to one? Okay, then. Go to this one. It should be great. Left Coast Writers... More >>

• Dissecting Desperation

  published December 1, 2010

  Here’s what we know about Ethel Rohan. She’s from Ireland. She lives in San Francisco. She is one of the million-plus people on... More >>

• This month's literary events

  published December 1, 2010

  Thursday, Dec. 2 "A brilliant idea," Dave Eggers says. "A great idea," R. Crumb says. "A brilliant, beautifully executed idea,"... More >>

• Gary Snyder argues for "The Etiquette of Freedom"

  published December 1, 2010

  If all you had to go by was its title, The Etiquette of Freedom might imply some crummy blowhard's latest George W. Bush–nostalgic... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Final Cut?

  published November 24, 2010

  On the last Saturday in September, at a few minutes before midnight, anticipation ran high outside the Clay Theatre. Overhead, reflected... More >>

• What It Really Really Wants

  published November 10, 2010

  Kevin Kelly notices things. As a teenager, he noticed his voice and his friends’ voices “being drowned out by the loud... More >>

• Jim Nisbet's noir detective knows why the book biz is fading

  published November 3, 2010

  The San Francisco poet and novelist Jim Nisbet's new book is an old book, reportedly conceived in the mid-1980s as he was making a name for... More >>

• This month's literary events

  published November 3, 2010

  Thursday, Nov. 4 It's astonishing how nimbly Anne Germanacos glides across presupposed boundaries — between dream and... More >>

• Party Like It's 1899

  published November 3, 2010

  Any time is a good time for a new Mark Twain memoir, but especially now. For one thing, Twain, who died in 1910, told the world to let him be dead... More >>

• Gorilla My Dreams

  published October 6, 2010

  One great thing about this year’s Alternative Press Expo is that Lynda Barry is among its special guests. That’s great because... More >>

• On a Mission

  published October 6, 2010

  Videofest organizers invited “travelers, explorers, migrants, and wayfarers of all stripes to submit short videos that explore the... More >>

• Sister Crayon: Show Preview

  published October 6, 2010

  Here's an unsolicited conceptual suggestion for a Sister Crayon music video. It can be about one of those recordings people make late at... More >>

• Civil Rights -- and Wrongs -- on Broadway

  published September 22, 2010

  Had she not refused to change its title and its ending, Alice Childress' Trouble in Mind, from 1955, would have been the first play... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Friday Night: Band of Horses at the Greek Theatre

  published Sep 27, 2010

  Band of Horses Darker My Love Admiral Radley  September 24, 2010 @ The Greek Theatre Better than: the studio versions.One reason to check in on Band of Horses now is to a... More >>

• More Theater Reviews

  published September 29, 2010

  In the Wound.After last year's fantastic postapocalyptic, outdoor version of Animal Farm, director and writer Jon Tracy... More >>

• More Theater Reviews

  published September 22, 2010

  Trouble in Mind. Had she not refused to change its title and its ending, Alice Childress' Trouble in Mind, from 1955,... More >>

• More Theater Reviews

  published September 15, 2010

  Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. Theatre Rhinoceros' award-winning artistic director, John Fisher, is ambitious and... More >>

• "Trouble in Mind": Theater Review

  published September 8, 2010

  Had she not refused to change its title and its ending, Alice Childress' Trouble in Mind, from 1955, would have been the first play by a... More >>

• Not Fade Away

  published September 8, 2010

  The terrible legacies of our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq include compounding the terrible legacy of our war in Vietnam. Add to that the... More >>

• Fall Arts: A few books of local interest

  published September 1, 2010

  The Eden Hunter (Counterpoint, $16) By Skip Horack Published: Sept. 1 Reason to care:... More >>

• Fall Arts: Reading is optional, but Litquake is mandatory

  published September 1, 2010

  The reasons to attend this year's Litquake are obvious. You don't have time to read books anymore. Nobody does. And the whole publishing... More >>

• You Will Not Need Your Brassiere

  published August 18, 2010

  Where do you go after Stiff, Spook, and Bonk? That is, after Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers; Spook:... More >>