Arts & Entertainment Berkeley Art Museum spotlights, shares legacies of African American women quilters By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | June 8, 2025 The exhibit continues through November 30, 2025 at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Neil Diamond fans get on board for ‘A Beautiful Noise’ By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | June 6, 2025 “A Beautiful Noise-The Neil Diamond Musical” runs through June 22 at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment McCartney’s fascinating Beatlemania pictures on view at the de Young By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | June 5, 2025 “Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm” continues through July 6.
Arts & Entertainment SF Opera’s free ‘Bohème Out of the Box’ comes to downtown Hayward By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | June 4, 2025 “Bohème Out of the Box” is at 2 pm June 28-29, 2025 in Heritage Plaza, Hayward.
Arts & Entertainment Podcasters invite readers to tackle Joyce’s epic ‘Ulysses’ via online community group By Leslie Katz, Bay City News | May 30, 2025 The podcast and international community summer reading project starts June 1 and ends August 19.
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.