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Bryce Dessner, best known as guitarist and songwriter for The National, wrote 'Triptych' in response to Mapplethorpe's galvanizing photos.
Hoping to make a splash, Berkeley Repertory Theatre launched its first season under new artistic director Johanna Pfaelzer with "The Great Wave," a political nail-biter about Japanese and Ko…
Los Gatos sale is this weekend; Palo Alto next weekend; Danville in late October
In 2012, the Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum hosted the City's Centennial, a weekend of merrymaking. The Sunnyvale Historical Society is envisioning a similarly enjoyable community celebratio…
ALAMEDA Monsters Bash: 7:30 p.m.-11:59 p.m. Oct. 26, USS Hornet Museum, 707 W. Hornet Ave., Pier 3. Costume contest, no-host bar, food vendors, haunted corridor, live music and dancing. $35.…
Got weekend plans? Have we got some ideas, from a huge dog festival to Janet Jackson to some of the best dancers in the world -- and Downton Abbey!
Juan Carlos Araujo has had as big an impact as anyone in San Jose on what the city looks like by helping bring an estimated 100 murals to the city.
Collectively, this group of finalists might have been the show's best -- and most inspirational
Independence High School grad getting noticed in film about an immigrant family
San Jose City Councilman Raul Peralez was among the men who were on their toes for New Ballet's Ballet Boot Camp last week.
Live postseason tour includes three Bay Area stops
"Inked Baby," about a young family grappling with a mysterious poison in their neighborhood, gets its Bay Area premiere at Crowded Fire Theater.
Events scheduled in Lafayette, Redwood City, Los Gatos and San Jose
Lyrical, enigmatic, lively, maudlin, affecting and, ultimately heart-tugging. That's a capsule description of Palo Alto Players' beautifully conceived production of "Bright Star," the musica…
It's all about time " or the lack of it " in Marisa Wegrzyn's quirky surrealist comedy "Hickorydickory" that runs through September 29 at Dragon Productions Theatre in Redwood City. Even the…
Acclaimed harpist Anna Maria Mendieta's multimedia dance/music production 'Tango del Ciela' comes to Pleasanton's Firehouse Arts Center Sept. 21-22.
Bay Area's Smuin Contemporary Ballet kicks off a new season with "Dance Series 1," featuring new works inspired by Johnny Cash and Dave Brubeck.
Nation's largest Indian theater troupe -- Silicon Valley's Naatak -- has turned Gandhi's life into a musical and dance spectacular.
Los Lupeños de San José this month is celebrating its 50th year as a Mexican folk dance company while honoring the legacy of its founders. The company is hosting a gala dance showcase on…
Hillbarn Theatre's current production of "Anything Goes" is rather like a bowl of Rice Krispies: Sometimes it snaps, sometimes it crackles, sometimes it pops. And sometimes it fizzles. Thank…
The Silicon Valley business leader sustained minor injuries after he was clipped by a motorhome during a charity bicycle ride on the Pacific Coast Highway last weekend.
Got your weekend plans? We've got some killer ideas, from a country music bonanza to cheese heaven to a 'One Woman Sex and the City.'
The farce 'Murder for Two' in Walnut Creek spoof's classic murder mysteries while serving up high-energy farce and some nifty piano playing.
Singer-songwriter and social activist Meklit Hadero cements her ties to YBCA, being named Chief of Program, replacing Marc Bamuthi Joseph.
The renowned Circus Mei, known for gravity-defying circus and acrobatics feats, comes to Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto Sept. 18.
