John Dyke

“This is ground zero,” says rising Vallejo rapper Nef The Pharaoh. He's talking about the Bay Area. “We are the mecca. Hip-hop might have...

When Steve Wozniak was working to launch the first Silicon Valley Comic Con, the Apple co-founder and his partners considered San Francisco's Moscone Center....

To mark the late Selena's 46th birthday, Sonido Clash is throwing a party at BackBar SoFa, headlined by San Jose cumbia band Corazon Salvaje....

Spring into First Friday. This week brings with it the first South First Friday art walk of the spring season. Be sure to get...

The banjo is associated with many things: bluegrass, insufferable indie bands, Deliverance. But for Béla Fleck the traditional folk instrument is just as appropriate on...

A new adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic gothic novel comes to City Lights Theater.  'Frankenstein'  tells the tale of Victor Frankenstein and his monster with a...

Sheltering two illegal immigrants from postwar Italy comes with unexpected consequences for Eddie and Beatrice Carbone in Arthur Miller's A View From The Bridge,...

For those who weren't moved by the mascara and brooding synth experimentation of bands like Depeche Mode and The Cure, or the caustic affront...