Major changes are afoot to improve acoustics at the Herbst Theatre and to provide space in San Francisco’s Veterans Building for several arts organizations and amenities, necessitating a long closure.
Alan Gilbert led the S.F. Symphony in a brief concert that was long on good graces, establishing close and effortless contact with the orchestra, and polishing off the two similar classics with panache.
Nicola Luisotti takes the San Francisco Opera Orchestra across the Bay Bridge, to Cal Performances on Oct. 28 and talks candidly about his passion for conducting the orchestra.
San Francisco’s pioneering and vital municipal support program for the arts, the 
The Asian Art Museum’s new exhibit, 
Repeating the adjective on purpose: An extraordinary event is being planned on 
