Features

Maria Goodavage - May 9, 2011

When Verna Parino talks about the main man in her life, she grasps her coffee mug tightly and sits up tall in her living room chair, her cheeks aglow, her crystal blue eyes twinkling in morning sunlight. “He may be eccentric, but he inspires passion on so many levels.”

Janos Gereben - May 3, 2011

'Tis the Season of Season Announcements

After recent reports in Music News about summer programs for Cabrillo, Music@Menlo and BBC Proms,
Jason Victor Serinus - May 3, 2011

Kurt Weill and Langston Hughes’ powerful Broadway opera concludes the Oakland East Bay Symphony season.

Georgia Rowe - May 3, 2011

Stunned long ago by revelations of wartime atrocities, Trimpin deals with the truth by exploring new ways of producing and hearing sound.

Jessica Hilo - May 2, 2011

“I’m a Performer,” the capstone to Berkeley Symphony’s community outreach efforts, is now more ambitious than ever: The Symphony wants everyone to perform together.

Lisa Petrie - April 28, 2011

Episode 2: Our second episode in the new podcast series explores the summer music camp. KDFC's Dianne Nicolini and SFCV’s Lisa Petrie highlight a few unusual camps and don’t–miss events of the week

Jim Farber - April 26, 2011

Dawn Upshaw and Peter Sellars are collaborating to produce a unique festival that will come to Berkeley, as well. Sellars and Artistic Director Thomas Morris give SFCV the skinny.

Michael Zwiebach - April 26, 2011

Make room in your schedule, in between vacations, visiting, and gardening, for a few of the many cultural tidbits on offer in the Bay Area this summer. It’s a full lineup, as you’ll see.