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Best Bets: Faye Carol and Dennis Chambers, ‘SF Musicians for LA’ benefit, ‘Zorro’  and more

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | March 5, 2025

A few performances you won't want to miss this weekend.

Arts & Entertainment

Best Bets: Abby Govindan and more comedy, SF Civic Symphony, ‘Heart Sellers,’ American Bach Soloists, Pocket Opera

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | February 19, 2025

See what's on tap around the Bay this weekend.

Arts & Entertainment

Best Bets: Legion of Honor movies, ‘Circle: Songs from the Heart,’ Syncopated Ladies, cellist Steven Isserlis 

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | February 12, 2025

Free showing of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 classic psychological thriller this Saturday at the Legion.

Arts & Entertainment

Best Bets: Sports at SFMOMA, ‘Great Gatsby Ballet,’ Geoff Sobelle’s ‘Food,’ Lunar New Year at SF Symphony, Alexander String Quartet farewell   

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | February 5, 2025

Pro football player-turned-painter Ernie Barnes’ “Homecoming” is part of SFMO's “Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture," on view through Feb 18.

Arts & Entertainment

Best Bets: Punk rock at New Farm, Hearts in SF, John Santos, Pivot Festival, California Symphony 

By The Artful Observer, Bay City News | January 29, 2025

A roundup of weekend highlights in SF and the East Bay.

Arts & Entertainment

Best Bets: Lunar New Year events, Takács Quartet, Symphony San Jose, Django Reinhard fest, Kev Choice 

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | January 22, 2025

Le Jazz Hot, aka the Hot Club of San Francisco, performs during the Django Reinhardt Birthday Celebration at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley.

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Best Bets: ‘Dinner Date,’ Porchlight at SF Sketchfest, Isabel Hagen, SF Art Week, New Century Chamber Orchestra   

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | January 15, 2025

Comedian Rachel Bloom is among the celebrities appearing in "Dinner Date," a fake dinner date show that's part of SF Sketchfest.

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Best Bets: Indie bookstore crawl, Gaffigan and Chen, ‘Rachmaninoff and the Tsar,’ Cris Williamson, ‘Some Like It Hot’  

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | January 8, 2025

Local writer Charlie Jane Anders invites book lovers to an Emergency Bookstore and Chocolate Crawl in Rockridge this Sat.

Arts & Entertainment

Best Bets: Berkeley Community Chorus, Pacific Mambo Orchestra at Yoshi’s, ‘Nosferatu,’ Aida Rodriguez 

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | January 1, 2025

Freebie of the week: BCCO presents three concerts of music by Fauré, Beethoven and Haydn Jan. 3-5 in Hertz Hall at Berkeley.