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Encouraging to see the ladies take center stage at the Democratic National Debates. And in the voting booth, too. 9 million more women than men voted in 2016. I expect the ladies of the Bay Area to turn out in mass this Saturday for Womens’ Marches in Walnut Creek, San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland. […]

Is there a more unappetizing word than “cheesemonger”? It won’t matter this Sunday from 4-9 at the Midway in SF at the Cheesapalooza where there will be a massive sampling and competition of artisan cheeses, grilled, fondued and rackletted plus intensive workshops. Stick around to see who will be awarded the best cheesemaker in the […]

Instead of just trooping through the hills this January why not join the gang who carpool from San Rafael to Shell Beach (not the one on Tomales Bay) and for a few hours walk along small inlets and tide pools picking up oysters and mushrooms. Help yourself to your wine while you shuck oysters (you will […]

Speaking of dance, you are cordially invited to get moving yourself  at Alonzo King Lines Ballet’s “All You Can Dance” on January 19 from 10am to 2pm at their studio on 7th Street in the City. Join in any of the classes in ballet, jazz, hip hop, modern or, more mysteriously, pilates. End the event […]

After all these years are you still intrigued by the shockingly avant-garde? You might want to get yourselves tickets to the 6th annual Dance Hack at 6pm on January 18 & 19 at the Counter Pulse on Turk Street in the City. A cast of 80 “dancers” will be merging innovative technologies with movement research. […]

If you look forward to being unable to wash grins off your face you might want to head over to the First Congregational Church in Oakland On January 21. There you’ll be jollied by the rich dry humor of New Yorker funny ladies Roz Chast and Patricia Marx who last big book was  “Why Don’t […]

Not everyone likes to curl up and read in an overstuffed chair this winter. REI across the Bay Area is holding classes this January and February with a generous menu of outdoor programs, many free. Sample activities including lessons in winter hiking, using trekking poles, avalanche awareness, bike maintenance, outdoor photography, senior hiking. Great prep […]

This artificial intelligence “shopping” activity is already sold out but it seems worth checking out because it will return. It’s called Val-U-Mart and will run this Friday at the Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland. The best as I can explain it is that you take a “personality test” and then a cadre of artists will […]