Arts & Entertainment Pianist Lara Downes and friends explore American music history at Cal Performances By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | May 4, 2026 Judy Collins, Terriona “Tank” Ball, Invoke, and the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir will join Downes onstage.
Arts & Entertainment Movies: CAAMFest, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, ‘Erupcja,’ ‘Our Land’ By Anita Katz | Bay City News | May 4, 2026 More than 60 movies are on the bill for the 44th run of the Center for Asian American Media's annual festival this weekend.
Arts & Entertainment Hooked on Books: Going literary in letter form is a well-traveled road By Sue Gilmore, Bay City News | April 30, 2026 Sue Gilmore of Local News Matters traces the history of the epistolary novel from 1740 to today's bestseller "The Correspondent."
Arts & Entertainment May 2026 author events across the Bay Area By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | April 29, 2026 Plus: The 12th Bay Area Book Festival featuring hundreds of authors is happening in downtown Berkeley on May 29-31.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: SF International Arts, Dance Through Time, spring festivals By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | April 29, 2026 Plus, Berkeley Bluegrass fest and Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.
Arts & Entertainment OMCA will be closed Friday in solidarity with May Day protest By Exedra Staff | April 28, 2026 A nationwide day of action on May 1 against the Trump administration calls for “no shopping, no work, and no school."
Arts & Entertainment Pro runner Sara Hall shares memoir ‘For the Love of the Grind’ in SF By JL Odom | Bay City News | April 27, 2026 The book’s title nods to the hard work and discipline that go into training and racing.
Arts & Entertainment Movies: DocLands Festival, SF International Film Fest plus new features By Anita Katz | Bay City News | April 27, 2026 It's documentary season in the Bay Area, with an abundance of great features and shorts to choose from.
Bay Area Cashless payments expand to 5 East Bay regional parks this Wednesday By Gabe Agcaoili | Bay City News | April 27, 2026 Ardenwood Farm and the Temescal Regional Recreation Area are among the parks shifting to cashless operations.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Royal Shakespeare’s ‘Hamnet’ simply dazzles in ACT presentation By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | April 23, 2026 Show will impress fans of the book and movie, as well as those new to the story.