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Cupid's Arrow, a Blood-Orange Margarita at Puccini and Pinetti

Tamara Palmer​The Cupid's Arrow cocktail at Puccini and Pinetti is a nice choice for this lovers' weekend, if only for drowning a lonelyheart's sorrows. It's essentially a margarita, made with Partida tequila, muddled blood orange, lime juice, and simple syrup, with a float of Grand Marnier. A ... More >>

Fall Arts: A designer and a diva give flavor to "Aida"

Tamara Palmer​The Cupid's Arrow cocktail at Puccini and Pinetti is a nice choice for this lovers' weekend, if only for drowning a lonelyheart's sorrows. It's essentially a margarita, made with Partida tequila, muddled blood orange, lime juice, and simple syrup, with a float of Grand Marnier. A ... More >>

Spaghetti Western

Tamara Palmer​The Cupid's Arrow cocktail at Puccini and Pinetti is a nice choice for this lovers' weekend, if only for drowning a lonelyheart's sorrows. It's essentially a margarita, made with Partida tequila, muddled blood orange, lime juice, and simple syrup, with a float of Grand Marnier. A ... More >>

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Pondering dignity and derrieres at Puccini and Pinetti

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shirley77/FlickrDoesn't this look better than those itty-bitty seats at the Opera House?​Here's the thing: Unless you're able to manage that willing suspension of disbelief better than we are, you might love opera, but you don't love LOVE opera. Yeah, you enjoy dressing up and milling around b ... More >>

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The Young Man's Dream

Woody Allen is back from his European vacation. Next, he directs Larry David in N.Y.C. and Puccini for L.A. Opera.

Wear Your Tiara

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Woody Allen is back from his European vacation. Next, he directs Larry David in N.Y.C. and Puccini for L.A. Opera.

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Woody Allen is back from his European vacation. Next, he directs Larry David in N.Y.C. and Puccini for L.A. Opera.

The Bohemian Club

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Cross-Pollinated Opera

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When He Was Small

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Two Broadway blockbusters offer more than just nostalgia

Watching World Cup at Pompei's Grotto

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Spent

A Broadway schmaltzfest spawns a big-screen travesty

Say Schwa

Spending depressed days at Tosca, eavesdropping on silly bands

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Insane Clown Posse

Opera, fun? Golden Gate Opera takes the stuffing out of I Pagliacci

Bohemian Rhapsody

Baz Luhrmann's La Bohème is real opera -- with an extra dash or three of spectacle

Baz's Bohème

Can the director of Moulin Rouge succeed in the opera?

Rising Sun

Philip Kaufman directs Ashley Judd in a new thriller set in San Francisco

House Of Tudor

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Ship of Fools

The setting is the only real star in the cliché-ridden Captain Corelli's Mandolin

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The setting is the only real star in the cliché-ridden Captain Corelli's Mandolin

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The setting is the only real star in the cliché-ridden Captain Corelli's Mandolin

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The setting is the only real star in the cliché-ridden Captain Corelli's Mandolin

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The setting is the only real star in the cliché-ridden Captain Corelli's Mandolin

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The setting is the only real star in the cliché-ridden Captain Corelli's Mandolin

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The setting is the only real star in the cliché-ridden Captain Corelli's Mandolin

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Jerry Ragavoy and the ghost of Janis Joplin

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