The Reverberate Hills; or The Apotheosis of the Narwhal

  detail of an untitled study by Diego Rivera for Allegory of California , a ceiling mural for the Pacific Stock Exchange Luncheon Club in ...

  a street in Oakland, California

  detail of Interlock by Maren Hassinger, seen at BAM/PFA as part of the special exhibit Maren Hassinger: Living Moving Growing

Last night at Z Space I saw the first performance of In a Memory Palace , a resonant & mesmerizing new work. Done in the style of Noh T...

  detail of tile work at Francisco Middle School, San Francisco

The morning of the last performance of San Francisco Opera 's Elektra , which was also the last performance of the season, I was lucky e...

  detail of Sleeping Venus by Eustache Le Sueur, now at the Legion of Honor

One of the more exciting & unexpected developments in my now four decades plus of opera-going is the resurgence, not just in specialty f...

  Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco

  detail of A Crowned Virgin Martyr (Saint Catherine of Alexandria?) by Bernardo Daddi, now at the Legion of Honor