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It's no accident that songs on St. Lucia's new sophomore synth-rock recording "Matter" — including "Home," "Dancing on Glass" and the six-minute epic "Winds of Change" — are simu…
San Francisco Symphony's 105th season, celebrating Michael Tilson Thomas' 21 years with the orchestra, once again showcases new music and old favorites. The 200-plus concert season honors th…
The new Berkeley Repertory Theatre production of "Macbeth" opens on a particularly bleak scene " a blasted tree on a barren heath, with a bloodied body tied to it. With »
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Does the world really need "Dirty Dancing"The Classic Story on Stage"? No. Is it a guilty pleasure for fans of a certain little 1987 flick? A qualified yes. Faithful to »
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A popular video online shows Lake Street Dive belter Rachael Price at age 12, warbling a prescient version of "Dedicated to You" with a traveling choir in Spain, complete with »
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Many ingredients make up "In the Magic Hour," the whimsical new sophomore album from "Prairie Home Companion" regular Aoife O'Donovan. There's the guitar and vocal maturity (also heard in th…
"Bridges: A New Musical," a world premiere at Berkeley Playhouse, covers a lot of ground. It's also a keeper. With a book and lyrics by Cheryl L. Davis and catchy »
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Canadian pop phenomenon Carly Rae Jepsen — who comes to San Francisco this week — thought she had earned a relaxing holiday season. After setting the world on fire with »
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The music moves in mysterious ways in "The Unfortunates." So do the performances, in this richly imagined, slightly surreal musical folk tale. Created by Jon Beavers, Kristoffer Diaz, Casey …
Good versus evil rarely has center stage in popular entertainment, unless it's a movie based on Marvel Comics. We shy away from the big dichotomies because we feel we are »
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Quirk-popper Melanie Martinez, 20, should have savored her high school graduation ceremony two years ago, with her proud parents in attendance. But the day was ruined by her classmates' booi…
"Aubergine," Julia Cho's lovely theatrical meditation on food and family, goes down easy. Directed by Tony Taccone, the Berkeley Repertory Theatre world premiere is sweet, savory and a littl…
Bay Area flamenco great Yaelisa is doing something for the first time in performances this weekend: looking back. The San Francisco-born and bred dancer, who appears in the retrospective tit…
Ellen Kempner didn't stumble upon the angular originals from "Dry Food," her 2015 debut disc under the sobriquet Palehound. She paid for frank songs like "Molly," "Cinnamon" and "Cushioned C…
The abundant acting and directing talent on display in African-American Shakespeare Company's production of George C. Wolfe's "The Colored Museum" — not to mention Wolfe's brilliant, s…
"Do we need another version of 'Someone To Watch Over Me"? I don't think so," said Paula West near the beginning of the opening night of her annual four-week residency »
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Enough happens in Jessica Hagedorn's 1998 drama "Dogeaters," now in a revised version at the Magic Theatre, to make the mind reel. The sprawling and ambitious play about the Philippines …
Steve Wynn has some good news and some bad news. The Dream Syndicate/Gutterball/Baseball Project alum has a great new solo record, "Benedikt's Blues." But it's only available in Norway. (It'…
Emmy-winning "24" star Kiefer Sutherland is excited about the diverse new projects he's juggling. There's his upcoming film with Michelle Pfeiffer, "Neat-up Little Seagull," and an old-schoo…
An unhappy marriage cracks like thin ice on a frozen river in "Little Erik." Mark Jackson's new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's "Little Eyolf" moves the great Norwegian playwright's oft-neglect…
Legend is a gift that keeps giving and that's just fine with Kim Novak. The legendary film star returns to The City this weekend to celebrate her work and that »
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Anya Marina understands she had a good run at her former major label, Chop Shop/Atlantic. "I was able to put out two full-lengths, an EP and a super-successful single, 'Satellite »
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At 15, British neo-soul stylist Jess Glynne was looking forward to appearing on her homeland's reality series "The X-Factor." Then she changed her mind and walked away from the opportunity. …
Eight years ago, South-African-born, Australian-raised neo-soul singer Troye Sivan was attending school in Perth and contemplating becoming a serious singer-songwriter when his creative stre…
Called "whimsical" in its promotional materials, the world premiere of "Sagittarius Ponderosa" at New Conservatory Theatre Center was disappointingly vague and unfocused. The shortcoming res…
