Visual Art<\/p>\n
Near and Far: A Collection of Works Inspired by Place<\/p>\n
Through 2\/28 The landscape works\u2014created both outdoors and within her studio\u2014of Walnut Creek\u2013based artist Jessica de Jesus are currently on display at the Benicia Plein Air Gallery. Visitors can meet the artist herself at the gallery on 2\/14, 2\/15, and 2\/28. beniciapleinair.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cal Performances presents the Martha Graham Dance Company, Graham100: A Celebration of the Company\u2019s 100th Anniversary, February 14\u201315, 2026 at Zellerbach Hall. Pictured: Leslie Andrea Williams in Martha Graham’s Chronicle.<\/p>\n Melissa Sherwood<\/p>\n Dance<\/p>\n Martha Graham Dance Company: Graham100<\/p>\n 2\/14-2\/15 Head to Berkeley\u2019s Zellerbach Hall, where the Martha Graham Dance Company will present unique dances over a pair of performances (as well as a core program) as part of Cal Performances\u2019 season. The New York group was started in the 1920s by the trailblazing dance leader. calperformances.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Courtesy of the Bay Area Book Festival and the Mechanics’ Institute<\/p>\n Literature<\/p>\n Beloved By the Bay: A Romance Panel<\/p>\n 2\/12 Romance book lovers will converge at the Mechanics\u2019 Institute in San Francisco for a conversation featuring three local writers, with Oakland\u2019s Jasmine Guillory as moderator. The event, which is presented with Berkeley\u2019s Bay Area Book Festival, will also include speed dating, drinks, and book signings. milibrary.org<\/a>, baybookfest.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Music<\/p>\n Forbidden Love<\/p>\n 2\/14 The Livermore-Amador Symphony heralds Valentine\u2019s Day with romantic pieces by Frederick Delius, Sergei Prokofiev, and Edward Elgar. The festivities will start with a look inside the music before the performance, and winners of the symphony\u2019s Competition for Young Musicians will also appear as soloists during the program. livermorearts.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Theater The Mountaintop Through 2\/15 Oakland Theater Project explores the last evening of Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s life…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[332,584,25210,143,145,144,420,83310],"class_list":{"0":"post-174593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-east-bay","9":"tag-events","10":"tag-fun","11":"tag-oakland","12":"tag-oakland-headlines","13":"tag-oakland-news","14":"tag-things-to-do","15":"tag-this-weekend"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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