Large, colorful works by Kaija Saariaho, Igor Stravinsky and Ottorino Respighi bring out the best from the ensemble and its solo players. Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero, pictured here leading the San ...

At first, the old man (Bill Buell) and the old woman (Mia Katigbak) could be perfect strangers. Sitting on a park bench, they discuss impending rain and the birdsong they hear. But in Jiehae Park’s ...

Smino is scheduled to perform at the Warfield in San Francisco on Wednesday, April 30. Photo: Paras Griffin / Getty Images Smooth funk meets heartfelt rap in Smino’s musical landscape. The artist, ...

Fallen Catholics, lifelong sybarites and those just flirting with the possibility of leaving puritanical morality behind can all take inspiration from sketch comedy this month, as the 28-year-old ...

It’s hard to imagine better timing for the release of Vauhini Vara’s first book of nonfiction, “Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age.” Recently, my Instagram feed has been filled with screenshots ...

The connection between “The Odyssey” and post-traumatic stress disorder is potent from the opening lines of the one-woman show “Penelope,” as writer-performer Ellen McLaughlin sings about a “stranger ...

Renee Mannequin stars in Oakland Theater Project's "I Am My Own Wife." Photo: Adam Montanaro / Oakland Theater Project “You shouldn’t even exist,” Doug tells Charlotte in “I Am My Own Wife.” She ...

German actor Max Schreck plays Count Orlok, an unofficial Dracula copy, in F.W. Murnau's 1922 horror classic, "Nosferatu." Photo: Cinequest Robert Eggers’ remake of “Nosferatu” is an atmospheric ...

In her latest novel, the Los Angeles author imagines a 2039 California where surveillance pervades every aspect of life, even dreams. Laila Lalami is the author of “The Dream Hotel.” Photo: Beowulf ...

Tyler, the Creator is set to perform in Oakland on Feb. 24. Photo: Jack Plunkett / Invision/AP After pulling out of his headlining Outside Lands slot last year, Tyler, the Creator is finally making it ...

“Skin of Glass” on PBS delves into the history and current state of Roger Zmekhol’s famed São Paulo tower, revealing personal and architectural stories. Filmmaker Denise Zmekhol, in her production ...

Historian Susan Stryker, one of the pioneering voices in the transgender history movement. Photo: Michael Noble Jr. Acclaimed historian, theorist and author Susan Stryker will give a reading and ...