Dancing fairies, pirouetting snow queens, and prancing men in tights – no, we’re not talking about the nutty relatives. The first company to bring the Nutcracker to America–the San Francisco Ballet–is back with their can’t-peel-your-eyes-from-the-sparkly-stage production. And from wild dance-alongs…
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T Magazine Article: Houdini Art and Magic Exhibition
When it comes to unshackling the imagination, there’s no artist like an escape artist. And Harry Houdini is getting his due with “Houdini: Art and Magic,” the first major retrospective devoted to his life and work, at San Francisco’s Contemporary…
7×7 Article – Bay Area Designer Brian Singer Turns SF’s Telephone Poles into Art for Target
From the Bay to the Golden Gate to its awe-inspiring scenery, San Francisco is famed for its stunning beauty. But when graphic designer/artist Brian Singer moved to SF in 2000, he fell head-over-heels for the city’s–telephone poles. “I found them beautiful… layers…
San Francisco Chronicle: American Iconomics / Art exhibit by James Charles and Akira Beard
Money and celebrity. Like it or not, America has a madcap obsession with both. In “American Iconomics,” at the Shooting Gallery artists James Charles and Akira Beard explore our society’s fixation with and valuing of pop culture icons. But the means…
SFWeekly: In the Sack at the Exploratorium
Apparently we spend more than 27 years of our existence doing absolutely nothing. During this time we could be researching a cure for cancer, helping attain world peace, making billions developing the next big thing, having crazy sex, or holding…
SFWeekly: Berkeley Breathed’s “From Bloom County to Mars”
I’m now a contributing writer for SF Weekly (the award-winning Village Voice of the West) and couldn’t be more excited! The first thing I write about? Cartoons, of course! More specifically, from February 16th-June 19th the Cartoon Art Museum will…
Dwell Magazine: Crossing the Line / A Space by Tanya Aguiñiga
I recently had the amazing opportunity to interview furniture designer/textile-maven Tanya Aguiñiga about her new exhibition at L.A.’s Craft and Folk Art Museum for Dwell.com. Inspired by her recent trip to the indigenous region of Chiapas, Mexico where she learned the…
San Francisco February Arts Highlights
Love it or hate it, it’s the month of love, and you’ve got a hot date with the arts this February. Check out the hottest events in San Francisco including masterful paper fashions at the Legion of Honor, the first-ever…
Print Magazine: Phonography and Why Graphic Designer Josh Higgins Rocks!
As a contributing writer for Print Magazine’s awesome design blog, Imprint, I recently had the fantastic opportunity to interview noted graphic designer and silkscreen artist, Josh Higgins. Josh conceived the unique idea for the phone-based photography exhibition, Phonography, featuring renowned creatives such…
SF STATION: Clue at the Boxcar Theatre in San Francisco
If fear of heights, long periods of darkness, and small enclosed spaces sends you into a panic, it’s all part of the adventure at Boxcar Theatre’s newest play, Clue. Based on the cult classic whodunit board game-turned-movie, this highly imaginative but…
Dwell Magazine: Suprasensorial Experiments in Light, Color, and Space
What exactly does it mean to fully immerse oneself in art? This month I had the fantastic opportunity to interview Senior Curator of L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Alma Ruiz, for Dwell.com. In my article, we discuss MOCA’s newest exhibition,…
SF Station: Shrek The Musical at San Francisco’s Orpheum Theatre
If it’s possible for a great pair of legs to steal a show, then Lord Farquaad’s short, floppy puppet gams are the hilarious highlight of DreamWorks’ screen-to-stage adaption, Shrek the Musical, based on the 2001 animated film. At the Orpheum Theatre…
SF Station: How Wine Became Modern at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Let’s face it, the Bay Area is a tad wine obsessed. But with neighboring Napa and Sonoma Valleys producing some of the best wines in the world, who can blame us? The question is: What’s everyone else’s excuse? From wine…
SF Station: Curious George Saves the Day: The Art of Margret & H.A. Rey at San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum
When walking through the Curious George Saves the Day exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, don’t be surprised if you find yourself delightfully squealing, “Wow, I remember that!” coupled with lots of, “Wow, I never knew that!” exclamations. The exhibit…
SF Station: PIXAR 25 Years of Animation
After a worldwide tour that started in 2005 at New York’s MoMA, PIXAR: 25 Years of Animation returned home. This is a newly enhanced presentation from the original MoMA exhibit that includes all of the original art plus new additions…
HowDesign Magazine: The S-word + Graphic Design
I recently helped kick-off a new monthly online series for HOW Magazine which highlights an outstanding design firm or freelance design business creating amazing work. In my article, I profile the stellar Seattle-based graphic design studio, Turnstyle. We discuss their philosophy,…
SF Station: TechnoCRAFT / Hackers, Modders, Fabbers, Tweakers and Design in the Age of Individuality"
Mongolian barbeque meets consumer-designed goods at Yerba Buena’s newest exhibition,TechnoCRAFT: Hackers, Modders, Fabbers, Tweakers and Design in the Age of Individuality. And no, this is certainly not a food exhibition. But just like the Mongolian barbeque, where each individual cooks…
SF Station: Young Frankenstein Review / Dead Funny!
Prior to becoming a writer/designer/buzz builder, I was all-consumed by a completely different art form. I studied theater and performed off-Broadway in NYC for more than five years when I was younger. A decade later, I’m finally able to put…