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.

Arts & Entertainment

Best Bets: Fleet Week music, Malcolm Gladwell, Sulayman & Shibe, ‘Angels in America,’ Thelonious Monk fest

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | October 9, 2024

The Navy Band Southwest Woodwind Quintet is among the musical groups performing at multiple places and times during Fleet Week’s free concert series.

Arts & Entertainment

Best Bets: Hot Club of San Francisco, pianist Bill Charlap, Goose, Livermore Valley Opera

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | September 25, 2024

The Hot Club of San Francisco launches a new San Francisco Performances series with presentations at the Presidio Theatre.

Arts & Entertainment

Best Bets: Portugal. The Man, GoldFish, ‘Black Men Everywhere!,’ California Symphony, San Francisco Brass Band

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | September 18, 2024

Highlights of some of the Bay Area's artistic offerings this weekend and beyond.

Arts & Entertainment

Best Bets: Black-Eyed Pea fest, Portola Art fest, Smuin Ballet, ‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ Symphony San Jose with Arturo Sandoval, ‘As You Like It’

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | September 11, 2024

Dance, opera, jazz and more on tap this weekend.