Fred Lyon’s Enchantingly Beautiful “San Francisco Noir”
Photographer Fred Lyon has been called “San Francisco’s Brassai.” We last spoke with him at the Leica Gallery, where he was signing prints and copies … Read more
Events
Passionate Theme for San Francisco Ballet Gala
San Francisco Ballet and Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson will launch the 2019 Repertory Season with This is Passion: SF Ballet’s Opening Night Gala, on Wednesday, … Read more
FOG Design+Art Announces Programming Highlights for Sixth Edition of Fair
Ferry riders know a little something about the fog. So it’s no surprise that many us will be flocking to the sixth edition of FOG Design+Art. We … Read more
California International Antiquarian Book Fair Returns to Oakland
One of the world’s largest and most prestigious exhibitions of antiquarian books, returns to Northern California, Friday, February 8 through Sunday, February 10, 2019 at the Oakland Marriott … Read more
Karen Gomyo and San Francisco Symphony Score Big With Shostakovich Concerto
Last evening’s SFS performance of Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto was praised to the skies by the San Francisco Chronicle’s music critic, and others mesmerized by the … Read more
Elegant Gala Ushers in San Francisco Symphony Season
“Itzhak Perlman plays a pretty good fiddle,” observed Michael Tilson Thomas as the San Francisco Symphony celebrated the start of their 24th season together on Wednesday, … Read more
All Aboard for the Return of the Ring (Cycle)
As Cultural Currents readers know the last time the San Francisco Opera staged the Three Cycles of the Ring was seven years ago. But the Bay Area’s infatuation with the Richard … Read more
28th Annual California Mille Returns to Nob Hill
Some 70 classic cars that could have qualified for the Mille Miglia, Italy’s most-famous open road race, will motor to San Francisco’s Nob Hill on … Read more
The Bay Area Book Festival is Back
The Bay Area Book Festival—one of the world’s premier celebrations of writers, readers and the written word—has announced its full complement of presenters, programs and … Read more
Opera Parallèle and SFJAZZ Partner in Leonard Bernstein Tribute
SFJAZZ and Opera Parallèle join forces again for a multi-media, multi-genre tribute to the centennial of iconic and versatile American composer Leonard Bernstein. This production links … Read more