Performer Bimbo Moschino offers her take on who’s giving normcore and who’s setting the standard.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/04/30/fit-check-gericault-de-la-rose-bimbo-moschino-ballroom-fashion/
As rehearsals heat up for this year's Carnaval, one 15-year-old dancer calls Loco Bloco 'like family.'
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/04/24/loco-bloco-mission-district-carnaval-jediah-pratt/
The letter calls on the museum to join an academic and cultural boycott of Israeli institutions.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/04/24/sfmoma-workers-open-letter-palestinians-gaza-pacbi/
Three-day tickets to the festival in Golden Gate Park go on sale April 24 at 10 a.m.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/04/23/outside-lands-lineup-2024-san-francisco/
The historic bar's new SoMa location debuts with a time machine-themed party celebrating its different eras.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/04/19/the-stud-san-francisco-lgbtq-bar-reopening/
Chef Fernay McPherson brings comfort classics like fried chicken and mac and cheese to her old neighborhood.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/04/18/minnie-bells-soul-food-restaurant-fillmore-sf-opening/
The 74-year-old building on 14th Street in downtown Oakland will close from May 27 to November.
The stylish Oakland guitarist, remembered as innovative and generous, played with dozens of jazz greats.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/04/15/calvin-keys-jazz-guitarist-dies-obit-oakland/
The mother to Sofia and Roman Coppola and wife to Francis Ford Coppola died at home in Napa County.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/04/12/eleanor-coppola-matriarch-of-a-filmmaking-family-dies-at-87/
The social justice-minded conductor hails from the Knox-Galesburg Symphony in Illinois.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/04/09/kedrick-armstrong-oakland-symphony-new-music-director/
The artists called for the museum to join the Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, which leadership refused.
Playing 'American Idiot' and 'Saviors' back-to-back, the band thrived in the small venue for a hometown crowd.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/04/03/review-green-day-fillmore-photos-san-francisco/
Creative Growth, which serves artist with disabilities, is Oakland’s second-largest arts organization.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/04/02/creative-growth-united-union-announcement-oakland/
The tremendous new play about Richmond’s most famous park ranger doubles as a history of the Bay Area itself.
A city audit raises questions about the museum’s future; museum leaders say the audit has delayed their progress on reopening.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/03/28/san-francisco-mexican-museum-audit-reopening/
Founded in 1969, the nonprofit distributor got experimental, avant-garde works onto bookstores’ shelves.
Born in San Francisco, Serra became world-renowned for his large-scale steel structures.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/03/27/sculptor-richard-serra-the-poet-of-iron-dies-at-85/
More than 100 Ruth Asawa School of the Arts students, faculty and parents protested at the district offices on March 26.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/03/27/ruth-asawa-school-of-the-arts-protest-teachers-students-rally/
News of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s departure as music director has brought scrutiny on the Symphony’s finances.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/03/26/sf-symphony-leadership-esa-pekka-salonen-musicians-protest/
The city will decide on April 3 whether the Palace may replace its neon tubes with LED lighting.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/03/26/palace-hotel-neon-sign-leds-historic-commission/
From her East Bay press, the poet published groundbreaking work by Ntozake Shange and others.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/03/26/alta-shameless-hussy-press-dies-at-81/
Orchestra members say the cost-cutting decision raises ‘serious questions about the future of the Symphony.’
OG Dayv explains why ‘OGs don’t rock Patagonia’ and how hip-hop and the Black Panthers impacted regional style.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/03/19/how-bay-area-hip-hop-made-cozy-clothes-cool/
Ahead of a national tournament in Palm Springs, the Quakes look back at their 30-year history.
The union will now form their bargaining committee and begin contract negotiations with the museum.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/03/14/omca-voluntarily-recognizes-union-of-omca-workers-united/
YBCA's galleries have been closed for a month following a pro-Palestinian protest by exhibiting artists.
"I do not share the same goals for the future of the institution," Esa-Pekka Salonen stated.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/03/14/esa-pekka-salonen-steps-down-sf-symphony/
The station brings its eclectic musical programming to 92.7 FM San Francisco.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/03/13/kexp-san-francisco-bay-area-expansion-92-7-fm/
The visionary artist pushed boundaries to make dance accessible to blind and visually impaired audiences.
A night with relatively few surprises brings some very enjoyable winners and a solid show that honored a lot of good movies.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2024/03/10/oscars-2024-summary-john-cena-poor-things-ken-oppenheimer/