By Jim Harrington I’d waited decades to see the Electric Light Orchestra, the fabled pop-meets-classical outfit that last toured North America some 30 years ago. So, there was no way that I was...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/entertainment/jeff-lynnes-elo-pure-magic-concert/
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is boldly going where the circus has never gone before in “Out of This World.” The classic American circus franchise, a brand older than baseball, has reinv...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ringling-bros-blasts-off-high-tech-world/
Elliot Lavine’s delectable and heavy-on-the-atmospherics “I Wake Up Dreaming” film series invites even more shadows and fog to the Bay Area on Aug. 17, when the Castro Theatre screens two k...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/entertainment/nifty-noir-series-will-dreaming/
The family-run, animal-free Circus Vargas has created a light-filled extravaganza for this year’s show, “Iluminous,” which runs today through Sept. 12 in three Bay Area locations. Stunt per...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/entertainment/glow-dark-family-fun/
Celebrate the explosive nature of play creation at the New Works Festival. TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has gathered an impressive roster of artists, including Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/entertainment/big-names-line-theatreworks-new-plays-fest/
The Bay Area’s own Greg Kihn Band will headline Strike Out Cancer — a benefit for local author-comedian Fred Reiss, who is in the midst of his third battle with cancer — at The Spot in Camp...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/entertainment/greg-kihn-ready-rock-bay-area-author/
When Bay Area entertainers Samson Koletkar (billed as the “world’s only Indian Jewish standup comedian”) and Abhay Nadkarni debuted the Desi Comedy Tour in 2014, the event featured 11 South...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/entertainment/didya-hear-one-indian-jewish-comedian/
It won’t be all midway rides, farm animals and cotton candy when the Santa Clara County Fair returns Thursday through Sunday for its annual run. A new STEAM emphasis will bring Mind Works! — ...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/entertainment/county-fair-aims-hearts-minds/
The 41st American Crafts Council San Francisco Show brings together items from some 200 artisans working in everything from ceramics and glass to fabric and fiber, leather and metal, wood and sto...
Barbra Streisand is one of the world’s top-selling artists, having reportedly sold nearly 150 million albums during her amazing career. She’s also won multiple Grammys, Golden Globes, two Osc...
https://blogs.mercurynews.com/entertainment/like-buttah-barbra-streisands-back-bay-area/