The prolific songwriter and musician known for collaborations with one-time girlfriend Ronstadt, among others, helped shape ...

Usher is set to perform in Oakland on Sept. 28-29. Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle After an electric halftime show performance at Super Bowl LVIII in February, it’s clear that Usher is here to ...

The 21st San Francisco Irish Film Festival returns to the Delancey Street Theatre with six programs, including the popular short film events on Friday, Sept. 20. The festival opens at 7 p.m. Thursday, ...

Kelsey Rae Dimberg’s new novel is about a company that “floats on a bubble of collective delusion,” a description that once called to mind semiprecious stones and subprime mortgages but today can mean ...

The San Jose Museum of Art will hold their annual gala and auction on Saturday, Sept. 21. The San José Museum of Art’s annual gala is one of the biggest nights on the South Bay’s art and social ...

Portrait of artist Leilah Babirye (2022). Photo: Mark Hartman/Courtesy Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York Contemporary Ugandan artist Leilah Babirye wields a chain saw with tender command ...

For 50 years, Oakland art center Creative Growth has been home to a vibrant studio program and gallery for artists with developmental disabilities. Exhibiting locally and internationally, Creative ...

Japanese American singer Mitski has her senior project at Purchase College’s Conservatory of Music to thank for her now-blossomed music career. Her first two albums, 2012’s “Lush” and 2013’s “Retired ...

The contemporary ballet company’s “Dance Series 1” takes the audience through an expressive program balancing mystery and solidarity — set to tour through three Bay Area cities through Oct.… The Smuin ...

The father-and-son duo host of Eugene and Dan Levy were warm, mocking themselves as they noted the TV telecast was honoring “movie stars on streaming services.” Maya Rudolph, from left, Seth Meyers, ...

Jack Antonoff is responsible for most of the sad-girl pop music that has dominated the charts over the past decade, from Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poet’s Department” to Lana Del Rey’s “Norman F—ing ...

Indian novelist Shobha De, left, participates in the 2023 South Asian Literature and Art Festival. This year's festival is set to take place at Stanford on Sept. 28 and 29. A group of celebrated ...