Arts & Entertainment January 2025 author events in the Bay Area By Leslie Katz, Bay City News | January 2, 2025 Including Dorothy Lazard, the former head librarian of Oakland Public Library’s history center and author of “What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World.”
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Berkeley Community Chorus, Pacific Mambo Orchestra at Yoshi’s, ‘Nosferatu,’ Aida Rodriguez By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | January 1, 2025 Freebie of the week: BCCO presents three concerts of music by Fauré, Beethoven and Haydn Jan. 3-5 in Hertz Hall at Berkeley.
Featured in Category Blazing new trails: Nonprofit offers more ways to experience Mount Diablo this year By Tony Hicks | Bay City News | January 1, 2025 Heed the call of the wild and head for the hills as the conservation group’s programs now include adventures into areas rarely open to the public.
Arts & Entertainment Amy Sherald’s ‘American Sublime’ portraits light up SFMOMA By Lou Fancher | Bay City News | December 31, 2024 Exhibit continues through March 9 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Featured in Category New Year’s resolution: Take the East Bay Regional Parks 2025 trails challenge By East Bay Regional Parks District | December 31, 2024 New awards, prizes, and giveaways for 2025.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Three notable docs stream on PBS in January By Randy Myers | Bay City News | December 30, 2024 Also: check out the surge in conservative-focused documentaries.
animals Beloved pachyderm perishes: Oakland Zoo’s former elephant Donna dies Christmas Eve By Tony Hicks, Bay City News | December 28, 2024 The Oakland Zoo’s last elephant, Osh, was moved to the Tennessee sanctuary just a few months ago.
Arts & Entertainment South Bay’s Mount Umunhum offers great regional views, interesting Cold War history By Larry Sokoloff, Bay City News | December 27, 2024 At 3,486 feet, Mount Umunhum is among the highest peaks in the Bay Area.
Arts & Entertainment Hooked on Books: Lincoln will be singing in the Bardo onstage at the Met By Sue Gilmore, Bay City News | December 26, 2024 Plus: New Yorker anthologies, cult cinema classics, and National Book Critics Circle awards
Food & Drink The Drink | Cranberry Ginger Mimosa By Exedra Staff | December 26, 2024 A festive cocktail for the holidays -- or any time this winter.