Coming to a Bollywood picture near you...​It's not quite a Slumdog Millionaire story: Vivek Agrawal is a Stanford grad who lives in a Pacific Heights flat and spends his days working as a product manager at a tech start-up. But the 24-year-old has just landed a huge break -- beating 300 contenders ... More >>
If you've ever peered through the media guides for college sports teams, there are several sources of unintended joy: Mini-bios querying the players about their favorite foods or movies (Really? Scarface, again?); upbeat recaps of 2-9 seasons, or, best of all, the list of a school's "notable alumni. ... More >>
My Suicide director talks about death and the Internet.
The high and lowlights of 2006 performances
Stanford prof's debut collection succeeds when he sticks close to home
A collection of insights on the fascinating social mammal known as man
Our critics weigh in on local exhibits
Al Gore and ex-Stanford prof Joel Hyatt say their S.F.-based cable news channel for twentysomethings won't be ideological. But do the Democratic moneymen behind the venture know that?
Unmarketable inventions, often called orphan technology, are generally considered useless. Paul DeMarinis considers them precursors to art.
Judging from last week's Music Law Summit West, the future of the music biz is unclear – but that's not what the RIAA wants you to think
The Positive Coaching Alliance asks hard-bitten coaches to fill out workbooks and recite management jargon. It also has them saying things like, "I want to go back and relive my childhood and be coached like this."
The newest Asian film festival was almost called "Yellow Fever"
We especially like the scenes from everyday life at the beginning of the last century
Week of January 15, 2003
A transgender Stanford grad and his colleague are set to open the first-ever law center for transgender issues
Film Events at Smaller Venues
Bay Area filmmakers respond to a call for short works about the events of Sept. 11
A controversial San Francisco study is spending taxpayers' money to see if Christian clergy, Indian medicine men, and Tibetan lamas can heal patients with AIDS and brain tumors
Film Reps List for 12-05-2001
The Cup and the Lip; Cutthroat Island
Eddie Gale Quintet
As ACT returns to its home at the restored Geary, Artistic Director Carey Perloff stages a coup de theatre for her fourth season
