Arts & Entertainment Movies: United Nations Association film fest, Blackfoot buffalo doc, ‘Urchin,’ Ghost Fest By Anita Katz | Bay City News | October 13, 2025 Human-rights documentaries, majestic buffalo and actor Harris Dickinson’s directorial debut merit top mention this week.
Arts & Entertainment Aura, a new interactive light-and-sound experience, opens in Grace Cathedral By Leslie Katz, Bay City News | October 10, 2025 Tickets are currently available through Dec. 31.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Manet & Moriset’ at Legion of Honor sheds new light on famed French painters By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | October 9, 2025 Featuring works by the pivotal Modernist and the female pioneer of the Impressionist movement, the exhibit runs through March 1, 2026.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Free Flyaway show, John C. Reilly, ‘McNeal,’ Gabriel and Jeffrey Kahane, SF Symphony Youth Orchestra By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | October 8, 2025 Music, theater, aerial performances, and more on tap this weekend around the Bay.
Arts & Entertainment Kronos Quartet explores Chinese-American experience in ‘Beyond the Golden Gate’ By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | October 8, 2025 Kronos Quartet appears in a Cal Performances presentation on October 11 in Zellerbach Hall.
Arts & Entertainment Take Back Telegraph: Berkeley residents try to revive public space with pop-up music fest By Grace Marion | Bay City News | October 8, 2025 Unsanctioned street fair brought in several bands and drew over 100 passersby to stop and listen to the music.
Arts & Entertainment Review: SF Playhouse’s ‘Noises Off’ fresh and funny as ever By Caroline Crawford | Bay City News | October 6, 2025 The 40-plus-year-old slapstick comedy runs through November 8 at San Francisco Playhouse.
Arts & Entertainment Movies: SF South Asia film fest, ‘Orwell: 2+2=5,’ ‘Good Boy,’ ‘Plainclothes,’ ‘Noche Oscura’ By Anita Katz | Bay City News | October 6, 2025 Cinema from South Asia, plus scary new releases — starring an ever-relevant George Orwell and a phenomenal dog — on tap this week.
Arts & Entertainment Bay City Books: New books from local authors — September-October 2025 By Leslie Katz, Bay City News | October 2, 2025 Writing on "Good Things," plus mitochondria, death and dying, pioneers, mysteries, and more.