Around Town Former PHS educator Rich Kitchens to celebrate second book with April 25 event at the Kingfish By Margo Rosenbaum | April 11, 2025 While the storyline and characters in "Three Man Rule" are fictional, Kitchens writes about a profession and region he knows well.
Arts & Entertainment Getting a read on how Trump’s library cuts will impact library services in the Bay Area By Tony Hicks | Bay City News | April 2, 2025 The smallest libraries are likely to bear the brunt.
Arts & Entertainment Local Lit | April’s top tips for book lovers By Lou Fancher | April 1, 2025 Notes & Words at the Masonic, plus more author events around the Bay this month.
Arts & Entertainment April 2025 author events: Rich Kitchens, Jennifer Beals, Michael Lewis, Viet Thanh Nguyen, David Scheff, and more By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | March 31, 2025 Don't miss longtime Piedmont High administrator, Rich Kitchens, at Kingfish pub on April 25th for the launch of his second novel.
Arts & Entertainment Hooked on Books: Didion’s ‘Notes to John’: Invasion of privacy or insight into creative genius? By Sue Gilmore | Bay City News | March 27, 2025 “Notes to John”, an excruciatingly detailed journal of her ongoing sessions with a psychiatrist, releases April 22.
Books Local Lit | Top tips for book lovers By Lou Fancher | March 4, 2025 Alexis Madrigal on Oakland; Daveed Diggs at Grand Lake; Lewis Buzbee; and a slew of events for Women's History Month -- all on tap around the Bay.
Arts & Entertainment February 2025 author events around the Bay Area By Leslie Katz | Local News Matters | January 30, 2025 Featuring: Chris Hayes, Martin Yan, Geraldine Brooks, Allegra Goodman, Kevin Fagan, Cory Doctorow and more
Arts & Entertainment Local Lit: February | Top tips for book lovers By Lou Fancher | January 28, 2025 On tap this month: Michael Lewis with Chris Hayes; youth poetry events; and Oakland Library's Q&A with local documentary filmmaker about Betty Reid Soskin.
Arts & Entertainment Books Inc. files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy; 174-year-old chain to close Berkeley store By Tony Hicks | Bay City News | January 22, 2025 All other Books Inc. locations will remain operational, pending court approval of a proposed reorganization plan.
Around Town Local with Lisa | Oakland author Jennifer Griffith’s new memoir about family secrets By Lisa Chan Carnazzo | The GrubbCo | January 21, 2025 [SPONSORED VIDEO] Compulsively readable memoir about a Dickensian childhood.