Arts & Entertainment PHS Spring Dance Concert this weekend at Alan Harvey Theater By Amy Moorhead | PHS Dance | April 29, 2024 Featuring dance inspired by fairy tales, "Tale As Old As Time" is entertainment for the whole family.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Returning to Haifa’ offers personal views of Jews, Palestinians in conflict By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News Foundation | April 25, 2024 The play is adapted by Naomi Wallace and Ismail Khalidi from the 1969 novella by Ghassan Kanafani.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Speakeasy’ wonderfully whisks guests to SF’s Prohibition era By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News Foundation | April 25, 2024 Part immersive theater, part time-traveling escape-from-reality event, and musically retro in the best way.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: ‘A Strange Loop,’ Angelique Kidjo, and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | April 24, 2024 Plus: Bay Area Dance Week serves up something for everyone -- and it's free.
Around Town 54th Annual Beach Revue on stage this weekend By Reader Submission | Heidianne Pillsbury | April 24, 2024 Beach Elementary proudly presents 'Metamorphosis' at the Alan Harvey Theater April 26-28.
Books Why knowledge matters for literacy: A conversation with Natalie Wexler By Karen D'Souza | EdSource | April 24, 2024 Science of reading expert explains why teaching kids background knowledge, from science to history, is vital if you want them to become deep readers.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: 2024 SFFILM has a deluxe lineup By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | April 23, 2024 Guaranteed crowd-pleasers: East Bay native Sean Wang’s Sundance Film Festival award-winner “Dìdi (弟弟)” and Josh Margolin’s charmer “Thelma.”
Arts & Entertainment A secretive family history unearthed in ‘Staggering Mystery’ By Frances Dinkelspiel | Bay City News Foundation | April 23, 2024 Author Sylvia Brownrigg appears at 7 p.m. April 24 at Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley.
Around Town Center for the Arts hosts ‘Journey to Innocence Concert’ on May 4 By Kadie Kelly | Reader Submission | April 23, 2024 Pianist Kadie Kelly weaves together classical piano music and mindfulness.
Arts & Entertainment Strong cast fuels a glowing ‘Florencia en el Amazonas’ By Georgia Rowe | Bay City News Foundation | April 22, 2024 Opera San José’s production of Daniel Catán’s 1996 opera is the company's first-ever Spanish language production.