In 1978, active serial killer Rodney Alcala appeared on the cheesy game show “The Dating Game.” And he won. “Bachelorette” Cheryl Bradshaw chose Alcala for a date among three TV suitors hidden by a ...

Private investigator Charlie Rapp (Adam KuveNiemann) samples some cake offered by Truly (Rachel Clausen) in “Yaga” at Marin Theatre. Photo: David Allen/Marin Theatre “Do you have a rash?,” people keep ...

Tyler, the Creator teased a new musical era on social media, exciting fans that his next album may be on the way. Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella Tyler, the Creator just shared a ...

It has been a few weeks since my last visit to the Oakland Coliseum, but some very specific observations made that night come roaring back while watching Rajiv Joseph’s “King James.” In any other ...

Theater and opera director Mary Zimmerman laughs during a rehearsal of “The Matchbox Magic Flute” at Berkeley Rep’s rehearsal studios in Berkeley on Wednesday, Oct. 9. The show is based on the Mozart ...

Brittany Newell, the San Francisco author and professional dominatrix whose new book, “Soft Core,” came out Feb. 4, poses for a portrait in the upstairs office at Aunt Charlie’s Lounge in the ...

Roy Dupuis, left, Rolando Ravello, Charles Dance, Cate Blanchett, Denis Ménochet, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Takehiro Hira play world leaders at a G-7 summit that goes awry in “Rumours.” Photo: Bleecker ...

Emilie Whelan as Harper, left, Dean Linnard as Louis, Edric Young as Joe and James Mercer II as Belize in Oakland Theater Project’s “Angels in America: Part 2: Perestroika.” Photo: Ben Krantz ...

In the late 1990s, Lauren Francis-Sharma attended the Truth and Reconciliation Commission amnesty hearings when she briefly lived in Johannesburg while attending law school. The hearings were set up ...

Lou Goossens, from left, and Marius De Saeger star in “Young Hearts,” a 2024 Belgian film about teenage gay love. Photo: Strand Releasing There’s something in the water in Belgium. Two years after ...

“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” tops the list of movies that came out this year that we’ll soon forget. Raka (Peter Macon, left), Noa (Owen Teague) and Mae (Freya Allan) in “Kingdom of the Planet ...

Welcome to the boomtowns, Southwest style. Phoenix is now the fifth-largest city in the United States. The population of metro Las Vegas is nearing 3 million. The cities and their states proved their ...