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Shanti Charan jokes to fight recidivism for people in Bay Area jails

The local comedian-educator uses humor as a tool when teaching college-level courses at Elmwood Correctional Facility.

‘Dogman’ thriller’s stars dish on canine pasts—and strength of human connection

Luc Besson's latest features dozens of live pups, but Caleb Landry Jones and Jojo T. Gibbs were drawn to working with each other.

After 65 years, Alvin Ailey Dance Theater still exalts Black life and modern movement

Duke Ellington, Alonzo King, and six decades of classics are on tap for company's latest Cal Performances residency.

Tracing the peaks (and valleys) of Carol Doda’s topless legend

Documentary producer-directors Marlo McKenzie and Jonathan Parker bring the bodacious queen of the Condor to life.

Under the Stars: Vinyl Williams brought some trippy San Francisco love

Plus: Cor. Ece's worthy UK house, Sun Ra meets the Outer Space Visual Communicator, Combo Tezeta takes Eli's, more music

André 3000, Suzanne Ciani, and the evolving creative mind

What happens when an artist swerves? How does a trailblazer stay relevant after 40 years? Two shows raised satisfying answers.

André 3000 spoke another language at Bimbo’s

In the first of five local shows, the Outkast star improvised with friends, babbled glossolalia, and warned that the audience was being sampled.

Theatrical spectacularist Taylor Mac: ‘The solution to straight pain is queer joy’

The gonzo performance artist's 'Bark of Millions' is an ecstatic four-hour, 55-song reverse-conversion therapy session.

How to tell a joke in Palestine: Arab American Comedy Fest brings essential connection

Co-founders Maysoon Zayid and Dean Obeidallah talk about 20 years of using laughs to transcend hatred.

Arts Forecast: ‘The Wiz’ whisks us right down that Yellow Brick Road

Plus: Danny Glover, Kafana Balkan, Valentine's Gay, Tongues Untied, parallax errors, Bob Dylan Center, more great things to do