We are SO all over the upcoming Litquake Opening Night at the Regency Center, Friday, October 6. Written word and music kept us sane in our dork formative years, and continue to sustain us. While we used to hope those dork years were behind us, we have learned to embrace it. We can't think of a better way to celebrate and acknowledge these two cherished forces than Between the Bridges, a homage to literature with a fabbo lineup of Bay Area musicians. It's a known fact that almost all writers listen to music, now it's our turn to find out what writers musicians READ and in some cases, incorporate into their work as inspiration. ...

One of the best things about being Jewish is all the random holidays on random nights that totally gives you the excuse to go party on nights you normally wouldn't go party on. Case in point is this Sunday which is Shavuot. Shavuot, which means "Feast of Weeks," commemorates Moses receiving the Fifteen Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai and is also traditionally a celebration of the harvest time. As part of the holiday, we Jews......