Arts & Culture

This week's calendar picks feature somesurprises, Lisa Mezzacappa 5(ish), Som Dela, SHĀHERI, Bones Shredder and Sweet Gloom, Cortisa Star, Shotgun Players' 'Falling for You,' Audrey Hobert, Michael Pollan and Christof Koch, and Dos Santos.

The air is chilly, the leaves are dropping and the darkness lingers longer at night. Yes, spooky season is here and that means the veil between worlds is thinning, allowing ghosts, goblins and ghouls to cross over...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Dear Oracle: My secret terror is being ordinary. I need to be special, and lately I’m worried I’m just average and unremarkable. That thought is repugnant to me! Can you offer any advice?...

When Destiny Muhammad was a 9-year-old living in Compton, she saw Harpo Marx playing the harp on the beloved sitcom, I Love Lucy. She knew instantly in her heart that that was her future and her destiny. A...

This week's calendar picks feature Fruit Bats, Dahveed Behroozi Trio, Snarky Puppy, Billy Strings, Lisa B, Jon Batiste, El Khat, Handsome Dick Manitoba, Tom Borrow, and Cavetown.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Orchids may lure pollinating insects with ingenious illusions rather than nectar. Some mimic the look or fragrance of other flowers. Others resemble female insects so convincingly that hopeful males unknowingly assist with pollination....

In documentary photographer and filmmaker Ken Light’s new book, Soul City: Oakland, U.S.A., 120 black-and-white photographs tell the story of the people of West Oakland. Covering the years from 1974-1976 and viewed through the lens of 2026,...