Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Smuin’s ‘Christmas Ballet,’ Dickens Fair, Los Cenzontles, Silkroad Ensemble, Jupiter String Quartet By The Artful Observer, Bay City News Foundation | November 15, 2023 Check out the offerings from the artists, writers and musicians who make up the local arts scene this weekend.
Around Town Berkeley Symphony performs ‘California Connections’ this Sunday at 801 Magnolia By Berkeley Symphony | November 14, 2023 Homegrown concert is part of a statewide music initiative showcasing the most compelling and forward-looking music in the Golden State.
Arts & Entertainment Silkroad Ensemble honors immigrant laborers in multicultural, historical ‘American Railroad’ By Leslie Katz | Bay City News Foundation | November 13, 2023 New music dedicated to and inspired by the many unsung people who built America’s railroads; this Friday at Zellerbach Hall.
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Opera’s ‘Omar’ is a bold new American work By Caroline Crawford | Bay City News Foundation | November 10, 2023 Rhiannon Giddens' and Michael Abels' extraordinary new work won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Worthy films in Orinda indie festival, SF Transgender fest By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | November 10, 2023 Modest in size but deftly curated, the California Independent Film Festival deserves a spotlight.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: SF Art Walk, Linklater’s Indigenous art, ‘Omar,’ Takács Quartet, hip-hop dance By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | November 8, 2023 Artists, writers and musicians make up the local arts scene this weekend.
Arts & Entertainment Local Lit | November’s top tips for book lovers By Lou Fancher | November 7, 2023 Something for everyone: Ted Lasso Cookbook, inside Facebook; a housing crisis analysis, and the birth of the universe.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Factual, fictional films in DocStories, Berlin & Beyond By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | November 3, 2023 Poignant and thought-provoking documentaries and fiction are in the mix this week.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: ‘Ain’t Too Proud,’ Desi Comedy Festival, guitar masters, and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | November 2, 2023 Also: The free arts and culture extravaganza Fiesta Alameda returns this weekend for the second year.
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area book calendar: Author, literary events for November By Leslie Katz | Bay City News Foundation | November 1, 2023 Gail Tsukiyama, Michael Lewis, Henry Winkler and Susan Kiyo Ito are among the local fiction and nonfiction authors and celebrities taking the spotlight this month.