Local Lit | December 2025
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This holiday season support literacy, shop local, and check out museum shops for unique gifts.
Arts & Entertainment
Review: Oakland Theater Project’s provocative ‘Cabaret’ is packed with movement
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Performances continue through December 14 at FLAX art & design in Oakland.Uncategorized
Berkeley City Ballet performs the Nutcracker at Alan Harvey Theater on Dec. 20
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Following last year's sold out run, BCB returns to Piedmont for its 51st annual production of the iconic holiday classic.Arts & Entertainment
‘No Us and Them, Just Us’: An inspirational afternoon with Fr. Gregory Boyle, S.J.
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Oakland Catholic Worker to host the nationally recognized speaker on Dec. 6 to raise funds to support immigrant families in the East Bay.Arts & Entertainment
Review: Berkeley Rep’s ‘Mother of Exiles’ an inventive family saga
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Through Dec. 7 at Peet’s Theatre.Arts & Entertainment
Best Bets: SPCA Holiday Windows, Smuin ‘Christmas Ballet,’ ‘Million Dollar Quartet,’ Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons,’ ‘Madama Butterfly’
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So many ways to kick off seasonal fun around the Bay Area -- starting with the adorable (and adoptable) kitties and puppies at Macy's Union Square.Arts & Entertainment
Review: San Francisco Opera’s world-premiere ‘Monkey King’ a flashy, theatrical superhero story
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At the War Memorial Opera House on select days through Nov. 28.Arts & Entertainment
King of K-drama: At 77, superfan logs 15,000 hours of Korean TV, gets to hug IU
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Marin County man's fixation with the singer-actress-influencer and her talent has been retold and retold on Korean media.Arts & Entertainment
Review: ‘Tis the season of sunniness with Berkeley Playhouse’s feel-good ‘Annie’
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The sun comes out -- and with delight -- in this nicely timed production playing through December 21.Arts & Entertainment
Movies: Castro 2026 film schedule, Armenian film fest, ‘Peter Hujar’s Day,’ ‘Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk’
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Castro movie news, Armenian cinema and two very worthy indies are highlighted this week.events
