August 2007
5 posts
Cheers for Chekhov
It’s theater in the key of Chekhov on the Peninsula this September: Both the Pear Avenue Theatre and Dragon Productions are taking the Russian playwright for a whirl. First “Three Sisters” opens at the Pear on Sept. 7, and then “Chekhov in Yalta” by John Driver and Jeffrey Haddow bows at Dragon on Sept. 21. Meredith Hagedorn calls the pairing “an interesting...
A letter to the president
Everyone’s got something to say about the president, but Stanford student Jeff Mendelman penned a whole hip-hop song about it. Here’s “Dear Mr. Bush” by JeFFHH, as he’s known in the hip-hop community. Jeff will also be on the Weekly’s cover tomorrow, accompanied by a terrific story about him by Elizabeth Obreza. ...
Art anywhere
The Houston Zoo has painted rhinos, zebras and peacocks on its restroom stall doors, which just goes to show that you can put art anywhere. Locally, I got inspired to shoot this video by an underground parking garage. I spend half my life in galleries and museums, but a visit to the Palo Alto Medical Foundation reminded me that art is often sweeter in unexpected places. A garage there features a...
What's new
It’s doubtful that Scarlett O’Hara would have decorated Tara with paintings of melting clocks. But actress Vivien Leigh is surprisingly striking (look right) in the rapid-fire and sometimes surreal brush strokes of artist Gilbert Marosi. I interviewed Marosi and his son Robert Marosi Bustamante, a fellow artist, at their enormous Los Altos studio last year. Then, Marosi was focusing...
Steam heat
I had the best time researching this week’s cover story. Getting to ride in a 1924 Stanley steam car on a summer afternoon was a true thrill. It was a waltz into the past, when the roads were calmer, life was quieter, and a Sunday drive was a treat. And it was also pretty cute to watch photographer Norbert von der Groeben practically crow with excitement at the prospect of riding in the...
