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[hieroglyph] traverses the intersection of environmental racism, sexual violence, and displacement, examining the psychological effects of a state-sanctioned man-made disaster on the most vulnerable members of the Katrina diaspora.

San Francisco Opera's online Ring Festival continues throughout March with free streaming of Richard Wagner's four-part The Ring of the Nibelung and live ticketed events online.

Reluctantly, the San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF) this week brought the State of California (CAL) back into court as part of its ongoing First and Fourteenth Amendment lawsuit against the City & County of San Francisco (CCSF).

Romance so often conjures images of affectionate gestures grand and small: flowers, chocolates, initials carved in bark.

In Song is a series of intimate video portraits featuring remarkable San Francisco Opera artists who draw us into their distinctive spheres through stories and song—from classical to bluegrass to spirituals.

The Marsh presents an inspiring lineup of individuals sharing deeply personal journeys in the MarshStream Solo Arts Heal series, discussing emotionally charged topics that range from facing dementia to sexual violence, jumping into climate change activism to dating someone with a psychiatric disorde

The San Francisco Opera costume department has teamed up with doctors from UCSF to create a mask that will allow the company's singers to safely rehearse together.

Today, Frameline—the world's longest-running and largest showcase of queer cinema—announced the recipients of the 2020 Frameline Completion Fund, which provides much-needed grants to emerging and established filmmakers to complete projects that represent and reflect LGBTQ+ life in all its comple

Virtuoso pianist, actor and writer Hershey Felder certainly knows how to handle any curveballs life throws him.

It's the dark ugly days of August 2020 and COVID isolation and the specter of a 2nd Trump election loom large over writer Jesse Howard who's hunkered down at his childhood home in Manhattan, Kansas with his conservative Christian parents.

Uniquely focused on both the baroque and the brand new, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale (PBO) announces the appointment of TARIK O'REGAN as the 40-year old organization's first-ever Composer-in-Residence.

San Francisco Ballet (SF Ballet) streams George Balanchine's Jewels on Program 04, April 1–21, of the 2021 Digital Season, featuring a newly-captured Emeralds to accompany archival recordings of Rubies and Diamonds.

Chanticleers Theatre in Castro Valley is opening their 2021 Season with this hysterical comedy! Welcome to Almost, Maine, a town that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United States—it’s almost in Canada.

The Brandenburg 300 Project announces a virtual celebration of the 300th Anniversary of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos and the music's placement on The Golden Record.

There is a lot to love in San Francisco Ballet’s recently unveiled Program 03 of mixed repertoire, even if it takes a bit of a dip in the middle.

Due to unprecedented advance ticket sales, Lighthouse Immersive announced today that Immersive Van Gogh—the all-new visually-striking exhibition that invites audiences to step inside post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh's most incredible works of art—has released a new block of timed-entry

When Lorraine Hansberry Theatre announced last September that Bay Area theatre luminary Margo Hall had been appointed as its first female Artistic Director, it felt like a promise of good things to come.

On Saturday, March 6, 2021, San Francisco Opera did a wonderful thing.

Theatre Rhinoceros presents a FREE Zoom/Facebook Live presentation, JENNY, conceived and performed by John Fisher, on Thursday, March 11, 2021.

Humphry Slocombe—the small-batch ice cream brand synonymous with unique, ultra-premium flavors—is celebrating the West Coast premiere of Immersive Van Gogh— the all-new visually-striking exhibition that invites audiences to step inside post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh's most incred

San Jose Stage Company, in collaboration with African-American Shakespeare Company, has extended STRANGE COURTESIES.

Remote Theater kicks off 2021 with the premiere virtual performance of The Art of Sacrifice, by Anthony Clarvoe, directed by Desdemona Chiang, with original music by Paul Dresher, featuring Lauren English and Susi Damilano.

Opera lovers everywhere are invited to join the acclaimed Merola Opera Program for its first-ever virtual benefit gala, Un Gala in Maschera.

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San Francisco Opera's Department of Diversity, Equity and Community (DEC) will present virtual, interactive events for families in March: First Act Workshop: Musical Adventures on March 6 and two unique Spring in Opera Land events with Bearitone, the Opera Bear puppet, on March 27 and 30.