KQED’s Arts & Culture desk brings daily, in-depth cultural commentary and coverage of the Bay Area with a mission to enrich lives and inspire participation. Who We Are
‘Eddington’ Is an Incoherent Covid-Era Satire About Our Broken Brains
‘Hereditary’ and ‘Midsommar’ director Ari Aster takes on contemporary America in ‘Eddington.’
‘Black Spaces’ at the Oakland Museum Meditates on Displacement and Reclamation
Russell City, West Oakland and other sites of erasure and resilience inspire this probing show at OMCA.
After Sudden Grant Cancellations, Humanities Funding is Back — Kind Of
California Humanities now has access to about half of its federal funds and is scrambling to pay out grantees.
The New Evolution of Ethiopian and Eritrean Restaurants in the Bay Area
A fresh generation of Ethiopian and Eritrean entrepreneurs are taking over family-owned businesses and infusing new perspectives.
At this Weekend’s SF Hip-Hop Festival, an Examination of Black Displacement
More than two dozen performers fill a stacked musical lineup — and art exhibits aim to change city policy.
Trans Activists Vow to ‘Liberate Compton’s’ After SF Board of Appeals Loss
The board ruled in favor of Geo Group, a private prison company that owns the site of a historic riot for trans rights.
Why the Bay Area Is Suddenly Crawling With Cats — and What Rescuers Want You to Know
Stray cat populations are surging across the Bay Area as rescue groups struggle to keep up. KQED Arts reporter Rae Alexandra is pitching in — and so can you.
Funding for KQED Arts & Culture is provided by:
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Akonadi Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Yogen and Peggy Dalal, Diane B. Wilsey, the William and Gretchen Kimball Fund, Campaign 21 and the members of KQED.