Unlike any work of its kind, Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States” has resonated with readers around the nation, selling more than 2 million copies since it was published in 1980. It ...

When Kathryn Seabron encounters a racist, she responds in a way that takes away that person’s power. “Who hurt you?” she rhetorically asks an author of anti-Black pseudoscience in “Angry Black Woman ...

Commemorate San Francisco Heritage and its mission to preserve and enhance the city’s unique architectural and cultural identities during its 50th anniversary gala event— “A Night Celebrating ...

June marks the 70th anniversary of “Ace in the Hole,” a cynical 1951 Billy Wilder film. That length of time is pretty remarkable when you consider how much of what this movie talks about is still ...

Megan Thee Stallion is bringing her Hot Girl Summer Tour to Chase Center, letting Bay Area hotties ring in the sunny season. Last year, the Grammy Award-winning artist headlined the Outside Lands ...

Sam Jay was discovered at Montreal’s Just for Laughs comedy festival nearly 10 years ago. She performed a stand-up set for a crowd that happened to include a few “Saturday Night Live” producers, who ...

Hollywood doesn’t have a monopoly on celebrity couples. The world of classical music is also full of talented and beautiful people who find their way into one another’s arms, and then collaborate for ...

We’re spending more time inside and watching movies these days, presenting an opportunity to discover gems we may have missed when they premiered in theaters. “The Freebie” was not just overlooked.

For more than three decades, the Alexander String Quartet has been a stalwart presence in the Bay Area’s musical world. The group serves as ensemble in residence for San Francisco State University and ...

Rex Orange County is the SoundCloud star du jour, having caught the attention of the rapper Tyler, the Creator, and fans at several music festivals, including Lollapalooza in Berlin and Outside Lands ...

For decades, the Midsummer Mozart Festival was closely associated with conductor George Cleve, whose mastery of Mozart’s music made every piece — even the composer’s somewhat generic dance suites — ...

Jaylah Ji’mya Hickmon, known onstage as Doechii, was on the path to becoming a professional choral singer until a friend urged her to take a shot at producing and releasing her own music online. She ...