Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Tom Rigney and Flambeau, Mike Epps, Third World’s reggae, ‘H.M.S. Pinafore,’ ‘Dolores’ opera premiere By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | July 30, 2025 All kinds of musicians are playing all kinds of music at free community concerts enlivening the Bay Area this summer.
Books Local Lit | Top tips for August By Lou Fancher | July 29, 2025 Oakland Public Library's end of summer festival; Clio's book talks; "Once Upon a Time in Dollywood," and more.
Food & Drink The Dish | Brownie Pudding By Wendy Szczech | July 29, 2025 An Ina Garten favorite, this easy-to-make dessert tastes like you’ve been baking all day.
Arts & Entertainment Movies: ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka,’ ‘Heightened Scrutiny,’ ‘Cloud,’ Stanford theater summer fest By Anita Katz | Bay City News | July 28, 2025 Two exceptional documentaries about struggles for liberation are coming to Bay Area theaters, with filmmaker appearances.
Arts & Entertainment Sun Ra Arkestra descends into four-night stand at SFJazz By Anna Tran | Bay City News | July 28, 2025 Sun Ra Arkestra appears at 7:30 pm July 31-August 3 in Miner Auditorium, SFJazz Center in San Francisco.
Travel East Brother, can you spare a dime? Historic lighthouse in the Bay needs funds for repairs By Samantha Kennedy | Bay City News | July 27, 2025 It needs at least $750,000 to fund repairs to the pier and gangway to ensure access to East Brother Island.
animals Ready to rock and growl: Safari West welcomes newborn southern white rhino Ozzy By Finbar LaBelle | Bay City News | July 26, 2025 The name Ozzy is a respectful nod to the late music icon Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away on the same day as the calf’s birth.
Arts & Entertainment World War II-era Coast Guard tall ship back in San Francisco this weekend, with free tours By Audrey Tomlin | Bay City News | July 24, 2025 This is the second visit to San Francisco in as many months for the 295-foot Eagle.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Cupertino, Walnut Creek free concerts, Napa puppet fest, TheatreWorks’ new works fest, mezzo Nikola Printz, Music@Menlo By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | July 23, 2025 Ringing in the new.
Arts & Entertainment Retired Berkeley doctor Marc Sapir shares elders’ stories in ‘l’ll Fly Away’ By JL Odom | Bay City News | July 23, 2025 Marc Sapir appears at 5:30 pm July 23 at Book Passage, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco.