Roses are red, violets are blue. We've handpicked the best things for you to do. This week, Cal Academy's penguins accept warm and fuzzy Valentine's, a multi-sensory Red Envelope pop-up takes over Viridian bar in Oakland, Noise Pop brings live music back to the Bay, Nisei blesses foodies with a seri.
Following a string of albums deconstructing Lambchop’s sound, Kurt Wagner continues to reinvent his band, this time using MIDI-assisted piano melodies to write love songs to music itself.
There is nothing like Celtic music to bring a lift to the step and a smile to the heart, and SONGS OF IRELAND, a new benefit concert streaming on the Fulton Theatre s virtual platform, Fulton HD, delivers an hour of irresistible tunes performed with impeccable style, charm, and emotional depth by a stellar ensemble, who have a strong bond with Maine theatre. Directed and choreographed by Marc Robin, this beautifully crafted musical revue brings together Curt Dale Clark, Charis Leos, David Girolmo, Cary Michele Miller, Jay Poff, and Gillian Hassert, all of whom are favorites at Maine State Music and most veterans of either the 2016 THE IRISH AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY co-production with Portland Stage or Robin s restaging at the Fulton Theatre in 2018.
February 18, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Constance Scrafield
If it works well, always make it a bit better seems to be the philosophy, as Theatre Orangeville’s An Affair of the Heart online shows welcome audiences. Running now until Feb. 25, this show is filled with songs of romance, Shakespeare’s lovers’ sonnets, a love story in dance and Debbie Collins making us laugh.
Nicolas Mustapha is on deck at the Grand piano, primarily as accompanist.
Derek Marshall opens the entertainment, elegant in his tux, a crooner for these times. He brings those smooth songs that never grow old, singing them the way they were meant to be sung. Echoes of Sinatra, Dean Martin – maybe Sammy Davis Jr. Romance is firmly in the air with Nice ‘N Easy [Does It]– “hold on to your horses” and take your time to enjoy.
Anne Schrager February 12, 2021Updated: February 17, 2021, 7:13 am
Bridey Murphy, 5, of Ingleside makes a Mardi Gras mask during a community Mardi Gras celebration held at the IT Bookman Community Center in the Ocean View neighborhood of San Francisco last February. Photo: Jessica Christian, The Chronicle
A typical Mardi Gras celebration involves gathering in the street for parades, brass music and boozy drinks. With the pandemic still wreaking havoc in the U.S., the party preceding the start of Lent moves to a mostly virtual setting, ensuring that the spirit of the special occasion lives on.
In New Orleans where millions gather in a normal year to celebrate the popular “Krewe of Bacchus” social club was one of many organizations forced to cancel its extravagant parade held before Fat Tuesday (Feb. 16). Instead, they unveiled an app called “Throw Me Something Bacchus,” in which fans can create an avatar, check out floats and marching bands, enter to ‘cat