Arts & Entertainment June 2024 author events: Griffin Dunne, Percival Everett, Maggie Nelson, Daniel Handler, Walter Mosley, and more By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | May 31, 2024 Events kick off this weekend as writers of new mysteries, fantasies and thrillers speak about their books around the Bay Area this month.
Arts & Entertainment Review: ACT’s ‘Lehman Trilogy’ a perfectly dazzling portrait of a family and America By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | May 30, 2024 Sam Mendes’ production of the Tony Award-winning hit plays through June 23 at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment Hooked on Books: Some authors embrace, others despise screen adaptations of their works By Sue Gilmore | Bay City News | May 30, 2024 Works by Tom Wolfe, Amor Towles, Colm Tóibín, John Steinbeck, Stephen King and others have been brought to screen and stage.
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Opera stages American premiere of Saariaho’s intense ‘Innocence’ By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | May 28, 2024 A contemporary Scandinavian look and sound, plus timely 21st-century themes comprise Saariaho’s rich new opus.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Dozens of intriguing true stories at Roxie, online in SF DocFest By Randy Myers | Bay City News | May 28, 2024 This year’s hybrid program of 38 features and 35 shorts runs May 30 to June 9 in San Francisco with screenings at the Roxie Theatre and online.
Bay Area Earth-themed names picked for 4 falcons atop UC Berkeley’s Campanile bell tower By Dan McMenamin | Bay City News | May 25, 2024 The names were chosen through a naming contest that garnered nearly 4,000 votes.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Pher, Golden Gate Park Band, ‘Breed or Bust,’ ‘Gladiator,’ ‘Music for Migratory Birds’ By The Artful Observer | Local News Matters | May 22, 2024 Two freebies in SF plus standup, storytelling, symphony, and song.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Frameline announces big lineup for June 19-29, Sequoia Cinema reopens in Mill Valley By Randy Myers | Bay City News | May 22, 2024 Tickets are on sale now for California’s largest film festival and the globe’s oldest LGBTQ one.
Around Town Oakland Art Murmur hosts East Bay Open Studios By Oakland Art Murmur | May 21, 2024 Several Piedmont artists are featured in this free, family-friendly self-guided tour happening the first two weekends of June. Opening Party is May 30.
Arts & Entertainment Bay to Breakers 2024: An anything-goes party where many had fun and a few came to run By J.L. Odom | Bay City News | May 21, 2024 Costumes this year included dinosaurs, unicorns, butterflies, roosters, cows and condiments; Dr Seuss “Thing 1s, 2s, and 3s;” BART trains; and more.