Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide
WEBBy Warren Pederson, Yalonda M James. Photos: S.F. fair weirder than ever in 25th year as it makes up for lost time. By Warren Pederson. Datebook is the San Francisco Chronicle’s guide to arts & entertainment in the Bay Area, combining award-winning news with a curated events calendar.
San Francisco Pride Parade 2022: What to know about city’s
WEBJun 1, 2022 · The San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Celebration — its official name — is a festival and parade that has taken place every year in the city for five decades. The June event is a rainbow-colored valentine to the LGBTQ community and its allies. LGBTQ Pride 2022 events from S.F. Bay Area arts organizations.
Bobby McFerrin on a lifetime of breaking into new musical universes
WEBFeb 1, 2023 · McFerrin is thinking about what comes next. Even as he carefully navigates the world in a body slowed by Parkinson’s, he’s in the midst of a startling renaissance that unfolds most Monday afternoons at Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage. With his new a cappella quintet, Motion, and a cadre of regular and occasional attendees, McFerrin has found ...
Review: Tiny Tim documentary lifts curtain on misunderstood singer
WEBApr 21, 2021 · Directed by Johan von Sydow. (Not rated. 78 minutes.) Showing Friday-Sunday, April 23-25, and April 30-May 2, at the Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St., in San Rafael. The film will also be available to stream via on May 21, and video on demand Aug. 6. 'King for a Day' makes it clear: There was …
Time has come for Tyler Gordon, 14-year-old painting prodigy …
WEBDec 19, 2020 · Tyler Gordon, 14, holds his portrait of LeBron James for Time magazine’s Athlete of the Year issue outside his family’s apartment in San Jose. Photo: Nina Riggio / Special to The Chronicle. “Prodigy is the only way I can describe it,” says Damien Escobar, a musician and gallery owner who has been Tyler’s manager for a year.
Dave Chappelle defends jokes about transgender people in …
WEBJul 7, 2022 · Comedian Dave Chappelle. Photo: Alex Edelman / AFP via Getty Images 2019. Comedian Dave Chappelle says he was deeply hurt by the reaction to his 2021 standup special “The Closer,” which drew sharp criticism for his comments about transgender people, in his latest special that got a surprise release on Thursday, July 7. The new Netflix special called “What’s in a Name?” is made up of ...
Show goes on at S.F.’s Stern Grove Festival after 2 years of calamity
WEBJun 18, 2023 · Show goes on at S.F.’s Stern Grove Festival after 2 years of calamity. Sam Whiting June 18, 2023 Updated: June 19, 2023, 10:17 pm. Eileen McCrystle Tellez, who has been attending the free Stern Grove Festival concerts for 25 years, dances as Isaiah Sharkey performs Sunday. Photo: Scott Strazzante/The Chronicle. First came the flood.
Maskless S.F. Mayor London Breed got down with legendary Bay …
WEBSep 16, 2021 · San Francisco Mayor London Breed with Alicia Garza (left), the co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, and Raphael Saadiq (far right) at Black Cat in San Francisco.
‘Nash Bridges’ is back on the streets of S.F., and star ... - Datebook
WEBNov 20, 2021 · Yes, “Nash Bridges” is back, two decades after a six-season run on CBS, in a new made-for-TV movie that premieres Saturday, Nov. 27, on USA Network. And no one is happier about that than Johnson, who has a rich history with the city. “I think Willie’s naturally high,” Johnson said, roaring with laughter during a video interview with The Chronicle from his office in Montecito (Santa ...
Outside Lands 2022: lineup, directions and everything else
WEBJul 29, 2022 · The Outside Lands festival is set to return to Golden Gate Park on the first weekend of August, with six stages spread across the Polo Field, Hellman Hollow, Speedway Meadow and Marx Meadow. Festival gates open at 11 a.m. each day, and music starts at noon with a strict curfew of 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 5-6, and 9:40 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7.