The famed Italian tenor and his wife plan to host a weekend of music and hospitality in the Bay Area next June. Andrea Bocelli is hosting “A Weekend in Napa Valley” in June with Veronica Berti. Photo: ...

In the wistful and vivid “Roman Year: A Memoir,” writer André Aciman relives the isolation that honed his gifts of observation. “Roman Year: A Memoir” by André Aciman. Photo: Farrar Straus & Giroux ...

TheatreWorks’ production of Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon’s “Pride and Prejudice” sequel combines holiday confection, spicy debate and sumptuous visuals. The surprise arrival of Anne (Maggie ...

Private investigator Charlie Rapp (Adam KuveNiemann) samples some cake offered by Truly (Rachel Clausen) in “Yaga” at Marin Theatre. Photo: David Allen/Marin Theatre “Do you have a rash?,” people keep ...

Rainer Eudeikis, left, plays cello with the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen in the orchestra’s first performance of Salonen’s Cello Concerto on Friday, Oct. 18.

Brittany Newell, the San Francisco author and professional dominatrix whose new book, “Soft Core,” came out Feb. 4, poses for a portrait in the upstairs office at Aunt Charlie’s Lounge in the ...

Theater and opera director Mary Zimmerman laughs during a rehearsal of “The Matchbox Magic Flute” at Berkeley Rep’s rehearsal studios in Berkeley on Wednesday, Oct. 9. The show is based on the Mozart ...

If you live in California — or anywhere in the West, for that matter — fires are a constant threat, and they’re getting worse by the year. In 2021 alone, two of them, the Caldor and Dixie fires, ...

Last week, the Colombian singer canceled her entire North American arena tour. Now, she has announced new dates, larger venues and additional cities. Shakira announced she has scrapped her arena tour ...

“The Golden Girls” — Rose (Betty White, left), Dorothy (Bea Arthur), Sophia (Estelle Getty) and Blanche (Rue McClanahan) — was a hit with its biting humor and its heartfelt depiction of female ...

A conductor helps turn a cable car next to people waiting in line to board at Powell and Market streets. Photo: Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle San Franciscans have a toxic relationship with the city’s ...

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony in Beethoven's Ninth at Davies Symphony Hall Photo: Stefan Cohen In his first concert as music director of the San Francisco Symphony, in ...