Arts & Entertainment Review: Word for Word’s ‘Assimilation’ explores intricacies of immigrant experiences By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | October 19, 2026 Production vividly tells two notable immigrants' stories.
Arts & Entertainment Cal Performances concert fetes minimalism master Steve Reich for 90th birthday By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | October 19, 2026 Reich says his journey as a composer hasn’t always been smooth but that it has been an edifying, gratifying and rewarding pursuit.
Arts & Entertainment Movies: Latino and dance film fests, Hong Kong cinema, ‘One in a Million,’ Porchlight storytelling By Anita Katz | Bay City News | October 19, 2026 A selection of film highlights in cinemas around the Bay Area.
Arts & Entertainment Review: The Fillmore is hoppin’ in SFBATCO’s joyful ‘Every Saturday Night’ By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | October 19, 2026 The dual time-period show is set in the 1950s and the present.
Arts & Entertainment SF poet Truong Tran on necessary anger and forging connections By Denise Sullivan | Bay City News | October 15, 2026 Tran launches his ninth book at City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco this Sunday.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Potrero Hill R&B Fest, Julian Lage, Telegraph Quartet, and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | October 14, 2026 Plus folk music legend Judy Collins at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley.
Arts & Entertainment Exedra Reads | A celebration of our National Parks By Edna Lewis | October 13, 2026 Our reviewer highlights some of her favorite books that feature the iconic parks.
Arts & Entertainment This Friday: Movie in the Park + food trucks By City of Piedmont | October 13, 2026 Enjoy the last late summer food + movie event in Piedmont Park.
Arts & Entertainment Kent Nagano returns for Berkeley Symphony’s ‘Inheritance,’ Alex Nante premiere By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | October 13, 2026 Nagano, who led the Berkeley Symphony from 1978 to 2009, will return for the orchestra's opening night program on Sunday.
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Ballet Company to present ‘Luna Mexicana’ a celebration of Dia de los Muertos By Oakland Ballet Company | October 13, 2026 Get tickets now for the October 30 and November 1 performances.