When Lucas Hinds Babcock performs at BroadwaySF’s Orpheum Theatre, he’ll be returning to the venue where he saw tours as a ...

Actor Mike Ryan exudes likability, authenticity and unfussy purity of intention onstage. Whatever the role, he makes his lines sound commonsense yet necessary. Even when he plays a villain — such as ...

The enigmatic polymath Jean Dawson is undeniably one of today’s most essential artists with a one-a-kind sound that is deeply unbound and not beholden to a specific genre. Equal parts musician and ...

Folk-pop singer Kate Bollinger is gearing up to warm the hearts of San Franciscans on a chilly November night at the Independent. Here to perform her first full-length album, “Songs From a Thousand ...

Dead and Company has released a coffee table book filled with hundreds of archival photos. Photo: Adam Pardee/Special to The Chronicle Dead & Company has released a coffee table photo book packed with ...

The great Greek American soprano, Maria Callas (1923-1977), a musical obsession of mine, is the subject of a new Pablo Larrain film, “Maria,” starring Angelina Jolie. It’s about Callas’ final days but ...

Stuck? Don’t know what to get the nieces, nephews, neighbors, grandkids or even your own kids for the holidays? Think books. But thousands of new titles come out each year, so how do you match the ...

Joseph Young is stepping down from his role as music director of the Berkeley Symphony after six years. Photo: Yalonda M. James/The Chronicle 2019 Joseph Young is stepping down from his role as music ...

In 1996, British actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste was essentially introduced to the cinema world with her astonishing turn opposite Brenda Blethyn in Mike Leigh’s “Secrets & Lies,” which earned her an ...

Director John M. Chu debuted two special projects this fall: one work of art, one human. The first was his fifth child, daughter Stevie Sky Chu, with wife Kristin Hodge, who gave birth on Nov. 9, the ...

In the ancient Roman arena, “Gladiator II” gets a thumbs down. Paul Mescal finds himself blown out of the acting arena by Denzel Washington and Connie Nielsen.