Arts & Entertainment Movies: New from Mike Leigh, Pedro Almodóvar, possible world cinema 2025 Oscar contenders By Anita Katz | Bay City News | January 6, 2025 It’s a good week for new film releases, including Almodóvar's “The Room Next Door” featuring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton.
holiday Slip into fun: Sock-skating extended until Feb. 1 at the Chabot Space & Science Center By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | January 4, 2025 If the weather is good, Chabot’s three historic telescopes perched 1,500 feet above the Bay are also open every Friday and Saturday night.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Women artists at last take spotlight in ‘Making Their Mark’ at BAMPFA By Charles Lewis III | Bay City News | January 3, 2025 Show runs through April 20 at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Books Local Lit | January’s top tips for book lovers By Lou Fancher | January 3, 2025 Don't miss author events, Oakland library happenings, and an MLK tribute at the Paramount featuring the music of Aretha Franklin.
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.