Karen D'Souza

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.

A gray-haired lady stands awkwardly at an ice skating rink, her hair dotted with brightly-colored barrettes, nervously chewing on her candy necklace.

Raising the curtain on California’s landmark arts education initiative, funded by voter approval of Proposition 28 two years ago, has been a highly complex endeavor marked by a lack of arts educators, classroom space and free time in school schedules, according to a new report.

Race and class bubble over in the pressure cooker of life for an immigrant in America in the fiery hot-button comedy “Jaja's African Hair Braiding.”