Arts And Entertainment
Berkeley Police Had Hands Full with Quake Refugees
By Richard Schwartz Special to the Planet
Tuesday April 11, 2006
The following is an excerpt from Richard Schartz’s Earthquake Exodus, 1906: Berkeley Responds to the San Francisco Refugees. This is the third in a series of four installments from the book. The Daily Planet will run the last excerpt on April 18, the centennial of the 1906 quake.
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SF Troupe Mounts Original Production at Shotgun Lab
By Ken Bulock Special to the Planet
Tuesday April 11, 2006
“He was her man/But he done her wrong.” That’s about all for motivation in the lyrics of that old chestnut of popular song, “Frankie and Johnny.”
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Moving Pictures: Chasing Demons: The Life and Art of Daniel Johnston
By Justin DeFreitas
Friday April 07, 2006
All too often, films about the mentally ill descend into preciousness, romanticizing the drama and pain of madness. But The Devil and Daniel Johnston, a fascinating documentary opening today (Friday) at Shattuck Cinemas, does not fall into this trap.
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Arts: Noel Coward’s ‘Relative Values’ at Masquers Playhouse
By Ken Bullock Special to the Planet
Friday April 07, 2006
“This week, she’s a nun—the one who gets captured by the Japanese!”
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Arts: Michael Palmer and Douglas Blazek Read at Moe’s
By Ken Bullock Special to the Planet
Friday April 07, 2006
Mondays At Moe’s features an unusual pairing of poets this coming Monday at 7 p.m. when Michael Palmer and Douglas Blazek split the bill at the popular reading series on Telegraph Avenue, programmed by Owen Hill.
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