Barber of Seville, Major Barbara, Newsies, Looking Trailer, Web Film Production

Theater - Review: San Francisco Opera breathes glorious new life into 'Barber of Seville' 

Holiday dance: Nutcracker and more
Rutherford-raised dancer joins the San Francisco Ballet for New York engagement
American Conservatory Theater to Present George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara
NEWSIES National Tour to Play SHN Orpheum Theatre in Early 2015
HOW PETER BECAME PAN
Review: 'The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess' a sumptuous musical treat


Movies/TV - Looking Season 1: Trailer (HBO)
"I’ve been to visit (San Francisco) a couple of times but this is my first time living here, and I love it, I love it so much. It’s a beautiful city. We’re shooting on location pretty much entirely in San Francisco. The city is a whole other character in the piece and has been a beautiful backdrop for the story." - Jonathon Groff,
Here’s Everything We Know About HBO’s "Looking" From The First Trailer - Lots of beards.
Make-A-Wish Miles as Batkid By 32Ten Studios

S.F. looks to expand perks for Web film productions

Conventions - Time-lapse video shows huge tent inflated over Howard Street for Dreamforce 2013
Dreamforce 2013 set for huge S.F. turnout

Affordable Care Act - Affordable Care Act - 6 things to know - Bill Sokol

Only in San Francisco - Batkid saves San Francisco as charity makes a wish come true
Holy Heartwarmer! No One Can Seem To Get Enough Of Batkid

Nightmare Before Christmas, Looking Wraps, SF Film Rebate Program Update, Google Mystery

Movies/TV - 'Star Wars' London shoot irks California Film Commission chief

Get your own Nightmare Before Christmas black-light village and figurines. Nightmare Before Christmas Black Light Village Collection

@laurenweedman normal day at work, holding a rubber bedpan. Ahhhh, memories... @LookingHBO pic.twitter.com/SfWH3Yg2To
— Danny Glicker (@DannyGlicker) November 6, 2013

Fuzzy pic of Production Designer Todd Fjelsted

HBO's "Looking" on social media - Connect HBO

First Look at Set of HBO’s New Gay Series “Looking” & Surprise Visit from Russell Tovey: Part 1


Last shot.
First Teaser For HBO's 'Looking' Arrives

City Updates Polices to Include Video Productions for the Web
From the Agenda:
Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee - [Administrative Code - Film Production Daily Use Fees; Film Rebate Program] Sponsor: Farrell Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to reduce the daily use fee for film productions with budgets less than $100,000 from $100 per day to $50 per day; expand the definition of film productions and low-budget film productions eligible for the Film Rebate Program to include episodes of a web series; and extend the Film Rebate Program expiration date from June 30, 2014, to June 30, 2015, and correspondingly increase the current funding cap from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000 subject to annual appropriation; and making environmental findings.

Op-Ed: Remodeled cinema re-opens in San Francisco, movie-goers rejoice!

Theater - American Conservatory Theater Extends UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL thru Nov 23

Tech - Google barge revealed: Artistic structure with ‘fish fins’

Google barge mystery unfurled

Salesforce.com is gearing up for its annual Dreamforce conference, which is set to be the biggest yet, with 120,000 people expected to register.

Only in SF - In San Francisco, a forest in a cloud Nestled in a corner of Golden Gate Park is an unlikely slice of tropical rain forest. - Sacramento Bee

SF Film Rebate Program, Moby Dick on PBS, FBI Sting

Movies/TV -  Rebate Program Boosts Filming in the City
Filmmakers train cameras on San Francisco


Supe proposes extending SF's film rebate program - "The Film Commission says the perks are working. From 2006 to October of this year, the city paid out about $1.7 million in incentives and film productions generated about $42 million in spending. The city controller is expected to issue an in-depth analysis in December."

Susannah Greason Robbins
of the San Francisco Film Commission

SF Film Commission on Twitter:

Exec Director to go before @sfbos to discuss reduced permit fees for very low budget shoots, inclusion of web series & extension of rebate.
— SF Film Commission (@Film_SF) October 28, 2013

How Star Wars changed the world.

Hearing good things about the diversity on the new HBO show Looking! Girls has literally no diversity so they really need that.
— olivia marie (@itsoliviamarie) November 3, 2013

Theater - 'Moby-Dick' review: Opera as big on TV as on stage
Watch San Francisco Opera's Moby Dick on PBS
Moby-Dick from San Francisco Opera Composer Jake Heggie on Creating Moby-Dick
Lectrosonics Wireless Technology Gives 1776 An Audible Boost
Theater: “Underneath the Lintel” Is the Answer to Your Existential Crisis
'Underneath the Lintel' review: Librarian on quest
A Chat With Nancy Gibbs, Producer of SHN's 'Peter and the Starcatcher'
San Francisco Theater: Full cast list for ‘The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess’ announced

Film Rebate Programs - Santa Barbara Offers California’s First Production Rebate Program
Santa Barbara's New Incentive Program Targets Unscripted TV Shows
Incentives Watch: States Vie with Foreign Countries in Luring Film Productions, Tax Credit Specialists Say
In Wake Of Sting, Sen. Ron Calderon Removed From State Film Panel
State Sen. Calderon was target of FBI sting, TV report says
Capitol Corruption: Inside an FBI sting (part one) October 30, 2013 Al Jazeera'€™s Investigative Unit reveals details of an FBI investigation into California State Senator Ronald Calderon
State Sen. Ron Calderon Yanked From California Film Commission
Calderon allegedly took bribes for pushing film bills, Al Jazeera reports

Affordable Care Act - Another Obamacare horror story debunked
Under Care Act, Millions Eligible for Free Policies

Mystery - San Francisco's bay barge mystery: Floating data center or Google Glass store?

Only in San Francisco -  "We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax." - Samuel Goldwyn
Half-buried buildings a weird relic of 1906 quake
100 Graphic Designers On The Charms (And Curses) Of San Francisco