Arts & Entertainment Thistle be fun: Artichoke Festival celebrates prickly produce in Monterey this weekend By Janis Mara | Bay City News | June 6, 2024 Cooking demonstrations, live music and, of course, lots of artichoke dishes will be on hand Saturday and Sunday in Monterey.
Arts & Entertainment Review: San Francisco Opera’s powerful ‘Innocence’ speaks to today’s violent times By Caroline Crawford | Bay City News | June 5, 2024 Performances are 7:30 p.m. June 7, June 12, June 18 and June 21 and 2 p.m. June 16 at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Free Concord concerts, Little Village showcase, TheatreWorks’ Soundheim celebration, LINES Ballet and SF Symphony, Slavyanka By The ArtfuObserver | Bay City News | June 5, 2024 Bay Area cover bands and rock, folk, jazz and world music make up the free live outdoor music scene.
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.