Arts & Entertainment Cynthia ‘Empress’ Yee is keeping SF Chinatown’s glamorous showgirl history alive By Lydia Sviatoslavsky | Bay City News Foundation | November 16, 2021 Yee, who danced in a Chinatown revue in the 1960s, has opened a showgirl museum.
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Zoo’s illuminating Glowfari brightens up the end of a dreary year By Lisa Hix | Bay City News Foundation | November 16, 2021 The spectacular holiday lantern festival returns and runs through Jan. 30.
Education A Bay Area school district’s plan to reduce violence through nonviolent means By Ali Tadayon | EdSource | November 16, 2021 West Contra Costa Unified is prioritizing teaching students the social and emotional skills they need to avoid violence.
Arts & Entertainment Art, travel talk on tap at PCA this weekend By Exedra Staff | November 12, 2021 Michael Stehr art exhibit from 11 - 2 followed by Don George travel talk at 4.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Picks from three film fests this weekend By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | November 12, 2021 This week sees a flurry of film festivals sweeping into the Bay Area.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Dr. Jaz Sawyer, a Harriet Tubman opera and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | November 12, 2021 The Bay Area is a hub of artistic expression, attracting artists, writers and musicians from around the globe to live, work and create. We highlight some of the offerings here.
Bay Area Thanksgiving travel forecast to approach pre-pandemic levels By Kari Hulac | Bay City News Foundation | November 12, 2021 SFO and Oakland International anticipate higher volumes of passenger traffic.
California Tahoe resorts prepare to open but Thanksgiving skiing seems unlikely By Kari Hulac | Bay City News Foundation | November 12, 2021 Mild temperatures and dry weather hamper snowmaking efforts.
activism On-screen visibility with SF’s Transgender Film Festival By J.L. Odom, Bay City News Foundation | November 11, 2021 The festival, which is screening online, runs through Sunday.
Arts & Entertainment Chabot Space and Science Center reopens with ‘The NASA Experience’ By Gina Gotsill | Bay City News Foundation | November 11, 2021 The new exhibit reveals the world through the eyes of NASA’s scientists and space crews.