Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Excellent Pride program in San Rafael, amazing nature doc for the big screen By Randy Myers | Bay City News | June 5, 2024 CAFILM Pride runs June 7-9 in San Rafael and “Songs of Earth” starts June 7 at the Roxie.
Arts & Entertainment There are many ways to celebrate Pride in San Francisco in June 2024 By J.L. Odom | Bay City News | June 5, 2024 Pride started as a protest 50-some years ago; it has since morphed into an annual month-long commemoration of LGBTQ+ history and community.
Books Local Lit | June’s top tips for Bay Area book lovers By Lou Fancher | June 4, 2024 Juneteenth readings; Joyce Maynard; Susan Kiyo Ito; Carvel Wallace among others on tap this month.
Arts & Entertainment June 2024 author events: Griffin Dunne, Percival Everett, Maggie Nelson, Daniel Handler, Walter Mosley, and more By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | May 31, 2024 Events kick off this weekend as writers of new mysteries, fantasies and thrillers speak about their books around the Bay Area this month.
Arts & Entertainment Review: ACT’s ‘Lehman Trilogy’ a perfectly dazzling portrait of a family and America By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | May 30, 2024 Sam Mendes’ production of the Tony Award-winning hit plays through June 23 at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment Hooked on Books: Some authors embrace, others despise screen adaptations of their works By Sue Gilmore | Bay City News | May 30, 2024 Works by Tom Wolfe, Amor Towles, Colm Tóibín, John Steinbeck, Stephen King and others have been brought to screen and stage.
art Alameda’s annual sand sculpture contest to showcase artworks whimsical and temporary By Janis Mara | Bay City News | May 29, 2024 Family-friendly contest begins with registration at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 1.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Festa Italiana, Levitt Pavilion concerts, Gail Dobson tribute, ‘Page to Screen’ authors, SF Opera summer season By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | May 29, 2024 Don’t we all need pizza-tossing and accordion symphonies in our lives? The Italian street fair in North Beach, along with other happenings on tap this weekend.
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Opera stages American premiere of Saariaho’s intense ‘Innocence’ By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | May 28, 2024 A contemporary Scandinavian look and sound, plus timely 21st-century themes comprise Saariaho’s rich new opus.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Dozens of intriguing true stories at Roxie, online in SF DocFest By Randy Myers | Bay City News | May 28, 2024 This year’s hybrid program of 38 features and 35 shorts runs May 30 to June 9 in San Francisco with screenings at the Roxie Theatre and online.