Around Town ‘Free as a Bird’: Piedmont High Bird Calling Contest to return March 20 By Exedra Staff/Reader Submission | March 10, 2026 Contest is in its 57th year.
Arts & Entertainment Beach Revue tickets available now By Beach Revue volunteers | March 10, 2026 The annual musical revue featuring Beach students is March 27-29.
Arts & Entertainment New Century Chamber Orchestra’s ‘Luminaries’ highlights SF composers By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | March 10, 2026 Performances around the Bay Area include one at First Congregational Church in Berkeley on March 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Around Town PEBCC’s Jazz and Beyond at Yoshi’s on April 28 By Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir | March 10, 2026 A cabaret-style showcase with solo performances and creative flair.
Arts & Entertainment Movies: SF Greek film fest, ‘My Father’s Shadow,’ ‘Andre Is an Idiot’ By Anita Katz | Bay City News and Exedra Staff | March 9, 2026 Plus, a rundown of Oscars awards ceremony screenings at local cinemas.
Arts & Entertainment Country Joe McDonald, Bay Area rock icon and Woodstock anti-war singer, dies at 84 By Thomas Hughes | Bay City News | March 9, 2026 Offspring of a radical leftist family and also a US military veteran, the well-known Berkeley resident was committed to justice and peace.
Arts & Entertainment Review: ‘Bridget’s Gambit’ a remarkable story of a pioneering California businesswoman By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | March 8, 2026 East Bay readers also will be intrigued by details of the family’s move to what is now Oakland.
Arts & Entertainment Bay City Books: New books by NorCal authors from February-March 2026 By Linda Lenhoff, Bay City News | March 5, 2026 Books and poems on far-ranging topics including digital surveillance, Golden Gate Park, grief, motherhood, pain and more.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Golden Gate Park concerts, ‘Book of Mormon,’ Grand Lake Theater, John Malkovich, Symphony San Jose By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | March 4, 2026 Of special note for locals: March 6 marks 100 years of Oakland's Grand Lake Theater.
Arts & Entertainment Alameda’s Kate Schatz examines women’s reproductive rights in the 1960s in new novel By Linda Lenhoff, Bay City News | March 4, 2026 Schatz is known for her nonfiction “Rad Women” books and “Do the Work: An Anti-Racist Activity Book,” written with W. Kamau Bell.