Rob Brezsny's Free Will Astrology column for the week of September 30-October 6, 2026.

Silicon Valley researchers, AI engineers and tech founders are turning to psychedelics in a quest to expand creativity, ...

Discover the Bay Area tradition of glass pumpkins, from the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch to local festivals and glass-blowing ...

Nandita Das headlines the 2026 SALA Festival at Menlo College, where Nandita Dinesh’s Writers Cohort celebrates South Asian writers and community.

Fall is here and Halloween is approaching, so audiences can sink their teeth into a timeless Halloween thrill, Dracula.

PITCH PERFECT The scene at Stanford Stadium on Fourth of July, 1994. Photo credit: Gary Singh Last week we learned the Super Bowl will come back to Levi’s Stadium in 2026, serving as a perfect ...

EASYGOING AND FUNNY: Willie Barcena's casual charm is his greatest asset. Willie Barcena has built a career by sounding like the funniest guy at the family barbecue. His stories wander through ...

ALOHA: It's been a long year. Everyone could use a good Hawaiian Festival to find their inner joy (Photo Credit: Sienna Morales) Hawaii is an incredible vacation destination, but not everyone can ...

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Don McMillian is doing a comedy presentation on...AI? (Photo Credit: Abby Chaudhari) PowerPoint has ruined plenty of afternoons. Don McMillan has built a comedy career around ...

Rocky Aoki may have changed American fusion dining with his restaurant Benihana, but his son Steve revolutionized electronic dance music. He’s been a serious proponent of the genre since his youth; ...

LIVING HISTORY Representatives of Impact Signs show off the new plaque that will be installed Dec. 4. PHOTO: Courtesy Impact Signs On Dec. 4, 1965, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Ron “Pigpen ...

Combining hip hop, jazz fusion, multimedia presentation, poetry, rap and storytelling, Jonathan Francisco Borca leads the Francis Experience Quintet (guitarist Mark Arroyo, drummer and co-founder ...