Arts & Culture

Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 16:37

Playing with Pastiche by Amy Ton

By Between Degrees
About these pieces: Part of a pastiche of The Humument by Tom Phillips, these pages were altered from a 1932 copy of A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman, found in one of many collections of “Free Books.” Sometimes I feel a bit intimidated by a blank page or canvas, so this was a great exercise to just play with whatever was originally on the page.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 12:02

Midnight Musings by Lay Kodama

By Between Degrees

Poetry for me is a way to retrospectively mine meaning out of seemingly-significant moments in my life.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 10:03

Sketches by Eva Gillis-Buck

By Between Degrees

In college, I found it was difficult to fit in both studio art classes and laboratory time – both are long and grueling in their own way. I chose the laboratory, but figure drawing has been a way for me to stay connected to the visual arts.

Picture of the Chamber Music Society performing
Sunday, December 7, 2014 - 11:51

UCSF Chamber Music Society Performs

By Synapse
The Chamber Music Society at UCSF performed their winter concert on Dec 5. They also performed a Mendelssohn octet as the opening act for the Vocal Chords winter concert.
Picture of Vocal Chords a cappella group singing
Sunday, December 7, 2014 - 11:49

UCSF Vocal Chords perform their Winter Concert

By Synapse

The Vocal Chords, UCSF’s a cappella group, performs at their winter concert to a packed Toland Hall on Dec 6.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 13:07

Interview with Indre Viskontas: Who Says You Can’t Mix Neuroscience and Opera?

By Hanna Starobinets

The Bay Area Science Festival (BASF) ran for 10 days this October, and Dr. Indre Viskontas was heavily involved.

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 18:32

A World-Class Deal for Culture Lovers

By Synapse

San Francisco Performances’ Culture Card is the best deal in town for arts lovers.

Charlie Varon
Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 12:38

Charlie Varon: Storytelling from the Stage

By Akshay Govind

Bernie Schein lives in a Jewish retirement home in San Francisco. He hates yoga, boutique shops, $6 cups of coffee and the people who drink them.

book cover of tell me again
Thursday, May 15, 2014 - 11:36

Tell Me Again Reading Set for May 18

By Jenny Qi

“Expressive writing promotes both spiritual and physical healing,” according to Dr. David Watts, Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF, and his wife Dr. Joan Baranow, Associate Professor of English at Dominican University.

Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 14:00

TABULA 2014

By Synapse

“It is difficult to get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there,” wrote the iconic physician-poet William Carlos Williams.