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

Critics’ Picks

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

Oct 27

A Futurist’s Detailed Paintings Get a Futuristic Display

Oct 22

At Ras Ceylon’s Upcoming Show, Bars Come With a Cup of Tea

Oct 21

At the Asian Art Museum, Paintings You’ll Want to Lick

Oct 19

A Rollicking Vietnamese Sidewalk Cafe Pops Up at San José’s Most Nostalgic Strip Mall

Oct 16

In ‘Oh, Mary!,’ A Closeted President’s Unhinged Wife Draws Cackles

Oct 16

‘Every Saturday Night’ Captures a Fight for the Fillmore’s Soul

Oct 16

This Oakland Shop Changed the Way Home Cooks Think About Spices

Oct 14

For 20 Years, Threads of Black American Music Have Converged Here

Oct 13

Dread Scott Imagines a World Without America

Oct 9

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