The orchestra approaches Mahler’s Seventh Symphony with admirable risk and excitement, if not the polish of performances ...

The longtime journalist’s book focuses on the lives of Rita and Tyson, two homeless people in the Tenderloin whom he encounters in his reporting.

Lance Gardner, Marin Theatre’s artistic director, rediscovers his passion for acting in new collaboration with Carey Perloff.

Cirque du Soleil returns to Oracle Park with “Echo,” featuring a unique cube set and running Nov. 20 to Dec. 21.

The orchestra’s former music director leads a program of Schubert and Brahms with grace, if occasional shakiness.

San Francisco Playhouse’s production is “inject this into my veins” funny but shambolic, as if a ouija board is in charge. Ami (Ana Ming Bostwick-Singer, center) performs at the talent show with ...

The bizarrely Valentine’s Day-themed action comedy “Love Hurts” has no business being as good as it is. It’s a trifle, with a barely functional script, and yet it is filled with appealing performances ...

Paolo Sorrentino’s latest film focuses on a beautiful anthropology student who becomes little more than an empty muse for the director. Celeste Dalla Porta, Daniele Rienzo and Dario Aita in ...

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates is out with the first volume of a planned three-part autobiography, “Source Code: My Beginnings.” Bill Gates isn’t prone to nostalgia. The Microsoft ...

The filmmaker’s latest music documentary delves into the challenges faced by Sly and the Family Stone, exploring the burdens and triumphs of the funk music icon. San Francisco band Sly and the Family ...

Geoff Sobelle pours wine into the glasses of the audience seated around an oversized dining table on the stage during “Food” at Stanford Live’s Memorial Auditorium in Palo Alto on Wednesday, Feb. 5.

Kristen Stewart almost saves “Love Me.” To see her here — that is, to see her comfortable in her own skin, her intense way of listening and the freshness of her reactions — as well as to hear the ...