Arts & Entertainment

Relevant ‘Rio,’ North Bay Artists Featured at SFIAF

The San Francisco International Arts Festival returns April 29 through May 10 with its mix of theater, circus, music and educational activities. The festival, founded in 2002, is an eclectic celebration of the performing arts worldwide. This year, it includes a North Bay touch. Sausalito-based poet and playwright Lynn Lohr...

Resurrecting a Roadster: The Car that Started May...

Open Art Studios, Life on Earth, Dr. Color...

Earth Day Marin, Mill Valley Celebrates Our One...

Yes, Marin Shakespeare Company’s La Comedia of Errors is bilingual.

Shakespañol, Bilingual Take on the Bard in San Rafael

Apr 21, 2026

The first thing one should know is, yes, Marin Shakespeare Company’s La Comedia of Errors is bilingual. As the title...

The 112-year-old Mountain Play company is returning this summer to the historic Cushing Memorial Amphitheatre, preparing to present audiences with a lavish production of the musical, The Wizard of Oz.

Mountain Play Returns, ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Marks Occasion on Tamalpais

Apr 21, 2026

There is, as they say, no place like home. That famous pronouncement from the tornado-riding Dorothy Gale of Kansas...

With dramatic command and a voice capable of both power and velvet intimacy, Kim Nalley revisits Billie Holiday’s songbook through reverence, swing and lived-in feeling.

Joyful Billie Holiday, Marin City Flea Market and Sculpture Days

Apr 21, 2026

Larkspur A Joyful Billie Holiday San Francisco vocalist Kim Nalley brings her formidable voice and stage presence to the Lark...

DocLands Documentary Film Festival, the California Film Institute’s annual nonfiction showcase in Marin, returns in 2026 with a lineup that leans into resilience, revelation and the radical act of paying attention.

DocLands Returns to the Rafael with Bounty of Documentaries

Apr 14, 2026

There’s a certain kind of optimism required to make a documentary right now—a belief that reality is still worth...

Eli Carlton-Pearson is known for projects spanning Cambodian traditional music, gypsy jazz, heavy rock and assorted genre mischief.

Dead Again, Songbird Parlour and Tender Hearts Club

Apr 14, 2026

Forest Knolls EP Drop at Papermill Bay Area multi-instrumentalist Eli Carlton-Pearson brings his far-ranging musical passport to Papermill Creek Saloon for...