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.
Arts & Entertainment Oakland’s first Red Bull Dance Your Style winner prepares to rep Bay Area in nationals By Amelia Williams | Bay City News Foundation | May 19, 2022 SF State dance student Son Lam plans to eventually return to his native Vietnam to train the next generation's dancers.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Island City Waterways: Uprooted’ taps into true histories Japanese American internment By J.L. Odom | Bay City News Foundation | May 19, 2022 The Rhythmix Cultural Works and City of Alameda partnership “Island City Waterways 2022” explores the concept of being uprooted.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Bay Area Stand-Up Comedy’ paints a big, diverse picture of San Francisco’s funniest By Amelia Williams | Bay City News Foundation | May 16, 2022 Nina Ghiselli (G for the stage) and OJ Patterson are two Bay Area natives, comedians and now -- co-authors.
Arts & Entertainment REMINDER | Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir sings in spring By Keri Butkevich | PEBCC | May 13, 2022 PEBCC honors grads and training departments in concerts on Saturday, May 21 and Saturday, June 4.
Arts & Entertainment Noted author Jesmyn Ward to give keynote during final Mills College commencement By Keith Burbank | Bay City News Foundation | May 12, 2022 Ward is the only woman and person of color to win the National Book Award for fiction two times.