Monica Turner

Fans of magic, get ready for some of San Francisco's best. EXIT Theatre has announced its annual Fog City Magic Fest will run January 24-27, 2018. Festival co-founder Jay Alexander (The Marrakech Magic Theater) kicks things off with a performance at the opening night gala on Wednesday, January 24. Magicians and stars...

The Killers. Bruno Mars. Muse. Color us interested yet again; very, very interested ... in this bit of electrifying West Coast music news. BottleRock today announced its 2018 lineup. There's a lot here, and pretty much any music fan should be satiated not only with the headliners, but with the depth...

For the first time ever a Cirque du Soleil show is hitting the ice. Crystal, the company's 42nd production, features world-class ice skaters and acrobats performing on a "frozen playground." In this first look see below for some brand-new production photos from the show. The only Northern California performance of Crystal will...

“A fun weeknight out @cirquedusoleil with the kiddos and my parents  🏟 #LUZIA" Cirque du Soleil's new show Luzia – A Waking Dream of Mexico apparently has Jessica Alba's seal of approval. The actress and model Heidi Klum attended the Los Angeles premiere at Dodger Stadium, and were spotted earlier on the red carpet....

Organizers at non-profit Project Open Hand have announced that its 25th anniversary "Hand to Hand Holiday Luncheon" will take place on Thursday, December 14, 2017. Fairmont San Francisco (950 Mason St.) will host, with the event taking place from 11am-1:30pm. Proceeds will benefit Project Open Hand and their efforts to serve...

Comedian, actor, and all-round guy-with-the-smile Seth MacFarlane is set to headline the San Francisco Symphony annual holiday concert season. We have those details and more below, including the full schedule. Mark your calendars, once again SF Symphony has pulled out all the stops. Grammy Award-nominated Seth MacFarlane will join the...

You've seen Cirque before. But you haven't seen it on ice yet... Until Crystal arrives that is. Cirque du Soleil's first ice show -- dubbed "a breakthrough ice experience" -- begins to tour the U.S. and Canada this October with stops in Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec and Arizona...

Stark Insider presents a backstage look at Cirque Du Soleil's newest artistic creation, Luzia. LUZIA is now in Atlanta. Cirque's "waking dream of Mexico" features everything we've come to expect from the spectacle: beautiful costumes, astonishing acrobatics, dancing, singing, audience engagement, and, overall, fine entertainment. But LUZIA has a unique...

Stark Insider goes backstage at 'Luzia' by Cirque du Soleil. Learn more about secrets of the show, and see what it takes to become -- or attempt to become -- a Cirque performer. Cirque du Soleil's new touring production Luzia is all about light and rain. And, as you might...

"Summer with the Symphony" runs July 4-29. Highlights include Pixar in Concert, Ben Folds with the SFS, A Night at the Moulin Rouge with Storm Large, and an all-American program with music of Bernstein and Gershwin with Rhiannon Giddens.