Composer Eric Tuan tells historic Chinese women’s stories in SF Choral Society premiere
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Tuan's new work debuts Friday at Davies Symphony Hall as part of San Francisco Choral Society’s fifth Summer Festival Chorus.
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Free Flix Fest film ‘Finding Forrester’ on Aug. 13
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The 2000 film explores the bond between a student and a reclusive writer played by Sean Connery.Arts & Entertainment
Best Bets: San Jose Jazz, Wes Anderson tribute, ‘Turn of the Screw,’ Cabrillo Contemporary Music
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Musical highlights around the Bay Area this weekend.Arts & Entertainment
Playwright Aaron Loeb takes on tech, power in SF Playhouse premiere ‘R.O.I.’
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Loeb at first was inspired by the Silicon Valley true story.Arts & Entertainment
Review: West Edge Opera’s comic book ‘Rinaldo’ takes Handel on a wild ride
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Staged in Oakland with glorious singing and an over-the-top design concept, performances are on Aug 8 and 15 at the Scottish Rite Center.Books
Local Lit | August 2026
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Authors of poetry, fiction and non-fiction appear around the Bay Area this month.Arts & Entertainment
Review: An affecting transformation, great acting fuel Shotgun Players’ ‘Iphigenia in Splott’
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A can't-miss, one-woman drama by Welsh playwright Gary Owen draws on a classical Greek tragedy.Arts & Entertainment
Review: Merola Opera stages engaging ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ in San Francisco
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The opera within an opera is a mashup of highbrow and lowbrow and a commentary on so-called society.Arts & Entertainment
Movies: Robert Townsend at CinemaSFBay, ‘Wild Inside,’ ‘Testament of Dr. Mabuse,’ CatVideoFest, and more
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An urban owl, young girl scouts, and CatVideoFest round out the offerings on screens this week.Arts & Entertainment
Berkeley’s former Half Price Books storefront to reopen as arts and makers marketplace
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The longtime Berkeley bookstore closed in late 2025.Arts & Entertainment
