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Feb 6, 2013
Far From Heaven
In the not-so-distant future, cell phone reception will be ubiquitous, allowing us to have conversations or check our email even when we're hiking deep...
Jan 23, 2013
The Return of SF Sketchfest
So Bad It's Good has become a genre unto itself. Making fun of easy targets never fails to entertain, which is why picking the...
Jan 16, 2013
Berkeley Rep’s ‘Troublemaker’ Bridges Comic Absurdism and Theatrical Realism
More novel than a graphic novel, more colorful than a comic book, and able to entertain a middle-aged theater audience for one hundred and...
Dec 19, 2012
No Longer a Ben & Jerry’s Flavor, Wavy Gravy Is Still Mr. Softee
Wavy Gravy — clown, peacenik, hippie emeritus — is moonlighting at The Marsh Berkeley this month and demonstrating that, while his discontinued ice cream...
Dec 12, 2012
Tom Waits’ Junkyard Jazz Juices Up ‘Woyzeck’
Georg Büchner's Woyzeck is a nihilistic tale of the miseries of 19th-century poverty and class inequality. It's a story of a man so downtrodden...
Dec 5, 2012
‘The Hard Nut’ Returns to Berkeley
In the next few weeks, we will find ourselves inundated with holiday cheer and manic glad tidings. Merriment will abound and heartfelt sentiments will...
Nov 28, 2012
First Person Singular’s Performance-Art Grab Bag
There's a rich tradition to the art of the found. From Marcel Duchamp's readymades of the 1910s through today's Found magazine, found art has...
Nov 21, 2012
Mary Zimmerman’s ‘The White Snake’ Is a Radiant Reminder of the Magic of Low-Tech
The specter of the snake as a symbol of sorcery, temptation, and duality is ubiquitous. In Chinese mythology, a white snake from the spirit...