S.F.’s Orpheum reveals its backstage secrets in centennial open house
Visitors gather onstage Sunday at the Orpheum in San Francisco before “Curtain Up” for an open house at the…
Nicole Kidman reveals ‘I’m learning to be a death doula’
Actress Nicole Kidman talks onstage at War Memorial Gym on the campus of the University of San Francisco…
Esperanza Spalding and Alonzo King deliver a rare kind of magic in S.F
Alonzo King Lines Ballet dancer Mikal Gilbert and company in “Legacy.” Chris Hardy/Lines Ballet The dank corner of Third…
DJ Skip of S.F.’s New Wave City dies after illness
Grant Medeiros, the San Francisco DJ and promoter known as DJ Skip, whose long-running New Wave City dance…
San Francisco Art Fair spotlights Asian American artists
For anyone just now recovered from January’s San Francisco Art Week, get your tote bags and Tabi boots…
Is the Balboa Theater, turning 100, the most San Francisco place?
Balboa Theatre in San Francisco’s Richmond District opened in 1926 with newsreels and a “Felix the Cat” cartoon.…
Aztec dancers amaze onlookers at SF’s soggy Cesar Chavez-free parade
Gigi Munoz, a member of the ceremonial dance group Danza Xitlalli, performs Saturday at the Farmworkers Day Festivities in San…
S.F. Ballet’s ‘La Sylphide’ feels more alive than ever
Alban Lendorf, center, in August Bournonville’s “La Sylphide.” Lindsey Rallo/San Francisco Ballet “La Sylphide” could come across, to…
S.F. Symphony’s SoundBox becomes one with nature — almost
Berkeley composer and environmentalist Gabiella Smith Brandon Patoc/San Francisco Symphony In the San Francisco Symphony’s second SoundBox program…
S.F. performer returns with a daring solo show
Fauxnique, aka Monique Jenkinson, contemplates aging as an artist in “How Do I Look?” Courtesy of Robbie Sweeny Somewhere within…
This drag queen turns San Francisco home tours into theater
J. Conrad Frank, known for his drag persona Katya Smirnoff-Skyy, works with his partner Greggory Onzo-Tasher to record…
‘Coast Starlight’ is for train lovers and daydreamers
Frequent long-distance train travelers know that one of the best ways to pass the time is to steal…