The post-apocalyptic survival story starring Anthony Mackie goes for the familiar when it should have gone for the jugular.

Superb singing from the chorus and vocal soloists can’t entirely carry this performance of the symphony under Music Director ...

Spirit House” at Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center features works by 33 contemporary Asian American and diasporic artists ...

The famed Italian tenor and his wife plan to host a weekend of music and hospitality in the Bay Area next June.

Bay Area actors who trod the boards at the Bruns Amphitheater share their memories of the quirky outdoor venue as Cal Shakes’ closure looms. Prospero (Michael Winters, left rear) watches his airy ...

In 2017, the retired art historian Robert W. Cherny found himself unwittingly thrust into the maelstrom of a national controversy. Amid a public battle over whether a series of murals — some of which ...

Kimberly is dying. Not right this instant, but four times as fast as the rest of us are. She’s just turned 16, but she looks in her 60s, and 16 is the life expectancy for people with her rare ...

For the past few days, I’ve been doing everything with Al Pacino. I’ve had him along on car rides, washed dishes with him, gone for walks, and I’ve enjoyed every minute. Thanks to his memoir, “Sonny ...

The braiders have all arrived, and despite the heat, the temperamental AC, some long-brewing rivalries and much excitement about their proprietor’s wedding day, the women in Jaja’s Harlem salon almost ...

Mark Cousins’ documentary on Hitchcock’s craft lays out what makes the “master of suspense” one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. Alfred Hitchcock during his younger years in a still used in the ...

The 1998 lesbian classic directed by former San Francisco State student Lisa Cholodenko will be celebrated at Frameline Blowout Party and fundraiser. Ally Sheedy, top, and Radha Mitchell star in Lisa ...

Acclaimed director Mary Zimmerman has adapted the classic Mozart opera in a production of captivating charm that feels both familiar and fresh. Billy Rude as Tamino, left, and Marlene Fernandez as ...