This exhibition presents works by 30 Bay Area–based contemporary artists reflecting on the Jewish concept of tikkun (Hebrew for “to repair”) and reexamines the term as a phenomenon of care and ...

See the Academy and Grammy award-nominated singer, songwriter, actor, and producer at this concert of Broadway and jazz hits with the S.F. Symphony. $85–$195, 415-864-6000, sfsymphony.org ...

Ring in the new year with a night of improv and laughter with scenes and stories sure to capture your heart and imagination (scheduled to end before midnight). $35, 415-474-6776, improv.org ...

Enjoy a spectacular concert, then join the Prosecco and dessert after-party and get your groove on with Hit Waves on the first tier, or harken back to the golden age of the 1930s with the Peter Mintun ...

The striking of the 16th-century bronze bell is believed to be auspicious — 108 strikes, according to tradition, and the problems of 2012 may fade away. Free with museum admission ($5–$12), ...

Adaptations, revisions, and retellings our focus this month, as a trio of new shows revamp familiar stories and classic movies to be repackaged for a whole new generation of audiences. From formative ...

A Grand Prix winner at Cannes, Payal Kapadia’s second feature, All We Imagine as Light, is constitutionally such a restrained, temperate, no-feelings-hurt movie it’s a wonder it got noticed at all.

In Southern Italy, where my grandfather was born, they celebrate La Vigilia in anticipation of the midnight birth of the baby Jesus. It was first introduced to America in the late 1800s in New York’s ...

2. The Courage to be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness, by Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga 3. The Well-Lived Life: A 103-Year-Old ...

San Francisco finally experienced a post-pandemic October where residential real estate sales began to come alive. According to a recent report published by the San Francisco Business Times, monthly ...

My husband and I recently returned from a glorious month driving around Southern Italy including stays in Sicily, Calabria and Puglia with a stop in Basilicata to tour the magical city of Matera.

Amid the drum rolls and high spirits of Japanese Heritage Night at Oracle Park on May 17, the man of the hour took center stage. As Masanori Murakami strode to the mound to deliver the ceremonial ...