Featured in Category Local bookseller | Lit recs and what’s popular now By Lou Fancher | April 20, 2020 Books that offer escape, improvement -- or cocktails -- have been popular at A Great Good Place for Books in Montclair.
Around Town Taking refuge in reading amidst a pandemic By Kathryn Pritchett | April 10, 2020 From The Secret Garden to War and Peace, books demonstrate the capacity of the human spirit to conquer some of the very worst things.
Featured in Category Books: Inspiring women for challenging times By Lou Fancher | March 30, 2020 March was Women's History Month, but these literary works can inspire now.
Arts & Entertainment Local Lit: April’s top literary picks By Lou Fancher | March 27, 2020 Quarantines can't stop the Bay Area literary beehive which continues to buzz with readings and discussions available to stream online.
Around Town Everyone’s A Critic By Nick Levinson | March 24, 2020 Sequestered at home with movies and books, Exedra’s arts and culture reviewer answers the burning question: Is it worth my time?
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Best Bets | March 5-8 By The Artful Observer | Local News Matters | March 6, 2020 Frida's travels to SF; ballet bounty; a twofer for opera lovers, a tribute to Lena Horne, and more
Around Town Local Lit: January’s top literary picks By Lou Fancher | December 31, 2019 Author readings from New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast and writer Patricia Marx; Peggy Orenstein on boys and sex; Jenny Odell on the attention economy; and more.
Arts & Entertainment Local Lit: December’s top literary picks By Lou Fancher | December 2, 2019 Shop local, go underground, see what it takes to pass a citizenship test, and hear from up-and-coming writers.
Arts & Entertainment Cal Performances: Author, former Obama staffer to speak in Berkeley on Dec. 5 By Lou Fancher | November 26, 2019 Pod Save America co-host Dan Pfeiffer talks about politics and Twitter in the age of Trump and why young people are democracy's best hope.
Uncategorized Local Lit: November’s top 5 lit(erary) picks By Lou Fancher | November 5, 2019 Write a book, watch live storytelling, attend free events at Oakland public libraries, and more.