Arts & Entertainment New music champions JACK Quartet make Cal Performances debut By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | March 12, 2026 The quartet appears at 3:00PM on March 15 in Hertz Hall on the UC Berkeley campus.
Arts & Entertainment New Century Chamber Orchestra’s ‘Luminaries’ highlights SF composers By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | March 10, 2026 Performances around the Bay Area include one at First Congregational Church in Berkeley on March 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Arts & Entertainment UC Berkeley reconnects with Martha Graham legacy in centennial celebration By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | February 11, 2026 Curated by Janet Eilber, production includes iconic pieces and a commissioned work.
Arts & Entertainment Cal Performances’ multimedia ‘Emily — No Prisoner Be’ brings Dickinson’s poetry to life with music By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | February 3, 2026 Performance is at 8 pm on February 7 in Zellerbach Hall, followed by a free artists’ talk with performers and a UC English professor.
Arts & Entertainment Violinist explores dreaming, waking at SF Symphony SoundBox By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | February 3, 2026 SoundBox shows take place in a club-like atmosphere backstage in Davies Symphony Hall.
Arts & Entertainment Violinist Simone Porter curates illuminating concerts this weekend By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | January 20, 2026 New Century Chamber Orchestra and SF Conservatory musicians join the program.
Arts & Entertainment Marcus Shelby pays homage to Duke Ellington with ‘Nutcracker Suite’ at SFJazz By James Ambroff-Tahan, Bay City News | December 16, 2025 Shelby and his New Orchestra are performing it, with narration by poet Enid Pickett and video installations by Andi Wong, in SFJazz’s Miner Auditorium on Dec. 21.
Arts & Entertainment Bandleader Alex Mendham revives Jazz Age in SF in Mark Hopkins’ Peacock Court By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | October 16, 2025 Catch the Art Deco Dance Series on October 25, November 22 and December 20 at the Mark Hopkins Hotel.
Arts & Entertainment Kronos Quartet explores Chinese-American experience in ‘Beyond the Golden Gate’ By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | October 8, 2025 Kronos Quartet appears in a Cal Performances presentation on October 11 in Zellerbach Hall.
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Symphony premieres trombone-forward ‘Market Street, 1920s’ By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | September 30, 2025 The concerts, at Davies Symphony Hall this weekend, also feature works by Tchaikovsky and Grieg.