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Narrated by Death himself, embodied by the archangel Azraël, Chicken with Plums is the second adaptation of comic book artist Marjane Satrapi's thematic trilogy of...
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When you descend the steps of La Val's Subterranean for Impact Theatre's latest show, you aren't just entering a small black box theater in the basement of a UC Berkeley pizza...
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Teen Sex Comedies Without Borders could be an NGO, for there is something perversely hopeful in how Ben Palmer's The Inbetweeners Movie slips across boundaries of taste and...
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The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Aurora Theatre CompanyAug. 24-Sept. 30 at the Aurora, 2081 Addison (at Shattuck), Berkeley. $32-$50; (510) 843-4822 or...
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The recently concluded America's Cup World Series races were a good time: big boats, big crowds, great weather, and lots of dogs. Even Aaron Peskin showed up and enjoyed...
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Who would have guessed that goths and hip-hoppers would find common ground? As improbable as this might seem, it's been a regular happening for the past couple of years at 120...
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Prepare to have your assumptions pitched out the window by this tense, surprisingly probing satirical documentary — not just about religious longing and "spirituality,"...
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Representing Brooklyn and the outer Bronx, DJ Premier and Pete Rock sit at the foundation of quintessential New York hip-hop. Masters of digging for dusty grooves, both came...
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A weekly listing of new dining spots around town. To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats.
Alibi Restaurant & Lounge: 142 Minna (at New Montgomery), 857-4142, www.sfalibi.com....
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Whether it strikes you as a profound, perspective-shifting spiritual travelogue, or the cinematic equivalent of a forgettable New Age music loop, this follow-up to 1992's...
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Telegraph Avenue
Involving: The fictive owners of an East Bay record shop, their midwife wives, an ex-NFL star, an ex-blaxploitation star, disquisitions on race and class and...
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Vik Muniz: "Pictures of Magazines 2"
Sept. 20-Nov. 10 at Rena Bransten Gallery, 77 Geary (at Kearny), S.F. Free; 982-3292 or www.renabranstengallery.com.
Using paper torn from...
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Jonathan Toubin might be the crown prince of American soul-funk DJs. Obsessed with obscure 45s from the '50s and '60s, the New York icon aims to produce the energy and pacing...
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Every year, we dish about the best upcoming autumnal arts and entertainment. But there are certain swell events that even we can overlook if we're not careful, such as live...
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Swirl and Sip
Article leaves reader thirsty for more: I'm a fellow in my mid-twenties and I have been cooking professionally for the last 10 years. I've always wanted learn...
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"I have always been against this idea of the 'clash of cultures,'" Marjane Satrapi says. "It's the biggest piece of bullshit I've ever heard."
That's apparent from her films...
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The story goes that while filming in Tunisia in the summer of 1980, Steven Spielberg avoided the dysentery that afflicted most of the cast and crew of Raiders of the Lost Ark...
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Artists' Television Access. ATA OpenScreening: Come to screen and/or watch others' short films with refreshments. Thu., Sept. 6, 8 p.m. $5. Contemporary Visual Music: The...
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Amanda McBroom: Amanda McBroom performs cabaret. Sept. 7-9. $37.50. The Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason (at O'Farrell), 394-1189.
"Audium 9": Spatial electronic...
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Although The Words might be witlessly titled and executed, you can pass the time coming up with fancy phrases to describe its basic concept: The stories nesting inside stories...
