Arts & Entertainment Perseid meteor shower peaks over Bay Area Wednesday night — how and where to watch By Adam Sutro | Bay City News | August 11, 2026 The Perseids are an annual meteor shower that occurs when Earth passes through a meteor stream left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Characters take sublime emotional journey in Oakland Theater Project’s ‘Orpheus Descending’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | August 11, 2026 The Tennessee Williams drama continues through August 23 at 1501 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland.
Arts & Entertainment Movies: ‘Mr. Advocate,’ ‘Samurai and the Prisoner,’ ‘Olmo,’ ‘Floaters,’ GaHee Park-inspired films at YBCA, Dorksky/Hiler selections By Anita Katz | Bay City News | August 10, 2026 A film about modern education, a samurai whodunit, a Mexican American coming-of-age tale, and a Jewish summer-camp comedy on tap this week.
Arts & Entertainment ‘A city like none other’: Vogue World fashion spectacle coming to San Francisco By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | August 7, 2026 The one-day, annual event featuring high-end runway shows and musical performances focuses on local cultural themes.
Arts & Entertainment Free Flix Fest film ‘Finding Forrester’ on Aug. 13 By Gerry Gragg | Flix Fest | August 6, 2026 The 2000 film explores the bond between a student and a reclusive writer played by Sean Connery.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: San Jose Jazz, Wes Anderson tribute, ‘Turn of the Screw,’ Cabrillo Contemporary Music By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | August 5, 2026 Musical highlights around the Bay Area this weekend.
Arts & Entertainment Playwright Aaron Loeb takes on tech, power in SF Playhouse premiere ‘R.O.I.’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | August 5, 2026 Loeb at first was inspired by the Silicon Valley true story.
Arts & Entertainment Review: West Edge Opera’s comic book ‘Rinaldo’ takes Handel on a wild ride By Caroline Crawford | Bay City News | August 4, 2026 Staged in Oakland with glorious singing and an over-the-top design concept, performances are on Aug 8 and 15 at the Scottish Rite Center.
Books Local Lit | August 2026 By Lou Fancher | August 4, 2026 Authors of poetry, fiction and non-fiction appear around the Bay Area this month.
Arts & Entertainment Review: An affecting transformation, great acting fuel Shotgun Players’ ‘Iphigenia in Splott’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | August 3, 2026 A can't-miss, one-woman drama by Welsh playwright Gary Owen draws on a classical Greek tragedy.