Listen & Be Heard Weekly Archives

The Willows Theatre in Concord continues its 30th anniversary season with a show that the company’s patrons voted as their favorite comedy of all time: Michael Frayn’s Noises Off. It’s no wonder the play is such a hit with ticket holders. Noises Off is a gut-bustingly hilarious farce within a farce.
The play follows [...]

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I must confess that the last time I saw “Sweeney Todd” I hated it, and I vowed not to see it again. The Solano Community College production of this show, however, has changed my attitude about “Sweeney Todd”, and I am glad that I went in spite of my reservations. George Maguire (Director) [...]

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Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy
San Francisco, Landmarks’ Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness, 415.267.4893
from April 7th
Show times: Sat & Sun – 11:30, 2:15, 5: 00, 8:00*
Fri, & Mon-Thu – 2:15, 5:00, 8:00*
*Friday, April 7th: Q&A with the Writer / Director Graham Coleman following the 8.00 P.M. screening
Berkeley, Shattuck, 2230 Shattuck, Berkeley, 510.464.5980
from April 7th
Show times: Sat & [...]

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After an incredibly rainy March, problems with mold are bound to crop up. They can take the form of more allergies, headaches, dizziness, decreased attention span, difficulty in, uh, concentration… Um, where was I?
Oh, yeah – mold. Not only is it bad for you (and worse if you’re immuno-compromised), but it’s terrible for your house. [...]

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China Wok
512 Sacramento St., Vallejo
645-2008
One cool thing about being a restaurant critic is the little things that happen to you that wouldn’t happen if you weren’t one. For example, when I stopped in to China Wok to set up a review during a bustling lunch hour, on the way out, someone yelled, “try the crab!” [...]

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The introspective evening of new or arranged compositions by Howard Wiley (April 4, 2006 at The Intersection For The Arts in San Francisco), started with an introduction from Daniel Atkinson, a graduate student in Ethnomusicology at the University of Washington. Daniel went to the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana in August 2005 to begin [...]

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by hunter austin
A pall of violent legacy eroded
On a pulsing soul train spike
engraved homeward bound I wish I were
Drawing up the smoky red wisps into the umber twilight
as dusk makes a positive I.D. of the dark’s approach
my thumb comes down and floods warm and ecdysiastic
Momentarily and involuntary knee buckling brainstem
Mu 1 reception very very welcome
Sitting [...]

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“Stranger than fiction” first brings to mind the Darwin Awards. For those not familiar, the following is a description from the official website (www.darwinawards.com):
We salute the improvement of the human genome by honoring those who remove themselves from it. Of necessity, this honor is generally bestowed posthumously.
Each year via email, I receive the [...]

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I would like to welcome you to another week of self-discovery and universal understanding. While the sun is transiting the sign Aries, the first sign of the Zodiac, I would like you to think about who you really are, as a person, and what you seek to gain by being who you are. My point [...]

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There are Martial Artists and potential practitioners that believe who advanced techniques exist. This idea is almost born out of mysticism. There seems to be this “air of mystery” that surrounds some of the techniques in the Martial Arts. The idea that advanced techniques are complex or because it seems to be [...]

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I started to write this recipe for a simple but delicious French onion soup, when my head was diverted by uncovering a copy of a statement by the Dalai Lama. I don’t remember where I got this statement from, but into my head came memories of a great English friend of mine and his [...]

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Hobbit, adpted from J.R.R. Tolkien
Cinnabar Theater
3333 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma
April 13-15; Sun 2pm; $8-12
707-763-8920
Toni Braxton
The Paramount Theatre
2025 Broadway, Oakland
April 13 at 8pm; $60-70
510-839-4361
Matthew Bourne’s contemporary Swan Lake
Orpheum Theatre
1192 Market St., San Francisco
Final Shows April 12-15 at show times vary; $35-85
415-512-7770
Noises Off
Willows Theatre, Willows Shopping Center
1975 Diamond Blvd., Concord
Now Showing through May 7 at times vary; [...]

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In the area of desire, there always seem to be associated taboos, certain foods, alcohol and drugs, sexual experiences come to mind as some of the most obvious. Most of us associate the word ‘taboo’ with what is off-limits due to some sort of moral juncture. In short, it’s “bad”, or it’s bad [...]

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Ever since Richard Pryor’s three classic films ”Live In Concert,” “Live on the Sunset Strip” and “Here and Now”, stand-up comedy left behind its late night dive image to become part of mainstream American culture and entertainment. People paid good money to see just Richard Pryor standing onstage, larger than life, with no special effects, [...]

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