Beulah Vega

1 week ago | pacificsun.com | Beulah Vega

One has seen the work of Artemisia Gentileschi, even if they don’t recognize the name. Considered a master of Baroque painting, her works appear in museums worldwide. She worked on commissions for the Medici Court, the Court of Charles I, Philip IV of Spain and many others. The first woman ever to be accepted into the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, she is best known now for being raped. “It’s reductive to say that her art is just about her rape.

3 weeks ago | pacificsun.com | Beulah Vega

Done so often, just like Mama Mia and Dear Evan Liar-pants, Cabaret is used as the punchline of jokes about musical theater kids. It’s no joke. Based on Christopher Isherwood’s 1939 semi-autobiographical novel, Goodbye to Berlin, it has always been a play about the seductive powers of excess, comfort and looking the other way. One is meant to feel good about the music until they understand the lyrics, because that is how propaganda operates, infiltrating through the things one loves.

1 month ago | pacificsun.com | Beulah Vega

There’s a balloon in the backseat of my car. It’s not my balloon; mine was lost during the group picture. It’s my friend’s balloon that I stole. We got the balloons when Mrs. Krishnan (Kalyani Nagarajan), the titular character of Mrs. Krishnan’s Party, was “upstairs” changing and James (Justin Rogers) was out “dealing with the shop.” Considering that the production currently playing on the Boyer stage (literally) at Marin Theatre through March 30 is a two-person play, one may have some questions.

1 month ago | pacificsun.com | Beulah Vega

Says Jacob Rajan, co-founder of New Zealand-based Indian Ink Theater and co-writer of Marin Theatre’s upcoming Mrs. Krishnan’s Party: “You’ll love it; it’s my mother’s recipe. It’s good wholesome food.” He’s referring to dahl and adds that it might have a little kick, but it’s vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free. “It’s delicious,” he says reassuringly.

1 month ago | petaluma360.com | Beulah Vega

Imagine for a moment that you could see caffeine – like, every little particle racing through time and space, vibrating the light spectrum into giant splashes of color. Now, take that image and imagine it as a mug. If you see something that looks familiar, you have probably run into Pottery Bizitch’s products before. “I love color,” says Pottery Bizitch founder Kelsey Byrne. “I love making people laugh.”Byrne didn’t start out to be a potter.