Arts & Entertainment
Arts & Entertainment
An unscientific snapshot of the Bay Area performing arts scene in 2026
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Despite facing desperate financial situations, art groups — and the arts — won’t be going away, at least not entirely.Arts & Entertainment
Movies: SF International film fest, ‘Steal This Story, Please!’ ‘Kontinental ’25,’ ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy’
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Dozens of features and documentaries from around the world land on festival screens later this week.Arts & Entertainment
YPSO celebrates America’s 250th anniversary with the ‘America 250 Festival’
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California’s oldest youth orchestra marks America’s 250th anniversary with a festival of American music on May 2 at First Church Berkeley.Arts & Entertainment
PEBCC to perform ‘Echoes of Eureka’ choral opera in Oakland on April 18
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The opera traces the story of “Charley” Wei Lum, a young Chinese immigrant in 1880s California, whose community in Eureka was violently expelled amid rising anti-Chinese sentiment.Arts & Entertainment
Best Bets: 1906 quake remembrance, CubaCaribe fest, and Joshua Bell
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Also: Bilingual Shakespeare with "La Comedia of Errors," and Pocket Opera's “A Midsummer Night’s Dream."Arts & Entertainment
‘Mad Tea Party’: Children’s Fairyland kicks off adults-only event series on April 24
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An Alice in Wonderland-themed night out featuring cocktails, costumes, and cabaret magic.Arts & Entertainment
Smuin Contemporary Ballet premieres work by Schermoly, Seiwert
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“Jane Doe" addresses the status of women in the world with part caution, part hope.Arts & Entertainment
Movies: SF’s Balboa Theater turns 100, LBGTQ+ film series, Nadav Lapid’s ‘Yes’
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Also, six weeks of Hitchcock in Palo Alto, and Albert Camus’ existential 1942 novella in film.Arts & Entertainment
