Brittany Newell, San Francisco author and professional dominatrix whose new book, “Soft Core” comes out Feb. 4th, poses for a ...

Katy Perry is hitting the road for the first time since 2018, and Bay Area fans will only get one night to catch her comeback ...

From “Fallout” to “Sweet Tooth” and assorted incarnations of “The Walking Dead,” post-apocalyptic TV series are like a drug on the market. Paranoid political thrillers are too, as this month’s drops ...

The MacArthur genius grant winner draws on her deep knowledge of jazz, gospel and more for the orchestra’s experimental concert series. Composer and pianist Courtney Bryan is curating the San ...

Two works by Hector Berlioz get the spotlight in the orchestra’s latest program, along with music by Debussy, Richard Strauss ...

This first West Coast exhibition by Brooklyn artist Kambui Olujimi is a world-building, immersive multimedia experience. Featuring large-scale watercolor and ink paintings, a site-specific mural, and ...

Director Tyne Rafaeli, left, and actor Matilda Lawler rehearse Berkeley Repertory Theatre's "The Thing About Jellyfish." Photo: Berkeley Repertory Theatre Suzy used to “constant-talk.” But that was ...

Foster the People had written its first Grammy-nominated song before it had even released an album. The victory may be thanks to frontman Mark Foster’s previous job as a commercial jingle writer. The ...

When you pick up a book by Lidia Yuknavitch, whether fiction or nonfiction, here’s what you won’t find: squeaky-clean characters, milquetoast storylines, bland prose or neat-and-tidy conclusions. What ...

While the main, multi-day S.F. Silent Film Festival has been pushed back from the spring to at least the fall because of the ...