Book bans on pace to set new record, new data shows
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Library professionals documented 1,651 titles that were targeted in the first eight months of 2022.
Arts & Entertainment
Acclaimed debut shows how vulnerable Black girls are
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'Nightcrawling' is a New York Times bestseller, an Oprah’s Book Club pick, and part of the 2022 Booker Prize Longlist.Books
Local Lit | September’s top tips for book lovers
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A contemporary Lear at CalShakes; NorCal Book Awards; Jasmine Guillory's latest; book bans; and moreart
‘Punk rock finds you’: Destroy Art cofounder on Fallout SF
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The partnership represents nearly 100 artists.Bay Area
State Supt. Thurmond to restart literacy task force, aims for ‘comprehensive’ approach
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Announcement accompanies the release of a free, engaging dual-language resource for families in California.Arts & Entertainment
Best Bets: ‘Xanadu’ live, Joji on tour, and a chronicler of COVID
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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
Hooked on Books: Shakespeare, eternally reimagined, reinterpreted
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California Shakespeare Theater launches a radically reimagined “Lear” next month.Arts & Entertainment
‘Broken Seeds Still Grow’ explores a pain point in history
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Dance, art, calligraphy, and spoken word tell stories of the 1947 Partition of the Indian subcontinent.Bay Area
A movement rises to change the teaching of reading
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Two Piedmonters -- Iturralde and Weaver -- are among the experts weighing in on the embattled but dominant literacy instruction model in schools nationwide.Arts & Entertainment
Litquake returns in October with fully in-person schedule
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Highlights include “Kidquake” on Oct. 7 with kidlit author presentations and workshops for K-5 students and teachers.Arts & Entertainment
