Arts & Entertainment Big Brain: Free lectures where folks nerd out in a San Francisco bar By JL Odom | Bay City News | August 11, 2025 Big Brain SF creator Emily Giverts pairs intellectual topics and casual spaces.
Arts & Entertainment Movies: Cinema on Union Square, ‘Last Class,’ ‘East of Wall,’ ‘Went Up the Hill,’ ‘Boys Go to Jupiter’ By Anita Katz | Bay City News | August 11, 2025 On tap this week: a film documenting Robert Reich’s final semester teaching at the University of California, Berkeley.
dogs At Sonoma-Marin Fair, rescue pup Petunia steals judges’ hearts in Ugliest Dog Contest By Autumn DeGrazia | Bay City News | August 11, 2025 Petunia receives coconut oil treatments daily and her owner embraces her Benjamin Button-ness.
artists With new Marin home for Eames Institute comes an expanded curatorial mission By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | August 9, 2025 Last week, the institute announced it had purchased the former Birkenstock warehouse that sits west of Highway 101.
Arts & Entertainment East Bay period enthusiasts re-create historical costume dances By Stephanie Lam | Bay City News | August 7, 2025 'Period Events and Entertainments Re-creation Society, Inc.' (PEERS) brings the past alive for those who yearn for bygone eras.
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands: SF’s biggest music fest is back this weekend — here’s how to beat the traffic By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | August 7, 2025 Bikes, scooters, and walking are generally recommended instead of driving.
Bay Area Historic ‘peace boat’ tours San Francisco Bay, advocating for a world without nuclear war By Anna Tran | Bay City News | August 7, 2025 The Golden Rule has planned stops in San Francisco, Alameda, Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond and San Mateo until August 29.
Arts & Entertainment Scenic trip to Ashland, Oregon: Shakespeare, yes, but much more By Larry Sokoloff | Bay City News | August 6, 2025 Wellness and relaxation are an important part of the scene.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: SF Fringe, Free Shakespeare in the Park, American Bach Soloists, and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | August 6, 2025 Molly Shannon appears in the 2025 San Francisco Fringe Festival in a one-woman theatrical clown show called “Oh Johnny.”
Arts & Entertainment Review: A Palestinian-Israeli woman tells her story in ‘Home,’ an affecting solo show By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | August 6, 2025 “Home” continues through August 16 at Z Below in San Francisco.