Arts And Entertainment
The Theater: Fisher’s ‘Wishful Drinking’ is Spectacle, if Not Exactly Theater
By Ken Bullock, Special to The Planet
Friday March 14, 2008
“The pure products of America go crazy,” intoned poet William Carlos Williams, and Carrie Fisher, a pure product of the American dream factory, who jests about the craziness of her life and icon status in her solo extravaganza, Wishful Drinking, is being held over at Berkeley Rep through April 12.
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Oakland East Bay Symphony Celebrates Persian New Year
By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Friday March 14, 2008
The Oakland East Bay Symphony, conducted by director Michael Morgan, will present a unique collaborative program, Notes from Persia, at 8 p.m. tonight (Friday) at the Paramount Theatre.
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The Theater: ‘What Do the Women Say?’ at La Peña
By Ken Bullock, Special to The Planet
Tuesday March 11, 2008
Golden Thread Productions, the Bay Area troupe that specializes in expressions of Middle Eastern culture and identity, will present What Do The Women Say?—five pieces ranging stylistically from theater to performed poetry—at La Pena Cultural Center Friday at 8 p.m. to celebrate International Women’s Day.
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Concert Marks Anniversaries for Chanticleer and Shanghai Quartet
By Ken Bullock, Special to The Planet
Tuesday March 11, 2008
Chanticleer, San Francisco’s famed choral group, and the Shanghai Quartet, one of China’s original chamber music ensembles, will be featuring “From the Path of the Beautiful,” a seven-part piece written for them by composer Chen Yi in celebration of their anniversaries (30 years for Chanticleer, 25 for the Shanghai Quartet) when they perform this Friday evening at 8 p.m. at the First Congregational Church on Durant.
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