Arts & Entertainment Great actors make great villains in Central Works’ ‘Boss McGreedy’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News Foundation | March 5, 2024 Fine actors at their best in a tale that stokes the audience's schadenfreude.
Arts & Entertainment Novels about real people lend depth, complexity to their histories By Sue Gilmore | Bay City News Foundation | March 5, 2024 New historical fiction has Frances Perkins, the U.S. secretary of labor under Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as its protagonist.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Tough Broad’ tells stories of ‘super fun, badass women’ By Frances Dinkelspiel | Bay City News Foundation | March 4, 2024 Outdoor challenges make older women happier and more resilient, writes Caroline Paul.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Cinequest serves up genre flicks in San Jose By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | March 4, 2024 There are 217 films and 66 world premieres at this bumper film fest.
Books Local Lit | Top tips for book lovers in March By Lou Fancher | March 1, 2024 Eclectic offerings include outdoor adventure, zine-making, literary soundscapes, pizza, and more
Around Town Nonprofit spotlight | Piedmonters mark 20 years of support for Kenyan orphanage By Lou Fancher | March 1, 2024 Piedmont friends Briony Bax and Gayle Sells joined forces in 2010 to help Saidia Children's Charity.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: ‘Unpacking in P-Town,’ sensory symphony, West Edge Opera By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | March 1, 2024 The Bay Area is a hub of artistic expression, attracting artists, writers and musicians from around the globe to live, work and create. We highlight some of the offerings here.
Arts & Entertainment Kronos Quartet celebrates anniversary with ‘Five Decades’ concert By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News Foundation | February 29, 2024 Saturday's concert at Zellerbach Hall includes six commissioned works.
Arts & Entertainment Evocative interactive artworks in ‘Lee Mingwei: Rituals of Care’ By Hilda Scheib | Bay City News Foundation | February 27, 2024 Exhibition is the first American survey of Lee's work.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Filmmaker up for Oscar with sweet doc about his grandmothers By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | February 26, 2024 Fremont native Sean Wang's “Nai Nai & Wài Pó” features the dynamic duo of 86-year-old Chang Li Hua and 97-year-old Yi Yan Fuei.