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bayareatelegraph.com
SFGate
How Albany's Ivy Room became Green Day frontman's favorite place to play
"It's great. I've never been stabbed here," the club's bouncer said of working there.
thecalifornianpaper.com
Freshmen phenoms Madi Tjoe leads golf team
Freshman Madi Tjoe is already making a name for herself on Cal High’s varsity golf team. Tjoe helped the Grizzlies win two of their first three tournaments, and place second in the one Cal didn’t win, while bringing years of competitive experience to the program despite her young age.
KTVU FOX 2
Berkeley welcomes Mariachi Herencia de México
With musicians from the United States and Mexico, Mariachi Herencia de México shares the sounds and traditions of mariachi with audiences around the world. The group is in Berkeley for a special concert Friday, October 23 at 7:30PM at Zellerbach Hall, celebrating Día de Los Muertos and the music of Juan Gabriel. Director Cesar Maldonado, gives insight on the talented group of musicians.
pmq.com
PMQ Cover Stars Win $15,000 Just for Doing Good in Their Community
Kira and Mark Zabrowski, PMQ’s October 2026 cover stars, captured the $15,000 grand prize in fifth annual Great Pizza Give Back contest from Hillshire Farm Brand, thanks to their support for local hunger-relief organizations and other community causes. The Zabrowskis own Much Ado About Pizza in Pleasanton, California. They’re...
The Voice of San Francisco
KTVU FOX 2
Dozens join legendary 87-year-old Bay Area choir director for impressive reunion performance
Dozens of people gathered at their former high school for a musical reunion event led by a legendary, long-retired Bay Area choir director. The choir director, 87-year-old Lindley Hall, taught at the school for almost a quarter of a century. The singers of the reunion choir ranged in age from...
KQED
Oakland Theater Project to Turn the New Parish Into a Performing Arts Center
Music fans who worried about the New Parish’s closure late last year can rest assured that the Oakland venue won’t be turning into condos. On Oct. 22, Oakland Theater Project announced that it was taking over the San Pablo Avenue space and converting it into a hub for theater, music and performing arts.
Real Old Paper
East Bay Express
Berkeley Rep revisits the feminist revolution
Bess Wohl’s Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning play, Liberation, comes Oct. 23 to Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theatre. Directed by Whitney White, the production locks up audience phones, freeing the audience to find unlimited power and hope in a story based on everyday champions of the 1970s feminist revolution. Liberation...
piedmontexedra.com
bayareatelegraph.com
PopMatters
Billy Strings Dials Up a Throwdown for a Two-Night Bonanza
It’s the first weekend of “Rocktober” in the Bay Area, and the music scene is blowing up with the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park, plus jamgrass guitar phenom Billy Strings returning for two shows across the Bay at Oakland Arena on 2nd and 3rd October. Either event could be plenty for most people, but music fanatics may race from the Park to Oakland on Friday evening, since the Strings shows serve as unofficial “Outside the Park” shows to complement the beloved free festival.
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The Bowling, Grisman, Flansburg Trio Set Bay Area Date
Pianist Holly Bowling, bassist Sam Grisman and singer-songwriter/guitarist Max Flansburg will come together for a trio performance near the end of the year. The Bowling, Grisman, Flansburg Trio will make their live debut at Berkeley, CA’s The Freight on Friday, December 4, just a few days after Bowling and Grisman participate in Bill Kreutzmann’s A Very Grateful Thanksgiving in Hawaii.