My dad sat to my left. Next to him was the charismatic, theatrical Bruce Bierman, whom I last encountered when he was leading a deliciously off-the-wall queer Song of Songs seder earlier this year. Across the table was the wry Sara Felder, whom I saw two years ago doing a fantastic bit of juggling while…
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Q&A: Drawn to Gilbert & Sullivan, and now the Bay Area
The very model of a modern Renaissance man — and a longtime fan of Gilbert and Sullivan — David Bamberger has worked as a director, teacher, librettist…
On Stage
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Adam McKinney is a dancer whose feet have moved across countless boards. But on Sept. 21, he will bring movement to a different kind of arena — the bimah…
Theater
Talmud meets kung fu movies in new play
In trying to understand the often esoteric arguments of the Talmud, people often turn to teachers, dictionaries and a range of other study aids. Jesse…
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Q&A: She helps performers choreograph the most intimate moments
Maya Herbsman, 23, is associate artistic director and education coordinator at Cutting Ball Theatre in San Francisco. She’s an alum of Camp Tawonga a…
Theater
Tovah Feldshuh in S.F. as ‘Queen of Mean’
Tovah Feldshuh — you may know her from TV, Broadway and movies — is keen on “The Queen of Mean,” the late New York hotel magnate and convicted tax evader…
On Stage
Connecting with Martin Buber in ‘String Theory’ at the Marsh
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Poetry
One of Richmond’s favorite poets keeps hope alive in face of conflict
Poet Robert Lipton has witnessed violence in the Middle East — and in his East Bay hometown of Richmond. They are not the same, but both drive him to…
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Q&A: Alan Wald, the ‘holy’ palindromist
Alan Wald, 70, thinks ahead, but he’s good at thinking backward as well. Wald, who lives in San Francisco, searches for — and finds — “the nexus between…