Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: SF Ballet’s ‘Don Quixote,’ organ with Oakland Symphony, Phillipe Jordan at SF Symphony By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | March 25, 2026 Plus, a brewery gathering for ocean lovers, and a free kids' show at the Golden Gate Park Bandshell.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: ‘Monet and Venice,’ Rosie the Riveter Day, and symphonic resistance By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | March 18, 2026 Plus, Metalachi tour, and Augustin Hadelich at Herbst Theatre.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: ‘Shantyoke,’ ‘Primary Trust,’ Pablo Francisco, New Century Chamber Orchestra, ‘La Belle et La Bête’ By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | March 12, 2026 New theater, contemporary orchestral music, and more.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Golden Gate Park concerts, ‘Book of Mormon,’ Grand Lake Theater, John Malkovich, Symphony San Jose By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | March 4, 2026 Of special note for locals: March 6 marks 100 years of Oakland's Grand Lake Theater.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: ‘The Lehman Trilogy,’ the Assad Brothers and a Rust-Edelmann recital By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | February 25, 2026 Plus, last weekend of the OMCA White Elephant Sale.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Tet Vietnamese New Year, ‘The Sex Lives of Puppets,’ and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | February 18, 2026 Also: Kyle Abraham and AIM, all-Beethoven performance, and pianist George Harliono.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: SF Ballet’s Balanchine and a Valentine’s Day Pillow Fight By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | February 11, 2026 Also, Joss Stone, SF Symphony's kids concert, and an Opera San Jose double-bill.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Oakland Asian Cultural Center celebration plus a musical Declaration of Independence show By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | February 4, 2026 Also, clown Andrea Barello in SF, and Aspen String Trio in Livermore.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Hearts in SF are back, Jacob Ming-Trent’s ‘How Shakespeare Saved My Life,’ and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | January 28, 2026 Plus, "Running After Shadows," Leonela Alejandro's SF debut, and pianist Chaeyoung Park.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: SF Art Week, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha at BAMPFA, ‘Eugene Onegin’ By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | January 21, 2026 Plus, Beethoven’s Fifth, Schubert’s Ninth, and New Century Chamber Orchestra.