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Tilda Swinton, left, and Julianne Moore star in “The Room Next Door,” the first English-language feature from acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar. Photo: Sony Pictures Classics Soon enough we ...
A critic hated this box office smash, back after seven years. A ballet dancer loved it. As soon as the curtain fell, they discussed. Frances Chung, top, and Wei Wang in Liam Scarlett’s “Frankenstein.” ...
Danielle St.Germain, who was most recently the executive director at the San Francisco Ballet, will join the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco as its chief philanthropy officer, the institution ...
Crowded Fire Theater’s world premiere makes us endure such prodigious and portentous throat-clearing as to dull its insights.
Mick LaSalle also answers questions about enduringly creepy movies and the theater with the best projection in San Francisco.
Halsey is treating San Francisco fans to a one-off intimate concert next month. But there’s a catch. The Grammy-nominated singer is putting on a special show exclusively for Wells Fargo Autograph ...
The local theater community rallied around Erin Merritt to ensure she could direct “Tea Party” by Gordon Dahlquist.
The In-N-Out hamburger chain is sizzling mad after San Francisco shut down its indoor dining for refusing to check customers’ vaccination status. Photo: Adam Lau / Associated Press When San ...
The screening of the Oakland-filmed “Freaky Tales” at the Grand Lake Theatre became a star-studded event and full on celebration of the Bay Area.
More than 200 former Great Dickens Christmas Fair participants are organizing a boycott, saying it has not done enough to address concerns from people of color.
A new art installation that baffled and delighted visitors to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park for a few days has been removed by city officials. The sculpture, which depicted the extinct Xerces blue ...
Muriel Leung, author of the apocalyptic but hopeful novel, “How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Disaster.” Photo: Muriel Leung In the early days of the COVID pandemic, author Muriel Leung ...