Arts & Entertainment Movies: New from Mike Leigh, Pedro Almodóvar, possible world cinema 2025 Oscar contenders By Anita Katz | Bay City News | January 6, 2025 It’s a good week for new film releases, including Almodóvar's “The Room Next Door” featuring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton.
holiday Slip into fun: Sock-skating extended until Feb. 1 at the Chabot Space & Science Center By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | January 4, 2025 If the weather is good, Chabot’s three historic telescopes perched 1,500 feet above the Bay are also open every Friday and Saturday night.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Women artists at last take spotlight in ‘Making Their Mark’ at BAMPFA By Charles Lewis III | Bay City News | January 3, 2025 Show runs through April 20 at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Books Local Lit | January’s top tips for book lovers By Lou Fancher | January 3, 2025 Don't miss author events, Oakland library happenings, and an MLK tribute at the Paramount featuring the music of Aretha Franklin.
around town Piedmont’s Flix Fest aims for laughs on Jan. 8 with ‘Blazing Saddles’ By Robert Hall | January 3, 2025 The free film series, sponsored by the Rec Department, is open to anyone over age 18.
Arts & Entertainment January 2025 author events in the Bay Area By Leslie Katz, Bay City News | January 2, 2025 Including Dorothy Lazard, the former head librarian of Oakland Public Library’s history center and author of “What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World.”
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.
Featured in Category Blazing new trails: Nonprofit offers more ways to experience Mount Diablo this year By Tony Hicks | Bay City News | January 1, 2025 Heed the call of the wild and head for the hills as the conservation group’s programs now include adventures into areas rarely open to the public.
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.
Featured in Category New Year’s resolution: Take the East Bay Regional Parks 2025 trails challenge By East Bay Regional Parks District | December 31, 2024 New awards, prizes, and giveaways for 2025.