SF Chronicle Datebook Cover Story Rockin’ With Kids By Erika Milvy The value of mixing booze and babies was memorably extolled by San Francisco native Christie Mellor, who coined the term “The Three-Martini Playdate.” Her 2004 book mocks uber-moms and micromanaged childhoods and extols
Miranda July won’t divulge details about live secret show Miranda July is a film director, screenwriter, novelist, actor, performance artist, digital innovator, app inventor and full-time hipster. Her newest project is “secret” interactive audience participation performance art project in which the element of surprise is crucial.
‘ The Office’ Wrong for Each Other, Right for the Show Jan and Michael present a blackly humorous contrast to the show’s central romance between the office mates Jim and Pam, which itself echoes the tantalizing will-they-or-won’t-they zigzag consecrated on “Cheers” and “Friends.” Jim and Pam
….It’s called “free-range parenting” — or, depending on which side of the mommy wars you’re on, it’s called the worst kind of parenting ever. Now that my daughter is in middle school, I can’t actually believe how free-range my own childhood was. It was Manhattan
A One Woman Cast of Thousands A Q&A with Tracy Ullman for More Magazine Ullman talks about her new Showtime show, and divulges that the key to playing a man is
This is a new essay I wrote for The Motherlode Blog in The New York Times. I’m totally surprised my daughter let me publish it!
‘Batkid’ flick kicks off 25th Cinequest fest By Erika Milvy The Cinequest Film Festival opens with the heartwarming tale of young Miles Scott told in Dana Nachman’s documentary “Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World.” Unless you live in an underground lair, you’ve probably
Any play with the word vibrator in the title and Victorian ladies dropping their knickers and leaping onto the orgasm table — is certain to stimulate audiences. Sarah Ruhl’s In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) , an examination of women’s sexuality in the Victorian
Premiering in San Francisco before its January New York opening, Beautiful, The Carole King Musical, is yet another Juke box musical. But unlike other recent musical biographies about musical careers, the Carole King story is really about music making. Source: Beautiful, the Carole King Musical