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

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

Soloist Sayaka Shoji partners with conductor and orchestra for a scorching performance of the Russian composer’s Violin ...

In Cirque Flip Fabrique and Ex Machina’s circus-theater hybrid, deep understanding and love of wrestling norms yield ...

With the 2024 presidential election looming, several new documentaries explore the differences between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Comedian Mo Amer performs on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on Feb. 20, 2019. The comedian is set to host this year’s Palestine Cultural Day in the Bay Area. Photo: NBCUniversal / Getty ...

John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1972, the year in which they hosted the Mike Douglas show. Photo: SFFilm Mike Douglas was a former big-band singer who had a daytime talk show that ran in syndication in ...

Wanxin Zhang, third from right, with his sculptures at the Catherine Clark Gallery during FOG Design+Art at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Photo: Santiago Mejia/The Chronicle After a decade of ...

Jason Reitman’s tale of the first episode of “Saturday Night Live” in 1975 is chaos, but wins you over. Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle, left), Jacqueline Carlin (Kaia Gerber) and her future husband ...

Actor Christopher Reeves’ children, Matthew Reeve, left, Alexandra Reeve Givens and Will Reeve, attend the premiere of “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York ...

Cate Blanchett’s and director Alfonso Cuarón’s gorgeous Apple TV+ limited series looks profound but ends up a dressed-up potboiler. Cate Blanchett, left, and Sacha Baron Cohen star in in “Disclaimer,” ...

The first North American retrospective of the American artist in 25 years tells a story of “women’s work” through a woman’s gaze. Mary Cassatt, “A Goodnight Hug,” 1880. Pastel on brown paper laid down ...