Books Local Lit | May’s top tips for book lovers By Lou Fancher | May 5, 2023 Bay Area Book Festival on tap; also: Kwame Alexander in conversation with W Kamau Bell; Luke Russert; writing workshop with Anne Lamott; and more.
Arts & Entertainment Gripping history about a slave couple’s escape among Bay Area book fest’s plentiful offerings By Rowena Gonden | Bay City News Foundation | May 4, 2023 Ilyon Woo speaks about “Master Slave Husband Wife” at 2 p.m., May 7 at the Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley.
Arts & Entertainment Oakland artist Marvin McMillian to showcase paintings at PCA By Deborah Dinerman | Reader submission | May 3, 2023 McMillian will show works related to Sidney Dearing, redlining, and more; exhibit is on view weekends throughout May.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Doclands fest offers vivid stories of overcoming adversity By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | May 2, 2023 True tales of people who learn to live alongside grief, illness, and devastation are in this year’s DocLands festival in San Rafael.
Arts & Entertainment Ansel Adams’ retrospective shares space with new artists in dialog By Hilda Scheib | Bay City News Foundation | April 28, 2023 The DeYoung exhibition offers a visual dialogue with photographers who preceded Adams and contemporary artists who followed him.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Another look at ‘Doom Generation,’ Buddhism films, eclectic oldies By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | April 28, 2023 Gregg Araki's restored and remastered provocative classic is back on the big screen this weekend.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Spring dance, Arod Quartet, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising commemoration By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | April 26, 2023 Spring Dance Fest returns to venues around the region as part of Bay Area Dance Week.
Arts & Entertainment PHS Dance and A Cappella Choir classes to perform in a joint spring concert By Amy Moorhead | Piedmont High School | April 25, 2023 Performances will be held the weekend of May 14-15 in Alan Harvey Theater; tickets go on sale in early May.
Arts & Entertainment Golden Gate Audubon Society to drop ‘Audubon’ from name By Kathleen Kirkwood | Bay City News | April 25, 2023 Several independent Audubon chapters have dropped the "Audubon" name, citing its namesake's racist past, despite National Audubon's decision to retain it.
Books Beach School hosts Spring Book Fair By Beach Parent Organization | April 22, 2023 The long-standing tradition, including Taco Truck Thursday and Fifth Grade Bake Sale, returns through April 28.