Arts & Entertainment 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.
Arts & Entertainment 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.
Arts & Entertainment 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.
Arts & Entertainment 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.
Arts & Entertainment 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
Arts & Entertainment 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.
Arts & Entertainment 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.
Arts & Entertainment 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.”
Arts & Entertainment 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.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Orinda free films, ‘Cinderella,’ ‘Nutcracker,’ ‘A Chanticleer Christmas’, SF Symphony screens ‘Elf’ By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | December 18, 2024 Oakland Ballet brings back Graham Lustig’s adaptation of “Nutcracker” to the Paramount Theatre December 21-22.