Kellie Hanna

Opera Parallèle Raises the Curtain on a Brilliant, Bare-Bones 'Doubt'

May 28, 2026

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7 min read

Opera Parallèle Raises the Curtain on a Brilliant, Bare-Bones 'Doubt'

As John Patrick Shanley’s masterpiece gets an operatic makeover, its lead actors discuss bringing the story's inner turmoil to life

Kellie Hanna

Songs From a Sinking Ship: A Bold New Voyage for Flamenco

May 28, 2026

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3 min read

Songs From a Sinking Ship: A Bold New Voyage for Flamenco

Flamenco Arts International turned the Presidio Theater into a Spanish Galleon last weekend, and the audience was along for a beautiful ride.

Kellie Hanna

Breaking Barriers: Jessica Bejarano and the San Francisco Philharmonic

May 21, 2026

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7 min read

Breaking Barriers: Jessica Bejarano and the San Francisco Philharmonic

From East Los Angeles to the conductor's podium, Maestra Bejarano is redefining classical music as a space for everyone.

Kellie Hanna

Inside the Movement: Adji Cissoko on Dance, Lineage, and Listening in Real Time

Apr 17, 2026

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4 min read

Inside the Movement: Adji Cissoko on Dance, Lineage, and Listening in Real Time

Adji Cissoko, principal dancer and associate artistic director of Alonzo King LINES Ballet reflects on performing with Esperanza Spalding, channeling the legacy of Alice Coltrane, and finding meaning through movement in the company’s latest program.

Kellie Hanna

LINES Ballet and Esperanza Spalding Turn Performance Into a Living Conversation

Apr 17, 2026

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LINES Ballet and Esperanza Spalding Turn Performance Into a Living Conversation

A world premiere with Esperanza Spalding and a return to Alice Coltrane unfold as a live exchange between music, movement, and meaning

Kellie Hanna

SFGMC's "Totally 80s" concert was, like, totally awesome

Mar 26, 2026

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6 min read

SFGMC's "Totally 80s" concert was, like, totally awesome

Big 80s energy met intimate storytelling as the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus balanced spectacle and substance at the Curran Theatre.

Kellie Hanna

Mar 19, 2026

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4 min read

Opera Parallèle’s La Belle et la Bête

A surreal, operatic reimagining of Jean Cocteau's classic film

Kellie Hanna

Jan 22, 2026

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8 min read

The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus

Nearly 50 years of music, activism, and community.

Kellie Hanna

Inside San Francisco’s Most Enduring Tribute to David Bowie

Jan 15, 2026

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6 min read

Inside San Francisco’s Most Enduring Tribute to David Bowie

Reverend Father Lysol Tony Romeo, founder of the First Church of the Sacred Silversexual, is explicit about that intention. “We are a church that worships David Bowie,” they say. “We structure our services like Christian ones, but instead of a sermon, we have drag, burlesque, and puppets.

Kellie Hanna

The SF Artist Addressing Our Climate & Extinction Crisis

Dec 18, 2025

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5 min read

The SF Artist Addressing Our Climate & Extinction Crisis

Through her work, Alicia Escott creates space to sit with the emotional reality of the present: grief, disorientation, loss, and the uneasy persistence of hope.

Kellie Hanna

Brixton: San Francisco's Four-Legged Ambassador of Love

Nov 20, 2025

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7 min read

Brixton: San Francisco's Four-Legged Ambassador of Love

Twelve years, countless costumes, and thousands of smiles later, Brixton’s still proving that spreading joy is serious civic work.

Kellie Hanna

A Sanctuary in the Tenderloin: Inside Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program

Oct 10, 2025

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9 min read

A Sanctuary in the Tenderloin: Inside Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program

In the Tenderloin, a creative refuge helps San Francisco’s marginalized find self-expression, community, and hope.

Kellie Hanna

Meet SF’s Pizza Lady: Fighting Waste While Feeding the Hungry

Sep 11, 2025

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6 min read

Meet SF’s Pizza Lady: Fighting Waste While Feeding the Hungry

Andrea Carla Michaels is on a mission: to save food and usable items from going to waste — and what better way than to give them directly to those most in need?

Kellie Hanna