Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Best Bets By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | July 30, 2020 ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ ‘Tosca’ and ‘A Kids Play About Racism’ and more a click away.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Ron Howard’s ‘Rebuilding Paradise,’ ‘Last Chance U’ at Laney College, and more By Randy Myers | Bay City News | July 30, 2020 The devastation of the Camp Fire; an intellectual romance with a twist; and other standout documentaries top our streaming picks this week.
Featured in Category Oakland Zoo is back in action By Eliana Bloomfield, Exedra Intern | July 28, 2020 After 4 lonely months, the zoo is excited to welcome visitors once again. Reservations must be made in advance.
Arts & Entertainment Marcus Books, oldest Black-owned bookstore, adapts again By Lou Fancher | July 28, 2020 Oakland bookstore works to keep up with surge in demand for books by Black writers -- and stay afloat as pandemic batters small businesses.
Around Town Piedmont Rec Dept is hiring By Piedmont Recreation Department | July 28, 2020 PRD is looking for responsible, energetic, creative leaders to join the Schoolmates team.
Arts & Entertainment Formerly Ubuntu Theater Project, local troupe pivots to drive-in setting By Lou Fancher | July 28, 2020 The newly renamed Oakland Theater Project will open in Sept with T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" in a downtown parking lot.
Featured in Category After a long wait, Yellow Door aims to add zest to Montclair cafe scene By David E. Thigpen | July 28, 2020 Beth Barrett and Virginia Davis open their new venture on July 29.
Featured in Category Quarantini | Basil Smash Pina Colada By Lisa Settlemier | July 28, 2020 Want a tropical cocktail to make you feel like you have escaped to the islands? This updated classic says 'aloha' in a glass.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Five films to watch with Bay Area ties By Randy Myers | Bay City News | July 24, 2020 ‘The Rental,’ Roxie ‘Mixtape’ of short films, ‘Detroit Rising’ and much more.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Opera, Shakespeare and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | July 24, 2020 The Bay Area is a hub of artistic expression; we highlight some of the offerings here.