Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Global lit, Bach’s monumental Mass, social justice jazz By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | February 2, 2022 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.
Books Local Lit | February’s top tips for book lovers By Lou Fancher | February 1, 2022 Hacks for finding live and virtual events with a focus on Black History, and, of course, love.
Books Shelf Life: Should books ever be banned? Ask the experts By Tony Hicks | Bay City News Foundation | January 25, 2022 The American Library Association tracked 273 targeted books in 156 challenges to libraries, schools, and universities in 2020.
Arts & Entertainment New book eyeballs visual legacy of absurdist group The Residents By Lydia Sviatoslavsky | Bay City News Foundation | January 24, 2022 The anonymous avant-garde freak group has been injecting the music world with absurdist humor and psychedelia since the late 1960s.
Arts & Entertainment Bay City Books: New Books from Bay Area Authors – January 2022 By Meg Waite Clayton | Bay City News Foundation | January 20, 2022 This eclectic selection of local books includes stories and histories of spies, space, driverless cars, world history, and the strange and surreal.
Books Local Lit | January’s top tips for book lovers By Lou Fancher | December 31, 2021 Reading, writing, and reaping the benefits of the Bay Area with book clubs, discussions, workshops and tutoring.
Arts & Entertainment Bay City Books: New from Bay Area authors, December 2021 By Meg Waite Clayton | Bay City News Foundation | December 8, 2021 New books, and new in paperback, from San Francisco Bay Area authors, listed by release date.
Books Local Lit | December’s top tips for book lovers By Lou Fancher | November 30, 2021 Bay Area-based suggestions for indulging your literary leanings this holiday season.
Arts & Entertainment Bay City Books: New Books from Bay Area Authors – November 2021 By Meg Waite Clayton | Bay City News Foundation | November 10, 2021 Friendship, wonder, adversity, and power feature in this month's books by local authors.
Books Local Lit | November’s top literary happenings By Lou Fancher | October 29, 2021 Opportunities for young readers and writers; cookbooks from Bay Area chefs; Natashia Deón, Rebecca Solnit, and others in conversation.