The best the Bay Area has to offer, from the writers and editors of KQED Arts & Culture.

Critics’ Picks

In Vallejo, a Benefit Concert Raises Funds for the Missing Sister of an SF Rapper

Karla Knight Tunes In to the Great Unknown

woman in red coat in wheelchair raises arms in front of a truck, stopping traffic

‘Being Heumann’ Tells a Disability Rights Story Packed With Real-Life Drama

Celebrating the ‘Father of Chicano Music’

Meet the Designer Who Shaped San Francisco’s Eye-Popping History of Radical Theater

This R&B Singer’s Next Act: A One-Woman Show

Windham Hill Records Celebrates 50 Years of a ‘Quiet Revolution’

A Legendary Chef Bids Farewell With One Final Dinner in Oakland

Incredible Footage of a World-Class Party at Duke Ellington’s Apartment, Released 54 Years Later

A Futurist’s Detailed Paintings Get a Futuristic Display

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