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Got you weekend plans? We have some killer ideas, from Shawn Mendes to Queen to Bastille Day yumminess festivals galore.
SF Shakes is performing Shakespeare's beloved comedy "As You Like It" at Bay Area parks, complete with songs from SF band the The Kilbanes.
SFMOMA and Oakland Art Library are 2 ways for art lovers to find works to rent for their private use.
Anderson Cooper's reported $1.5 million inheritance is much less than expected for the son of the famed heiress and a member of one of America's legendary families.
Livermore Shakespeare Festival presents the Bard's bitter "Othello," set in this production during the Civil War.
Tony Award-winning SF Mime Troupe marks 60th anniversary touring Bay Area with another politically charged satire, "Treasure Island."
Attendees of all ages can participate in Clay for All, an interactive art project
Cal Shakes in Orinda presents its first Bertolt Brecht play with Eric Ting's imaginative, if bracing, 'The Good Person of Szechwan.'
A figure of a roaring lion, about the size of a loaf of bread, is the latest step in the fight to preserve culture from conflict.
Jacob Ben-Shmuel has been touring with "The Book of Mormon" for almost two years, but there's no guarantee that audiences will see him as Elder Cunningham when Broadway San Jose stages the h…
The 2,400-seat theater, which opened in 1971, will be demolished and replaced with another building.
Downey said he wanted to "have a dialog with my country's political situation" and highlight Melania Trump's status as an immigrant married to a president sworn to reduce immigration.
John Law, a co-founder of Burning Man Festival and famed Bay Area prankster, has his first exhibit at Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland.
The musical "Once on The Island," playing in El Cerrito, has a split personality: pleasing songs but a disheartening tale of clashing cultures.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's 50th season -- and last under founder Robert Kelley -- opens with Julia Cho's "The Language Archive."
Got your Bay Area July 4th weekend plans yet? We're here to help with 7 ways to kick it this weekend, from fireworks and ice cream to outdoor theater.
The annual Ethnic Dance Fest will be held in Berkeley July 6-7, 13-14 with 28 troupes performing works from around the world.
The Tony Award-winning Disney musical "Newsies," born from a cinematic flop, opens the season at Woodminster Summer Musicals in Oakland.
Several theater companies are dealing with temporary displacement for the next year or so due to construction work on a handful of Berkeley facilities. Live Oak Theatre is going to be closed…
"The Language Archive" by Julia Cho centers on a linguist fighting to preserve a dying language.
Joan Didion's memoir and play, "The Year of Magical Thinking," gets a powerful Bay Area premiere at Berkeley's Aurora Theatre.
The Above Ground festival of new plays runs through June 29 at Mojo Theatre in San Francisco.
Got your Bay Area weekend plans yet? We've got a bunch of ideas, from SF Pride to awesome alfresco dining to Hootie and the Blowfish.
Stage adaptation of Joan Didion's masterful memoir on grieving, 'The Year of Magical Thinking,' gets Bay Area premiere at Aurora Theatre in Berkeley.
Mary Palac, who crafts cocktails at downtown San Jose's Paper Plane, has been named among the top 10 bartenders in America by the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation.
