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Saturday, February 28, 2026

Better Late Than Never

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Mozart Requiem Manfred Honeck, cond. Photo: Kristen Loken, courtesy of San Francisco Symphony A couple of years ago, I saw Manfred Honeck, m...
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Thursday, February 26, 2026

Canto Ostinato at Cal Performances

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Canto Ostinato Sandbox Percussion and AMOC* members Matthew Aucoin and Conor Hanick Lincoln Center, NYC June 25, 2025 Photo: Lawrence Sumulo...
Friday, February 20, 2026

Cav 'n Pag, Opera San José

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Maria Natale (Santuzza),  Delaney Ewert, and Jacob Hohn as villagers Cavalleria Rusticana,  Opera San José Photo: David Allen, courtesy of O...

Friday Photo

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Snacks Tokyo Fish Market, Berkeley January, 2026  
Monday, February 16, 2026

Museum Mondays

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Square in a Square Pieced by Kitty Gladys Jones Quilted by Atleaver Jones Routed West , BAMPFA  Berkeley, CA November, 2025 Click to enlarge...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

Davóne Tines and Ruckus: "What is Your Hand in This?"

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Davóne Tines, Ruckus, Members of the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts Concert Choir Photo by Michael Strickland This recital was scheduled oppo...
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Monday, February 09, 2026

Bicket, Schultz, and Mozart at San Francisco Symphony

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Golda Schultz and Harry Bicket Photo by Michael Strickland Used with permission I'm sorry that I didn't take a curtain call photo or...
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Sunday, February 08, 2026

Suzannah Lessard

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The Architect of Desire: Beauty and Danger in the Stanford White Family by Suzannah Lessard Book cover I don't have a personal photo of ...

Los Angeles Opera, 2026-27

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Satyagraha, by Philip Glass Curtain Call Photo Los Angeles Opera November, 2018 I don't have a photo of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion ha...
Thursday, February 05, 2026

Livermore Valley Così fan tutte

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Poster graphic courtesy of Livermore Valley Opera I never got around to noting that this season presented opportunities to see Verdi's L...

Seattle Opera 2026-27

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Seattle I haven't got a handy photo of McCaw Hall, home of the Seattle Opera, so the photo above, which certainly signals Seattle, will ...

California Sympnony 2026-27 Season

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Music Director Donato Cabrera conducting the California Symphony Photo: Kristen Loken courtesy of California Symphony California Symphony an...
Wednesday, February 04, 2026

San Francisco Opera, 2026-27

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Postcard from my personal collection San Francisco Opera announced its 2026-27 season yesterday. One of the operas in the season, Wagner...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Daphne at Seattle Opera

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Heidi Stober as Daphne Photo: Sunny Martini / Courtesy of Seattle Opera No photos available of her in the outfit she changed into for  the t...
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John Storgårds at SF Symphony

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John Storgåards Photo by Marco Borggreve / courtesy of San Francisco Symphony John Storgårds conducted SFS last week for the first time, and...
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Monday, January 19, 2026

Museum Mondays

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Cora Lee Hall Brown (piecer, 1981) Willia Etta Graham (quilter, 1985) Untitled (One Patch) Routed West , BAMPFA  Berkeley, CA November, 2025...
Friday, January 09, 2026

Amplification

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Shotgun Players Illustration for Sunday in the Park with George I saw two shows by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine recently, Sunday in the...
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