Karen D'Souza

Playing an instrument strengthens the brain's ability to capture the depth and richness of language, experts say, boosting the cornerstone skill of literacy. Music is the key that unlocks the brain’s full potential.

“Wicked” first wafted into San Francisco 21 years ago in its world premiere, long before becoming a pop culture juggernaut, the fourth longest-running show in Broadway history and a long-awaited two-part movie epic.

While there is much talk about the need to engage students, there is little focus on low-hanging fruit like increasing time for arts, sports and recess.

Financially struggling Orinda stage company presented Bard's beloved comedy through Sept. 29.

Let Grow after school play clubs encourage children to make their own fun and games, to gain independence and learn social skills.

Swathed in silk, sipping champagne on a seaside balcony, the swanky denizens of Noël Coward's universe ooze glitz and glamor.

The ghost with the most is back and ruling the metroplex, but sadly for all of us children of the ‘80s, His Beetleness has lost a lot of his juice.

Caring is just as important as the curriculum when it comes to small children, experts say. Unless they feel nurtured, they may struggle to learn.

Amid the post-pandemic rise in behavioral issues, some suggest that outdoor education might be an antidote to shattered attention spans and frayed nerves.

Berkeley’s Aurora Theatre skews hilarious in this frothy 1920s farce that puts marriage and class under the microscope.