Books Local Lit: July | Top tips for Bay Area book lovers By Lou Fancher | July 5, 2024 SongWriter Live, Shakespeare in a park, tree talk, Berkeley history, and more.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: SF Mime Troupe, Sam Grisman Project, Damian Escobar, Simone Dinnerstein, Word for Word By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | July 3, 2024 SF Mime Troupe's free performances play through Sept 8 with mostly outdoor stops in Berkeley, San Francisco, Orinda, and more.
Around Town Piedmont Flix Fest to screen classic comedy ‘Some Like it Hot’ on July 11 By Bob Hall | Piedmont Flix Fest | July 2, 2024 Anyone over age 18 can attend the free showing sponsored by the Rec Department.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: SF director H.P. Mendoza’s appealing ‘Secret,’ Fraenkel artists curate benefit film fest By Randy Myers | Bay City News | July 1, 2024 “The Secret Art of Human Flight,” an indie dramedy about a children’s book author trying to overcome crippling grief by learning how to fly.
Arts & Entertainment July 2024 author events: Jude Berman, Olivia Gatwood, Marjan Kamali, Janie Kim, Penny Lane, Elizabeth Stix, and more By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | July 1, 2024 Also: Amy Stewart has several events in the region to promote her new title, The Tree Collections: Tales of Arboreal Obsession.”
Arts & Entertainment Sailing through history: Oakland harbor tours offer unique peek into port’s past and future By Tony Hicks | Bay City News | June 29, 2024 Getting out on the Bay is one way to beat the heat this summer.
Arts & Entertainment So many ways to get to the Marin County Fair, you might just want to leave your car behind By Pete Young | Bay City News | June 28, 2024 The popular summer fair runs July 3 - July 7 in San Rafael.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Aurora Theatre’s ‘Lifespan of a Fact’ amusingly, pointedly explores the validity of truth By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | June 27, 2024 Funny, provocative and deeply touching, the play runs through July 21 at the Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley.
Arts & Entertainment Hooked on Books: What’s in a name? Sometimes, a slight (but forgivable) subterfuge By Sue Gilmore | Bay City News | June 27, 2024 Also: Under a new program offered by Litquake, the big annual Bay Area book festival, some lucky readers will have a private dinner with Pulitzer Prizer winner Jane Smiley.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Fantastic Negrito, ukulele greats, ‘Evita,’ Salonen and SF Symphony, ‘Bohème Out of the Box’ By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | June 26, 2024 Don't miss what's on tap around the Bay Area this weekend, starting with East Bay’s own Fantastic Negrito.