Arts & Entertainment

Best Bets: City Lights’ Ibsen, Kenny Barron, Terrence Brewer, French chamber music

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | February 2, 2024

The Bay Area is a hub of artistic expression, attracting artists, writers and musicians from around the globe to live, work and create. We highlight some of the offerings here.

Arts & Entertainment

Best Bets: Latin American photos, Trocks drag ballet, and Marcus Roberts

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | January 26, 2024

Also: SF Playhouse premiere, symphony concerts.

Arts & Entertainment

Best Bets: SF Art Week wraps, plus music, comedy shows

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | January 19, 2024

Ali Siddiq, Jonathan Biss, Nicolas Namoradze, and more.

Arts & Entertainment

Best Bets: ‘Flower Power,’ ‘Wild Parrots,’ Jaap van Zweden conducts

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | January 12, 2024

Also, percussionist and bandleader John Santos at Freight & Salvage, and a musical salon recreated.

Arts & Entertainment

Best Bets: Pacific Mambo Orchestra, Sin Wai Kin, Jade Catta-Preta, and Esther Povitsky

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | January 4, 2024

Also: Argentine ceramicist Gabriel Chaile's large-scale sculptures at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.