Galleries & Performance
This holiday, take it one step beyond the typical tree lighting ceremony, window shopping, ice skating, and days in snow-drenched Tahoe. Add a little culture to the mix. Here are some more holiday shows and performances to add...More»
Yes, Tony Award–winning The Book of Mormon, at SHN’s Curran Theatre through December 30, is really as good (and profane) as you’ve...More»
The Shy Girl: “I was kind of an outcast in high school. Flamenco found me. Even before I went to my first class, I knew I was going to be doing this for the rest of my life. I didn’t talk much,...More»
JAY DEFEO Early years DeFeo settled in San Francisco in 1953 and experimented with various media before turning to painting. Radical props for being a woman artist, but not for...More»
In recent days, the city has been abuzz with black and orange fever—Giants, Halloween, etc. This weekend, instead of sugary sweets and sports-based revelry, how about an art cleanse? Like...More»
An Iliad The Plot: The play uses material from the Robert Fagles translation of the Iliad (you probably read it freshmen year of college), but having a poet recite it aloud is much closer to...More»
Why she's hung up on the Greeks: "I started learning ancient Greek because I wanted to be an archaeologist. After reading the plays, I never looked back. The Greeks embody everything I love about the...More»
He’s probably the Bay Area’s most important international choreographer you’ve never heard of. And yet Alonzo King and his LINES Ballet have worked with...More»
Tonight kicks off The San Francisco Comedy and Burrito Festival, a joint-celebration of two city staples that defies explanation beyond the simple truth...More»
Thank god for high school English teachers. The hours you spent wrestling with Herman Melville’s Moby Dick will finally pay off this Wednesday, when San Francisco composer Jake Heggie’s opera...More»
Bay Area entrepreneur Jerry Yang started collecting calligraphy in 1998. His first acquisition—a work by 16th century master calligrapher Don Qichang—is considered the earliest dated calligraphy outside of China. The...More»
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