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 ...

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 ...

Beat poet Michael McClure is seen on his deck with sculptures by his wife, artist Amy Evans McClure, at their home in Oakland in 2010. Photo: Paul Chinn / The Chronicle 2010 Michael McClure, the young ...

The Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble’s “Dawn Chorus” consists of 11 short instrumental works inspired by America’s national parks, including Yellowstone and Grand Teton. Photo: Innova ...

“Tell Me Everything” proves to be an apt title for this bighearted novel about the importance of hearing the stories — sad, wistful, heartbreaking — of ordinary people. Oh, and there’s a… “Tell Me ...

Benjamin Bossi’s sax solos for San Francisco new wave band Romeo Void were influenced by jazz and funk. Photo: Frank Zincavage Benjamin Bossi, the dynamic saxophonist for San Francisco new wave icons ...

A conductor helps turn a cable car next to people waiting in line to board at Powell and Market streets. Photo: Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle San Franciscans have a toxic relationship with the city’s ...

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony in Beethoven's Ninth at Davies Symphony Hall Photo: Stefan Cohen In his first concert as music director of the San Francisco Symphony, in ...

As Timo is leaving his old friend Mickey to die in an icy crevice on a barren planet, he says, “Nice knowing you, have a nice death” — before adding, “See you tomorrow.” Mickey (Robert Pattinson), you ...

The In-N-Out hamburger chain is sizzling mad after San Francisco shut down its indoor dining for refusing to check customers’ vaccination status. Photo: Adam Lau / Associated Press When San ...

“The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown” (Knopf; 448 pages; $28.95) by Julia Flynn Siler. Photo: Knopf In the Evergreen Cemetery in East Los Angeles, ...

“The Golden Girls” — Rose (Betty White, left), Dorothy (Bea Arthur), Sophia (Estelle Getty) and Blanche (Rue McClanahan) — was a hit with its biting humor and its heartfelt depiction of female ...