Category Archives: San Francisco

“The Outside World,” Richard Learoyd at Fraenkel Gallery, Art Practical

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Larissa Archer

“For I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue.” ―William Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey, 1798 … Continue reading →

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Bellydancing and Hummus: Third Fridays at Tannourine, Huffington Post

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Larissa Archer

One of the effects of skyrocketing rent in any city is that the surrounding cities become cooler. Inexpensive space attracts artists who fill that space with work they can no longer afford to present in a city increasingly ransomed to … Continue reading →

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“We have not loved life.” Garry Winogrand at SFMOMA, Huffington Post

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Larissa Archer

The first several hours I spent in SFMOMA’s Garry Winogrand retrospective, I thought writing about it would be easy: it seemed like each of the 300 images offered such imaginative fodder that the only problem would be to avoid long-windedness. … Continue reading →

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The Terracotta Warriors at the Asian Art Museum, Huffington Post

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Larissa Archer

It’s hard not to give oneself over entirely to awe when regarding any of the great man-made wonders of the world. One wants to stare moist-eyed at these masterpieces and ponder the soaring ambition, ingenuity and perseverance of man, but … Continue reading →

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Maxfield Parrish’s “The Pied Piper”

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Larissa Archer

Sigh. The Palace Hotel has removed the famed Maxfield Parrish painting, The Pied Piper, from its home and original setting, Maxfield’s (the main bar’s appropriate name). They estimate its worth between $3- and $5 million, will sell it at auction … Continue reading →

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I’m Complaining about Mark Morris’s “Beaux” at San Francisco Ballet again.

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Larissa Archer

While San Francisco Ballet’s premiere of resident choreographer Yuri Possokhov’s new Rite of Spring was the big draw in Program Three, the evening started with two of last year’s premieres: Ashley Page’s Guide to Strange Places and Mark Morris’s Beaux. … Continue reading →

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“Nijinsky” with Hamburg Ballet, for Zyzzyva

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Larissa Archer

A few people straggled almost unnoticed onto the stage of the War Memorial Opera House before the house lights had dimmed, and they began to talk. Even before the dancing had begun, their presence was an announcement that one had … Continue reading →

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South Africa in Apartheid and After at SFMOMA, Art Practical

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Larissa Archer

“More and more he is convinced that English is an unfit medium for the truth of South Africa.”—J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace. South Africa in Apartheid and After, at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, is a photographic investigation of the troubled … Continue reading →

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It Can’t Happen Here: Sexual Harassment in the Theatre, Theatre Bay Area Magazine

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Larissa Archer

“We have a zero-tolerance policy on sexual harassment, and we have never had any complaints.” This is what I heard from the representatives of every Bay Area theatre company I asked (the ones who responded to my query, that is) … Continue reading →

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My Play from the SF Olympians Festival

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Larissa Archer

Ok, so a short play I wrote (that is, the first play–in fact, the first piece of fiction/adaptation I’ve ever attempted) was read last night as part of the SF Olympians Festival, a thirteen-day series of staged readings of original … Continue reading →

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