25 stories from archives.sfexaminer.com
by Tom Lanham
In all his years with The Doobie Brothers, singer-guitarist Tom Johnston " who founded the group in 1970, left for a temporary solo career in 1977, then rejoined a …
by Janos Gereben
San Francisco's Asian Art Museum's new exhibit "28 Chinese" showcases the fruits of Don and Mera Rubell's labors, which began 51 years ago when they got married,…
by Tom Lanham
As the self-proclaimed artist Emmy the Great, Emma-Lee Moss had hit a dead end last year after two solo albums. So for her new EP "S" " and a forthcoming, as-yet-un…
by Robert Sokol
San Jose Stage Company wraps its current season with a smorgasbord of outstanding local talent in a sparkling two-snaps-up musical production of "The Addams Famil…
by Robert Sokol
One of the most perfectly formed musicals of Broadway's golden age, "My Fair Lady" has a heavenly score " music by Alan Jay Lerner and lyrics by Frederick Loewe …
by Anita Katz
Foreground is background, background is foreground and static images appear to shift when the viewer moves in front of them in British painter Patrick Hughes' explo…
by Staff Report
Who's in town
French musician Colleen is performing atmospheric, melodic pop music from her latest album, "Captain of None." [7 p.m., Exploratorium, Pier 15, S.…
by Tom Lanham
There are moments of sheer folk-pop bliss on Ingrid Michaelson's latest CD "Lights Out," such as the single "Girls Chase Boys," with a video that spoofs Robert Palm…
by Staff Report
Who's in town
Harvard public-policy professor Robert D. Putnam is leading a discussion about the wage gap and vanishing opportunities for American youths. [7 p.…
by Janos Gereben
San Francisco Opera Music Director Nicola Luisotti sounds like a proud midwife, talking about this week's world premiere of "Two Women" ("La Ciociara") in the Wa…
by Staff Report
Who's in town
Best-selling author Neil Gaiman speaks about the way stories become legendary over the years. [7:30 p.m., Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St., S.F.; sol…
by Tom Lanham
When she was young, before she acted on TV's "Moesha" and in films such as "Holiday Heart," Los Angeles-bred Jess Reynolds remembers an unusual and inspiring game h…
by Janos Gereben
"What joy!" were the first words the chorus sang when the curtain went up Sunday afternoon in the War Memorial Opera House on the first complete production of He…
by Staff Report
Who's in town
Philosopher, lawyer and atheist Nancy Ellen Abrams reflects on the possibility of finding something in the universe "worthy of the name God." [6 p…
by Janos Gereben
Beethoven is everywhere, all the time, but the San Francisco Symphony festival this month makes a special case for the great composer.
Music director Michael Til…
by Staff Report
Something to read
In the Unlikely Event By Judy Blume ($27.95)
The icon of young-adult fiction is talking about her latest book, which chronicles a series of my…
by Jeffrey M. Anderson
Once dubbed "the godfather of mumblecore," Andrew Bujalski, in his fifth movie "Results," used actual movie stars for the first time in his career.
Bujalsk…
by Anita Katz
Brian Wilson, Beach Boy wonder, is the latest rock giant to get the biopic treatment, and the result, "Love & Mercy," takes a life that sounds tailor-made for a for…
by Robert Sokol
Though W.C. Fields recommended never sharing a stage with kids and animals, associating with a production of the musical "Annie" makes that impossible.
In the non…
by Jean Schiffman
"Jesus lives here!" shouts a hyped-up, sweating Pastor Elias, delivering a sermon from the pulpit of a small Pentecostal church.
It's a vibrant start to "This G…
by Staff Report
A great hike
Hendy hankering: There are some remarkable redwood parks in the Bay Area: Muir Woods, Big Basin, Redwood Regional Park. The only challenge? They're…
by Tom Lanham
Norwegian keyboardist Aurora Aksnes was asleep at home when her pop idol Katy Perry had not only discovered her ethereal single "Runaway," but tweeted to her 66.4 m…
by Jeffrey M. Anderson
Summer is here! Along with sequels and superheroes come funny stuff, spooky stuff, touching stuff, imaginative stuff and thoughtful stuff " in other words,…
by Robert Sokol
Joseph Alsop was a polarizing figure in the Washington, D.C. press throughout the middle of the last century. Charmingly convivial one minute and harshly critical…
by Janos Gereben
Dance, opera, symphonic, choral and jazz music are blooming in a season that also offers outdoor, moderately-priced (and some free!) performances as well as mult…
