Books Shelf Life: Should books ever be banned? Ask the experts By Tony Hicks | Bay City News Foundation | January 25, 2022 The American Library Association tracked 273 targeted books in 156 challenges to libraries, schools, and universities in 2020.
Food & Drink The Dish | Bake Sale Betty’s Coleslaw By Brynne Staley | January 25, 2022 The iconic (and fantastically easy to make) accompaniment to any main course.
Arts & Entertainment New book eyeballs visual legacy of absurdist group The Residents By Lydia Sviatoslavsky | Bay City News Foundation | January 24, 2022 The anonymous avant-garde freak group has been injecting the music world with absurdist humor and psychedelia since the late 1960s.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Old-school movies plus a Kurdish film fest By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | January 20, 2022 Nosferatu, a Bogdanovich classic, and Tosca on film are some of the "classics" screening this weekend.
Arts & Entertainment Bay City Books: New Books from Bay Area Authors – January 2022 By Meg Waite Clayton | Bay City News Foundation | January 20, 2022 This eclectic selection of local books includes stories and histories of spies, space, driverless cars, world history, and the strange and surreal.
Arts & Entertainment Paint the Void shows murals from the pandemic’s darkest days By Gina Gotsill | Bay City News Foundation | January 20, 2022 Lockdown murals painted during the peak of the pandemic in 2020 have been gathered in one place for a limited retrospective.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: ‘Swept Away’ at Berkeley Rep, return of MTT, and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | January 20, 2022 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.
Arts & Entertainment Omicron variant continues to upend the Bay Area arts calendar By Lisa Hix | Bay City News Foundation | January 18, 2022 SF Sketchfest postpones to 2023, Cal Performances brings back digital series, and more.
Bay Area Oakland A’s star Tony Kemp on why local activism matters By Nick Marnell | Bay City News Foundation | January 18, 2022 The Athletics infielder's recent projects include planting trees in urban communities.
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop 2022: Five Bay Area bands you don’t want to miss By Lydia Sviatoslavsky | Bay City News Foundation | January 14, 2022 After a COVID-related hiatus in 2021, the Noise Pop festival is scheduled to return next month.