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All graduates of the center's 11-week summer Merola Program who have stepped up into the more selective yearlong fellowship programs for one to three years running, these eight singers and two pianists/coaches have already had plenty of experience on
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Follow j. on and Rita Semel, an interfaith pioneer and Jewish activist, received a 2012 Community Leadership Award from the San Francisco Foundation at an Oct. 2 ceremony at Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. Rita Semel Semel was honored for her
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Font Resize Since coming on the scene in the 1980s, Cuban-born pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba has astonished listeners with his Tatum-esque chops. He can play anything exquisitely, from bebop to boleros, and you just know he could toss off a dozen Chopin
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The One About Musical Comebacks Musiker and Weigand scout the Bay Area for things to do this coming weekend and turn up a musical cornucopia, from Paula West's comeback to the revival of a neglected opera to the chance to be serenaded by Tony Bennett
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Both are impressively big men whose physical presence belies a breathtaking agility. Performing in front of a packed Herbst Theatre last Monday evening, the 70-year-old Valdes spent the majority of the 90-minute concert alternating between Latin and
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Unlocking the Mysteries of Genetics is the theme of the talk. [8 p.m., Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., S.F.] Lectures Sebastian Seung: The MIT professor and author of Connectome talks about what he calls the nexus of nature and nurture: the
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Prajakti Jayavant, John Zarobell and Stephen Goldstine. The curator of Prajakti Jayavant's current show will discuss it with her and the former president of San Francisco Art Institute...The Screwtape Letters: Max McLean stars as His Abysmal
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Former District 5 Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, with his wife Eliana Lopez and son, Theo, by his side was ceremonially sworn into office as Sheriff of San Francisco on Sunday by former Mayor Art Agnos at the Herbst Theatre...January 9, 2012 Staff report
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Ravi Shankar Images As usual, the San Francisco Jazz Festival casts a wide stylistic net. It began last month with a performance by Cape Verdean vocalist Carmen Souza and closes Dec...In November, the wizardly tap dancer Savion Glover leads a trio of
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Examiner Staff Writer San Francisco's War Memorial Veterans Building, home to the Herbst Theatre, is seismically unsound and a historical landmark. The long ailing building is in store from some relief if the Board of Supervisors approves a plan
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