How should we spend our time while sheltering in place? For artists, it’s obvious. Through live-streamed performances, virtual story times, cooking demonstrations and other projects, Bay Area ...

Since the dawn of domesticity, rugs and carpets have been essential for both warmth and protection and creating a sense of home in a space. More than just utility or decor, the history of the rug is ...

Fandom can sometimes cross into worship and obsession. That is the subject of the documentary, “The Faithful: The King, the Pope, the Princess,” by Annie Berman. Made over the course of 20 years, it ...

Orson Welles called “The Baker’s Wife,” the charming 1938 classic by Marcel Pagnol, a perfect film. Fable-like in structure and very French in its acceptance and forgiveness of human frailty, it’s the ...

Berkeley painter and sculptural installation artist Libby Black explores intersections of politics, feminism, LGBTQ+ identity and consumerism in her new solo exhibition, “The Way Things Also Are,” at ...

Unlike any work of its kind, Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States” has resonated with readers around the nation, selling more than 2 million copies since it was published in 1980. It ...

As we gradually emerge into what used to be called, quaintly, the fall arts season, an increasing number of arts presenters have begun to assemble their ad hoc virtual offerings into actual seasons.

The title of the new Peninsula International Dance Festival highlights the riches of the Bay Area: the companies are mostly local, but they represent the cultures of 11 different countries, ranging ...

Felix Mendelssohn gets all the attention, but he was just one of two musical geniuses in his family. His elder sister Fanny was also a gifted pianist and composer, perhaps even equal to her brother’s ...

The mixed chorus Volti has been a champion of contemporary music for more than four decades, and not even a pandemic is going to keep it from unveiling new works for an interested audience. The ...

The Balboa Theatre’s annual Godzilla Fest is back with a roar. Starting with the original 1954 “Godzilla” (aka “Gojira”) at 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18, and ending after a 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, screening ...

This month, the South Bay’s Steinway Society joins the roster of concert presenters working through the COVID-19 pandemic to re-create a suitable version of musical life online. Its new Home Concert ...