Arts & Entertainment Jon Casey, Bay Area caricaturist, is drawn into virtual space By Joe Dworetzky | Bay City News Foundation | November 13, 2020 Bay Area artist finds lease of life online for his caricature business during the pandemic
City City council to consider new lease deal with arts center By Sam Richards | November 13, 2020 The Piedmont Center for the Arts has leased the Magnolia Ave. location from the city for $1 a year for almost 10 years.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: fashion from the opera and the trash By The Artful Observer | Local News Matters | November 13, 2020 SF Opera's online costume sale; Esa-Pekka Salonen and eight young collaborators streaming; Barbie reimagined; and more
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: “Come Away” is the latest magical family film from one half of Mill Valley’s dynamic duo By Randy Myers, Bay City News Foundation | Bay City News | November 13, 2020 From animation to live action, families come first -- as in this latest, contemporary spin on Peter Pan.
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Museum to reopen for the first time in eight months By Eli Walsh | Bay City News | November 13, 2020 Access to OMCA will be free to the public from 11am-5pm, Nov 27-29; and will open to museum members starting on Nov 20.
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area LGBTQ film pioneer Jenni Olson is honored for her meditative, historical work By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | November 6, 2020 Lauded filmmaker aims “to slow you down and to remind you that time is passing” with her shorts and features.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Animated fable from Netflix; Oakland’s Cheryl Dunye; Sophia Loren; and Sean Connery By Randy Myers, Bay City News Foundation | Local News Matters | November 5, 2020 Check out these gems and other films with Bay Area ties.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Levi Strauss jeans, outdoor ballet, and bold musical performances By The Artful Observer | Local News Matters | November 5, 2020 Don't miss piano wunderkind Matthew Whitaker via Cal Performances, virtual performances of Prokofiev and Beethoven, and more
Arts & Entertainment Split Selves: Body Double frontwoman Candace Lazarou explains the Oakland band’s debut album, ‘Milk Fed’ By Lydia Sviatoslavsky, Bay City News Foundation | Local News Matters | November 5, 2020 Post-punk lyricism that explores the idea of selfhood and the illusion of fixed identity.
Books Bay City Books: New books from Bay Area authors – November 2020 By Meg Waite Clayton, Bay City News Foundation | Local News Matters | November 3, 2020 From poetry and novels to a photographic history of social justice movements and more, here's what local writers have to offer.