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.
around town Nature journaling makes way for attention, creativity and curiosity By Lou Fancher | November 3, 2020 The Education Speaker Series hosted John Muir Laws who entertained and educated kids and parents about how to make the most of a pencil, paper and the outdoors.
Books Local Lit | November’s top literary happenings By Lou Fancher | November 3, 2020 Take a virtual walk through the coastal redwoods, get holiday gift ideas; be moved by pandemic-inspired poetry, and more.
Arts & Entertainment ‘The Haunted Bay’ filmmaker talks about six of Northern California’s spookiest sites By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | October 30, 2020 Ying Liu's web series chronicling spooky and strange Bay Area locales is in its third season.