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Sep 7, 2007

Wainwright gets down with new generation on "Knocked Up" soundtrack

The summer comedy smash "Knocked Up" is introducing Loudon Wainwright III to a whole new audience.

Sep 7, 2007

Houston, we have an image problem

Today most of us don't give much thought to the space shuttle - viewing it as just one of many multibillion-dollar government expenditures offering unknown benefits to the taxpayers.

Sep 7, 2007

Change is the only constant for Rundgren

At Great American Music Hall, Todd Rundgren will play selections spanning his entire career, running through his most recent CD "Liars." Over the decades, Rundgren's work has encompassed an exhilarating range ...

Sep 7, 2007

Lacking cast, energy makes 'Tempest' weak

"The Tempest" is Shakespeare's American play. Much scholarship accepts the notion that Shakespeare wrote "The Tempest" after hearing news of the major 1609 shipwreck in Bermuda of an English vessel headed for ...

Aug 31, 2007

Brazen new 'Emma' debuts

From the Peninsula to Broadway, and then on to London. That's the hope for the new world premiere musical "Emma," currently on stage at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, presented by ...

Aug 31, 2007

Chicago still in the 'happiness business'

Chicago began with nothing but a dream and an innovative, horn-oriented rock sound.

Aug 31, 2007

Gamer revisits arcade heyday

Sunnyvale resident Mark Robichek may be the quality assurance manager of a Silicon Valley company, but his name and legend are familiar to any classic game enthusiast.

Aug 31, 2007

Hill steeped in the language of music

Working for NASA isn't the common steppingstone to a pop music career. But Menlo Park resident Michael Ian Hill is an uncommon musician.

Aug 31, 2007

There's no workplace like home

Over the years our politicians have produced a memorable record of transparently disingenuousness public statements, including such "greatest hits" as Nixon's "I am not a crook," Bill Clinton's "I did not have ...

Aug 24, 2007

Mime Troupe brings government intelligence to comedic low with "Making a Killing"

American investigative reporting in Iraq has just been outsourced to India. At least that's the story in "Making a Killing," the San Francisco Mime Troupe's hilarious new summer musical production now touring ...

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