The Reverberate Hills; or The Apotheosis of the Narwhal

For years I didn't think much of Eugene O'Neill. He towers over the history, such as it is, of the American theater, but I found his...

  detail of Orchid and Hummingbird by Martin Johnson Heade, now at the de Young Museum

I divide these previews by month, though of course performance dates often straddle such arbitrary divisions, in which case it's a bit o...

  linoleum & lights, an abstraction

  detail of Lover Asleep by Jean Cocteau, seen at the Legion of Honor as part of the exhibit  Drawing the Line: Michelangelo to Asawa,

  two geese, Kaiser Fremont

  detail of Bamboo by Yoshida Zōtaku, at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

  flowering tree, early spring

  detail of a 1786 cup & saucer (gobelet litron et soucoupe) with orange ground, decorated by Charles-Nicolas Buteux fils at the Sèvres...

Part 1 is here , Part 2 is here , Part 3 is here . King Lear Shakespeare Obviously one of the greatest plays ever written, & probably my...