Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Crushed Like a Nut: S.F. Ballet Dancer's Hilarious Anecdote Recalling Near-Death on Stage

Bohemian Beat

On 16th Street, La Movida and Pastaio serve unpretentious fare with a measure of boho chic

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Our critics weigh in on local theater

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Our critics weigh in on local theater

Nuts to You

Our critics weigh in on local theater

The Lowdown

Stuck for ideas? These events should keep you busy till Christmas.

Free Symphony

Stuck for ideas? These events should keep you busy till Christmas.

Song Cycle

Stuck for ideas? These events should keep you busy till Christmas.

Hopeless Springs

When an adaptation slips from honest homage into unintentional parody

Nutcracker Nutz & Boltz

Shaping romance from rummage

Holiday Happenings

In the Club

Moscone gets green

Fookin'-A

Kasabian has its sights set on becoming the coolest -- and most stereotypical -- Britrock band around

Too Too Funny

Danseuses on the loose

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Danseuses on the loose

Don't Be Such a Fairy

Sandra Tsing Loh relives her youth onstage in her annual solo show Sugar Plum Fairy

Holiday Events

Sandra Tsing Loh relives her youth onstage in her annual solo show Sugar Plum Fairy

Christmas Crack-Up

The Hard Nut skewers seasonal shtick

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

The Hard Nut skewers seasonal shtick

Black and True

The best and worst of the AfroSolo Arts Festival

Holiday

The best and worst of the AfroSolo Arts Festival

The Tired Nut

The last days of San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker as we know it

Holiday Listings 2002

Arts, Crafts, Events, and Performances for the Holidays

Night&Day

Arts, Crafts, Events, and Performances for the Holidays

Holiday Listings 2002

Arts, Crafts, Events, and Performances for the Holidays

Swan Song

Giselle locked in a psych ward? Must be Mats Ek's Swan Lake

What's Up, Doc?

Bugs Bunny on Broadway is a multimedia salute to cartoons and classical music

Opera on a Budget

Eugene Onegin

House Of Tudor

Cat Power; Dance-Along Nutcracker 2000

That Was the Wit That Was

Decades after he left the stage to teach math in Santa Cruz, the voice of legendary satirist Tom Lehrer still echoes

Various Artists

Machine Soul: An Odyssey into Electronic Dance Music, Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

New Territory

Machine Soul: An Odyssey into Electronic Dance Music, Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music

House Of Tudor

Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin and Ivan Trunin

Night & Day

Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin and Ivan Trunin

Reel World

Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin and Ivan Trunin

Night + Day

Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin and Ivan Trunin

Stage

Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin and Ivan Trunin

Stage

Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin and Ivan Trunin

Stage

Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin and Ivan Trunin

Revised Viewing Standards

Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin and Ivan Trunin

Night+Day

Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin and Ivan Trunin

Isn’t It Symphonic?

Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin and Ivan Trunin

10 Things To Do This Weekend For Under $10

Being a cheapskate is easy in this city -- there's plenty of culture to be had for less than the price of a fancy farmer's market cocktail. Below, our picks for a low-budget weekend.Dead Meadow at McLaren Park on SaturdayHex Dispensers @ Annie's (Friday) Loud, fast, and macabre: That seems to be the ... More >>

Five Classical Music and Opera Events to See This Fall

Being a cheapskate is easy in this city -- there's plenty of culture to be had for less than the price of a fancy farmer's market cocktail. Below, our picks for a low-budget weekend.Dead Meadow at McLaren Park on SaturdayHex Dispensers @ Annie's (Friday) Loud, fast, and macabre: That seems to be the ... More >>

Deep in Odette

Being a cheapskate is easy in this city -- there's plenty of culture to be had for less than the price of a fancy farmer's market cocktail. Below, our picks for a low-budget weekend.Dead Meadow at McLaren Park on SaturdayHex Dispensers @ Annie's (Friday) Loud, fast, and macabre: That seems to be the ... More >>

String Theory

Being a cheapskate is easy in this city -- there's plenty of culture to be had for less than the price of a fancy farmer's market cocktail. Below, our picks for a low-budget weekend.Dead Meadow at McLaren Park on SaturdayHex Dispensers @ Annie's (Friday) Loud, fast, and macabre: That seems to be the ... More >>

Tussle's Nathan Burazer Says the Band's Music is Like a Spider Goat

Winni Wintermeyer​As one of the founding members of San Francisco's krauty, dubby, polyrhythm-toting Tussle, Nathan Burazer has seen his fair share of musical trends and scenes come and go. And while the expansive instrumental jams his band has continued to write for almost a decade have never bee ... More >>

Fall Arts: Classical music and operas to see this fall

Winni Wintermeyer​As one of the founding members of San Francisco's krauty, dubby, polyrhythm-toting Tussle, Nathan Burazer has seen his fair share of musical trends and scenes come and go. And while the expansive instrumental jams his band has continued to write for almost a decade have never bee ... More >>

"Black Swan": Natalie Portman goes batshit in a tutu

Winni Wintermeyer​As one of the founding members of San Francisco's krauty, dubby, polyrhythm-toting Tussle, Nathan Burazer has seen his fair share of musical trends and scenes come and go. And while the expansive instrumental jams his band has continued to write for almost a decade have never bee ... More >>

May's Literary Events

Winni Wintermeyer​As one of the founding members of San Francisco's krauty, dubby, polyrhythm-toting Tussle, Nathan Burazer has seen his fair share of musical trends and scenes come and go. And while the expansive instrumental jams his band has continued to write for almost a decade have never bee ... More >>