Around Town What to watch: Diversity Film Series recommends films about racism and inequality By Maude Pervere | July 31, 2020 Educators -- and families -- can access the vetted films for free via the public library system.
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Best Bets By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | July 30, 2020 ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ ‘Tosca’ and ‘A Kids Play About Racism’ and more a click away.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Ron Howard’s ‘Rebuilding Paradise,’ ‘Last Chance U’ at Laney College, and more By Randy Myers | Bay City News | July 30, 2020 The devastation of the Camp Fire; an intellectual romance with a twist; and other standout documentaries top our streaming picks this week.
Arts & Entertainment Marcus Books, oldest Black-owned bookstore, adapts again By Lou Fancher | July 28, 2020 Oakland bookstore works to keep up with surge in demand for books by Black writers -- and stay afloat as pandemic batters small businesses.
Arts & Entertainment Formerly Ubuntu Theater Project, local troupe pivots to drive-in setting By Lou Fancher | July 28, 2020 The newly renamed Oakland Theater Project will open in Sept with T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" in a downtown parking lot.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Five films to watch with Bay Area ties By Randy Myers | Bay City News | July 24, 2020 ‘The Rental,’ Roxie ‘Mixtape’ of short films, ‘Detroit Rising’ and much more.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Opera, Shakespeare and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | July 24, 2020 The Bay Area is a hub of artistic expression; we highlight some of the offerings here.
Arts & Entertainment Bay City Books: Youth Voices By Jade Wang | Bay City News | July 21, 2020 With subjects ranging from current social issues to criminal mysteries, nine East Bay high school students share the wide variety of books they have been reading recently.
Around Town Youth Anti-Racism Project hosts inaugural event By Exedra Staff | July 17, 2020 The group has a mission to help the community unlearn prejudice and interrupt discriminatory habits.
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Best Bets By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | July 17, 2020 ‘Cinderella’ makes her rounds, author David Mitchell and musician Elio Villafranca make ‘appearances,’ and more!