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 ...

San Francisco Giants' broadcasters Duane Kuiper, left, and Mike Krukow before an MLB game at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sept. 9, 2020. Photo: Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Grab some pine, meat ...

Installation, "View Ancestral Visions An Installation by Chelsea Ryoko Wong," at the Oakland Museum of California. Photo: Kamiko Fujii / Chelsea Ryoko Wong and Jessica-Silverman San Francisco artist ...

Some old lines from the playwright Bertolt Brecht that have been making the rounds lately, for good reason as we pass through this alarming period of mounting authoritarianism: “In the dark times / ...

Perfume Genius’ unapologetic alternative pop music began as somewhat of a lifeline. The musician, whose real name is Michael Hadreas, was the only out gay student at his high school in Seattle, and ...

Brendan Looney as Christopher, left, and Sophia Alawi as Siobhan in San Francisco Playhouse's "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." Photo: Jessica Palopoli / San Francisco Playhouse A ...

Movies selected by gallery artists include Coen Brothers favorite “No Country for Old Men,” Alfred Hitchcock classic “Rear Window” and pre-code pioneer Dorothy Arzner’s “Merrily We Go To… Attendees of ...

San Francisco author Jill Damatac is the author of “Dirty Kitchen.” Photo: Courtesy Jill Damatac Over the past 20 or so years, culinary memoirs have become a dime a dozen. From well-seasoned tell-alls ...

A Vietnamese American indie artist covering a song her mother made popular in her homeland 50 years prior; a Hawaii-based alt-electronic duo; a Kerala-via-Houston rapper that just rocked Coachella ...

Despite the comedic star power of Tina Fey, Will Forte and Steve Carell, the series remake of Alan Alda’s 1981 film on midlife marriage feels old and tired. Steve Carell, from left, Kerri Kenney, Tina ...