Mark MacNamara, a writer and journalist based in Asheville, North Carolina, has written for such publications as Nautilus, Salon, The Stanford Social Innovation Review, and Vanity Fair. From time to time, his pieces in San Francisco Classical Voice also appear in ArtsJournal.com. Noteworthy examples include a piece about Philip Glass’s dream to build a cultural center on the Pacific Coast; a profile of sound composer Pamela Z and an essay on the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. MacNamara recently won several awards in the 2018 Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards presented by the San Francisco Press Club. His website is macnamband.com.
The Hidden World of Girls, the Kitchen Sisters show that transforms to a multimedia performance at the Cabrillo Festival this week, is really about what’s hidden in a good story, and the rituals of storytelling.
Performances at the Freight and Salvage in honor of Woody Guthrie's 100th birthday illuminate just how interesting a figure he was, not just the mythology that sprang up in his wake.
It’s a tale for our times, though not an uplifting one. In the end, no one would or could do what was necessary to save a local professional orchestra.
