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WEBBy Andrew Gilbert. Photos: Latin culture takes center stage at Bay Area music, dance and art festival. By Warren Pederson, Yalonda M James. Datebook is the San Francisco Chronicle’s guide to arts & entertainment in the Bay Area, combining award-winning news with a curated events calendar.
Datebook | San Francisco Music News & Events
WEBSabrina Carpenter jokes about her role in NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ indictment. Datebook is the San Francisco Chronicle’s guide to Music in the Bay Area, combining award-winning news coverage with a curated events calendar.
What to expect in the S.F. Opera’s centennial season
WEBAug 31, 2022 — COVID-19 played havoc with last year’s opening schedule, leading the company to open in August with Puccini’s “Tosca” and follow it in September with a “Homecoming” concert. This year, “The Centennial Celebration,” conducted by Music Director Eun Sun Kim, is expected to feature appearances by soprano Nadine Sierra, …
'World-famous for 15 minutes': How Andy Warhol predicted the
WEBMay 13, 2019 — Although Warhol died in 1987, his impact on how we think of fame — not to mention contemporary permutations like personal branding and social media influencers — is ripe for re-examination.
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Review: Aaron Rodgers biography gets in the end zone but
WEBAug 15, 2024 — Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers. By Ian O’Connor. (Mariner; 368 pages; $29.99) Rodgers’ achievements are well-documented, but O’Connor is adept at locating the player’s grudges, which motivate him. Throughout his career — when he was barely recruited to play college ball; bypassed by the 49ers, his favorite team ...
Review: 'The Bohemians,' about Dorothea Lange's early years, is ...
WEBMar 29, 2021 — In Jasmin Darznik’s “The Bohemians,” a young Dorothea Lange arrives friendless and broke in 1918 to a city that is still trying to figure out how to rebuild after the 1906 earthquake. To read this book today is an unsettling reminder of just how much history repeats itself. San Franciscans of the 1910s live in fear of a pandemic (the ...
S.F. Opera brings in novices and veterans alike for its 101st season ...
WEBSep 9, 2023 — War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave., S.F. 415-864-3330. www.sfopera.com. “This is a pretty easy way to begin,” Del Paggio said. “Taking someone that hasn’t been here a whole lot to a full-length opera is sometimes a little overwhelming.”. Parents can do their part as well.
Bruce Lee would have turned 80 this week. What if the Bay
WEBNov 25, 2020 — But as we approach what would have been the San Francisco native’s 80th birthday, Lee seems as fresh and relevant today as he was in 1973, when he died at 32. “In a way, there’s a renaissance of looking at Bruce Lee that’s been going on for a long time,” said Bao Nguyen, the director of the feature-length documentary “Be Water ...
Review: S.F. Symphony gets the new year off to a ravishing musical ...
WEBJan 12, 2023 — Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. 415-864-6000. www.sfsymphony.org. Joshua Kosman Joshua Kosman is The San Francisco Chronicle’s music critic. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @JoshuaKosman. A dynamic conducting debut, a gorgeous world premiere, the return of an eloquent soloist — a …