Mar 13
Accidental Death of an Anarchist, which opened at the Berkeley Rep this evening, is both the funniest and the most serious show I’ve ever seen at this theatre. The author is Italy’s famous Dario Fo — Nobel Prize for Literature, 1997 — and the setting is 1970 Milan, but the Rep has tweaked the script so …
Mar 08
To satisfy time after time, a salad needs to be complex. Even cows seek out variety, chomping on dandelions, daisies, and other bits of herbal spice to enrich their diet of plain old verdure. We humans can do so much more, especially if, like me, we live a few steps from the famous Monterey Market, …
Mar 05
Lots of sound and fury about Ukraine, with a pre-war atmosphere to it. Political posturing setting new heights of ridicule and hypocrisy. Tons of garbage in the press. Among the clearer, more rational voices is this piece from the Guardian by Seumas Milne: Diplomatic pronouncements are renowned for hypocrisy and double standards. But western denunciations …
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