Arts & Entertainment ‘Jane the Virgin’ writer: From English learner to Hollywood By Anne Vasquez | EdSource | July 19, 2022 Legal troubles and California's community colleges helped author Rafael Agustin find his way forward.
arts San Francisco Art Institute, USF merger talks fail By Dan McMenamin | Bay City News | July 19, 2022 Founded in 1871, SFAI is one of the nation's oldest art schools.
Arts & Entertainment How Nataki Garrett ushered Oregon Shakespeare Festival through the pandemic By Charles Lewis III | Bay City News Foundation | July 18, 2022 The Oakland native is the sixth artistic director in the history of the 87-year-old fest based in Ashland, Oregon.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Faith Ringgold at the de Young, new works by female composers, global dance fest and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | July 13, 2022 The Bay Area is a hub of artistic expression, attracting artists, writers and musicians from around the globe to live, work and create.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: An eclectic selection of films from Bay Area talent, including Pixar and Michael Pollan By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | July 13, 2022 Talent from Berkeley, Emeryville and elsewhere around the Bay on tap this weekend.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Oppenheimer’: UC Berkeley goes Hollywood in biopic film about father of the atom bomb By Dania Kalaji | Bay City News Foundation | July 12, 2022 Oppenheimer also taught physics at UC Berkeley where many of the movie's scenes have been shot.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Four plays absolutely worth the trip to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival By Caroline Crawford | Bay City News Foundation | July 11, 2022 Shakespeare, a song-and-dance extravaganza, a brilliant monologue, a provocative contemporary work — all this and more make the trek worthwhile.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Ashley Dixon makes a thrilling Festival Opera debut in its less-than-ideal production of ‘Norma’ By Georgia Rowe | Local News Matters | July 11, 2022 Bellini’s music for the two women locked in a love triangle elevates the opera to the heights of searing intensity.
Books Local Lit | July’s top tips for book lovers By Lou Fancher | July 5, 2022 'Black Women in Pop' at KQED's rooftop terrace; W. Kamau Bell and Kate Schatz in person; a tribute to the Sierra Nevada; and more.
Arts & Entertainment Hells Angels founder Sonny Barger, 83, rode Oakland biker club to international notoriety By Katy St. Clair | Bay City News Foundation | July 5, 2022 Barger, who died in June at the age of 83, was the founding member of the Oakland branch of the motorcycle club, known for its outlaw reputation and the scrapes with law enforcement.