Arts & Entertainment Jim Henson exhibition reveals the Muppets’ ties to the Bay Area By Charles Lewis III | Bay City News Foundation | June 9, 2022 Multi-decade showcase features a wide collection of work exploring the eclectic breadth of Henson’s career.
Education Secrecy shrouds pandemic spending at some California schools By Robert Lewis and Joe Hong | CalMatters | June 9, 2022 California schools received more than $33 billion in COVID stimulus money. Some districts won’t say how they’ve spent it.
Arts & Entertainment Can arts education help kids heal from the trauma of the pandemic? By Karen D'Souza | EdSource | June 9, 2022 The arts can be a safe haven for California schoolchildren to face big emotions and to channel fears and frustrations into acts of creativity, experts say.
around town Improv comedy comes to Center for the Arts on June 11 By Lou Fancher | June 7, 2022 Piedmont resident Brian Molyneaux performs with a six-member troupe known as The Knockabouts.
Bay Area USDA invests in programs to bring more healthy, fresh food to schools By Ali Tadayon | EdSource | June 7, 2022 Last year, California promised to provide free school meals to every student.
California California wants to slash insulin prices by becoming a drugmaker. Can it succeed? By Angela Hart | Kaiser Health News | June 7, 2022 California would spend $100 million to make insulin affordable to millions of people with diabetes under a new state generic drug label, CalRx.
Arts & Entertainment Review: SF Opera’s ‘Don Giovanni’ takes antihero down dark timeline By Georgia Rowe | Bay City News Foundation | June 6, 2022 Saturday’s opening unfolded on a crumbling ruin, a few anguished aristocrats, and a ragged troupe of townspeople at the story's center.
Bay Area What information would help you plan your education path? California wants to know By Betty Márquez Rosales | EdSource | June 6, 2022 The team behind the Cradle-to-Career data system will host public discussions to shape the dashboards and tools.
Arts & Entertainment ‘We Were Hyphy’ attempts to capture a uniquely Bay movement By Amelia Williams | Bay City News Foundation | June 4, 2022 The Antioch-raised director, Laurence Madrigal, talks about his love letter to Bay Area culture, screening at SF DocFest.
Arts & Entertainment Hooked on Books: Netflix’s ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ renews an old debate By Sue Gilmore | Bay City News Foundation | June 4, 2022 When books are turned into cinema and TV, there is immeasurable room for debate on which version is the best.