Becca Klarin

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• Posted Dance Flash: ODC/Dance, Metalsmithing, and Burning Man with Bike Artist Max Chen to Culture/Entertainment
  Max Chen created custom bicycle-art-slash-sets-slash-props for ODC/Dance's KT Nelson and her series of transit-focused dances. As Nelson's second piece in the series, "Transit II:...
• Posted Ten Things to Tickle Your Fancy at SF Ballet's Fairly Contemporary Program 3 to Culture/Entertainment
  San Francisco Ballet's third program of the 2013 season focuses on contemporary choreographers and accessible-yet-unexpected movement styles. Last night's opening highlighted ten don't-miss moments...
• Posted SF Ballet Reviewed: "Borderlands" Pairs Whimsy With Your Inner Mathematical Artiste to Culture/Entertainment
  Over the past two ballet seasons, Wayne McGregor's earthy "Chroma" took San Francisco's balletgoers by storm. And Tuesday night, San Francisco Ballet debuted his...
• Commented on SF Examiner Owner Announces Plans For Yet Another Local Media Acquisition
  Maybe he'll through us for a loop and go all monthly mag on us. 7x7, anyone?...
• Posted Appealing Event: Spice Up Your Life With The Spirit Of Brazil to Culture/Entertainment
  Brazil's contribution added some much needed zest to the to the London Olympics Closing Ceremonies (those Spice Girls were just bleh, right? I expected...
• Posted Dance Flash: Grab a Headset and Tour Nureyev's "A Life in Dance" to Culture/Entertainment
  Walking through the Rudolf Nureyev exhibit--A Life in Dance--at the de Young Museum is like scampering through your mom's closet. Well, if your mom...
• Posted Dance Flash: Creating Dance and Being Happy with Maurya Kerr to Culture/Entertainment
  Next Monday, the WestWave Dance Festival presents a special night of choreography by Maurya Kerr, former principal dancer with Alonzo Kings LINES Ballet. Kerr's...
• Posted What's Fair And Square Within The Game: Ballplayer: Pelotero to Culture/Entertainment
  Daily struggles to achieve greatness, battering your body to bits, lying about your age, tumultuous relationships with your family and mentor, and vying against...
• Posted Getting My Move On: Finding a Secret Agent and Playing the Mortgage Game to News
  This is part three in a series (here are parts one and two) for the Appeal on a first-time home buying experience in San...
• Commented on Man Has Dog Stolen While Walking In Upper Haight
  Would love details about the dog so that the neighborhood can keep an eye out for it!...
• Posted Appealing Event: Delve Into "Channels" of Expression and Impermanence This Weekend at Shotwell Studios to Culture/Entertainment
  This coming weekend isn't just for jazz festivals and leftover fireworks. Daria Kaufman, Bianca Brzezinski, and musician/composer Richard Warp pool their talents into "Channels",...
• Posted Dance Flash: Joe Goode's "When We Fall Apart" Debuts This Weekend to Culture/Entertainment
  Joe Good Performance Group in "When We Fall Apart." Photo by RJ Muna. A master craftsman, Joe Goode builds formidable and intrinsic dances that...
• Posted Dance Flash: Robert Moses on His New-Yet-Not-Really-New "The BY Series" to Culture/Entertainment
  Robert Moses connects intelligent movement effortlessly with sheer, liquid ribbons and a tad bit of sticky tape. Watching his dances as they move across...
• Posted Getting My Move On: The Open House Adventure to News
  Or: How I Spent My Sunday Afternoons (for three months straight) This is part two in a series (here's part one) for the Appeal on...
• Posted SFIFF: Last Winter to Culture/Entertainment
  A man trudges forward, slowly making his way through a snow storm. The landscape hangs in the distance, bleak with jagged white-capped hills rising...
• Posted Dance Flash: You Might Like SF Ballet's "Don Quixote" If... to Culture/Entertainment
  San Francisco Ballet's last program of the season is "Don Quixote," aka "Don Q." The ballet features choreography by Alexander Gorsky and Marius Petipa...
• Posted Getting My Move On: Whether To Rent or Buy to News
  This is the first of a four-part series for the Appeal on a first-time home buying experience in San Francisco. Up until college, my...
• Posted Dance Flash: ACSF Helps You Cartwheel Into Capoeira (It's Free) to Culture/Entertainment
  Bay Area Dance Week is back. If you've had an itch to try something new, there's no time like the present, as local artists...
• Posted SF Ballet Program 7 Reviewed: Top This (No Really. Try It. I Dare You.) to Culture/Entertainment
  San Francisco Ballet's top program this season just might be the all-George-Balanchine program. Balanchine's style, characterized as neo-classical, shifted traditional ballet away from pretty...
• Commented on Appealing TV: Smash, Kathy, Ricky Gervais, Real Housewives Of New Jersey
  I had such high hopes for Smash, but man, it's turned into one mini-soap after another. Sexual harassment! Prescription addiction! Jealousy! Covers of Adele songs! A manipulative assistant! A son who looks the same age as his mother! I keep...
• Posted SF Ballet Program 6 Reviewed: Up And Comers Delight to Culture/Entertainment
  Frances Chung and Pascal Molat in Page's "Guide To Strange Places." Photo © Erik Tomasson San Francisco Ballet has its hands full, alternating two...
• Posted SF Ballet Program 5 Reviewed: Introspective and Enjoyable to Culture/Entertainment
  San Francisco Ballet in Edwaard Liang's "Symphonic Dances." Photo © Erik Tomasson. "Oh my. I could have worn my Levi's tonight," one well-dressed woman...
• Posted Dance Flash: Gretchen Garnett Talks Tight Spaces and Tube Tops to Culture/Entertainment
  Over the next two weekends, Gretchen Garnett & Dancers, Aura Fischbeck Dance, and The Riley Project present new contemporary dance works in their collaborative...
• Commented on One Early Morning Earthquake Downgraded To 3.5 Magnitude, Other Remains A 4.0
  It definitely woke me up! It felt like my apartment was rumbling on and on for a few long seconds....
• Posted SF Ballet Program 2 Reviewed: A Gamechanger, Well Crafted Fluff, and a Re-do to Culture/Entertainment
  San Francisco Ballet has packed its second program of the season with a wallop of athletic dance. Opening Wednesday's program, Wayne McGregor's "Chroma" still...
• Commented on Supes To Consider Two Proposals To Change City's Election System
  I like ranked-choice voting. Run-off elections here in SF tend to be under-attended and incredibly drawn out. More education about how the run-off process works would be really useful....
• Posted SF Ballet's Spirited "Onegin" Brings on Handkerchief-gate to Culture/Entertainment
  Flirt with your best friend's girl, and today you might get an angry text message or the cold shoulder. But in John Cranko's ballet...
• Posted Dance Flash: Focusing In On Samantha Giron's "Aperture" to Culture/Entertainment
  Samantha Giron's latest creation, "Aperture," premieres this weekend at KUNST-STOFF Arts. Giron touts this new work as "contemporary-meets-street dance" and "electronics-meets-strings." It also brings...
• Favorited Questions Raised About Reasons Behind Eviction Of Gold Dust Lounge on News
• Posted Dance Flash: Reflection and Anticipation Abound to Culture/Entertainment
  Normally, I don't look back on the year's momentous occasions or make New Year's resolutions. In the past, I've thought of New Year's strictly...