Vicky Chong

Rough edges aside, the age-old debate of nature versus nurture takes shape in the haunting mystery of “Where the Crawdads Sing.”

Though writing Korean dramas isn’t exactly Muhly’s niche, his sweeping scores are a testament to his versatility.

Though O’Connor sang of bliss and the honeymoon phase, it was clear he was sad to leave the stage.

“I wanted to come together as a collective,” Engel said in an interview with The Daily Californian.

Booked and busy from May 7 to 8, readers treated themselves and their shelves to this year’s eighth annual Bay Area Book Festival.

On the evening of May 27, the Berkeley Repertory Theatre transformed into the E. Goostman Faith Center, complete with green carpeted floors, stained glass windows and old stereos playing mid-century tunes.

Great literary figures sit behind glass panels — titanic, sublime, immovable. Lynne Kaufman refutes this frigid perception with her new historical fiction novel “Divine Madness.”

Arrows draw straight lines — direct and unwavering. On the contrary, Bay Area author William Brewer’s “The Red Arrow” is anything but linear.

True to its definition of unease in the face of artificial humanity, this record materializes a barely recognizable human condition warped by the 21st century.

Though Valley isn't one to crowd-surf, the band deftly rode the spirit of the audience like a riptide.