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January 2025 author events in the Bay Area
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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
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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
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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
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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
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New awards, prizes, and giveaways for 2025.Arts & Entertainment
Pass the Remote: Three notable docs stream on PBS in January
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Also: check out the surge in conservative-focused documentaries.animals
Beloved pachyderm perishes: Oakland Zoo’s former elephant Donna dies Christmas Eve
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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
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At 3,486 feet, Mount Umunhum is among the highest peaks in the Bay Area.Arts & Entertainment
