Talking With ...
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
Dan Schifrin, an award-winning writer of short stories and essays and a writing teacher as well, is undergoing a conversion. Immersed in the written word…
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…
Talking With ...
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…
Comedy
A Florida pastor called for Sarah Silverman’s death
An extremist Christian pastor’s anti-Semitic rant in which he called for the death of Sarah Silverman has the Jewish comedian fearing for her life.…
Theater
A still-relevant ‘Cabaret’ wows audiences at S.F. Playhouse
From page to stage to screen, “Cabaret” has been beguiling audiences — and disturbing them — for nearly 80 years. Set in prewar Berlin during the rise of…
TV & Film
Michael Chabon captains new Star Trek; 'Tales of the City' returns; etc.
“Tales of the City,” a 10-episode dramatic series following an eclectic group of friends in San Francisco, is now streaming on Netflix. There were three…
Jewish World
Meet a 20 year-old IDF soldier, drag queen and political activist
The dimly-lit nightclub’s anxious patrons snap to attention when the “Fiddler on the Roof” song “Tradition” wails through the speaker. Onto the small…