Arts & Entertainment Oakland artists seek immediate refunding of city’s arts and culture manager position By Hannah Sung | Bay City News | July 6, 2025 Activists believe arts programming reduces crime and boosts community safety.
Arts & Entertainment SFDanceworks looks to contemporary dance’s future with Season Eight premieres By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | July 3, 2025 Performances are at 7:30 pm July 10-12 at Z Space in San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment Deadly Dozen: Mysteries set in the Bay Area and beyond By Michal Strutin | Sisters in Crime | July 3, 2025 We love the clues, we love the chase, and we love to read mysteries.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Fillmore Jazz, Billy Martini Show, SF Mime Troupe, ‘& Juliet,’ Oakland Municipal Band By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | July 2, 2025 The Oakland Municipal Band returns to the Lake Merritt Bandstand in Oakland on July 4 to kick off a new season of free concerts.
Arts & Entertainment East Bay reporter Tony Hicks on ‘Lying Drunk’: ‘The point was to show how addiction takes over your life’ By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | July 2, 2025 Soon after its release, “Lying Drunk” became number 1 on Amazon’s list of 63 “new alcohol recovery books.”
Arts & Entertainment Review: Magic Theatre’s Luis Afaro premiere ‘Aztlán’ is magical, mesmerizing, larger than life By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | June 30, 2025 “Aztlán” continues through July 13 at the Magic Theatre, Building D, Fort Mason in San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment July 2025 author events: Bridget A. Lyons, Jackie Thomas-Kennedy, Joanna Sokol, Miranda Spivack, and more By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | June 30, 2025 Debut novels, anticipated novels, memoirs, essays and other timely non-fiction titles by California writers are in this month’s lineup.
Arts & Entertainment 45th Anniversary San Francisco Jewish Film Festival July 17 – August 3 By San Francisco Jewish Film Festival | June 27, 2025 Landmark's Piedmont Theatre to host many of the featured films.
Arts & Entertainment Korsa Musical Theater to present ‘Oklahoma!’ July 18 – 27 By Korsa Musical Theater | June 27, 2025 Top student performers from around the Bay Area to perform in the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic.
Arts & Entertainment Annual San Francisco Pride celebrations ready to bring crowds to city this weekend By Andres Jimenez Larios | Bay City News | June 27, 2025 This year “Queer Joy is Resistance” will be the main theme of the Pride celebrations throughout the city.