Arts & Entertainment Improvisor-composer Jordan Glenn’s proud of score for dance-theater ‘Iphigenia’ premiere By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | October 22, 2026 The story is based on the mythical Greek princess in Euripides’ drama whose father Agamemnon sacrificed her in time of war.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: ‘Manon,’ SF Music Day, Tunnel of Terror, Mariachi Herencia de Mexico, SFJAZZ By The Artful Observer, Bay City News | October 21, 2026 Opera, jazz, mariachi and more in venues around the region this weekend.
Arts & Entertainment Documentary traces the escape of a young pianist from Nazi occupied Vienna By Jewish Community Center of San Francisco | October 20, 2026 Screening of 'Hold On To Your Music: A Mother’s Legacy' includes a performance by Grammy-nominated artist Mona Golabek, Q&A, and reception at the JCC of SF on November 8.
Arts & Entertainment J.P. Lacrampe’s debut Bay Area-set novel ‘Valet’ takes a satirical look at AI By Linda Lenhoff | Bay City News | October 20, 2026 The book follows the journey of Cy, a Verified Artificial-Learning-Enhanced Techbot (VALET) developed by a deceased, not-quite-mad scientist.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Word for Word’s ‘Assimilation’ explores intricacies of immigrant experiences By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | October 19, 2026 Production vividly tells two notable immigrants' stories.
Arts & Entertainment Cal Performances concert fetes minimalism master Steve Reich for 90th birthday By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | October 19, 2026 Reich says his journey as a composer hasn’t always been smooth but that it has been an edifying, gratifying and rewarding pursuit.
Arts & Entertainment Movies: Latino and dance film fests, Hong Kong cinema, ‘One in a Million,’ Porchlight storytelling By Anita Katz | Bay City News | October 19, 2026 A selection of film highlights in cinemas around the Bay Area.
Arts & Entertainment Review: The Fillmore is hoppin’ in SFBATCO’s joyful, tuneful new musical ‘Every Saturday Night’ By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | October 19, 2026 The dual time-period show is set in the 1950s and the present.
Arts & Entertainment SF poet Truong Tran on necessary anger and forging connections By Denise Sullivan | Bay City News | October 15, 2026 Tran launches his ninth book at City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco this Sunday.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Potrero Hill R&B Fest, Julian Lage, Telegraph Quartet, and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | October 14, 2026 Plus folk music legend Judy Collins at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley.