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Wayne Harris created and performs "Mother's Milk" in Berkeley, featuring some terrific music and touching stories about his life and family.
The S.F. International Arts Festival May 23-June 2 hosts dozens of music events, here are 5 of the most promising.
The S.F. International Arts Festival hosts scores of music, dance and theater events May 23-June 2 reflecting these volatile times.
Lauren Gunderson's play "Silent Sky" centers on a woman scientist, Henrietta Leavitt, who made profound discoveries in a male-dominated world.
The works of Rina Banerjee, acclaimed as a powerful voice of post-Colonial India, are showing at San Jose Museum of Art.
'Magic Lantern' will be presented weekly through November at Courthouse Square
People wondered whether an ailing, exhausted Eugene O'Neill was done with writing when he arrived in Danville. Anything but, with the Nobel Prize winner penning his greatest works in his hou…
Amy Seiwert admits that upbeat pieces are not necessarily what she's known for as a choreographer.
Flying cars, mechanical exoskeletons, flame-spewing masks and more delight thousands at 15th annual Bay Area Maker Faire -- which could be the region's last.
Developer is offering to move a historic, four-apartment building to a new spot in downtown San Jose in a bid to save it from the wrecking ball.
Patricia Milton's new play at Central Works in Berkeley finds a group of female British detectives on the hunt for a violent misogynist.
Wouk, who said he was never a "high stylist," attracted a mass audience with books that espoused such values as gallantry and leadership under pressure. Leading critics sniffed at his books,…
Jeff Koons' "Rabbit" was sold Wednesday night for more than $91 million. The reaction from the buyer's representative as the winning bid was announced was worth the price of admission.
From Shakespeare to Broadway musicals to political satire, here are 14 SF Bay Area stages to see outdoor theater over the summer.
Got your weekend plans yet? Here are 7 killer ideas for an SF Bay Area weekend, from bluegrass to beer gardens to fairs and festivals of all sorts.
From 1925 to 2019, Oakland was given the eminent presence of Ruth Beckford.
Leapin' lizards!! Shazam! Sock " pow " kazam! That's what you'll be saying when all of your senses are assaulted by the remarkably excellent production called "Shoggoths on the Veldt," runni…
Iconic stage musical "Fiddler on the Roof" comes to San Jose, starring Israeli actor Yehezkel Lazarov as Tevye, and its story of religious persecution seems more timely than ever.
It's ABBAsolutely true: The ABBA-inspired musical "Mamma Mia" is 'pop'-ping up everywhere in the Bay Area these days. Right now it's Hillbarn Theatre's turn, and it's a trip. Yes, it's full …
Playwright Aaron Posner has another cheeky Anton Chekhov send-up with "Life Sucks," playing at Custom Made Theatre in SF.
This year's Downtown Doors saw almost as many entries as there have been winners in the competition's 16-year history.
From county fairs to art and wine festivals, here's a look at all the fun events in the SF Bay Area through Labor Day -- and beyond.
We Players artistic director Ava Roy re-invents Shakespeare's tragedy 'Hamlet" as a cowboy romance in "Undiscovered Country" in S.F.
Director Peter Sellars stunned the music world with his production of Orlando di Lasso's "Lagrime di San Pietro"; now the work comes to Berkeley.
S.F.'s Arabian Shakespeare Fest revives Betty Shamieh's "Territories," a drama set during the Crusades.
