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Arts Events Dec 6-13, 2018

Arts Events Dec 6-13, 2018

  • by Events Editor
  • Dec 5, 2018

Whatever holidays you celebrate, enjoy the classic, traditional and irreverent arts events at venues around the Bay Area.

Arts Events Nov 29- Dec 6, 2018

Arts Events Nov 29- Dec 6, 2018

  • by Events Editor
  • Nov 28, 2018

Heading into the last month of the year, we can't resist the oncoming holiday-themed events, World AIDS Day commemorations, Golden Girls, wildfire victims benefits, and ... two Queen concerts?

In the lap of luxury

In the lap of luxury

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Nov 20, 2018

Our favorite hotel down the Peninsula invited us back for an overnight stay, so we returned to The Clement Palo Alto a few weeks ago. It's a different sort of luxury hotel, as you'll see.

Arts Events Nov 22-29, 2018

Arts Events Nov 22-29, 2018

  • by Events Editor
  • Nov 20, 2018

Breathe in the healthful ideas, images and sounds of the local arts scene. Support benefits for fire victims and others. The arts shall heal us all.

Arts Events Nov 15-22, 2018

Arts Events Nov 15-22, 2018

  • by Events Editor
  • Nov 14, 2018

Spend the pre-holidays with some inspiration performing, visual and aural arts.

Pacifica holiday

Pacifica holiday

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Nov 13, 2018

"Pacific" has always seemed a complete misnomer for the wild, raging, tempestuous ocean that pummels our western coast. But "Pacifica" is a fine name for the small community nestled beside it.

Arts Events Nov 8-15, 2018

Arts Events Nov 8-15, 2018

  • by Events Editor
  • Nov 7, 2018

Celebrate the arts, learn and grow. Harvest the bountiful array of ideas, images and expressions.

Attack of the killer B's

Attack of the killer B's

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Nov 6, 2018

Out There had an epic Halloween 2018. We were there at The Fillmore for a rollicking concert from The B-52s, only the greatest party band ever in the history of rock.

Family jewels

Family jewels

  • by Sura Wood
  • Nov 6, 2018

The Legion of Honor's "East Meets West: Jewels of the Maharajas from the Al Thani Collection" is a new exhibition that emphasizes cross-cultural exchange between India and the West.

Wonderful world of Charles & Ray Eames

Wonderful world of Charles & Ray Eames

  • by Sura Wood
  • Oct 23, 2018

a comprehensive, wide-ranging touring exhibition at OMCA surveys the careers and multidimensional practice of the influential, Southern California-based, husband-and-wife design team Charles & Ray Eames.

DC museums entice us

DC museums entice us

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Oct 23, 2018

As the swallows return to Capistrano, every fall Out There returns to the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area, site of our misspent youth.

Our Sacramento

Our Sacramento

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Oct 17, 2018

When Saoirse Ronan as Lady Bird in Greta Gerwig's film of that name calls her hometown Sacramento "the Midwest of California," it's a good line but maybe a little bit unfair to our state capital.

Carmen Giannattasio debuts as 'Tosca'

Carmen Giannattasio debuts as 'Tosca'

  • by Philip Campbell
  • Oct 12, 2018

Once famously derided as "that shabby little shocker" and condemned as "little more than a manipulative melodrama," composer Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" ultimately triumphed over the naysayers.

LGBT leading lights

LGBT leading lights

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Oct 10, 2018

Last week Out There was lucky enough to catch two major figures from contemporary LGBT arts & culture live in performance, and to learn what they're up to these days.