Arts & Entertainment YPSO celebrates America’s 250th anniversary with the ‘America 250 Festival’ By Young People’s Symphony Orchestra (YPSO) | April 17, 2026 California’s oldest youth orchestra marks America’s 250th anniversary with a festival of American music on May 2 at First Church Berkeley.
Arts & Entertainment PEBCC to perform ‘Echoes of Eureka’ choral opera in Oakland on April 18 By Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir (PEBCC) | April 17, 2026 The opera traces the story of “Charley” Wei Lum, a young Chinese immigrant in 1880s California, whose community in Eureka was violently expelled amid rising anti-Chinese sentiment.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: 1906 quake remembrance, CubaCaribe fest, and Joshua Bell By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | April 15, 2026 Also: Bilingual Shakespeare with "La Comedia of Errors," and Pocket Opera's “A Midsummer Night’s Dream."
Arts & Entertainment Smuin Contemporary Ballet premieres work by Schermoly, Seiwert By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | April 14, 2026 “Jane Doe" addresses the status of women in the world with part caution, part hope.
Arts & Entertainment Movies: SF’s Balboa Theater turns 100, LBGTQ+ film series, Nadav Lapid’s ‘Yes’ By Anita Katz | Bay City News | April 13, 2026 Also, six weeks of Hitchcock in Palo Alto, and Albert Camus’ existential 1942 novella in film.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Rancho Roots’ traces Marin County history and legacy of Californio settlers By George Alfaro | Bay City News | April 12, 2026 The exhibit on the enduring influence of the state’s early Spanish and Mexican settlers on Marin County’s landscape and culture has been extended.
Arts & Entertainment Berkeley’s Back Room marks a decade of intimate concerts By Katie Hulse | Bay City News | April 11, 2026 The upcoming anniversary shows from April 16-26 feature a cross-section of programming, from jazz and bluegrass to Latin and Celtic.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Storm and Song: Romantic Piano Trios Across Europe’ at PCA on Saturday By Piedmont Center for the Arts | April 10, 2026 Catch the Benicia Chamber Players at 801 Magnolia Avenue at 7 pm.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Music fest freebies, ‘Coast Starlight,’ Richard Goode, and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | April 9, 2026 Plus, Shotgun Players adds more dates for "The Goat, or Who is Sylvia."
Arts & Entertainment Esperanza Spalding, Alonzo King team for Lines Ballet premiere in SF By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | April 9, 2026 The world premiere of "Legacy" is this weekend at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.