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

Critics’ Picks

How San Francisco’s Underscores Ascended to Portola and Charli xcx’s Tour

Sep 23

A Hitman Questions Morality and Faith in ‘Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother’

Sep 22

Elim Chan Has Been Added to Two More Programs at SF Symphony This Season

Sep 22

This Year’s African Restaurant Week Shines a Spotlight On Lesser-Known Dishes

Sep 22

Sam Green’s Latest Documentary Searches for Longevity and Meaning

Sep 18

Small-Town Movie Theaters Glow in This Elegiac Documentary

Sep 17

Berkeley’s Stained Glass Garden to Celebrate 50 Years of Art

Sep 17

A New Pop-Up Is the Bay Area’s Tastiest Panamanian Secret

Sep 16

T-Pain’s Coming to Golden Gate Park Thanks to This BBQ-Filled Party

Sep 16

Ken Light’s Intimate Portrait of West Oakland in the 1970s

Sep 15

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