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Maker Faire Bay Area
7+ hour, 32+ min ago (144+ words) Members: Use code KQED+ for 30% off tickets Two decades of curiosity, creativity, and community. Bring the whole family to Maker Faire Bay Area's 20th celebration, September 25–27 at the Historic Mare Island Shipyard. From Arduino projects to rocketry, there's something to spark…...
‘Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep’ Is Full of Beautifully Written Grotesqueries
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (154+ words) Paul Tremblay has made a career of pushing the horror genre — and the novel format — in strange and exciting new directions. In his latest, Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep, the author offers an amalgamation of genre elements that can…...
Juneteenth in the Bay Area: Your Event Guide for 2026
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1037+ words) Follow the key races and measures across the nine Bay Area counties. Although Juneteenth wasn’t designated a federal holiday until 2021, it’s been celebrated by Black communities since 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, discovered they were free — over two months…...
A Wedding Singer and a Pop Star Do Battle in ‘Power Ballad’
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (534+ words) Follow the key races and measures across the nine Bay Area counties. Let’s just say that the wedding band has never occupied the most exalted rung of the ladder in music. Playing “September” and “Celebration” is often what’s most required....
Six Must-See Bay Area Documentaries at CAAMFest 2026
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (931+ words) The 44th CAAMFest kicks off May 7–10 in San Francisco’s Japantown, just as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month gets underway. At a time when Asian actors made up only 3.7% of lead roles in the top theatrical films of 2025, this film…...
New Documentary ‘Lorne’ Reveals Plenty — But Not Michaels Himself
4+ mon, 10+ hour ago (710+ words) Director Morgan Neville’s wide-ranging documentary about Saturday Night Live’s coolly enigmatic creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels, begins with an odd admission. Even with cameras in his life, Michaels isn’t about to reveal himself. Colin Jost, SNL writer and Weekend…...
Golden Thread Productions Turns 30 Against a Backdrop of War | KQED
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (803+ words) Then, on Feb. 28, the U.S. and Israel began attacking Iran. Suddenly, the entire Middle East was destabilized. Shehada found himself landing on U.S. soil only to be taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “He was detained at the border for…...
Hilariously Caustic ‘Big Mistakes’ Drags Dan Levy Into Organized Crime
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (624+ words) Big Mistakes, the new Netflix comedy co-created by Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek) and Rachel Sennott (I Love LA), opens with Laurie Metcalf yelling at a dying old lady. Episode one, scene one. It’s the proverbial jump, and Laurie Metcalf is…...
From Armenia to San Francisco: The Duduk Whisperer Plays with Soul
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (1820+ words) Our funding has been cut, but we won’t be muted. Right now, Buck & Carolyn Hall are matching all donations up to $50,000. Make your tax-deductible donation before midnight on December 31 and make twice the impact for our community. View the full…...
How ‘The Black Pack’ Used Comedy to Combat Racism
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (854+ words) In the late ’80s and early ’90s, a group of five African American men — all famous comedians — created a body of work that shifted popular culture, altered the entertainment industry and impacted generations to come. Known collectively as “The Black Pack,” Eddie…...