Arts & Entertainment Cal Performances | We Shall Overcome: A Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. on Feb. 20 By Lou Fancher | February 14, 2020 Multi-talented composer and pianist Damien Sneed pays tribute to King and celebrates the legacy of African-American music and culture.
Uncategorized In the Artist’s Studio | Elizabeth Winters By Katie Korotzer | February 14, 2020 Visual storytelling compels this young, aspiring artist to pursue film and animation.
Arts & Entertainment Gatz at Berkeley Rep is surprising, compelling theater By Lou Fancher | February 8, 2020 Yes, it's six hours long, but time flies in this innovative performance of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
Arts & Entertainment Cal Performances preview: An Evening with Kronos Quartet By Lou Fancher | February 7, 2020 The Feb 13 program features a piano set, panel discussion, and screening of a documentary set to live music.
Around Town In the Artist’s Studio | Kim Lipkin By Katie Korotzer | February 7, 2020 Love of color and desire to create have given a fresh start to former art teacher who opens her first solo show today on Piedmont Ave.
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Best Bets | February 7 – 9 By The Artful Observer | Local News Matters | February 7, 2020 Ballet that connects the spiritual and the physical at Grace Cathedral; jazz cabaret at Feinstein's; Bessie Smith's blues; and more
Arts & Entertainment Local Lit | February’s top literary picks By Lou Fancher | January 31, 2020 Poetry by the Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Haas; Octavio Solis' memoir performed by Word for Word; film director John Sayles; Lit Starts workshop; and more
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets for the Weekend | Jan 31 – Feb 2 By The Artful Observer | Local News Matters | January 31, 2020 K-pop on Sunday (for non-football fans); Brahms fest with Cal Symphony; bassist Stanley Jordan channels Hendrix; and more
Arts & Entertainment Booker T. Jones at Freight and Salvage, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 By Lou Fancher | January 28, 2020 The Grammy Award-winning soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and producer will perform, following a reading from his new memoir.
Arts & Entertainment Cal Performances: Jordi Savall brings early music of Spain and the Mediterranean to Berkeley By Lou Fancher | January 28, 2020 The gamba virtuoso and musical polymath celebrates the rich cultural melting pot of the Iberian Peninsula of the 16th and 17th centuries.