The orchestra approaches Mahler’s Seventh Symphony with admirable risk and excitement, if not the polish of performances ...

The longtime journalist’s book focuses on the lives of Rita and Tyson, two homeless people in the Tenderloin whom he encounters in his reporting.

Lance Gardner, Marin Theatre’s artistic director, rediscovers his passion for acting in new collaboration with Carey Perloff.

Brittany Newell, San Francisco author and professional dominatrix whose new book, “Soft Core” comes out Feb. 4th, poses for a ...

Cirque du Soleil returns to Oracle Park with “Echo,” featuring a unique cube set and running Nov. 20 to Dec. 21.

San Francisco Playhouse’s production is “inject this into my veins” funny but shambolic, as if a ouija board is in charge. Ami (Ana Ming Bostwick-Singer, center) performs at the talent show with ...

The bizarrely Valentine’s Day-themed action comedy “Love Hurts” has no business being as good as it is. It’s a trifle, with a barely functional script, and yet it is filled with appealing performances ...

Paolo Sorrentino’s latest film focuses on a beautiful anthropology student who becomes little more than an empty muse for the director. Celeste Dalla Porta, Daniele Rienzo and Dario Aita in ...

Maeve Coyne, from left, Michael Ray Wisely, Jed Parsario and Nancy Carlin rehearse Center Repertory Company’s “Froggy” on Feb. 4 at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek. Photo: Amaya Edwards ...

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates is out with the first volume of a planned three-part autobiography, “Source Code: My Beginnings.” Bill Gates isn’t prone to nostalgia. The Microsoft ...

The filmmaker’s latest music documentary delves into the challenges faced by Sly and the Family Stone, exploring the burdens and triumphs of the funk music icon. San Francisco band Sly and the Family ...

The orchestra’s former music director leads a program of Schubert and Brahms with grace, if occasional shakiness.