Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Orinda free films, ‘Cinderella,’ ‘Nutcracker,’ ‘A Chanticleer Christmas’, SF Symphony screens ‘Elf’ By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | December 18, 2024 Oakland Ballet brings back Graham Lustig’s adaptation of “Nutcracker” to the Paramount Theatre December 21-22.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Dorrance Dance, ‘Christmas at Pemberley,’ SF Youth Symphony’s Peter and the Wolf By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | December 11, 2024 Cal Performances presents Dorrance Dance’s “The Nutcracker Suite” this weekend at Zellerbach Hall.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Holiday Arts Fest, ‘Dance-Along Nutcracker,’ ‘Sherlock Carol,’ Polyphony, Chopin on strings By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | December 4, 2024 Find prints, crafts and more holiday shopping at several free festivals taking place around the Bay Area this weekend.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Sock skating, ‘Waitress,’ Scrooge, ‘Merry-Achi Christmas’ By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | November 27, 2024 Ice skating without blades is possible all this month at the Cabot Space and Science Center, which has opened two Sock Skate rinks for patrons.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Papercutting exhibit, Smuin Christmas Ballet, Dickens fair, SF Symphony Youth Orchestra, Gryphon Trio By The Artful Observer, Bay City News | November 20, 2024 Music, dance, and more leading into the holidays.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Bhangra and Beats, Sweet Honey in the Rock, ‘Nutcracker Suite,’ pianist Vyacheslav Gryaznov, ‘Carmen’ By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | November 13, 2024 Acclaimed vocal group Sweet Honey in the Rock brings its 50th anniversary tour to SFJAZZ Center November 14-17.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Leonard Cohen fest, Mike E. Winfield, Berkeley Symphony, ‘Opera in the Planetarium’ By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | November 6, 2024 San Francisco vocal group Conspiracy of Beards appears this weekend at the Leonard Cohen Festival in San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: ‘Halloween Hoopla,’ ‘Dragon Lady,” ‘Brahms Odyssey,’ Dover Quartet By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | October 30, 2024 Circus Bella performs during a free Halloween celebration in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens on Nov. 2.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Contemporary Art opening, ‘Emojiland,’ ‘Clue,’ Halloween symphony concert, Beethoven’s Ninth By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | October 23, 2024 The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco opens at its new home in “The Cube” at 345 Montgomery St. on Oct.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: ‘Sentinels & Saviors,’ SF Music Day, bass-cello-violin trio, ‘King James,’ ‘Matchbox Magic Flute’ By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | October 16, 2024 Renegade Duo are among the many artists participating in SF Music Day on Oct. 20 -- free -- at the War Memorial and Performing Arts Center.