“An Approximation of Resilience” by Alex Ketley uses dance to explore a real-life murder case and California’s justice system.

In an era of emergency fundraising campaigns and sudden closures, it’s noteworthy to remain a pillar of the theater community, as Shotgun Players has.

Chronicle movie critic emeritus Mick LaSalle also discusses dark cinematography and the proper response when someone tells you about their favorite movies.

Bob Dylan’s songbook contains more than enough drama to power a hundred novels or screenplays. Yet, despite bristling with thwarted characters, ripe narrative fragments and devastatingly emotional ...

Dede Wilsey poses for a portrait with her dog Dazzle at her home in San Francisco. Photo: Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle 2015 After 21 years as president of the board of the Fine Arts Museums of San ...

A new art installation that baffled and delighted visitors to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park for a few days has been removed by city officials. The sculpture, which depicted the extinct Xerces blue ...

More than 200 former Great Dickens Christmas Fair participants are organizing a boycott, saying it has not done enough to address concerns from people of color.

When an Ethiopian American in Paris returns home for a reset, he finds only more mysteries about the immigrant experience and what we each call home.

Attorney Brian Rohan (left) confers with members of the Grateful Dead on June 23, 1968, at their sentencing in San Francisco Superior Court for a possession of marijuana conviction. Photo: Gordon ...

The vintage Grateful Dead T-shirt sold for a record price through auction at Sotheby’s. Photo: Sotheby's An original Grateful Dead T-shirt from 1967 sold for $17,640 through Sotheby’s on Friday, Oct.

Don Asmussen had been a cartoonist for The Chronicle since its merger in 2000 with the Hearst-owned Examiner, where he was an artist for several years earlier. Photo: Penni Gladstone / The Chronicle ...

Chronicle reviewers pored over many books throughout the year from fiction to memoir, funny to sobering — here are their favorite reads of 2023 you don’t want to miss.