Art & About
Two luminous works of art on love and faith to see this holiday season
In a season of holiday events, I want to suggest two works of art that are timeless: a profoundly playful book about love, and a compelling film about…
On Stage
Q&A: Jewish drag queen Miz Cracker coming to Castro
Miz Cracker is a N.Y.-based performer and comedian who competed on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” a popular reality TV series in which contestants show off their…
Comedy
S.F.'s Jewish Christmas tradition Kung Pao Kosher Comedy returns
The snarky, self-effacing and unabashedly politically incorrect actress and stand-up comic Jackie Hoffman, who headlines this year’s Kung Pao Kosher…
Jew in the Pew
Getting drunk on Jewish texts and arts
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…
Talking With ...
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
Dancing across a 'map' of diverse heritage
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…
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…