The prolific songwriter and musician known for collaborations with one-time girlfriend Ronstadt, among others, helped shape ...

Usher is set to perform in Oakland on Sept. 28-29. Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle After an electric halftime show performance at Super Bowl LVIII in February, it’s clear that Usher is here to ...

Kelsey Rae Dimberg’s new novel is about a company that “floats on a bubble of collective delusion,” a description that once called to mind semiprecious stones and subprime mortgages but today can mean ...

The 21st San Francisco Irish Film Festival returns to the Delancey Street Theatre with six programs, including the popular short film events on Friday, Sept. 20. The festival opens at 7 p.m. Thursday, ...

The San Jose Museum of Art will hold their annual gala and auction on Saturday, Sept. 21. The San José Museum of Art’s annual gala is one of the biggest nights on the South Bay’s art and social ...

The father-and-son duo host of Eugene and Dan Levy were warm, mocking themselves as they noted the TV telecast was honoring “movie stars on streaming services.” Maya Rudolph, from left, Seth Meyers, ...

Indian novelist Shobha De, left, participates in the 2023 South Asian Literature and Art Festival. This year's festival is set to take place at Stanford on Sept. 28 and 29. A group of celebrated ...

The setting for Museums by Moonlight cannot be beat: Under the stars at Stanford University’s Rodin Sculpture Garden, the biannual gala benefiting the Cantor Arts Center and the Anderson Collection is ...

The contemporary ballet company’s “Dance Series 1” takes the audience through an expressive program balancing mystery and solidarity — set to tour through three Bay Area cities through Oct.… The Smuin ...

Portrait of artist Leilah Babirye (2022). Photo: Mark Hartman/Courtesy Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York Contemporary Ugandan artist Leilah Babirye wields a chain saw with tender command ...

Jack Antonoff is responsible for most of the sad-girl pop music that has dominated the charts over the past decade, from Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poet’s Department” to Lana Del Rey’s “Norman F—ing ...

In a show about Dionysus, Trixxie Carr has staged a duet of sorts between two dildos set to Hall and Oates’ “One on One.” In a rock show about Salome, inspired by both the Oscar Wilde and Richard ...