Arts & Entertainment Review: ‘Moulin Rouge’ a delightful jukebox musical for all pop fans By Leslie Katz, Bay City News | December 20, 2025 Now through December 28 at the Orpheum Theatre in SF.
Arts & Entertainment A few fun words from 2025 Kung Pao Kosher Comedy headliner Elayne Boosler By Leslie Katz, Bay City News | December 16, 2025 Kung Pao Kosher Comedy is at 5 and 8:30 p.m. December 24-26 at Imperial Palace in SF, with live streams at 6 and 8:30 p.m.
Arts & Entertainment Review: ‘Tis the season of sunniness with Berkeley Playhouse’s feel-good ‘Annie’ By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | November 17, 2025 The sun comes out -- and with delight -- in this nicely timed production playing through December 21.
Arts & Entertainment Review: ‘Stereophonic’ goes behind the scenes with 1970s rockers at work and at odds By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | November 3, 2025 The Tony Award-winning play continues through November 23 at the Curran in S.F.
Arts & Entertainment November 2025 author events: Ann Packer, Vanessa Chang, Bruce Henderson, SE Quinn, Lillian Zhang, and more By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | October 30, 2025 Established and new novelists, memoir writers, a few local chefs, and authors of timely volumes about technology -- all on tap this month.
Arts & Entertainment Review: ‘Suffs’ tunefully tells story of women’s fight to vote in America By Leslie Katz, Bay City News | October 24, 2025 The national tour of the show onstage at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco through Nov. 9 is classy and thoughtful.
Arts & Entertainment Aura, a new interactive light-and-sound experience, opens in Grace Cathedral By Leslie Katz, Bay City News | October 10, 2025 Tickets are currently available through Dec. 31.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Manet & Moriset’ at Legion of Honor sheds new light on famed French painters By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | October 9, 2025 Featuring works by the pivotal Modernist and the female pioneer of the Impressionist movement, the exhibit runs through March 1, 2026.
Arts & Entertainment Bay City Books: New books from local authors — September-October 2025 By Leslie Katz, Bay City News | October 2, 2025 Writing on "Good Things," plus mitochondria, death and dying, pioneers, mysteries, and more.
Arts & Entertainment October 2025 author events: Rabih Alameddine, John Freeman, Daniel Handler, Kamala Harris, Adam Johnson, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Mary Roach, Joyce Vance By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | October 1, 2025 Essays, historical fiction, memoirs, translations, thrillers and deep investigations in the lineup this month.