The once members-only event opens to everyone this year, with Sideways author Rex Pickett headlining in downtown Napa.

St. Paul's Sandy Celtics took top honors at Ocean Beach, while the contest pushed past $172,000 for Bay Area arts education.

Laura Anglade, fresh off Juno recognition, plays four Bay Area stops starting at Oakland's Yoshi's on Monday.

SFDanceworks marks nine seasons with a duet once made for two men now danced by new casts at Z Space.

A dispute over a dressing-room sign at the Oakland Coliseum ended with band members and crew hauled off in misdemeanor arrests.

Amina Edris and Pene Pati, married offstage, star in Massenet's Manon through Nov. 1 — but one review says the drama takes its time.

The Garcia family and Starchive are building a hub with a research library, archive and Artist-in-Residence program. No site is set yet.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts will open its Barbara Stauffacher Solomon exhibition in January, drawing on newly accessible archive material.

Authors like Tod Goldberg call the sudden closure heartbreaking as Catapult's imprints wind down and staff lose their jobs.

Jody Stephens, the last surviving original member of Big Star, headlines a five-piece revival at the Fillmore next month.

Richard Skipper brings his audience-driven cabaret to Feinstein's at the Nikko, with Matthew Martin appearing as Judy Garland.

Public Market Emeryville hosts over 100 artists through Sunday, with a Richard Misrach photo raffle funding next year's show.

A free concert is scheduled Wednesday at Golden Gate Park’s Music Concourse as part of the Bandshell Concert Series.