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

Critics’ Picks

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

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At the Bolinas Museum, a Display of Local Literary Vitality

A Massive New Mural at Fort Mason Brings Otherworldly Colors to the Water’s Edge

In ‘The Cook’ at Berkeley Rep, Revolution Is in the Air — and the Kitchen

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A River Has Its Day in Court in the New Novel ‘Open the Floodgates’

One male lion mounts another male lion in a shaded grove.

SF CritterFest Debuts With Films About Gay Lions and Hot-Tubbing Bears

Parents and small children sit around a table and work on crafts.

This Oakland Block Party Wants to Inspire a Love of Reading

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‘African Stew,’ Set In Oakland, Reflects Playwright’s Own Bay Area Roots

1960s tall building with round windows overlooking well-used park plaza

A Celebration of the All the Art Coming to SF’s Chinatown

The Best Jazz and Classical Concerts in the Bay Area This Fall

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