Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: A look at 2025’s Oscar nominees By Randy Myers | Bay City News | January 28, 2025 Deserving -- or not so much: Local critic weighs in on this year's nominees, including “Dune: Part Two," a science fiction and Hollywood blockbuster.
Arts & Entertainment PHS grad set to make Broadway debut in award-winning ‘SIX the Musical’ By Margo Rosenbaum | January 28, 2025 Kay Sibal plays "K Howard" at the Lena Horne Theater in NYC starting February 19.
Arts & Entertainment Shoppers revel in great bargains at Oakland Museum’s White Elephant Sale preview By Leslie Katz, Bay City News | January 27, 2025 Sale continues on select days between Jan. 29 and Feb.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Aguilar’s rich images of Native Californians comprise ‘Born of the Bear Dance’ By Charles Lewis III, Bay City News | January 24, 2025 The exhibit runs through June 22 at the Oakland Museum of California.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Lunar New Year events, Takács Quartet, Symphony San Jose, Django Reinhard fest, Kev Choice By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | January 22, 2025 Le Jazz Hot, aka the Hot Club of San Francisco, performs during the Django Reinhardt Birthday Celebration at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley.
Arts & Entertainment Books Inc. files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy; 174-year-old chain to close Berkeley store By Tony Hicks | Bay City News | January 22, 2025 All other Books Inc. locations will remain operational, pending court approval of a proposed reorganization plan.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: 22nd ‘Noir City’ film fest creeps to Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre By Randy Myers | Bay City News | January 20, 2025 An early Stanley Kubrick and a lesser-known Billy Wilder are among the thrillers on tap from January 24 through February 2.
animals SF SPCA waives puppy adoption fees as local shelters receive animals displaced by LA fires By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | January 16, 2025 The East Bay SPCA is also looking to place refugee dogs just arrived from the Los Angeles County Animal Care Center.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: ‘Dinner Date,’ Porchlight at SF Sketchfest, Isabel Hagen, SF Art Week, New Century Chamber Orchestra By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | January 15, 2025 Comedian Rachel Bloom is among the celebrities appearing in "Dinner Date," a fake dinner date show that's part of SF Sketchfest.
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Symphony premieres John Adams’ fourth piano concerto featuring Víkingur Ólafsson By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | January 14, 2025 San Francisco Symphony performs “Carmina Burana” and John Adams “After the Fall” on January 16, 18 and 19 at Davies Symphony Hall.