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Charles Kruger

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Charles Kruger is a Bay area arts practitioner known as "The Storming Bohemian." He tries to do as much as he can.
  • Notable San Francisco

Notable San Francisco: 5/10–5/16

  • Charles Kruger
  • May 10, 2017
Wednesday 5/10: San Francisco Chronicle lead theatre reviewer Lily Janiak hosts a panel of playwrights published by the local EXIT Press, featuring Allison Page, Aren Haun, Martin Schwartz, Stuart Bousel, and Terry Baum.…
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  • Other

The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #27: Spring Is Sprung

  • Charles Kruger
  • May 5, 2017
It is springtime for sure in the house of The Storming Bohemian and Argyle C. Klopnik. All day, every day, Klopnik digs his garden. Our once-chaotic backyard is now a…
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  • Notable San Francisco

Notable San Francisco: 5/3–5/9

  • Charles Kruger
  • May 3, 2017
Wednesday 5/3: James Nolan (Flight Risk: Memoirs of a New Orleans Bad Boy) reads at City Lights. Free, 7 p.m., City Lights Bookstore. Paul Madonna presents his newest work, On to the…
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  • Other

The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #26: Love Is the Ultimate Trip

  • Charles Kruger
  • April 28, 2017
My day job is driving on the ride sharing platform, Lyft. Several years ago, I retired from teaching school to devote myself to writing and painting and lived off savings…
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  • Notable San Francisco

Notable San Francisco: 4/26–5/2

  • Charles Kruger
  • April 26, 2017
Wednesday 4/26: Notable Spanish writer Andrés Barba is promoting the publication of Lisa Dillman’s translation of his novel Such Small Hands. This translation is the inaugural publication of Transit Books, a…
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  • Other

The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse

  • Charles Kruger
  • April 21, 2017
The Storming Bohemian is away this week, doing his taxes. He’ll return when Uncle Sam lets him loose again (next week).
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  • Notable San Francisco

Notable San Francisco: 4/19–4/25

  • Charles Kruger
  • April 19, 2017
Wednesday 4/19: Lyrics & Dirges presents “Spring in Translation: Poets on Translation,” featuring Norma Cole, Javier O. Huerta, Alex Cigale, Arceli, Terry Taplin. Free, 7:30 p.m., Pegasus Books Downtown Berkeley. Marcy Dermansky discusses…
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  • Other

The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #25: Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been, a Success?

  • Charles Kruger
  • April 14, 2017
In America, everybody, it seems, wants to be a success. Me, too. Recently, I confided to a family member that sometimes, in moments of deep despair (fortunately they are fairly…
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Notable San Francisco: 4/12–4/18

  • Charles Kruger
  • April 12, 2017
Wednesday 4/12: Douglas Kearney reads for for UC Berkeley’s Holloway Series in Poetry. Free, 6:30 p.m.,  UC Berkeley, Hearst Field Annex. Joyce Carol Oates presents A Book of American Martyrs at…
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  • Other

The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #24: Must I Be an Angry April Fool?

  • Charles Kruger
  • April 7, 2017
When I attended professional acting school back in 1986 (the MFA program at UC Irvine, I proudly remark), I had a teacher ask me once, “Charles, are you able to…
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Notable San Francisco: 4/5–4/11

  • Charles Kruger
  • April 5, 2017
Wednesday 4/5: The theme for tonight’s “Inside StoryTime” is “Chagrin.” Featured writers are Ethel Rohan (The Weight of Him), Jon Sindell (Family Happiness), Peg Alford Purcell (Show Her a Flower, a…
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The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #23: The Love Song for Argyle C. Klopnik

  • Charles Kruger
  • March 31, 2017
File this one under “they can’t Trump everything; life goes on.” Last week, I got caught up in reflections on poverty in America: mine, yours, and ours. This week, I decided…
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