Arts & Entertainment Spike Lee Receives Mill Valley Film Fest Award, Suddenly Recalls He Made ‘Sucker Free City’ Esteemed filmmaker Spike Lee received a Tribute Award at the Mill Valley Film Festival this weekend. While on stage with Oakland-based actor Delroy Lindo, who starred in four of Lee’s films, Lee suddenly remembered he directed the 2004 film 'Sucker Free City.'
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: Ballhalla DJs, The Worm Run, Transit Art, and Temple Brunch Ballhalla DJs and Jalapeño Guy bring the beats, while Transit Month rolls on with art, walks, and the Worm Run. Add temple brunch, Doors Open tours, a rediscovered Coppola short, open studios, Black Neighborhood hikes, and a garter snake revival.
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: Recology AIR 35th, Aquatic Park Doc, Rodin with Pipe Organ, and Teen Chase Film In this week’s Field Notes: a live pipe organ at Legion of Honor, stone legacy in Mill Valley, Recology’s Artist in Residence exhibit, and an Aquatic Park doc. Also: Amy Tan with Christian Cooper, teen film 'The Jar', and Sacramento’s music archive.
Arts & Entertainment Notable Humans: Filmmaker Joslyn Rose Lyons Leads Oakland Arts Renaissance This week: Filmmaker Joslyn Rose Lyons spotlights Oakland stories; Dr. Veronica Jow bridges dance and medicine; softball star Nina Pototo shines; and we honor lives well lived — Federal Glover, Rob Reich, and Dorothy Fisher Anderson.
Arts & Entertainment Interesting Humans: Arthur Dong, Pioneering Gay, Asian American Filmmaker Highlighting the uplifting stories of Bay Area residents and the communities they support, featuring Arthur Dong, San Francisco native and gay Chinese American filmmaker; Hafeth “Omar” Mansouri and his canine colleague Major of "Corner Stories;" and trans barber Santana Vasquez.
Arts & Entertainment Oscar-Winning Marin County Filmmaker John Korty Has Died at Age 85 The director of “Go Ask Alice” and “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” was the inspiration for Coppola and George Lucas to start up their own Bay Area film studios, and remained in Marin County throughout his prolific career.
SF News Noted Filmmaker George Kuchar Dies An inspiration for artists like John Waters, among others, local filmmaker George Kuchar died on September 6 following a battle with cancer. The San Francisco Art Institute released the following statement today: "It
