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Arts & Entertainment
Young People’s Symphony Orchestra (YPSO) to hold Spring Concert on May 17
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Featuring two winners of the annual Concerto Competition, violinist Carolyn Ren and cellist Donghu Kim.Arts & Entertainment
Bestselling East Bay author Allison Larkin explores complex families in ‘Home of the American Circus’
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Allison Larkin appears with authors Renee Swindle and Regina Marler at a conversation presented by Towne Center Books at 11:30 am May 6.Arts & Entertainment
‘Dreamers and I’ details inspiring journeys of scrappy Silicon Valley tech innovators
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Bay Area director Kenji Yamamoto and Nancy Kelly screen “The Dreamers and I” at 3:15 pm May 3 at the Smith Rafael Film Center.Arts & Entertainment
Best Bets: Ruth Asawa retrospective, Marin Irish festival, ‘Jersey Boys,’ Manuel Barrueco, Bach’s Mass in B-Minor
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Don't miss the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s ongoing Free First Thursdays program.Arts & Entertainment
Truly unique performances comprise 2025 SF International Arts Festival
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The San Francisco International Arts Festival runs April 30 through May 11 at numerous locations in the Mission District.Books
Local Lit | May’s top tips for book lovers
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Literary events for adults and kids featuring works by Dave Eggers, Rebecca Solnit, Oakland-based cartoonist Briana Loewinsohn; and more.Arts & Entertainment
Daniel Hope, New Century Chamber Orchestra tour dance music history in four Bay Area concerts
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Daniel Hope, music director and concertmaster of San Francisco’s New Century Chamber Orchestra, is fascinated by how rhythm and movement transcend time and geography. “Dance runs deep throughout the human story” he says. “It’s one of our oldest forms of expression—older than written language, and perhaps even older than music itself.Arts & Entertainment
SF Story Fest: Local News Matters partners in event blending reporting, live performance
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Some of the Bay Area’s best journalism comes to the stage on July 19 at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco.Arts & Entertainment
