In his own composition, the conductor turns the spotlight on the orchestra’s recently appointed principal cello, Rainer Eudeikis.

English singer Zayn Malik has postponed a U.S. tour after the death of his former One Direction bandmate, including a concert ...

The Oakland Symphony’s first concert under Music Director Kedrick Armstrong spotlights the unsung efforts of a Bay Area ...

Cynthia Erivo took to social media to call out a fan-made “Wicked” poster that she deems is “the wildest, most offensive ...

Rajiv Joseph’s play about two friends and their bond through LeBron James’ career captures the pleasures and pain of sports ...

Pharrell Williams recently reflected on his 2013 hit song “Happy,” and it’s not as gleeful as it sounds.

Horror comes in all kinds of forms, but the oldest and most effective is the monster. Whether it’s creeping out of the dark under your bed, slithering from the woods at night, or even growing inside ...

An early line from Jeff VanderMeer’s mind-bending latest novel, “Absolution,” reads, “Already, almost from the start, the biologists were changing, from something human in the eyes of the locals into ...

Emilie Whelan as Harper, left, Dean Linnard as Louis, Edric Young as Joe and James Mercer II as Belize in Oakland Theater Project’s “Angels in America: Part 2: Perestroika.” Photo: Ben Krantz ...

Private investigator Charlie Rapp (Adam KuveNiemann, left) samples some cake offered by Truly (Rachel Clausen) in "Yaga" at Marin Theatre. Photo: David Allen/Marin Theatre “Do you have a rash?” people ...

In 1978, active serial killer Rodney Alcala appeared on the cheesy game show “The Dating Game.” And he won. “Bachelorette” Cheryl Bradshaw chose Alcala for a date among three TV suitors hidden by a ...

“We Live in Time” follows a couple (Florence Pugh, left, and Andrew Garfield) over the years of their relationship as they have fun times and deal with terminal illness. Photo: Peter ...