Haight St. and Ashbury St. An iconic San Francisco counterculture hub plans to host a diverse lineup of local rock bands for an open-to-all street fair. The Haight-Ashbury Street Fair — which takes ...

Indian novelist Shobha De, left, participates in the 2023 South Asian Literature and Art Festival. This year's festival is set to take place at Stanford on Sept. 28 and 29. A group of celebrated ...

The contemporary ballet company’s “Dance Series 1” takes the audience through an expressive program balancing mystery and solidarity — set to tour through three Bay Area cities through Oct.… The Smuin ...

Portrait of artist Leilah Babirye (2022). Photo: Mark Hartman/Courtesy Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York Contemporary Ugandan artist Leilah Babirye wields a chain saw with tender command ...

Jack Antonoff is responsible for most of the sad-girl pop music that has dominated the charts over the past decade, from Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poet’s Department” to Lana Del Rey’s “Norman F—ing ...

In a show about Dionysus, Trixxie Carr has staged a duet of sorts between two dildos set to Hall and Oates’ “One on One.” In a rock show about Salome, inspired by both the Oscar Wilde and Richard ...

Surabhi Bharadwaj, artistic director of Siddhi Creative, plans to bring the world premiere of "The Maze" and "Finding Joy" to ODC Theater on Sept. 20. Photo: Provided by Kyle Adler and Siddhi Creative ...

For 50 years, Oakland art center Creative Growth has been home to a vibrant studio program and gallery for artists with developmental disabilities. Exhibiting locally and internationally, Creative ...

Classical pianist Hunter Noack’s outdoor concert series explores the intersection between music and nature, giving live concert piano performances a new life on stages set in wide open spaces in the ...

Dancer and choreographer Liss Fain is set to present "Open Time" at Z Space Sept. 27-29. Photo: John Storey / Special to the Chronicle Liss Fain Dance is bringing its latest immersive work to Z Space.

Majesty Scott as Elle Woods, left, and Seth Hanson as Warner in Ray of Light Theatre’s “Legally Blonde: The Musical.” Photo: Jon Bauer/Ray of Light Theatre Chronicle readers frequently ask me why I ...

“Tighten up!” the headmaster (Fred Pitts) says to Pharus (William Schmidt). “Like all men, hold some things in.” But in fact the headmaster in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s “Choir Boy,” now in a Shotgun ...