2+ hour, 57+ min ago  (1201+ words) San Francisco Ballet artistic director Tamara Rojo is known for taking risks. She says that, with the exception of Nutcracker, "every time you bring back the same work, less people will come. You are cannibalizing yourself. So that's not really…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1033+ words) NPR's Scott Simon speaks with David Harrington, Gabriela D'az, Ayane Kozasa, and Paul Wiancko about being the Kronos Quartet. One of the great delights of working at NPR, aside from B. J. Leiderman doing our theme music, is that you can leave…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (292+ words) The old-fashioned roadside billboard is hot property these days in San Francisco, with tech startups snapping up ad space. But it's often not clear what they're selling. Billboard ads for tech startups in San Francisco are cryptic on purpose The…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago  (72+ words) Alysia Abbott was raised by a single father at the dawn of the gay liberation era. Sofia Coppola recently adapted Abbott's memoir, Fairyland, to film. Originally broadcast in 2013. 'Fairyland' author recalls growing up with her gay dad in pre-AIDS San…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (74+ words) Alysia Abbott's memoir about growing up in 1970s San Francisco with her gay, single father, has been adapted into a film directed by Andrew Durham and produced by Sofia Coppola. Fairyland recalls a girl's life with her poet father in pre-AIDS…...