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

The biggest, brightest, and dare we say best San Francisco International Arts Festival is sweeping into the city Wed/29-May ...

At SF International Arts Fest, storied local dance company takes collaborative approach to crossing borders of life.

Sanitized blockbuster 'Michael' and estate-quashed Prince doc rob us of nuanced, imaginative, and true portraits of the pop ...

Korean tango, Canadian cirque, deconstructed drag, a 'Lesbitarian Church,' a more from the border-erasing blast.

On April 10, 2026, a San Francisco jury acquitted him of all charges. He had spent 18 months in jail—in large part, his ...

San Francisco is moving to upend decades of widely accepted, research-based policy on housing and substance use—and other ...

Stocked with high-end assets, the Joffrey Ballet’s Midsummer Night’s Dream experience was like being set free to plunder a ...

Conductor and civic hero Michael Tilson Thomas, who led the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years, passed away last week after a long fight with an aggressive brain cancer. Even that could not keep him ...

If he gave away most of his fortune to good causes in the next few weeks, he could say he's not just a rich guy running for governor.