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.
Arts & Entertainment Fans of Barbara Natoli Witt remember one-of-a-kind East Bay jewelry artist By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | September 22, 2025 The artist's macrame necklaces are in museum collections and proudly worn by celebrities and fashionistas.
Arts & Entertainment Olivia Kuper Harris’ personal journey fuels new SF musical ‘The Day the Sky Turned Orange’ By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | September 4, 2025 San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company’s “The Day the Sky Turned Orange” runs September 5-October 5 at Z Space in San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment September 2025 author events: NorCal Book Awards, John Doll, Vanessa Grubbs, Sister Helen Prejean, Mary Roach, Arundhati Roy, and more By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | September 1, 2025 Authors of historical fiction, stories with Bay Area settings, memoirs and other non-fiction make local appearances this month.
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area singer Carly Ozard revels in lesser-known show tunes on ‘Chain of Love’ By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | August 14, 2025 Carly Ozard’s “Chains of Love (A Broadway Album)” CD release party is at 7:30 pm August 18 at GRNHS Gallery + Studio in San Francisco.