Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Lunar New Year events, Takács Quartet, Symphony San Jose, Django Reinhard fest, Kev Choice By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | January 22, 2025 Le Jazz Hot, aka the Hot Club of San Francisco, performs during the Django Reinhardt Birthday Celebration at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley.
Arts & Entertainment Books Inc. files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy; 174-year-old chain to close Berkeley store By Tony Hicks | Bay City News | January 22, 2025 All other Books Inc. locations will remain operational, pending court approval of a proposed reorganization plan.
Around Town Local with Lisa | Oakland author Jennifer Griffith’s new memoir about family secrets By Lisa Chan Carnazzo | The GrubbCo | January 21, 2025 [SPONSORED VIDEO] Compulsively readable memoir about a Dickensian childhood.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: 22nd ‘Noir City’ film fest creeps to Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre By Randy Myers | Bay City News | January 20, 2025 An early Stanley Kubrick and a lesser-known Billy Wilder are among the thrillers on tap from January 24 through February 2.
Arts & Entertainment CA Watercolor Association’s 55th International Exhibition to be held at Piedmont Center for the Arts By The California Watercolor Association | January 17, 2025 Opening reception and awards presentation set for February 15.
Arts & Entertainment PHS presents ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ Jan. 30 through Feb. 2 By Amy Moorhead | PHS Dance | January 17, 2025 Tickets now on sale for this rollicking musical remake of the classic fairy tale, The Princess and the Pea.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: ‘Dinner Date,’ Porchlight at SF Sketchfest, Isabel Hagen, SF Art Week, New Century Chamber Orchestra By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | January 15, 2025 Comedian Rachel Bloom is among the celebrities appearing in "Dinner Date," a fake dinner date show that's part of SF Sketchfest.
Arts & Entertainment Young People’s Symphony Orchestra performs Winter Concert on Feb. 8 in Berkeley By Young People's Symphony Orchestra | January 14, 2025 YPSO's 88th season concert features work by Cavaterra, Sibelius, and Dvorak.
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Symphony premieres John Adams’ fourth piano concerto featuring Víkingur Ólafsson By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | January 14, 2025 San Francisco Symphony performs “Carmina Burana” and John Adams “After the Fall” on January 16, 18 and 19 at Davies Symphony Hall.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: More gender-nonconforming cinema at BAMPFA, resistance films at Roxie By Randy Myers | Bay City News | January 14, 2025 Film based on Virginia Woolf's groundbreaking gender-bending novel "Orlando" explores trans experiences with humor and insight.