Beautiful books make classic gifts for a good reason. What better way to show you understand what delights, inspires or just plain occupies the minds of your loved ones than giving them a thoughtful ...

If Anya’s memory, as she sings, is “glowing dim as an ember,” Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens’ song somehow conjures that image’s musical equivalent. The melody in “Once Upon a December” smolders ...

Bay Area author Betty Shamieh with a copy of her first novel, “Too Soon,” in her home workspace in Santa Clara. Photo: Lea Suzuki/The Chronicle If you’re at all involved in the theater scene, you may ...

German actor Max Schreck plays Count Orlok, an unofficial Dracula copy, in F.W. Murnau's 1922 horror classic, "Nosferatu." Photo: Cinequest Robert Eggers’ remake of “Nosferatu” is an atmospheric ...

Twenty-five years ago she went on a sexual adventure with Tom Cruise (then her real-life husband) in “Eyes Wide Shut,” an experiment in open marriage that only Stanley Kubrick could have dreamed up.

Who gets to be considered “a real American,” and how does that label shift based on the identity of the beholder? While reading Rachel Khong’s ambitious second novel, “Real Americans,” finding answers ...

“September 5” director Tim Fehlbaum, left, and actor John Magaro sit for a portrait in San Francisco on Dec. 6. “September 5” is an Oscar contender about ABC Sports’ coverage of the Israeli hostage ...

Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s “Uncle Vanya” marks its first play from the theatrical canon since Johanna Pfaelzer became artistic director in 2019. Hugh Bonneville stars in “Paddington,” based on the ...

Over the past 20 years, the SFJazz Collective has mined the jazz canon for inspiration, interpreting the music of the masters with each band member also writing an original tune for the ensemble. Now ...

Francine Prose’s captivating new memoir focuses on her intense relationship with an impassioned peace activist, which began and ended within a few months a half-century ago, just as she was starting ...

Lower Grand Radio is hosting a string of events in the East Bay to celebrate its anniversary. Photo: Courtesy Alex Shen Oakland’s Lower Grand Radio is pulling out all the stops for its 10th ...

Stuck? Don’t know what to get the nieces, nephews, neighbors, grandkids or even your own kids for the holidays? Think books. But thousands of new titles come out each year, so how do you match the ...