Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Jazz Mafia’s Wonder tribute, zine graffiti, and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | May 10, 2023 Also: dance and the human condition, and two musical virtuosos perform.
Arts & Entertainment Bay City Books: New books from regional authors By Frances Dinkenspiel | Bay City News Foundation | May 9, 2023 New books from Bay Area and Northern California authors in May.
Arts & Entertainment YPSO Spring Concert to feature Brahms, Ravel, and more By Satoko Stroud | Young People's Symphony Orchestra | May 8, 2023 The performance is Saturday, May 13 at the First Congregational Church in Berkeley.
Arts & Entertainment PHS Dance and A Cappella Choir perform spring concert By Amy Moorhead | Piedmont High School | May 6, 2023 Tickets are now on sale for the May 14 and 15 musical theater-themed performances.
Around Town East Bay Open Studios kicks off in Oakland on May 12 By East Bay Open Studios | May 6, 2023 Annual, free and family-friendly, self- guided tours of artist studios and exhibition spaces throughout the East Bay on May 13, 14, 20, and 21.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Amalia Mesa-Bains, Louise Brooks, Cécile McLorin Salvant, and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | May 5, 2023 The 1929 silent picture "Pandora's Box," starring Louise Brooks, will screen with musical accompaniment by Club Foot Orchestra, which specializes in silent film scores.
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.