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Many fans’ dreams came true when Lionsgate announced Tuesday that “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda would be a creative producer and “musical mastermind” to help the studio develop and produce an adaptation of Patrick Rothfuss’ “Kingkiller Chronicle” fantasy trilogy. The studio is mounting a feature film and accompanying TV series adaptation of the fantasy series, which follows musician Kvothe and his own three-day autobiographical account of his adventures. Lin-Manuel Miranda to Produce 'Kingkiller Chronicle' Film... Читать дальше...

For decades, Nicholas McGegan and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra’s nearly annual excursions into Handel’s oratorios have been among the Bay Area’s most reliably splendid offerings. Tenor Thomas Cooley joins the orchestra in the title role, with soprano Yulia Van Doren and countertenor Daniel Taylor also in the cast. First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto. 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. First Presbyterian Church, 2407 Dana St., Berkeley. 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4.

Bollywood movies are known for their extravagant costumes and amazing choreographed dances. But did you know some of those costumes are not only elaborate but heavy too?

Trou Normand, Bar Agricole to expand charcuterie operationsThe Charcuterie Plate served at Trou Normand. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The Chronicle The whole-animal butchery and house-made charcuterie that helped push Trou Normand to prominence is spreading to Bar Agricole. And owner Thad Vogler told Inside Scoop he isn’t ruling out the possibility one day selling the charcuterie at retail. Salvatore Cracco, the man who created the butchery program at Trou Normand and before that, served as the butcher at Bar Agricole... Читать дальше...

Workers hold SFO, Oakland strikes for national $15 wage Hundreds of airport, Uber and fast-food workers in the Bay Area walked off their jobs Tuesday to demand a national minimum wage of $15, joining demonstrations across the country aimed at the same goal. The demonstrations started early Tuesday morning when workers at Oakland International Airport blocked International Boulevard in Oakland, prompting the arrests of 27 people. The federal minimum wage has stayed flat at $7.25 per hour since 2009... Читать дальше...

To launch its new series, @TheStrand, the American Conservatory Theater, in partnership with Piece by Piece Productions, mounts two solo shows written and performed by Martin Moran in repertory. The Obie-winning “The Tricky Part” tells Moran’s story of being sexually abused as a child and confronting his abuser in a hospital decades later; in that latter encounter, he wonders how to fathom their relationship: Like estranged exes. Definitions fail, bleed into one another. Moran wrote “All the Rage”... Читать дальше...

“The Resilience Project” has been performed all around the country, including its first show in 2013 in Manhattan, Kan., at the Institute for the Health and Security of Military and Their Families in collaboration with Kansas State University. The project is based on interviews with combat veterans and family members from around the U.S. The works include texts from those interviews as well as original songs and movement. Resilience “is about absorbing the impossible difficulties that come one’s way,” Goode says... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A hearing has been scheduled on a Green Party-backed request for a court-ordered recount of Pennsylvania's Nov. 8 presidential election, won by Republican Donald Trump. Stein cites concerns cyberattacks mounted by foreign governments could have altered results tabulated on Pennsylvania's electronic voting machines.

Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey and Solomon Thomas are the lone Bay Area players named to the All-Pac-12 first team Tuesday, an honor roll dominated by North Division-champion Washington and USC. McCaffrey, a junior, is a dual-selection choice: a repeat selection at running back and an honorable mention as a punt returner. Despite battling injuries this season, last year’s Heisman Trophy runner-up led the conference with 1,603 rushing yards. Thomas, a junior defensive lineman, finished in the... Читать дальше...

‘Last Men Standing’ screens at Castro for World AIDS Day “Last Men Standing,” the 2016 Chronicle-produced documentary that follows eight survivors of AIDS who first contracted the virus during the epidemic of the 1980s, will have a special screening for World AIDS Day on Thursday, Dec. 1. Directed by Erin Brethauer and Tim Hussin, the film — part of a Chronicle project that includes extensive reporting by Erin Allday in The Chronicle and an interactive graphics presentation and other videos on www.sfchronicle.com ... Читать дальше...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The hundreds of arrests during the months of protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota have created an unprecedented burden for the state's court system, which faces huge cost overruns and doesn't have enough judges, lawyers and clerks to handle the workload. [...] Holewa said the sheer volume of cases raises concerns about the defendants' right to a speedy trial and due process. Pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners says the pipeline will be safe... Читать дальше...

ORLANDO - After allowing an NFL-record seven straight 100-yard rushers, the 49ers have held two of their past three opponents to under 100 yards on the ground. Today, defensive coordinator Jim O’Neil was asked if Baalke’s assessment was correct. O’Neil said changes had been made to assist an inside linebacker corps decimated by the loss of NaVorro Bowman and Ray-Ray Armstrong to season-ending injuries. Outside linebacker Eli Harold (toe), wide receiver Quinton Patton (concussion) and defensive... Читать дальше...

Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara said the studio is doubling down on its major franchises in a Tuesday Q&A session at an investor conference, undoubtedly good news for fans of DC Comics, Harry Potter and the Lego movies. In remarks at the Credit Suisse Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., Tsujihara said given the challenges of today’s film market, marquee intellectual property is more critical than ever. The studio chief pointed out that three years ago... Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) — A college tuition program that serves Detroit residents has been expanded to cover four years for students with good grades. The Detroit Free Press reports (http://on.freep.com/2fYVHli ) that the Detroit Promise program expansion makes Detroit the largest city in the U.S. to give all of its students a chance to earn a college degree tuition-free.

Bay Area audiences haven’t had a chance to hear the Peabody Trio in concert on a regular basis in a very long time. [...] we still have a proprietary claim on this excellent ensemble, which formed here in the 1980s before relocating to Baltimore and the eminent conservatory from which the group took its name. Both as individual artists and in the depth of their close-knit collaboration, violinist Violaine Melançon, cellist Natasha Brofsky and pianist Seth Knopp offer a keenly invigorating take on even the most familiar repertoire.

The Roxie Theater is honoring its former programmer Elliot Lavine, who is leaving the state after decades in the Bay Area, with a slate of four of Lavine’s favorite noirs on Sunday, Dec. 4. Coincidentally, that’s the 113th birthday of influential crime writer Cornell Woolrich, whose “I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes” (1948) kicks off the festivities at 3 p.m. Then at 4:30 p.m., a double feature of Edgar G. Ulmer’s low-budget masterpiece “Detour” (1945) and Joseph H. Lewis’ stylish “The Big Combo” (1955) includes a tribute to Lavine. Читать дальше...

Cuban dance troupe to teach and perform Because of the 50-plus-year embargo imposed by the U.S. government, it has been difficult for Cubans to perform in the United States. The event is presented by CubaCaribe, the Bay Area organization that states that its mission “is to preserve and promote the vibrant cultural and artistic traditions of the Caribbean and its Diaspora.”

The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips is set during World War II’s Exercise Tiger, when American troops rehearsed D-Day landings in England. For director Emma Rice, who also adapted the script with Morpurgo, war stories told through the eyes of a child are “easier to grasp and often more powerful,” she says in an interview in the show’s program. Facts and figures can become just that, faceless statistics, but through the gaze of an animal of child, we feel our own humanity.

NEW YORK (AP) — Elaine Chao's record at the Labor Department suggests she'd have a light hand when it comes to safety regulation as transportation secretary and would seek to shift responsibility from the federal government to states where possible. An announcement that Chao is President-elect Donald Trump's choice for the Cabinet post was expected later in the day, according to a Trump transition team official, who spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly. Читать дальше...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New results show most grades for New Mexico school districts remained the same last year despite common core tests and a revamp teacher evaluation system. [...] they are also other measurements like graduation rates, student achievement, school board member training, and parent surveys.

Silent-film day at Castro — from Chaplin to Gloria Swanson The multiday main event of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival is during the summer, but for the last several years organizers have provided a stop-gap for silent film fans midway between festivals with a day of silents at the Castro Theatre. Ernst Lubitsch’s stylish “So This Is Paris” (12:15 p.m.); Soviet master Sergei Eisenstein’s “Strike” (2:15 p.m.); the 1919 German groundbreaker “Different From the Others” (4:45 p.m.), considered... Читать дальше...

With its Fifty for the Future commissioning program — an ambitious five-year sweep through an eclectic range of contemporary composers — the Kronos Quartet is doing even more than it already has to create a lasting repertoire of new work for the string quartet. Among the commissioned pieces for the event on Saturday, Dec. 3, are a world premiere by Anna Meredith, as well as music by Aleksandra Vrebalov and Garth Know. Jacob Garchik’s arrangement of Abel Meeropol’s classic song “Strange Fruit” fills out the program, along with music by N. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Three weeks out from a presidential election result that left them deeply dejected, many liberals now say they've been roused to action in new ways, from making donations and volunteering to considering political runs themselves. Around the country, even as protests have waned, Democrats say the sting of loss has left an impact unlike any past race, stirring previously passive citizens to push beyond their initial tears and angry Facebook posts following Donald Trump's win. After getting over the shock and rage... Читать дальше...

Closet Monster: A talking hamster (voiced by Isabella Rossellini) is part of a fantasy world that a teenager played by Connor Jessup uses to cope with his confused life. Julie Dash’s highly acclaimed 1991 film about former West African slaves at the turn of the 20th century in South Carolina returns to the big screen. Expect some majestic sets and scenery. Henry Jaglom directs this dramedy about an actress who falls for, let’s say, not quite the perfect TV star. Isabelle Huppert plays a teacher who has to deal with the death of her mother... Читать дальше...

Pear Theatre finds holiday respite in zombies If the prospect of seeing a holiday show makes you want to run for cover, this weekend Mountain View’s Pear Theatre (formerly the Pear Avenue Theatre) opens a show that dispenses with elves in favor of zombies. Zombies follows four nerds whose separate areas of expertise — comic books, movies, music and video games — combine to help them survive the zombies. There are the requisite references to “Star Wars” and “Lord of the Rings,” but what makes the... Читать дальше...