It's that time of year! Enter to win two tickets to see and experience Smuin Ballet's fiercely festive "The Christmas Ballet" at Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 7:30pm.
The iconic original BART car could have looked very different.
Industrial design firm Sundberg-Ferar, which created the concept and design of the original car, recently unearthed a trove of photographs from the 1960s that show BART in its earliest stages. Among the images, selections of which we’ve included in this story, are numerous snapshots of early BART prototypes.
Enter to win two tickets to see the Black Opry Revue at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 8pm.
Through support for Black artists in country music and adjacent genres, Black Opry strives to make safe and inclusive spaces for Black artists and fans. This edition of the Black Opry Revue features Julie Williams, Tae Lewis, Tylar Bryant, and Jett Holden.
This is your chance to see the electrifying story of the life and times of the Temptations in "Ain't Too Proud" at BroadwaySF's Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7:30pm. One winner will take the prize!
Like something out of the Blade Runner universe, Vallery Lancey’s transit photographs crackle and burn with an undercurrent of energy. You haven’t seen BART like this before, folks.
April Grant and David Boyll in rehearsals for “2 Across” at Pacifica Spindrift Players.
Two strangers, both tackling the New York Times crossword, meet on an empty BART train at 4:30 in the morning at SFO. The woman, a psychologist, is organized and rational. The man, unemployed, is flighty and free-spirited. They spar, attacking one another’s views and values, only to find themselves changed as the eighty-minute train ride comes to an end at the last stop on the line – Pittsburgh/Bay Point Station.
Train Operator Shinita Garza knows that a warm demeanor can make a world of difference. “A friendly smile will keep you ten steps ahead of the game,” she said.
For this iteration of “Ten Questions,” Shinita reveals her favorite songs to sing while working, what you’ll find in her cab, and why she recently had to chase a Pomeranian. The conversation has been edited for clarity.
1. How long have you worked for BART?
Five lucky winners will receive a pair of tickets to see "Jerrod Carmichael: Ari told me I lack focus" at Berkeley Repertory Theatre on Friday, Nov. 11 at 7pm.
Win two premium tickets for the Saturday, Nov. 5 at 7:30pm performance of California Symphony's "All Things Strings" at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek.
Violins, violas, cellos, and double basses make up the melodic heart and soul of the orchestra, and "All Things Strings" celebrates their emotion-inducing superpowers as the lush sounds of 188 strings and 88 keys take the spotlight.
“Take your BART, please!”
If memes existed in the late 1980s, comedian Henny Youngman would undoubtedly have become one with these four words – a take on his signature phrase, “Take my wife, please.”
The commercials aired on every major news and radio station in the Bay Area – not in the ad space necessarily, but as the story, according to former BART Director of Public Affairs Michael Healy. The ads, along with midday fare reductions at the time, are likely responsible for increasing BART’s daily ridership by about 4,000 people in the late 1980s.