Tony Bennett called her the best jazz singer of her generation. But jazz is just one facet of Chiara Civello's approach to music. The Italian-born singer/songwriter who recently released her second CD performs this week in Davis.
Modern costumes meet an ancient Greek text in this drama first performed over 2,500 years ago. The result is a vivid and powerful adaptation of "Antigone" by Sacramento's River Stage."
For characters in this new B Street Theatre show, everyday life is transformed by a bizarre episode. The play opens with laughs but ends up delving into something deeper.
A Narnian epoch has passed in the single year since the Pevensie siblings last went through the wardrobe. Now the land is ruled by an evil general, while the rightful heir lives in exile.
Two friends in their 20s, idealistic would-be authors both, send their first novels to the publisher — only to find that the repercussions shake them to the core.
Deep in the tropics of Bolivia, young musicians and others are keeping alive the legacy of the country's 17th-century Jesuit missionaries. A region with eight mission towns is home to the richest collection of Baroque manuscripts in the Americas and Asia.
Art writer Lindsay Pollock says giant sales at this week's New York art auctions suggest this is an art market climbing ever higher in price, regardless of that worldwide credit crunch.
Detroit's Orchestra Hall was like a scene out of the Jetsons on Tuesday night. A robot designed by Honda conducted the Detroit Symphony. ASIMO, which stands for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility, led musicians during a performance of The Impossible Dream.
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