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Where to enjoy Handel’s ‘Messiah’ this holiday season
Nov 27, 2024 · Editor's note: This story has been updated with concerts for the 2024 season. Every year around December, the same set of cultural rituals gets repeated, depending on …
Review: Familial dysfunction soars in ‘Cult of Love’ - Datebook
Feb 2, 2024 · Review: Familial dysfunction soars in ‘Cult of Love’ Most families dread the holiday season. The Dahls in Berkeley Repertory’s latest drama, written by “Russian Doll” co-creator …
Review: Punching and tearing are aphrodisiacs in ACT’s
Sep 19, 2024 · A Champagne coupe on the veranda. Silken evening gowns and silkier dressing gowns. Droll lines like, “What is so horrible is that one can’t stay happy,” delivered by people …
A sweet celebration of Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, still moving
Jan 24, 2024 · For a guy who’s never stopped moving, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott has put down a vast and world-shaping web of musical roots. A master of folk blues and various fingerstyle and …
Review: A surprising and riveting fourth novel closes out Southern ...
Oct 18, 2024 · The Southern Reach Trilogy was a huge success for VanderMeer. But it also, and purposefully so, left many questions unanswered. That is where “Absolution” comes in: It acts …
Review: S.F. Opera taps into the transcendent power of ... - Datebook
Oct 20, 2024 · Review: S.F. Opera taps into the transcendent power of ‘Tristan and Isolde’ Richard Wagner’s epic of love and death comes to glorious life in a dramatically sung …
Bay Area actress Connie Nielsen back in ancient Rome in
Nov 18, 2024 · Every day, Connie Nielsen is reminded why she’s stayed in the Bay Area for more than two decades, and why she has no plans to leave. “I look out the window, there’s a view of …
Review: Elizabeth Strout brings together beloved characters in …
Aug 30, 2024 · Review: Elizabeth Strout brings together beloved characters in novel about connection “Tell Me Everything” proves to be an apt title for this bighearted novel about the …
Andrea Bocelli on his new album, film and 30 years of making …
Nov 5, 2024 · Andrea Bocelli on his new album, film and 30 years of making music: ‘I like to think to the future’ Bocelli says that his first day onstage feels like yesterday, and that he is grateful …