This is Drama Masks, a Bay Area performing arts column from a born San Franciscan and longtime theatre artist in an N95 mask.

Local music scored a win in 2021, when Guillermo Goyri—who a few years later, would become co-host of KEXP’s seminal Latin ...

Why 'Fjord' deserved the Palme d'Or, the cinematic embrace of '9 Temples to Heaven,' and a double dose of South Korea's Hong ...

Chicago's finest punks tore into Thursday night, heading into final stretch of their 'Ricochet' tour.

Here’s a plausible political scenario that would drive the mayor and his allies nuts—and it’s based entirely on their own ...

So the window to see ANY live concert shows was zilch. But I made a silent deal with myself that if the opportunity came, I ...

Jess Sabogal can’t be put into one category when it comes to making art. Rather, they check many boxes within a diversely ...

Plus: A six-hour documentary on Russian press freedom, John Turturro's weary pickpocket, 'Los Domingos,' more.

The voters hate tech companies. They think the local economy is getting worse. And they like socialism as much as capitalism.

Chan believes billionaires should pay their fair share in taxes. Scott Wiener doesn’t. Chan refuses to take money from the AI ...

Roll Fog,' Chinatown After Dark, SF Dance Film Fest, SOMArts' Día de los Muertos, 'Wicker,' a Britney Spears musical, more to ...

Always Hallways' velvet-voiced Berkeley singer found new strength onstage through processing her father's loss.