With California’s high speed rail project—a proposed bullet train promising travel between Los Angeles and San Francisco in two hours and 40 minutes—now in jeopardy, … Read more
If most ferry riders are able to attend only one performance of San Francisco Opera’s summer season, our pick is Rusalka, which is about a … Read more
Ferry riders who have paid a visit to Angel Island well know about the shameful treatment given to quarantined immigrants from China in the 19th … Read more
Alexei Ratmansky’s Shostakovich Trilogy returns to San Francisco Ballet (SF Ballet) closing the Company’s 2019 Repertory Season at the War Memorial Opera House. Called a “fascinating, thrilling, bewilderingly ambiguous … Read more
Now on exhibit at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor through September 8, 2019 is “Early Rubens.” In 1608, after a period of intense artistic study … Read more
Arthur Pita’s Björk Ballet celebrates the theatricality of Björk and her music, setting songs spanning her discography, from 1993’s Debut to Utopia from 2017. Pita’s choreography for twenty-two total dancers mixes … Read more
While one could hardly describe Claude Monet as a late bloomer (he was one of those rare painters who had won widespread recognition in youth), … Read more
Sasha De Sola, the a principal dancer with the San Francisco Ballet, will again be in the limelight as she takes the stage as Aurora … Read more
How often have we taken the ferry to or around Angel Island and considered what a dire destination it was for emigrants from China? This … Read more
Now running through February 23, 2019, is “Chicks with Guns,” a compelling cultural portrait of women firearm owners in America. In the era of both … Read more