Over the last several months, an encampment has been growing in Coast Salish Territory, also known as so-called British Columbia against a massive Kinder Morgan project, the Trans Mountain Pipeline. In response, the project has faced mass opposition; in March, upwards of ten thousand marched against it. But while NGOs are concentrating on organizing large … Continued
Michael Mayer, director of the musical “Head over Heels” at the Curran, is interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky. Michael Mayer has been nominated for a Tony Award several times, and won Best Director for “Spring Awakening.” He talks about the new show, as well as his career, in this wide-ranging discussion.
Facebook’s privacy PR implosion began on Friday, March 17th, when the company tried to pre-empt forthcoming reports in The New York Times and the Guardian by announcing that it had banned a political consulting firm named Cambridge Analytica for misappropriating Facebook user data on some 50 million people. Just hours before that announcement went out, … Continued
Ariel Levy, author of the memoir “The Rules Do Not Apply” in coversation with Richard Wolinsky. A staff writer for the New Yorker magazine since 2008, Ariel Levy first began her tenure focusing on issues involving sexuality and gender. She’s since expanded her reach, with stories about Silvio Berlusconi, Mike Huckabee, the hip drug ayuhuaska and the photographer Catherine Opie. While on assignment in Mongolia, she developed a miscarriage and, within two weeks, saw her relationship go south. Her memoir talks about both events, her career in journalism, and coping with loss.
Jessica Hagedorn, playwright of “The Gangster of Love,” based on her novel of the same name, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky. “The Gangster of Love” has its world premiere at the Magic in San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center, April 11 – May 6, 2018.
On October 11, agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement followed Fernando Carrillo as he took his four-year-old to daycare. Then they gave him a choice: you can go free, now, in Mexico. Or you can stay here to fight your deportation from a jail cell. His wife, Lourdes Barraza, was already raising three kids and … Continued
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “The Effect” by Lucy Prebble, directed by Bill English, at San Francisco Playhouse through April 26, 2018. SF Playhouse website
KPFA’s theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Saturday Night,” the first musical by Stephen Sondheim, in its Bay Area premiere, at the Gateway (Eureka) Theatre in San Francisco through April 15, 2018.
Rachel York is in San Francisco as a member of the ensemble of the musical “Head Over Heels!” which has its pre-Broadway try-out at the Curran from April 10th through May 6th, with a Broadway previews scheduled for June 23rd. She has previously been seen on Broadway in “City of Angels, “Les Miserables,” “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” and several other shows. Richard Wolinsky speaks breifly with Rachel York about her career, about the Me Too movement, and about her latest project.
Steven Saylor, whose latest novel in the Gordianus the Finder “Roma Sub Rosa” series, “The Throne of Caesar,” deals with the events of the Ides of March, 44 B.C. He talks about the book, his research on ancient Rome and his life as a writer, along with the comparison of the fall of the Roman Republic to the rise of Donald Trump in this discussion with host Richard Wolinsky.
