Molly Colin
Journalist Molly Colin writes about the arts and cultural trends.
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Dance REVIEW
January 22, 2015
Only months after retiring from the New York City Ballet at 47, the famous principal ballerina performs new works by four male choreographers who also dance with her on stage.
More about San Francisco Performances »Feature Article
December 2, 2014
In San Francisco Opera’s understudy room, a sense of camaraderie and good humor prevails, as singers watch a production they’ve prepared to perform, but which will go on without them.
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Upcoming Concert
August 26, 2014
The upcoming season at the San Francisco Symphony offers intriguing collaborations and pairings that play off each other.
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Upcoming Concert
August 20, 2014
sfSound continues its "small packages" musical series on Aug. 24, showcasing two rarely played 20th-century modern classics, along with five short works commissioned in response to them.
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Upcoming Concert
August 8, 2014
The Three-By-Three concert series are just one of the highlights of the 20th anniversary season of Music In the Vineyards in the Napa Valley.
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Upcoming Concert
August 7, 2014
Yo-Yo Ma brings the intimacy and power of three Johann Sebastian Bach solo cello suites to the Hearst Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley on Aug. 12 as a Cal Performances special summer event.
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Upcoming Concert
August 2, 2014
Hershey Felder brings the pianist Frederic Chopin to life in his solo show, Monsieur Chopin, now playing on the Berkeley Repertory Theatre's Thrust Stage through Aug. 10.
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Upcoming Concert
July 31, 2014
From medieval chants to premieres, the third International Russian Choral Music Festival gets underway Aug. 3 in San Francisco and runs through Aug. 10.
More about International Russian Choral Music Festival »Feature Article
July 29, 2014
For three late-bloomer singers in the Merola Opera Program, emotional maturity and determination substitute for a long apprenticeship.
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Upcoming Concert
July 28, 2014
San Francisco’s Lamplighters Music Theatre kicks off their 62nd season with a swashbuckling perennial Gilbert & Sullivan favorite, The Pirates of Penzance.
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Upcoming Concert
July 21, 2014
Canadian-American troubador Rufus Wainwright will make his debut at the Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco on Sunday, July 27.
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Upcoming Concert
July 16, 2014
Woody Guthrie’s American Song, the award-winning musical based on the life and music of the iconic American folk singer, returns to the Freight & Salvage for four performances.
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Upcoming Concert
July 10, 2014
Kids (and their parents) get to shake, rattle and rock at the free outdoor Kidchella summer concerts in Redwood City.
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Upcoming Concert
June 26, 2014
There's a bevy of Fourth of July celebrations with music around the San Francisco Bay Area this summer. Head for your favorite place to enjoy the festivities: Happy Fourth of July!
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Upcoming Concert
June 26, 2014
Skip Saturday morning cartoons this week and bring the family to hear young fiddlers bow bluegrass and jazz at the 17th annual fiddlekids concert matinee at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley.
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Upcoming Concert
June 18, 2014
San Francisco's Stern Grove kicks off its summer Kids Days shows with three separate programs that highlight diverse styles of dance.
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Upcoming Concert
June 5, 2014
Pirate Jack Sparrow (played by Johnny Depp) will make his way across a big screen as Marin Symphony Music Director Alasdair McNeale leads orchestra members in the score to the rollicking film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
More about Marin Symphony »Artist Spotlight
May 28, 2014
Others’ scholarship and playing styles helped draw Kristian Bezuidenhout to the beguiling field of early-music performance.
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Upcoming Concert
May 22, 2014
The Crowden Music Center will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a benefit concert featuring the world premiere of a new work from the composer Samuel Carl Adams, an alumnus, UC Berkeley's Hertz Hall.
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Upcoming Concert
May 15, 2014
This year's Mountain Play production of South Pacific will make a lasting impression on audiences of all ages, introducing the musical to some, and reacquainting others with songs have become American Songbook standards.
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