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

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

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

Phyllis Haver is Roxie Hart in the first film version of “Chicago,” a 1927 movie that is part of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival’s A Day of Silents on Sunday, Feb. 2, at SFJazz Center. Photo: ...

In the new memoir “Reading the Waves,” the author looks back at her life to reflect on who she was then, and who she is now. “Reading the Waves” by Lidia Yuknavitch is out Tuesday, Feb. 4. Photo: ...

It’s been nine years since Mel Gibson last directed a feature film. While it wouldn’t be fair to say that he’s gotten rusty, the new effort “Flight Risk” lacks the brutal cinematic energy that made ...

Bright Eyes is scheduled to perform at Oakland's Fox Theater on Thursday, Feb. 6. Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle Bright Eyes has been in the business for nearly 30 years with no sign of slowing ...

Jerrod Carmichael is set to perform at Cobb's Comedy Club on Feb. 3-4. Photo: Rich Polk / NBC via AP Jerrod Carmichael strives to be a “Truman Show” level of candid with his audience. The comedian, ...

Hanif Kureishi details his medical catastrophe of tetraplegia in “Shattered: a Memoir.” Photo: Kier Kureishi/Ecco On Dec. 26, 2022, Hanif Kureishi — renowned playwright, screenwriter and author of ...

Six years ago, Geoff Sobelle opened “Home” with an empty stage at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. By the end of the rollicking, heartstring-tugging show, he’d built a two-story house apparently out of ...

It’s easy to fall in love with the Paiva family. Filmmaker Walter Salles makes sure of that in “I’m Still Here.” He drops the audience into the warm everyday of the beautiful home of Eunice (Fernanda ...

The Recording Academy has refocused the Grammy Awards ceremony to support relief efforts following the devastating Los Angeles area wildfires. The Grammy Awards ceremony on Feb. 2 is still scheduled ...