Lynn Mathis

In the Dark Times will there also be Singing? The San Francisco International Arts Festival takes Bertolt Brecht's rhetorical question as its theme for 2017 (and beyond) and forms the bedrock of a commitment to develop an artistic platform that addresses the dangerous domestic and foreign policy political abyss currently confronting the United States of America.

The 2017 San Francisco International Arts Festival will feature a brilliant 11 day program co-presented with, and held exclusively at, the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture.

SAFEhouse Arts, a nonprofit organization working to incubate new performing artists through residencies, workshops and performance opportunities, has announced the schedule for its ninth annual summer performance festival, SPF9, featuring ten programs over five days. SPF9 runs today, July 6 to Sunday, July 10 at ODC Theater in San Francisco.

Multiple Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Jason Mraz and the renowned Broadway Inspirational Voices (B.I.V.) including Gavin Creel, Lucia Giannetta, Montego Glover, Celisse Henderson, Kimberly JaJuan, Lisa Lynne Mathis, Crystal Monee Hall, Danielle Lee Greaves, John Eric Parker, Eliseo Roman, Shayna Steele Cook and Chris Zelno, in addition to B.I.V. Director Michael McElroy participated in the True Colors Cabaret, a special event promoting LGBT equality at Feinstein's at Lowes Regency last night, December 21.

Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell has announced several upcoming concert dates.

Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell has announced several upcoming concert dates.