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Pass the Remote: Spotlight on producing great Saul Zaentz, ‘I Am My Own Woman’

By Randy Myers | Bay City News | November 4, 2024

The three-time Oscar winner also founded Berkeley’s Saul Zaentz Film Center, a bustling creative hub and spark plug for indie filmmakers.

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Best Bets: ‘Halloween Hoopla,’ ‘Dragon Lady,” ‘Brahms Odyssey,’ Dover Quartet  

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | October 30, 2024

Circus Bella performs during a free Halloween celebration in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens on Nov. 2.

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Pass the Remote: A delicious list of five tasty films for foodies  

By Randy Myers | Bay City News | October 28, 2024

The lineup starts with the powerful “La Cocina,” starring Rooney Mara and Raúl Briones, and opening this week at the Roxie.

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Step Afrika! dancers tell ‘Migration’ story set to iconic Jacob Lawrence artworks  

By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | October 25, 2024

Presented by Cal Performances at Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall on November 2-3.   

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Review: ‘Clue,’ the wild stage version, is as fun as the board game  

By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | October 23, 2024

The ensemble is impeccable, and hilarious, in the tour of "Clue," onstage in San Francisco and San Jose through November 4.

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Best Bets: Contemporary Art opening, ‘Emojiland,’ ‘Clue,’ Halloween symphony concert, Beethoven’s Ninth

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | October 23, 2024

The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco opens at its new home in “The Cube” at 345 Montgomery St. on Oct.

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Pass the Remote: Arab film fest in SF and East Bay, Silicon Valley Jewish fest in South Bay

By Randy Myers | Bay City News | October 21, 2024

Bay Area filmmaker Finn Taylor's "Avenue of the Giants" shifts between two narratives: one set during the Holocaust, the other in recent-day Marin County.