Arts & Entertainment PCA hosts SF Mandolin Orchestra this Sunday By Lou Fancher | May 27, 2022 The plucked string orchestra presents Meditations, this season’s showcase concert at the Piedmont Center for the Arts.
Arts & Entertainment The woman who writes the ‘Girls Who’ books on greening the world By Joe Dworetzky, Bay City News Foundation | May 27, 2022 Diana Kapp's “Girls Who Green the World: Thirty-Four Rebel Women Out to Save Our Planet” came out in April this year.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: BAMPFA’s cinephile summer, plus two Bressan Project restorations By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | May 27, 2022 Significant films with impactful histories return to two Bay Area theaters this summer.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Wagner comedy, a Jeffrey Lo world premiere and a multimedia play By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | May 25, 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.
Arts & Entertainment PHS student to appear in YMTC production of ‘Shrek, the Musical’ over Memorial Day weekend By Lindsay Saffouri | Reader submission | May 24, 2022 Dahlia Saffouri, a freshman at Piedmont High School, will perform as Dragon and as part of the ensemble.
Arts & Entertainment Alice Neel at de Young reveals the artist’s deep bond to her subjects By Jennifer Modenessi | Bay City News Foundation | May 20, 2022 The comprehensive exhibition portrays the artist as blazing her own creative trail outside the mainstream art world.
Around Town Festival Opera’s Artist Recital Series returns to Piedmont Center for the Arts By Lou Fancher | May 20, 2022 Sunday's program, "They Sing," heralds voices lifted in song to tell stories of triumphant liberation, gender-fluidity, humor, and irreverence.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Lynch vs. Cronenberg, a ‘Star Wars’ summer, and more By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | May 20, 2022 Also: a meticulously researched documentary from PBS resurrects a mostly forgotten but important chapter in Bay Area history.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: See the Met Opera live at the movies, remember East Bay musician Jewlia Eisenberg and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | May 20, 2022 Plus ODC performs site-specific work at Alameda Naval Air Station, and San Jose Opera hosts the finals of a vocal competition.
Arts & Entertainment New Angel Island Immigration Museum reveals history of anti-Asian segregation By Larry Sokoloff | Bay City News Foundation | May 20, 2022 The exhibitions at the museum, which opened in January, are a stark reminder of how Asians were treated differently than Europeans.