At a Metaverse Near Everyone Dec. 6 @ Noon PT
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Double Grammy Whammy: Meet Ryan Heffington, the Choreographer Behind ‘Chandelier’ and ‘We Exist’
Chandelier choreographer Ryan Heffington has been called mad (with a sewing machine), a cult trainer (for his Sweaty Sunday classes at his dance studio), an electric, all-around creative force, and…
Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Porn, Media, and Why Life Is Always Better Than Movies
Joseph Gordon-Levitt doesn’t want to talk about porn. Not that he’s coy or repentant about the benumbing barrage of Pornhub clips in his debut film, “Don Jon.” After all, the…
Photographer shares unusual view of twin towers before 9/11
Photo by Katie Weisberger By Vera H-C Chan It was a photo that anyone might have taken. In the years leading to Sept. 11, 2001, Americans took to the skies…
FROM BEHIND THE VEIL; BAY AREA MUSLIM WOMEN TALK ABOUT THEIR LIVES, THEIR BELIEFS AND THEIR COUNTERPARTS ELSEWHERE IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD
Looking at the SUVs corralled in the driveway of the Lafayette home, one would suspect a meeting of mothers. Indeed, inside preschoolers race around with toy fire engines, eat chunks…
A YEN FOR STARDOM; HONG KONG LEADING MAN IS MAKING THE LEAP TO STATESIDE CINEMA
All a boy needs to know about martial arts, Donnie Yen learned from his mother. It helps that his mother, Bow Sim Mark, is one of the leading martial artists…
MOVE’S AFOOT; MODERN DANCE TROUPE FOUNDER ANANDHA RAY DIRECTS HER LAST CONCERT, BUT SHE WON’T BE GOING FAR
Eleven years ago, after moving to Walnut Creek with her new husband, Mark, Anandha Ray was looking for rehearsal space. The award-winning choreographer and dance therapist had been living in…
AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR NOMINEES
Although the Webby Awards are international in scope, not surprisingly, many nominees reside in the Bay Area, the cradle of Silicon civilization. “The Webby Awards are the only Web awards…
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SHLAIN; IN TIMES OF TURMOIL, WEBBY AWARDS FOUNDER PREACHES THE WORD OF THE INTERNET
Describe the Webby Awards in five words or less. Vanity Fair crowned the event that salutes the Internet with an It Award. Entertainment Weekly deemed it a “hot ticket.” The…
ROAD WARRIOR; BIKE MESSENGER TURNED ACTIVIST AUTHOR PUSHES FOR POWER TO THE PEDALER
WRITE THIS DOWN,’ Travis Hugh Culley says. Nearby, a tape recorder imprints his voice onto a 90-minute blank cassette. Before him, a reporter’s pen scribbles on notebook paper. Culley is…