Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Opera North’s ‘Der Ring,’ ‘Waiting’ with Brian Copeland and ‘Love and Warcraft’ on tap this week By The Artful Observer | Local News Matters | September 4, 2020 Streaming: Grab "The Ring;" sip-and-strut; Copeland's "Waiting;" Cal Performance's Goat Rodeo; and ACT's spin on Cyrano.
Food & Drink Recipe | Fried Tofu By Hayley Sullivan | September 1, 2020 Fried Tofu is easy to cook, light on the wallet, packed with protein and full of flavor.
Books Local Lit | September’s top literary happenings, workshops, and meetups By Lou Fancher | September 1, 2020 Youth poets stream; Roberto Lovato's memoir on immigration and gangs in SF; Black voices rise; writing workshop with Cheryl Strayed; and more
Books Bay Area books: Nurture yourself with nature By Sue Gilmore | Local News Matters | September 1, 2020 An upside of the pandemic is the time we may now to let our curiosity to help us explore our natural surroundings.
Arts & Entertainment Enter the Multiverse: Burning Man goes virtual for 2020 By Amelia Williams | Local News Matters | August 28, 2020 Fourteen thousand Burners responded to a survey supporting a virtual Burn, and so the Multiverse was born.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Stream along with ‘Rising Phoenix,’ ‘The Garden Left Behind,’ ‘Desert One’ and more By Randy Myers | Local News Matters | August 25, 2020 Inspiring documentaries, one about the Paralympics, the other about the failed Iran hostage rescue; a terrific lineup of LGBTQ+ features; and a rare animated classic.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Second Saturdays’: California Symphony sets lineup for free virtual concert series this fall By Sue Gilmore | Local News Matters | August 25, 2020 Walnut Creek-based symphony presents four live performances preceded by conversation between the music director and the participating musicians.
Arts & Entertainment Cal Performances announces its fall (streaming) lineup By Lou Fancher | August 25, 2020 Tickets for the fall 2020 series of Cal Performances at Home go on sale on Tuesday, September 8 at noon.
Uncategorized Pegasus Books: Surviving tough times while keeping readers reading By Lou Fancher | August 25, 2020 With gratitude for loyal customers and staff, owner Amy Thomas says the pandemic has nonetheless made life hard for the stores.
Books Bay Area writers share how pandemic and protests have affected their urge to write By Lydia Sviatoslavsky, Sin & Syntax | Local News Matters | August 21, 2020 For all the association of the writing life with solitude, this extended isolation has been no romantic reprieve.