Piedmont Artists Featured at Open Studios

Piedmont Center for the Arts will host five local artists this weekend and next as part of the East Bay's ProArts Open Studios 2012. There's an artists' reception Saturday evening, too.

Piedmont Resident Gave Her Regards to Broadway

Today, former stage actress Amy Garfinkle works with housebound patients as a physical therapist

Gallery Exhibit Features Local Muralist

Thomas Christopher Haag, who created this Piedmont Avenue mural, is among artists in a new show at CK Gallery.

Last-Minute Tickets for 'Heart of the Home'

You can buy tickets in person Friday and Saturday at the Piedmont Community Center for the 24th annual Children’s Support League Heart of the Home Tour. Check out the "sneak peek" photos from the Designers' Showcase.

Bay Area Children’s Theatre to Debut 'Ivy + Bean, The Musical' in 2012-13

Season subscriptions are on sale now

Titanic's Centennial: A Profile of Passengers

Thirty-three of the passengers on the Titanic were headed to Connecticut. Eighteen of them never made it when the unthinkable happened to the "unsinkable."

Wolf Gets Day in Court in BACT’s 'The True Story of the Three Little Pigs'

Tickets on sale now, show opens April 14

Jonnie Jacobs, Piedmont's Woman of Mystery

The long-time Piedmont resident and author of more than a dozen mystery novels talks about her newest book and about how she crafts a story. 'Paradise Falls' looks at the stresses and strains on a blended family when one of the children goes missing.

Gypsy Jazz Today at Chapel of the Chimes

Le Jazz Hot celebrates the music of Django Reinhardt

Bring on the Drums – and the Bagpipes

The annual Piedmont Highlanders' Ceilidh brought Celtic music, dance and magic to the Veterans Memorial Building Saturday night

Joining the Circus (Without Running Away)

Danielle Foreman is among four Piedmont students who are appearing in 'The Circus Differential' now through March 25

PCA Film Showing Honors Legacy of Piedmont Artist

Two films by the late Laraine Lee will be shown Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Piedmont Center for the Arts

Author Anna Quindlen to Speak in Piedmont

Best-selling writer Anna Quindlen, a Pulitzer Prize winner, will discuss her new memoir May 16 at the Piedmont Center for the Arts

New Novel by Local Journalist Lets Readers Help Shape the Story

Author Laird Harrison was a guest editor at Piedmont Patch in early 2011 when then-editor Amy Jeffries was on vacation

Horn Player Jonathan Ring to Perform at CHIME Gala

Ring is one of several Piedmont residents who will perform at the March 31 event in support of music education in the local public schools

70th Anniversary of Japanese-American Internment Marked by Art Exhibit, Photographs

Art from the Topaz War Relocation Camp, photos by Dorothea Lange and a Day of Remembrance event recall the internment of thousands of Bay Area Japanese Americans during World War II

Emily's Army: The Kids Just Wanna Dance

Who needs the gym when you've got local music like this to dance to?

Viewfinder: The Bufano Bears of Crocker Park

Bears were one of San Francisco sculptor Beniamino “Benny” Bufano's favorite subjects. This example of his work, a bear with her two cubs, sits in Piedmont's Crocker Park. Another Bufano bear was discovered abandoned at a sewage treatment plant.

Piedmont's Robert Lowe Writes a Thriller

'Project Moses' stars an offbeat Chinese-American newspaper reporter and is set largely in San Francisco

Ring Reviews: Snow Patrol’s New Album

From "The Piedmont Highlander"

Art Murmur Offers Walking Tours of Oakland Galleries

The Saturday, Jan. 21, tour focuses on photography. The tours are free.

Piedmont's Thomas Horn Wins Critics' Choice Award

Horn won for his role in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Exhibit by Piedmont Photographer Michele Hofherr Opened Friday

Hofherr's unusual images show drops of ink "exploding" and changing as they touch water

Jazz at the Chimes Series Returns, Kicks Off New Season Jan. 15

Vocalist Ed Reed, a DownBeat magazine "rising star" at age 82, will open the 2012 series

Hollywood Starlet with Piedmont Ties in Horror TV Flick

Deborah Rombaut is the daughter of Ingrid Rombaut of Piedmont. Fans are eagerly awaiting her appearance in the "Death Penalties" episode of "1000 Ways to Die," set to air on Spike TV Monday, Dec.19, at 8 p.m.

The Fine Art of Painting Walls: Grand, Broadway

Murals enliven the street scene in business districts close to Piedmont. Today: murals on Grand Avenue and Broadway. A previous article on Dec. 12 showed some of Piedmont Avenue's murals.

The Fine Art of Painting Walls: Piedmont Avenue

Murals enliven the street scene in business districts close to Piedmont. Today: Piedmont Avenue. Tomorrow: Grand Avenue, Broadway.

Piedmont Teen to High-Kick Through Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

It's not quite Broadway, but it's close, and Haley Reicher, who dreams of musical theater stardom, will have an audience of millions.

Pixar's Pete Docter on Making Movies (and a Little Piedmont Film Gossip)

Docter peppered a fundraiser talk about the fine art of creating animated movies with some local anecdotes

A Life in Puppetry Starts with Sesame Street

Jesse Vail, teacher of Piedmont Rec’s newest after school class addition, says he finds more to love every day in the art and craft of puppetry.

PHS Sophomore Heads to Carnegie Hall

Spencer Kim is a first-prize winner in American Protege International Competition of Romantic Music 2011

Did You Feel It?: Earthquake in the Afternoon

A small temblor rattled the Bay Area Thursday.

Artist Brings a Touch of Tahoe to Piedmont

Andy Skaff's oil paintings of the Tahoe region are currently on display at the Piedmont Center for the Arts

Arts Center is Born

Local and visiting artists and appreciators spend Sunday afternoon basking in art and music at the opening of Piedmont's new venue.

Arts Center Opens With Diverse Offerings

Works by six artists in a variety of mediums are up in the gallery at the new Piedmont Center for the Arts. Plans for more are in the works.

Art Center Costs Double Initial Estimates

Piedmont's new venue seeks major support for mounting expenses.

Arts Center Reveals Piedmont's Creative Side

With a new venue set to open August 28, local performers and artists are lining up to show their stuff.

Weekend Things: Curiosities, Art Deco, and a Relay for Life

Book Zoo hosts a unique art reception, cancer survivors gather in Oakland, and a pair of local of historians lead a tour from uptown to the lake this weekend.

Library Bike Rack Hugged with Yarn

A Berkeley yarn bomber thought the Piedmont Avenue branch needed some love.

An Arts Center Takes Shape

The former church building at 801 Magnolia Ave has a new coat of paint, a new sump pump, and a new lease on life.