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January 2025 author events in the Bay Area

By Leslie Katz, Bay City News | January 2, 2025

Including Dorothy Lazard, the former head librarian of Oakland Public Library’s history center and author of “What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World.”

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Best Bets: Berkeley Community Chorus, Pacific Mambo Orchestra at Yoshi’s, ‘Nosferatu,’ Aida Rodriguez

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | January 1, 2025

Freebie of the week: BCCO presents three concerts of music by Fauré, Beethoven and Haydn Jan. 3-5 in Hertz Hall at Berkeley.

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Amy Sherald’s ‘American Sublime’ portraits light up SFMOMA

By Lou Fancher | Bay City News | December 31, 2024

Exhibit continues through March 9 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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Pass the Remote: Three notable docs stream on PBS in January

By Randy Myers | Bay City News | December 30, 2024

Also: check out the surge in conservative-focused documentaries.

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South Bay’s Mount Umunhum offers great regional views, interesting Cold War history

By Larry Sokoloff, Bay City News | December 27, 2024

At 3,486 feet, Mount Umunhum is among the highest peaks in the Bay Area.

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Hooked on Books: Lincoln will be singing in the Bardo onstage at the Met

By Sue Gilmore, Bay City News | December 26, 2024

Plus: New Yorker anthologies, cult cinema classics, and National Book Critics Circle awards

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Best Bets: SF Chamber Orchestra, SF Ballet, SF Mime Troupe, SJ Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Teng

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | December 25, 2024

Jory Fankuchen leads the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra in free year-end Main Stage concerts in San Francisco, Berkeley and Palo Alto.

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Fun, intriguing, interactive installations light up in Exploratorium’s ‘Glow’

By Lou Fancher, Bay City News | December 24, 2024

A perfect family outing for a rainy day -- "Glow" continues through January 26 in SF.

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Pass the Remote: Check out four solid films (in theaters!) during the holiday break

By Randy Myers | Bay City News | December 23, 2024

Four must-sees: “Nosferatu,” “A Complete Unknown,” “Babygirl” and “The Fire Inside.”

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Review: Find mindfulness in ‘Mushroom Hunting,’ a unique guidebook

By Sydney Fishman, Bay City News | December 18, 2024

Naturalist, herbalist and educator Emily Han and her artist-writer husband Gregory Han explore the wonders of mushrooms and how the quest for fungi can enhance mindfulness.