Booked weekend: Bay Area Book Festival 2022 turns new page
Angela Bi/Staff
Booked and busy from May 7 to 8, readers treated themselves and their shelves to this year’s eighth annual Bay Area Book Festival.
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Folk rock group Big Thief stuns Fox Theater with stimulating stamina
Big Thief transported its Bay-Area-hailing fans to the wooden Catskills home recording studio where its past albums magically came into fruition.
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San Francisco Symphony gives erratic interpretation of Stravinsky, Ogonek
Each of the program’s three pieces ran an impressive length, but under the guidance of conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, the orchestra pulled off the feat with intricate execution.
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DIY indie rock artist Shane T chats EP ‘Night Drive,’ going the distance
Shane T, the stage name used by Shane Toriscelli, spoke to The Daily Californian in an interview taken from his new touring van he shares with indie-pop singer Ritt Momney.
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Norwegian odd-pop duo Smerz bewitches at Swedish American Hall
Motzfeldt and Stolenberg pay special attention to visual narrative in their work, which could have been conveyed better than their stripped-back set design and relatively simple leotard costumes of their tour.
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Rising star Griff talks redefining DIY, taking success one step at a time
In an interview with The Daily Californian, the young artist reflected on her success in the last year and enthusiastically looked to the final remaining leg of her first U.S. tour.
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Björk’s Cornucopia confronts crisis, embraces eclecticism
A constellation of avante-garde artistry and important warnings about the abuse of nature’s delicate balance, Cornucopia burned awe and dread into the audience’s collective mind.
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Evocative erotica of ‘Euphoria’
“Euphoria” never intended to accurately depict the events of a typical, cookie-cutter high school, but rather to draw attention to harsh realities.
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SF Symphony’s Lunar New Year celebrates community, emphasizes care
In addition to diversifying the symphony’s typical Western repertoire, the concert hall also captured a less sterile and proper sentiment. Such an achievement came to fruition because the program not only celebrated music but also culture and community.
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Griff inundates Rickshaw Stop with pop passion
The venue’s small stage seemed to stagger with the weight of the young star.
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