Arts & Events

CORRECTION: Verdi's Il Trovatore at Berkeley's Hillside Club This SUNDAY!! (and Saturday)

Saturday February 23, 2013 - 04:26:00 PM

Verismo Opera will open its latest production, Verdi’s Il Trovatore,, this weekend at Berkeley’s Hillside Club.

Performances are on Saturday, February 23 at 7:30pm and Sunday, February 24 at 6:30pm . -more-


The Gatekeepers: Looking Back on Israel's Failed 'War on Terror'
Now playing at the Albany Twin and Shattuck theaters

By Gar Smith
Saturday February 23, 2013 - 03:44:00 PM
Ami Avalon today, and as IDF officer.

In Dror Moreh's Oscar-nominated documentary, The Gatekeepers, six former heads of Israel's spy agency speak candidly — and reflect critically — about their clandestine work. To begin to appreciate the magnitude of Moreh's accomplishment, try to imagine a US filmmaker getting all nine of the past CIA directors (from William Casey in 1980 to Leon Panetta) to face a camera and unburden their souls. -more-