311 stories from The San Francisco Examiner
by Janos Gereben
Beethoven is everywhere, all the time, but the San Francisco Symphony festival this month makes a special case for the great composer.
Music director Michael Til…
by Anita Katz
Brian Wilson, Beach Boy wonder, is the latest rock giant to get the biopic treatment, and the result, "Love & Mercy," takes a life that sounds tailor-made for a for…
by Jean Schiffman
"Jesus lives here!" shouts a hyped-up, sweating Pastor Elias, delivering a sermon from the pulpit of a small Pentecostal church.
It's a vibrant start to "This G…
by Robert Sokol
Though W.C. Fields recommended never sharing a stage with kids and animals, associating with a production of the musical "Annie" makes that impossible.
In the non…
by Jeffrey M. Anderson
Once dubbed "the godfather of mumblecore," Andrew Bujalski, in his fifth movie "Results," used actual movie stars for the first time in his career.
Bujalsk…
by Staff Report
A great hike
Hendy hankering: There are some remarkable redwood parks in the Bay Area: Muir Woods, Big Basin, Redwood Regional Park. The only challenge? They're…
by Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bill Pohlad's "Love & Mercy" tells the story of a most complex and fascinating musician: Brian Wilson.
For this genius, no ordinary biopic would do.
During…
by Anita Katz
Currently in her 90s and still working vitally, Monir Farmanfarmaian creates geometric artwork that combines the decorative traditions of her native Iran with the c…
by Janos Gereben
Dance, opera, symphonic, choral and jazz music are blooming in a season that also offers outdoor, moderately-priced (and some free!) performances as well as mult…
by Tom Lanham
Norwegian keyboardist Aurora Aksnes was asleep at home when her pop idol Katy Perry had not only discovered her ethereal single "Runaway," but tweeted to her 66.4 m…
by Jeffrey M. Anderson
Summer is here! Along with sequels and superheroes come funny stuff, spooky stuff, touching stuff, imaginative stuff and thoughtful stuff " in other words,…
by Leslie Katz
High anxiety appealingly fuels every page of San Francisco's writer Vendela Vida's new novel "The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty."
The journey of a 30-something woman, …
by Robert Sokol
Joseph Alsop was a polarizing figure in the Washington, D.C. press throughout the middle of the last century. Charmingly convivial one minute and harshly critical…
by Staff Report
Who's in town
Comedian Dave Chappelle, star of "Chappelle's Show," is performing. [10:30 p.m., Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Columbus Ave., S.F.; sold out, more show…
by Andrea Pflaumer
Along with local favorites, New York-based Gallim Dance is among the rising stars making up the varied programming at the fourth annual Walking Distance Dance …
by Jean Schiffman
A huge black coffin sits on an otherwise empty stage in director Christopher Liam Moore's funny and melancholy "Twelfth Night" at California Shakespeare Theater…
by Jean Schiffman
Marisela Treviño Orta's at times captivating, at times perplexing, drama "Heart Shaped Nebula," now in a world premiere at Shotgun Players, begins when a you…
by Tom Lanham
Nigerian R&B-reggae songstress Nneka Egbuna could barely believe it when she was invited to a posh function honoring her homeland's legendary author Chinua Achebe …
by Staff Report
Who's in town
Journalist Oscar Martinez of El Salvador is using Skype to join a discussion of his acclaimed book "The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos…
by Janos Gereben
Opera director Francesca Zambello has seen the five-hour-long "Les Troyens" ("The Trojans") more than 50 times, but she is eager to see upcoming performances in …
by Lou Fancher
Finding peace is a little like going to war in Marian Palaia's debut novel, "The Given World."
Riley is a 30-something woman in search of her older brother Mick …
by Staff Report
Who's in town
Altruism in effect: Buddhist monk, activist and scientist Matthieu Ricard shares his thoughts on how altruism can revolutionize economics. [7 p.m.,…
by Cathy Bowman
Feel-good stories never seem to fall out of fashion, and Broadway's "Annie" is no exception.
Opening in The City this week, the national tour of the award-winning…
by Tom Lanham
Danny McNamara didn't intend to disappear from the music scene for eight years. But circumstances surrounding his British band Embrace went beyond his control, star…
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