Arts & Entertainment Bay City Books: New books from Bay Area and Northern California authors — May, June 2025 By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | May 29, 2025 The season's featured releases include local authors Isabel Allende, Ilana DeBare, Hana Lee, Kelly Ramsey, and more.
Arts & Entertainment June 2025 author events: Jacinda Ardern, Ilana DeBare, B. Dylan Hollis, Andrew Lam, Penn Jillette By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | May 27, 2025 Oakland writer Ilana DeBare launches her novel "Shaken Free" with an appearance at A Great Good Place for Books on June 5.
Arts & Entertainment Review: ‘Parade’ musically details an American miscarriage of justice By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | May 23, 2025 “Parade” runs through June 8 at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment Authors, readers to converge at 11th Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | May 22, 2025 With the theme “Changing the Narrative,” this Book Festival comes to downtown Berkeley on May 31 and June 1, with something for everyone.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Oakland Theater Project’s ‘Ironbound’ a sensitive story of a working-class immigrant By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | May 15, 2025 Oakland Theater Project’s “Ironbound” continues through May 25 at Flax in Oakland.
Arts & Entertainment Review: San Francisco Playhouse’s ‘Curious Incident’ dances with action and compassion By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | May 12, 2025 “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” runs through June 21 at San Francisco Playhouse.
Arts & Entertainment May 2025 author events: Isabel Allende, Susanna Kwan, Christopher Moore, Pat Murphy, Aimee Phan, Jemimah Wei and more By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | April 28, 2025 Historical novels, memoirs, science fiction and fantasy by acclaimed and emerging California and visiting writers are on the agenda for May.
Arts & Entertainment April 2025 author events: Rich Kitchens, Jennifer Beals, Michael Lewis, Viet Thanh Nguyen, David Scheff, and more By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | March 31, 2025 Don't miss longtime Piedmont High administrator, Rich Kitchens, at Kingfish pub on April 25th for the launch of his second novel.
Arts & Entertainment Four Bay Area writers share distinctive memoirs in Berkeley By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | February 27, 2025 The four authors of varied topics and wildly different approaches to storytelling appear at the Hillside Club in Berkeley on March 3.
Arts & Entertainment Bay City Books: New books from Bay Area authors – February, March 2025 By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | February 27, 2025 New titles released by Bay Area and Northern California writers.