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Q: What can a pair of Bay Area lovers do for a romantic Valentine's Day that doesn't center around an over-priced and over-elaborate...

‘Farewell my Concubine’ U.S. Tour Kicks Off at SF Opera

Every great epic in world culture has a simple love story at its core. “ Farewell my Concubine ”—a 22 hundred-year-old Chinese classic based...

Gary Bukovnik’s La Vie en Rose

There is a line in Russian poetry (melancholic by default) about the doomed life of those refined souls who are gifted with a keen understa...

The Moiseyev Dance Company Dazzles American Audiences on Its Celebratory Tour

The Moiseyev Dance Company returns to North America for a tour commemorating the life and work of Igor Moiseyev , who was a principal dancer...

California Academy of Sciences Started its Move Today

875 Howard Street, the temporary home of the California Academy of Sciences , closed today for the "Great Migration," which will r...

HANG Gallery Strives for Bay Area Exclusivity

If visiting HANG ART is largely a deja-vu experience, it’s mostly because the gallery founder, Shanna McBurney , made it a point to display ...

Brazilian Carnival Dancers and Fireworks at Chaya on New Year's Eve

My fin-de-year confession: I can do without necessities, but I can't without luxuries. Just give me shiny. Chaya Brasserie on Embarcader...